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CE422 Reinforced Concrete Design lab featured on YouTube
Each fall, our Reinforced Concrete Design Lab provides our civil engineering students hand’s on experiences in the design, construction and testing of concrete beams. This year the experience was...
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18 SCE Students & 2 Faculty Tour USACE ERDC Laboratories in Vicksburg, MS
Providing SCE students educational enhancement and career development opportunities are key missions of both our UMKC Missouri Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE) and our UMKC Society of American...
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Ryan Holmes To Attend NSF’s NEES-REU Summer Program
Ryan Holmes, a SCE civil engineering student, was recently awarded an opportunity to attend the 2013 NSF’s NEES-REU Summer Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. This summer research program is...
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Ceki Halmen 2012-2013 Faculty LEAP Award Recipient
Congratulations to Ceki Halmen, P.E., Assistant Professor in SCE’s Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department, and winner of the annual faculty Leadership Excellence Achievement Program (LEAP) Award...
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Timothy Hines and Sean Rivers 2012-2013 Student LEAP Award Recipients
Congratulations to Timothy (Tim) Hines and Sean Rivers! They are UMKC SCE’s 2012-2013 Student Leadership Excellence Achievement Program (LEAP) Award winners. Each year, the student LEAP award is earned...
View ArticleCeki Halmen Receives IIRP funding
Ceki Halmen, Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering, has received funding for “Decision Support Tool Model for Scheduling and Resource Allocation in Construction Projects” research in collaboration...
View ArticleUMKC SCE Hosts First Annual RooBuilders Competition
The first annual RooBuilders bridge-building competition for Kansas City area middle and high school students was held on Saturday, Feb. 22 at UMKC’s Pierson Auditorium. Eleven teams – eight in the...
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Professors Chen and Kevern speak at MSPE WC meeting
SCE civil engineering professors, Drs. ZhiQiang Chen and John Kevern were invited speakers at the March 20, 2014 Missouri Society of Professional Engineers Western Chapter (MSPE WC) monthly meeting....
View ArticleUM FastTrack Grant Awarded to Professors Hart & Kevern
In early Spring 2014 a provisional patent was filed by UMKC based on civil engineering Associate Professor John Kevern and Assistant Professor Megan Hart’s research on using actively enhanced pervious...
View ArticleSCE Hosts Successful 2015 National Student Steel Bridge Competition
More than 650 engineering students, guests, judges and faculty attended the National Student Steel Bridge Competition May 22-23 in Kansas City, hosted by the University of Missouri-Kansas City School...
View ArticleBlack & Veatch Engineer Speaks to CE 321 Students (Structural Analysis)
On September 16, students in the CE 321 class (‘Structural Analysis’ taught by Dr. ZhiQiang Chen, Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering) had a break from their routine schedule and enjoyed a great...
View ArticleDrone Bridge Inspection
On September 29th, 2015, Dr. Travis Fields and Dr. John Kevern conducted the first documented bridge inspection with the use of unmanned aircraft. The inspection was performed in conjunction with...
View ArticleDaniel Nyberg’s Summer Project Work Helps Historic Home
Civil Engineering senior Daniel Nyberg’s summer project work under the supervision of his faculty advisor, Dr. ZhiQiang Chen, used advanced LiDAR technology supplied by Burns & McDonnell. Using a...
View ArticleRyan Holmes Earns American Coal Ash Association Scholarship
Civil engineering master’s student Ryan Holmes has been selected by the American Coal Ash Association Education Foundation (ASAAEF) to receive the John Faber Scholarship. The ASAAEF scholarship...
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