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18 SCE Students & 2 Faculty Tour USACE ERDC Laboratories in Vicksburg, MS

Published on March 30, 2013 By mtmvg2

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 Military Engineers (SAME) student chapters. This Spring Break they teamed up to provide their members an astonishing opportunity, a travel expense paid trip to tour the United [...]

SAME Student Chapter Receives Plaque Commemorating Its Formation

Published on May 14, 2012 By mtmvg2

On May 9th Colonel Anthony Hofmann, Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Greater Kansas City Post President and District Commander United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Kansas City District, presented to Kevin Truman, Dean of the School of Computing and Engineering, a plaque commemorating the formation of the UMKC SAME Student Chapter in 2009. [...]

SCE Professors Baker & Richardson work on North Platte River Stabilization Design

Published on October 11, 2011 By mtmvg2

Professors Don Baker, P.E. and Jerry Richardson, P.E. presented their research finding in a talk entitled North Platte River Stabilization Design to over 50 attendees at the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Greater Kansas City Post monthly luncheon/presentation on September 22, 2011. This research project was conducted for the Nebraska Community Foundation to develop [...]

E-Week Participation by SCE Students Hits Record High!

Published on March 2, 2011 By mtmvg2

SCE celebrated E-week (February 21 – 25) with numerous events and activities sponsored by our student organizations and SCE Student Council.  Overall participation by students hit a record high!  It is estimated that over 1/3 of SCE students participated in at least one E-week activity!  The week started off with free nachos, a tug of [...]

Jerry Richardson presents at Society of American Military Engineers Chapter Meeting

Published on July 23, 2010 By mtmvg2

Civil Engineering Professor Jerry Richardson is the featured presenter at the July Society of American Military Engineers meeting.  On July 29, 2010 he will present on The Effect of Data Density on Advanced Hydraulic Computations. This presentation was part of the XVIII International Conference on Computational Methods and Water Resources held recently in Barcelona, Spain.  [...]

Society of Military Engineers GKC Post Donates $4000 to SCE

Published on June 30, 2010 By mtmvg2

The Society of Military Engineers Greater Kansas City Post, along with the School of Computing and Engineering at University of Missouri – Kansas City, hosted the 2nd Annual Industry Day event. The event was a huge success for the Post.  It exceeded the 2009 event with over 250 representatives from the architectural/engineering, construction, US Army Corps of Engineers, [...]

UMKC SCE Dean Kevin Truman Receives Prestigious Award

Published on May 14, 2010 By mtmvg2

Society of American Military Engineers’ Bliss Medal recognizes excellence in educating, mentoring and motivating students.  In the middle of Teacher Appreciation Week, the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) recognized UMKC’s School of Computing and Engineering Dean Kevin Truman for excellence in educating, mentoring and motivating students. Truman accepted SAME’s 2009 Bliss Medal on May 5 [...]