Common Ground Fall 2021

Common Ground

Missouri S&T | Fall 2021

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

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From the Chair GREETINGS MINER ALUMNI, STUDENTS AND FRIENDS! Taking the opportunity to highlight our Miner alumni accomplishments and activities is always a pleasure, even during trying times. Common Ground 2021 is again marked by impacts of COVID-19. We can’t get away from the biggest global pandemic we’ve seen.

Our students, alumni and faculty have certainly felt the impacts, and looking back on the 2020-21 academic year we can be proud of all our Miners yet again!

We typically highlight the amazing accomplishments of our student design teams, service efforts and international travel. We take pride in our triumphs of the year. As classroom attendance was limited and student organizations and design teams could hardly meet in person, the challenge to excel was never greater. Our students and Miner alumni maintained the legacy of doing amazing things, and gave us a lot to brag about as we went to press with this edition of Common Ground. Our students were again set to compete with high expectations and we had to adjust in many ways. Steel Bridge teams competed virtually, with construction being done online and with judges in person at the S&T Kummer Design Center or the MSU-S&T Plaster Center in Springfield, Mo. They excelled with S&T winning regionals and a top-20 finish internationally (pgs. 14-15).

Concrete Canoe could not compete in person or race, but finished third in the Most Innovative Design/Developmental Use of Concrete. S&T’s Solar House Design Team also went online for competition and had a stellar finish, with the Freedom to Live Independently, Green Housing for Tomorrow (FLIGHT) Home, earning second place in the Suburban Single-Family Housing Division. Seventy-two teams from 12 countries competed by designing energy-efficient homes for the DOE competition (pg. 18).

Our students triumphed in the face of unprecedented circumstances! Regardless of challenges, we talk about educating and training “street ready” engineers, and that expectation will not change nor will it be put on the shelf. As we transitioned to having some classes outdoors (surveying for example) and doing more labs at unique times or in a “walk through” type process rather than in batches of students, our students and faculty managed to find a way, and our true character became evident. Students, faculty, staff and alumni were resilient and would not be denied the opportunity to succeed.

Our graduates’ placement was 96% in the pandemic year, the highest on campus.

We all agreed to uphold the same high expectations that built our legacy and reputation, and we found ways to carry on. For example, Dr. Eric Showalter held senior design class online and “in person” across six different classrooms to hold the eight teams, so the teams could work together, get the lecture materials out, get teamwork moving, and not violate the restricted capacities.

As in any time of crisis, it takes a village to get through. I’d like to make a very direct request of our Miner village to assist our team. With shrinking budgets, alumni support has never been more important in maintaining the quality of our programs. I would like to acknowledge the specific support of alumnus Al Kaplan as he helped fund classroom technology upgrades and teaching assistants that provided grading support when teaching loads were higher than ever (pg. 3). Without question, we faced the most challenging year in our 150-year history, and we triumphed! As we enter this academic year, general support of our student activities, our excellent adjunct faculty, and our team overall is still greatly needed. Your support will help us succeed on this bumpy road and launch into our next 150 years poised to build upon our impressive legacy. Please do not hesitate to contact me at burken@mst.edu or offer alumni news updates online at mineralumni.com and be sure to follow the CArEE department on our social media channels (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram).

Joel Burken, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, F.AEESP 2

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Kaplan working to Change the World Civil, architectural and environmental engineering alumni have always been leaders in supporting our mission at Missouri S&T to produce the finest engineers possible.

From the Kummer Student Design Center that was largely designed and built with support of civil engineering alumni, to the new Clayco ACML expansion, to Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall that was built with no state support. This tradition was carried forward this year in time of need with some specific support from Al Kaplan, CE’72.

Kaplan has often traveled back to Rolla to speak to our students in recent years, sharing a unique perspective of a career that was largely spent internationally, developing oil and gas facilities all over the world. He has also worked with international partners to better their own communities.

Kaplan was nominated as a spring 2021 Chi Epsilon Chapter Honor Member, following his talks to CArEE seniors and at ASCE chapter meetings. He was approved by the national Chi Epsilon Council and was initiated as the 133rd Chapter Honor Member of Missouri S&T Chi Epsilon. He joins the honor roll of numerous Miner alumni including Joe Butler, Leif Sverdrup, Skip Carlton, Enoch Needles and Bob Bay, along with many others. During his acceptance talk, Kaplan highlighted the role of engineers as community leaders as well as technical leaders, offering a call to service throughout one’s career.

