Archive for September, 2011
UMKC’s Dean Kevin Z. Truman and Director of Research Dr. Ronda Jenson served as general co-chairs for the Transition STEM –Think Tank- a veterans’ STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education think tank – sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Kansas City on July 27-28, 2011. Kevin Truman is the Dean of the [...]
University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Computing and Engineering (SCE) Associate Teaching Professor Judy Mullins and Northwest Missouri State University Associate Professor of Computer Science and Information Systems Carol Spradling will co-chair the first Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas Women in Computing (MINKWIC) conference Oct. 7-8 at the Embassy Suites Kansas City – Plaza, [...]
SCE hosted the regional American Concrete Institute luncheon and competition on Thursday, Sept. 15th. John Kevern, SCE Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, and ACI student chapter advisor explained, “This regional competition will really prepare students for the national pervious concrete competition, which will be held at the ACI Cincinnati convention in October,” Seven teams from [...]
SCE is fortunate that the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Kansas City chapter saves a few slots for our SCE students and faculty when they organize their professional tours. This month’s tour of the Smith Electric Vehicle plant tour turned up two SCE Alums working at Smith Electric Vehicles, Robin Carroll-Dolci and Anupartha Howlander. These [...]
The UMKC Student Chapter of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) visited JE Dunn Construction Headquarters in downtown KC on Monday, Sep. 19th for a presentation and tour of their new facility. JE Dunn is among the largest contractors in the United States, specializing in various building projects including healthcare, municipal, corporate offices, federal and [...]
