Alberto Kang, Civil Engineering student at UMKC’s School of Computing and Engineering, was announced as a winner of a $5000 scholarship from REMSA.
Kang, an active student at SCE, currently serves as the Vice President of both Chi Epsilon and Tau Beta Pi, and is also a member of the MSPE Student Chapter. In addition, Kang works 32 hours each week at Herzog Contracting, a general contractor and REMSA member company specializing in railroad construction.
Despite a blizzard which cancelled classes during E-Week 2013, the E-week Blood Drive sponsored by Engineers without Borders (EWB) and Missouri Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE/NSPE) student organizations was a huge success. Seventy (70) units of blood were collected by the Community Blood Center (CBC) resulting in the 5th annual E-Week drive exceeding past records. Congratulations and a huge thank you to our donors and supporters – they are the ones that made this drive rock! The 70 units donated far surpassed the CBC’s goals for our drive (60 units) and we increased the amount of blood collected from last year by 7% (65 units collected in 2012, 59 units in 2011 and 38 in 2010). With 96 potential donors we exceeded the previous 2012 record of 91 potential donors and with 40 first time donors we nearly tied the 2011 record of 43 first time donors. Each year, the E-week blood drive is coordinated by Jane Vogl who volunteers as the SCE site coordinator for the CBC and is the staff advisor to the MSPE student chapter. Jane says it is her favorite volunteer activity because “it is so heart-warming to see the students, faculty and staff turn out to save lives.”
On September 29, 2011 SCE students enjoyed a Pizza with the President Info Session with the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) President Christopher Stone, P.E., F.NSPE. Students learned why Professional Engineering (P.E.) licensure is important and how it extends careers by broadening the responsibilities and leadership opportunities for engineers that achieve P.E. licensure. For the past 7 years the incoming NSPE president has included a morning at SCE as part of the NSPE president’s annual visit to Kansas City, the 4th largest engineering hub in the nation.
The meet and greet with President Chris Stone, P.E. and his delegation, prior to the info session, was attended by SCE Dean Kevin Truman, NSPE/MSPE student chapter President Jason Painter, Webmaster Taya Upkes, Treasurer Michael “Tyler” Martin, and faculty advisors Dr. Khosrow Sohraby, P.E. and Dr. Jesse Sherwood, P.E. A visit to Linda Hall Library, considered by many to be the world’s greatest private, not-for-profit science, engineering and technology library, and just one block from SCE’s Flarsheim Hall was also arranged. The UMKC MSPE/NSPE student chapter is affiliated to NSPE on the national level and is locally mentored and provided sponsorship by the Western Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers here in Kansas City.
The president of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) visited SCE September 16, 2010 during his visit to Kansas City. The SCE NSPE Student Chapter, one of the largest in the country, hosted a Pizza with the President luncheon where SCE engineering students were able to discuss their professional licensure questions and learn more about the steps needed to achieve professional licensure. President Hardy and his delegation also had lively meetings SCE faculty discussing faculty licensure issues and learning more about SCE faculty research areas and applications. Late afternoon found President Hardy as the featured guest on SCE Associate Professor Deborah O’Bannon’s KCMO 710 radio show, Building Kansas City. He ended his day at the MSPE WC and KSPE EC dinner meeting where he spoke on the value of networking. Eleven NSPE student chapter members from UMKC SCE attended the dinner.
SCE faculty obtained important information on P.E. licensure and had an opportunity to discuss with the 2009-2010 NSPE President Samuel W. Grossman, P.E., F.NSPE, trends in engineering and computer science related to pipeline, curriculum, research and licensure.
Later in the afternoon, a smaller goup of SCE faculty presented overviews of their research and highlighted some fun SCE faculty outreach activities which included a radio show and our involvement in the upcoming American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) national conference which will be held in Kansas City in late October 2009.
For 46 consecutive years, the President of the National Society of Professional Engineering (NSPE) has visited Kansas City to connect with NSPE’s local and state chapters. Each NSPE President serves for one year. For the past six years, our School of Computing and Engineering has been priviledged to be a part of the President’s visit to Kansas City, hosting sessions with the President and our faculty and students.
Visit Schedule:
09:20 AM: Welcome & Orientation Meeting
10:15 AM: Licensure & Alternative Pathways Discussion
11:05 AM: Pizza with the President in Room 557 Flarsheim Hall (SCE Students)
12:05 PM: Future Curriculum Needs For Future Engineers
01:15 PM: Research & Outreach
SCE Students engaged in lively discussion with the 2009-2010 NSPE President Samuel W. Grossman, P.E., F.NSPE when he visited SCE on September 17, 2009. Students obtained information related to P.E. licensure issues and professional practice.
For 46 consecutive years, the President of the National Society of Professional Engineering (NSPE) has visited Kansas City to connect with NSPE’s local and state chapters. Each NSPE President serves for one year. For the past six years, our School of Computing and Engineering has been priviledged to be a part of the President’s visit to Kansas City, hosting sessions with the President and our faculty and students.
Our UMKC student chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE is strongly supported by the Western Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers (WC MSPE is a local Kansas City MSPE chapter) and the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE is a state chapter of NSPE). UMKC MSPE student chapter members are invited to attend WC MSPE monthly meetings, participate in field trips and compete for the Leadership Excellence Achievement Program Award sponsored by WC MSPE. This award annually recognizes two students that have shown outstanding leadership and exemplary ethics and one faculty that has demonstrated mentoring abilities that encourage students to seek leadership excellence in the engineering profession Awardees are honored at the March monthly dinner which was held at the School of Computing and Engineering in 2008.
2008 LEAP Awardees & Story
Cory Douthat, John Balling, Noah Boydston Dr. Reza Derakhshani & John Balling
Two SCE Students and one SCE faculty received Leadership Excellence Achievement Program (LEAP) Awards sponsored by the Western Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers (WC MSPE). John Balling, President of the Western Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers, hosted the awards ceremony at WC MSPE’s monthly dinner/presentation meeting on March 12, 2009 which was held at the UMKC School of Computing and Engineering. The student LEAP award recognizes annually two SCE students that have shown outstanding leadership and exemplary ethics. Noah Boydston (BSME) and Cory Douthat (BSECE) were presented the award. The faculty LEAP award recognizes annually an SCE faculty that has demonstrated mentoring abilities that encourage students to seek leadership excellence in the engineering profession. It was awarded to Dr. Reza Derakhshani.