With the pandemic impacts, Kaplan asked, “How can I help?” He supported additional resources to hire more students to support teaching, including the undergraduates that conduct the surveying labs, added grading support for online courses, and laboratory space for more lab sections to maintain the hands-on and experiential learning we greatly value in the CArEE department.

Our students thank you, Mr. Kaplan, as a exemplary alumnus who is Changing the World in his career and through supporting the education of future Miner alumni!

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Ph.D. candidate wins $70,000 Laegeler Fellowship for renewable energy research

Xinzhe Yuan

Civil Engineering Doctoral Student

Website: news.mst.edu/2021/06/ missouri-st-ph-d-candidatewins-70000-laegelerfellowship-for-renewableenergy-research

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Research involving drones mounted with thermal and hyperspectral cameras to inspect solar panels for damage has won a $70,000 fellowship for Xinzhe Yuan, who will complete his Ph.D. at Missouri S&T later this year. The Laegeler Sustainable Energy Fellowship – from Concept to Reality, created by two Missouri S&T graduates, will provide a stipend and benefits for Yuan to conduct postdoctoral research at S&T. “This is a precious opportunity for young Ph.D. students to start a career, and it is good practice in pitching a research idea,” Yuan says. “I appreciate this support for my postdoctoral research.”

The Solar Energy Industries Association predicts that the U.S. solar market will quadruple from current levels by the end of the decade, adding hundreds of thousands of jobs for U.S. workers.

Solar panels need regular inspection and maintenance, and that’s where Yuan’s research can help.

“If panels have surface defects, it can affect the output of solar farms,” Yuan says. “The traditional approach is to send people with thermal cameras to inspect the panels, but that is not very efficient. Drones are much faster and can quickly determine which solar panels need repair.”

Engineering. Each wrote letters of support to the fellowship selection committee.

Chen, who is Yuan’s academic advisor, is also director of S&T’s Center for Intelligent Infrastructure, which will provide much of the research equipment.

The Laegeler Fellowship was established

by Missouri S&T alumni Molly, PetE’00, and Andy, BSci’99, Chem’99, Laegeler.

They created the fellowship because they feel strongly that additional research will identify technologies able to bring profitable, sustainable energy to the world.

“We are very excited to provide this postdoctoral opportunity at Missouri S&T,” Molly says. “Our goal in supporting translational research in sustainable energy is to draw awareness to the university for the excellent research it fosters and to provide a vision for bridging the gap between research and practical application in this field.”

The Solar Energy Industries Association predicts that the U.S. solar market will quadruple from current levels by the end of the decade, adding hundreds of thousands of jobs for U.S. workers.

Yuan, who also holds a graduate certificate in computer science from S&T, adds that, based on data from a California solar farm, it takes humans 195 hours to inspect the farm’s solar panels. Drones equipped with thermal and hyperspectral cameras, which can capture images the human eye cannot see, did the work in four hours. The farm saved $20,000.

Yuan’s research project will be supervised by a multidisciplinary team of Missouri S&T faculty: Dr. Rui Bo, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering; Dr. Casey Canfield, assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering; Dr. Sanjay Madria, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of computer science; and Dr. Genda Chen, the Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Professor of Civil

“The education we received at Missouri S&T taught us how to solve problems,” Andy says. “We want to encourage great minds to continue working on even bigger problems still outstanding in our world today.”

Molly Laegeler is a member of the Missouri S&T Academy of Mines and Metallurgy and works as Chevron’s general manager of asset development for the Permian Basin. Andy Laegeler played on the S&T men’s golf team.

He is a pharmacist and USA Swimming and Ironman Certified Coach in Midland, Texas, where they live.

The Laegelers are developing a nonprofit organization to promote sustainable energy.

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CArEE graduate students honored by College of Engineering and Computing Ph.D. students at Missouri S&T received dean’s honors from the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) during a hybrid on-campus/online ceremony held Tuesday, May 25.

