Posts Tagged ‘environment’

City water supply system tapping into Mizzou Engineering expertise

By Vicki Hodder • Jul 16th, 2008 • Category: Civil & Environmental Engineering, News

University of Missouri engineering researchers are in the midst of their first seasonal analysis of Columbia’s well water to help determine the source of cancer-causing byproducts in the city’s water supply system.



Finding new causes for polar ice sheet changes

By Vicki Hodder • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Electrical & Computer Engineering, Featured Stories, Lead Story, News, Research

The Antarctic ice sheet may grow thinner or thicker from natural changes in snowfall that are unrelated to long-term trends, according to a recently released study co-authored by a University of Missouri engineering researcher.



Turning a profit on pollution prevention

By Vicki Hodder • Nov 14th, 2007 • Category: Civil & Environmental Engineering, News

Global business strategy will join forces with environmentalism in a Mizzou Engineering internship program slated to launch next spring.
The new pollution prevention intern program will train students to provide on-site environmental assessments for Missouri businesses and industries. Interns will spend 10 weeks analyzing a client business to develop recommendations for increasing efficiency and cutting costs [...]