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Jesse Sherwood & Ganesh Thiagarajan are 2013 SCE Good Teaching Award Recipients

Posted by on May 21, 2013 at 8:23 pm

Each year two faculty from SCE, one from our Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CME) department and one from our Computer Science Electrical Engineering (CSEE) department, are selected for a Good Teaching Award by the School’s graduating seniors. Jesse Sherwood, Assistant Teaching Professor in CSEE, and Ganesh Thiagarajan, Professor of Civil Engineering in CME, were honored [...]

Ceki Halmen Receives IIRP funding

Posted by on May 15, 2013 at 7:54 pm

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 with Dr. Haitao Li from University of Missouri-Saint Louis. They will receive $37,000 from the University of Missouri Interdisciplinary Intercampus Research Program. The award is competitive and signifies confidence [...]

Alumni Achievement Award Recipient Rajiv Chilakalapudi Travels from India to Visit Alma Mater

Posted by on May 15, 2013 at 4:04 pm

SCE is very proud of alum Rajiv Chilakalapudi (Master of Science in Computer Science 1997), our 2013 SCE Alumni Achievement Award Recipient. Traveling all the way from India, Rajiv spent several days this April at UMKC and SCE reconnecting with the faculty that inspired him, sharing with SCE students and faculty how he started his [...]

UMKC’s Kevin Truman and Linna Place Join Governor’s Trade Mission to Taipei and Seoul

Posted by on May 14, 2013 at 8:56 pm

The Missouri Governor’s Trade Mission to Taipei and Seoul included four Missouri educators who explored educational collaborations and partnerships with their Taiwan and South Korea counterparts. UMKC delegates, SCE’s Dean Kevin Truman and UMKC’s Director of International Academic Programs Linna Place, joined Northwest Missouri State University and Missouri State University representatives. Together they talked with [...]

Human Powered Vehicle Team Places in Speed Events

Posted by on May 14, 2013 at 8:13 pm

Bragging rights can definitely be claimed by UMKC’s Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) team! Team members Audrey Barnard, Juan Bassi, Jose Ramirez and Spencer Solon returned home with 2nd place in the Women’s Speed Event and 4th place in the Men’s Speed Event out of 31 teams. UMKC’s Audrey Barnard pedaled UMKC to the 2nd place [...]

And we have winner! Papers at 2013 Community of Scholars Symposium

Posted by on May 14, 2013 at 4:31 pm

Nahid Hossain and Munem Hossain, IPh.D Electrical Engineering Students, were selected to present their papers at the 2013 Community of Scholars Symposium, joining five other doctoral students from across the UMKC campus. Earning this semi-finalist status, was a great honor and gave them the opportunity to present at the May 9, 2013 Scholars Symposium. Nahid’s [...]

Professors Marco Brotto and Reza Derakhshani Receive UM Fast Track II Initiative Funds

Posted by on May 14, 2013 at 4:02 pm

School of Nursing (SoN) Endowed Professor Marco Brotto and UMKC School of Computing and Engineering (SCE) Associate Professor Reza Derakhshani have received UM Fast Track II Initiative Funds. Their project, the “Prototyping of a mobile electronic sensing device for the diagnosis of myocardial infarcts”, is a collaborative effort. The UM Intellectual Property Fast Track II [...]

NSBE members promote STEM education

Posted by on May 8, 2013 at 6:46 pm

A primary mission of the UMKC National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) student chapter is to encourage and promote STEM studies and careers to underrepresented minorities. Over the years, NSBE student chapter leaders have passed this torch so well that NSBE now sponsors and organizes several activities. Year-round NSBE holds sessions for high school students [...]

PLTW High School Senior Showcase Attracts 250 Senior Projects

Posted by on May 6, 2013 at 10:13 pm

Sixty-three Missouri and Kansas high schools participate in Project Lead the Way (PLTW), a KC-STEM Alliance affiliate that provides STEM hands-on, extracurricular coursework to 9-12 students that culminates in a capstone project during their senior year (12th grade). The slide show, KC High School Seniors Strut their STEM Stuff, posted at KCPT reflects the work [...]

UMKC robotics team spreads the word

Posted by on May 6, 2013 at 9:52 pm

Over the past several years our UMKC IEEE Robotics team and the UMKC IEEE student chapter has substantially increased the number of SCE students, both currently enrolled and alumni, involved in STEM outreach activities. Sharing their passion for programming, gizmos, gadgets and robots, IEEE student organization and team activities were featured in the UMKC Today [...]