Eight students received the Dean’s Ph.D. Scholar Award, which recognizes scholarly contributions among the most productive Ph.D. students. The students represent six departments within CEC. “It’s a thrill each year to recognize the outstanding contributions made by our graduate students,” says Dr. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, CEC’s associate dean for academic affairs. “The awards reflect the students’ commitment to excellence and the mentorship provided by their advisors.

We are very proud of all the Ph.D. students who were nominated and considered.”

The awards involved a highly competitive two-tier selection process where each of the CEC departments independently selected up to three nominees for the college to consider. A committee made up of representatives from five CEC departments selected the winners.

Below are the three honorees from the CArEE department: DEAN’S PH.D. SCHOLAR AWARDEES • Jun Liu • Wenyu Liao • Yanxiao Li

Jun Liu

Wenyu Liao

Yanxiao Li Website: news.mst.edu/2021/05/ college-of-engineering-and-computinghonors-graduate-students

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Undergraduate Research Conference Winners Jessi Schoolcraft

Hattie Matthews

Divyesh Shelar

Nineteen students in eight categories received recognition and cash awards as winners of the 16th annual Undergraduate Research Conference at Missouri S&T. The conference featured oral and poster exhibitions that represented work from students in nearly every major at S&T. First-place winners were awarded a cash prize of $500. Second- and third-place finishers received $250 and $100, respectively.

of Reason.” Her research advisor is Dr. Audra Merfeld-Langston, chair and professor of arts, languages, and philosophy.

ENGINEERING POSTER PRESENTATION SESSION

ARTS AND HUMANITIES POSTER PRESENTATION SESSION

Second place – Hattie Matthews, a senior in architectural engineering from Muskogee, Okla., and Divyesh Shelar, a senior in architectural engineering from Rolla, Mo., for their research titled “Solar Panel Recycling in The United States.”

Their research advisor is Dr. Stuart Baur, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering.

First place – Jessi Schoolcraft, a senior in environmental engineering from Willard, Mo., for her research titled “Credibility and Divination in the Age

To see the full list of winners, visit econnection.mst.edu/2021/06/ undergraduate-research-conferencewinners-announced/.

Here are the winners from the CArEE department:

Nathan Meisgeier

Wesam Sameer Mohammed-Ali

Sean Myers

Charlemagne Nicolas

Colin Sponable

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Organizations and Activities

Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) Brenan Pool, a senior in civil and architectural engineering, attended the 2021 Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) Conference held April 7-9. AEI’s student leaders were given access to design competition presentations, collaborated and connected with other student chapters across the U.S., and met with AEI president, Leigh Harrison.

The conference offered unique and exciting opportunities for members of the building design and construction industry to learn about and discuss advanced, cutting-edge strategies and state-of-the-art practices of integrated building technology.

To learn more about the conference, visit aei-conference.org.

Earth Day A group of environmental engineering students show their enthusiasm and give two thumbs up at the Tie-Dye Station during this year’s Earth Day activities.

“Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.”

– Scott Peter

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Chi Epsilon National Honor Society Missouri S&T Chapter of Chi Epsilon, the national honor society of civil engineers, installed 23 new members for Fall 2020 and Spring 2021. These students join the ranks of more than 2,600 S&T pledges and make us proud.

In the initiation script, the president stated, “As an engineer, you are given a favored role in the achievement of human destiny. When you build a bridge, design a dam, perfect a process, or link power lines together, you are fulfilling this role; you owe everything that you have to give an honest and sincere effort toward the engineering process.

Dishonesty is inconceivable in even the smallest details of a professional mission. Carelessness and sloth are but a little less reproachable. Integrity and energy deepen the luster placed upon the profession of engineering by the master builders of the past. Disclosure of advances must be freely given to aid in educating engineers of the future. Thus, with each generation rising above the teaching of its forerunner, progress via the employment of science is the gift of engineering to mankind. This gift must be accompanied by the upmost ethical and moral principles.”

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Students in the Spotlight

Justin Hackmann Website: news.mst.edu/ 2021/05/introducing-nearly1120-new-miner-alumni

Justin Hackmann, CE’21, of Wentzville, Mo., was the first in his family to earn a college degree when he graduated in May 2021.

“I decided to attend S&T because it was the best school in the Midwest for engineering and offered the most options,” he says.

“I love how S&T challenged me and continues to push my limits to make me grow as an engineer. S&T will challenge you more than just academically, it will challenge you to grow as a person as well.”

While a student, he spent a semester on a project engineering co-op for Ameren Missouri.

“My scholarships have allowed me to pursue my career without having fear of financial issues coming and stopping me, taking another piece of stress off of my shoulders,” he says.

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Hackmann has been active in many student music groups on campus, including serving as drum major of the university’s marching band, and performing in the Wind Symphony and Orchestra.

“My best experience at S&T was being able to travel with the band to the Mineral Water Bowl in November 2018 to support the football team and their huge victory.”

His favorite place on campus?

Butler-Carlton Hall.

“I like sitting in the atrium and doing homework,” he adds.

After he graduated in May, Hackmann started working as a structural engineer with Burns and McDonnell.

Kirsten Lee Kirsten Lee was featured as a senior spotlight by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).

SWE is a student organization that empowers women to achieve their full potential in careers as engineers and leaders. It expands the image of the engineering and technology professions as a positive force in improving the quality of life, and demonstrates the value of diversity and inclusion.

Learn more at swe.mst.edu.

Alissa Keller, CE’21, of St. Louis, was one of four graduating students at Missouri S&T chosen to speak during four commencement ceremonies held in May. Keller was the speaker at the noon ceremony held on Saturday, May 15.

During the spring ceremonies, more than 1,100 degrees were awarded to graduate and undergraduate candidates.

Keller has held internship positions at Kiewit and ARCO Construction Co. and studied abroad in the Netherlands.

A member of the Concrete Canoe Design Team, she was active in the Trap and Skeet Club, Kappa Delta sorority and Lambda Sigma Pi women’s service organization as Girl Scouts of the USA. After graduation, she began work for Whiting Turner in Kansas City, Mo. She earned a minor in engineering management.

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CArEE Miner Athletes Score Recognition

McAlister selected to CoSIDA Academic All-America team Miner running back Payton McAlister, a senior in civil engineering, was selected to the Academic All-America football team for the 2020-21 school year as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

McAlister was a second team choice to the squad for NCAA Division II and was among four players from the Great Lakes Valley Conference that were chosen.

As a junior, McAlister led the Miners with 497 all-purpose yards in S&T’s three-game spring season with 13 receptions for 104 yards and finished with 385 yards rushing. He had the Miners’ top rushing performance of the spring with 190 yards against Southwest Baptist – the ninth-highest mark in program history – and scored five touchdowns during the season.

In the 2019 campaign when he was selected to the Great Lakes Valley Conference’s all-league squad as a first-team selection, McAlister accumulated a team-high 1,204 all-purpose yards and had the third-best game in school history with 330 yards in a season-closing win over McKendree. He will enter the 2021 season with 2,427 all-purpose yards and 18 touchdowns in his first three seasons on the field for the Miners.

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Janke named to USTFCCCA All-Midwest Region team Nick Janke, a junior in civil engineering, was named an All-Midwest region selection for the 2021 indoor season by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. He was named to the all-region team, which is awarded to student-athletes that finished among the top five competitors in the region in their event during the season, or was a member of a relay team that finished among the top three in the region.

Janke earned his honor in the high jump, where he had the fifth-best clearance of the season of 6-7 at the TRXC Timing Opportunity No. 2 meet on Feb. 12 at Principia College. Janke’s mark was the second-best in the Great Lakes Valley Conference this season as well, trailing only the mark of 6-9 by Ndubisi Eze of the University of Indianapolis. Janke was also the spring 2021president of Chi Epsilon and is active in undergraduate research.

Merjil earns GLVC Volleyball Player of the Week Award After two big wins over UIndy and 23rd ranked Quincy, setter Hannah Merjil, a senior in civil engineering, was named the Baden Volleyball Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week in March.

Merjil, who is from Bakersfield, Calif., finished with 104 total assists with 11.56 assists/set. She set a career high in the five-set win over UIndy with 58 assists and set a new program record with seven service aces.

Along with dishing out the ball, Merjil recorded six kills, 17 digs, six blocks, and ended up with a .535 hitting percentage.

Nickell lands GLVC Athlete of the Week Joseph Nickell, a senior in civil engineering, was named a Great Lakes Valley Conference field athlete of the week in April. Nickell had a clearance of five meters, or 16-4¾ to win the pole vault competition and reach an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark in process at the Dick Cochran Invitational held at Lindenwood University. Nickell’s mark was also the best of his career and it put him second in the GLVC rankings in that event and 20th in NCAA Division II. Nickell will pursue his master’s degree at S&T beginning this fall.

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DESIGN TEAMS

Steel Bridge wins regionals Missouri S&T’s Steel Bridge Design Team won first place at the regional American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Mid-Continent Student Conference and put their bridge engineering and construction skills to the test at the national level. Both the regional and national competitions were held virtually this year.

At the regional event, S&T earned first place overall, as well as first place in construction speed and aesthetics, and second place in bridge lightness, bridge economy, and efficiency. This is the third year in a row that Missouri S&T has won the regional competition and qualified for the national event.

The team competed in nationals in June. Entries from university teams across the country were judged on construction speed, lightness, aesthetics, economy and efficiency. S&T finished 18th overall. The team competed against other collegiate teams from around the country to construct a scale-model bridge as fast as possible. The competition was scored based on a dollar amount rather than a points system. The scoring simulated the accounting process involved in determining the budget for an actual bridge construction project.

“Despite the unprecedented limitations imposed by the pandemic, the team excelled and received an award in all five categories,” says Dr. Nicolas Libre, team advisor and an associate teaching professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at S&T. Website: news.mst.edu/ 2021/04/sts-steel-bridgeteam-wins-regional-eventwill-compete-at-nationals-2

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The competition also increases awareness of real-world engineering issues like spatial constraints, material properties, strength, safety and cost. The team is supported by S&T’s Academy of Civil Engineers.

Concrete Canoe places third Missouri S&T’s Concrete Canoe Team placed third in the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Concrete Solutions Competition held Oct. 25, 2020, during the ACI Virtual Concrete Convention.

The team finished third in the Most Innovative Design/Developmental Use of Concrete category with their floating concrete entry. Eighteen teams representing six countries competed for cash prizes.

PLACEMENT DAY IN JANUARY The photo above was snapped right before COVID-19 hit. Many of the teams took changes in stride. While they were unable to meet in person, they got together via Zoom to plan their season.

Miner Bears Steel Bridge The 2021 Missouri State University (MSU) Steel Bridge Team will compete remotely this season. Last year’s bridge design featured laser-cut webbing, and chromoly steel tubing — a first for the team. Dylan Newell and Cameron Sooy, alumni from previous teams, returned to campus as judges. The team didn’t complete loading, but did improve and is looking forward to the 2022 competition.

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Engineers Without Borders-S&T Chapter

Celebrates 15 years

For the last 15 years Missouri S&T’s Engineers Without Borders Chapter has worked on clean water, sanitation, earthquake resistant housing, erosion control, irrigation, bridges, and school building projects. The chapter has partnered with 12 communities in Honduras, Bolivia, Guatemala and Ecuador to meet their basic needs and improve their quality of life. So far, eight projects have been successfully completed impacting over 15,000 community members.

During the pandemic, chapter meetings were held online and training sessions were given in technical writing, AutoCAD, EPANET, and ArcGIS via Zoom. There was a tremendous turnout for construction training. The teams built gabions, a slow sand filter and a concrete pad to prepare for their projects.

The teams are committed to their partners in these communities and will continue to work toward a better future.

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Agua Fria, Ecuador

The team is providing a community of 300-plus people with an accessible and cost-effective source of clean water, while educating them on both the water system built and good sanitation practices. During their first trip in January 2019, the team determined to help this community by implementing a rainwater catchment system. Since the team was unable to travel in 2020 due to the pandemic, Engineers in Action (EIA) partners made a COVID relief trip in November to the community. They gathered information using drones and have been busy designing a gravity-fed water distribution system for the lower portion of the community. The team is working diligently and looking forward to implementing this project.

Paraje Xecaxjoj, Guatemala

The goal of the team is to design a school building for 110 students (K-6th grade) with six classrooms, an office, a kitchen and a restroom. Currently classes are being taught inside makeshift sheds. A soil berm and gabion walls are being designed to control erosion around the school. The last few months, the team has been working diligently on finishing the slope stability design and starting on the design for the septic system. Due to the pandemic, remote implementation has been challenging. Most of the issues stem from trying to figure out blueprints and designs.

Atahuallani Bolivia

Diez de Abril, Bolivia Working with a small community of 360 people to improve access to potable water and electricity, education on sanitation and reduction of erosion. Due to the pandemic, the team has been working closely with EIA to enact remote implementation.

Plans were recently approved for the remote implementation of a well house for protecting the well drilled in March 2020. Community members, including multiple skilled masons, have started work on the well house.

The people in this community are currently drinking from a contaminated water source that is hard to access.

The team is working on a pipeline that will collect water from the glacial melt and be stored much closer to the community.

Over the last couple months, the team assessed the pros and cons of ferro-cement vs. plastic for the water storage tanks on our gravity-fed water system, finally settling on ferro-cement. They are also working on break pressure tanks and collection dams for the system. Traveling is not an option due to the pandemic, but they were approved for remote implementation of the water supply system. They are also working with EIA to help the community construct it.

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Solar House team earns second-place finish in Solar Decathlon with accessible housing design for veterans with disabilities

Missouri S&T’s Solar House Design Team recently earned a second-place finish in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon Design Challenge. The virtual competition was held in mid-April.

Missouri S&T’s house, named the Freedom to Live Independently, Green Housing for Tomorrow (FLIGHT) Home, earned second place in the Suburban Single-Family Housing Division. Seventy-two teams from 12 countries competed by designing energy-efficient homes that were presented virtually to energy and construction industry experts.

The team says the FLIGHT home represents a net-zero, single-family housing project that combines an environmentally friendly design with technology to grant veterans who have lost lower limbs full mobility in their daily activities. The design includes systems that aim to make cooking,

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using the restroom and getting dressed easier. The team’s design brief states that it would locate the home where there would be optimal access to resources for veterans. S&T’s home was designed for the Rolla area due to its close proximity to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., as well as several veteran organizations such as Disabled American Veterans.

The team’s advisors are Dr. Stuart Baur, associate professor and Dr. Heath Pickerill, assistant teaching professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at S&T. The team also received design feedback from Daniel Vargas, president and founder of Operation Triage, and Matt Belcher, an officer in Operation Triage. Operation Triage is a non-profit organization that provides home remodeling and renovations to disabled veterans, first responders and active duty service members.

Website: news. mst.edu/2021/04/ missouri-stearns-secondplace-finish- insolar-decathlonwith-accessiblehousing-design-fordisabled-veterans

Missouri State: Springfield Campus Events

Miner Bears build boardwalk A new project transpired due to the cancellation of the concrete canoe competition at Missouri State University (MSU). TrailSpring gave our MSU students the opportunity to be part of Dirt66 (a 66-mile trail connecting Springfield’s parks). More than 20 students planned and constructed the boardwalk in less than one day at Fellows Lake. Miner Bear, Jason Coleman, was the project leader. The team built the boardwalk with recycled utility poles donated by city utilities and timber provided at a discount from Lowe’s. Anderson Engineering and Olsson provided labor and their expertise.

Jordan Creek stream cleanup Trash and other pollution hurt our streams and the animals that depend on them for water, food, and a place to live. Even the biggest rivers are fed by small creeks, so every stream is worth keeping clean.

Miner Bears participated in a half-mile stream cleanup of Jordan Creek in downtown Springfield, Mo., in both October of 2020 and May of 2021. This is an urban stream that runs directly under the cooperative engineering building on campus.

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ALUMNI news Let us know what you’ve been doing.

Send information about your professional and personal accomplishments — career changes or promotions, weddings, births and other news.

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ALUMNI news

1980s Keith Killian, CE’84, began an assignment in April 2019 with ExxonMobil in Papua, New Guinea, as production manager of the gas production and LNG business.

Scott Nall, CE’86, MS CE’99, was recently named the director of FGM Architects Inc. federal practice.

1990s James Knutelski, CE’91, MS CE’02, celebrated 20 years of service at Hanson Professional Services Inc. Johnny Michael Miller, CE’98, was recently promoted to vice president at Manhattan Construction Co. Miller previously served as operations manager.

2000s Josh Hartley, CE’08, was named acting director for New Orleans public works department.

Kensey Russell, CE’03, transportation section manager for the HNTB Corp.

Oklahoma City location, was elected ASCE Region 6 Governor and will serve a three-year term. He lives in Edmond, Okla., with his wife and two children.

2010s Nichole Geiger, ArchE’15, was recently promoted to project manager at S.M. Wilson.

Tyler Jaycox, CE’19, was promoted in February to assistant director of the Manchester, Mo., public works department.

Shawnna Erter, GeoE’00, MS GeoE’13, vice president of geotechnical services at SCI Engineering Inc. in St. Louis, was recently named to the inaugural 2020 class of St. Louis CNR Top 20 Women in Construction.

Erter’s career path has allowed her to combine her passion for geology and the outdoors with her love of creating and problem-solving. She has been part of iconic St. Louis engineering and construction projects like the Gateway Arch grounds renovation and expansion, Ballpark Village and Next NGA West. She values the relationships and trust she built with countless industry partners while working on these projects.

In 2006, the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers named Erter Young Engineer of the Year.

In 2018, she was named a Diplomat of Geotechnical Engineering, and in 2019 she became an American Society of Civil Engineers Fellow.

WEDDING Molly Prickett, EnvE’13, married Tyrel Dimick near their home in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho.

They have a feisty and smart 2-year-old daughter named Margot. Molly is an environmental engineer for J.R. Simplot’s corporate environmental group, leading remediation projects from California to Mississippi.

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Mehmet “Nihat” Taner, CE’73, A THANKSGIVING STORY: We graduated from Bosporus University, Istanbul, in June 1972. We were married on Aug. 10 and were on a charter flight to New York two days later.

Finally, we made it to Rolla and settled at 501 West 9th St. It was a two-story, old wooden house, part of the Sigma Phi Epsilon establishment. I was busy with the classes, while my wife was at home, trying to make ends meet.

There was a priest (reverend) in the same block who was helpful from the first day. Sometime in mid-November he informed us about the Thanksgiving weekend and that they were taking new international students to a farmhouse outside Rolla for a Thanksgiving meal. He asked us if we would like to join, and of course we were happy to go.

We had no car at that time, and our friend arranged the transportation.

On Thursday morning we met the family giving us the lift. The husband was a professor in the chemical engineering department. They also had a daughter, who was around 10 years old. As I remember, she was named after a lake in Africa.

The farm house was a big one, the owners were very friendly, and the turkey meal delicious. It was a large gathering. Among others, I recall a family that recently moved to the U.S. from Vietnam. When she learned that I was Turkish, the hostess asked my opinion about some oriental rugs they had bought in the Middle East.

When everybody was relaxed after the coffee and pie, the professor’s wife asked me if I knew about a Turkish fellow named Nuvit Ozdogru. Of course, I did!

He was a well-known playwright, theater actor and producer. She told me that they met when they were students (I think it was at University of Wisconsin) and became friends. Then she started to sing an old Turkish song: Karanfil oylum oylum, geliyor selvi boylum Selvi boylum gelince şen olur benim gönlüm…

Karanfil olacaksın sararıp solacaksın Ben hâkime danıştım sen benim olacaksın Carnation in laminations, here comes my tall one When my tall one comes, my heart fills with joy…

You will be a carnation, turn yellow and wither I consulted with the judge, you will be mine I never met with the lady again. I graduated from UMR in December 1973, and we returned to Turkey in 1977. It never occurred to me to contact Nuvit Ozdogru.

He was born in 1925 and passed away in 2002 after a long career. Just a few days ago, I recalled that special Thanksgiving in 1972 and the lady who sang the Turkish song.

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FUTURE miners

Adam Hilgedick, CE’09, and his wife, Kimberly, recently welcomed their first child, Hayes Kirk, in November 2020.

Shawn Meeks, ME’13, and his wife, Sara (Shafer) Meeks, ArchE’11, MBA’12, welcomed a baby girl on Aug. 13, 2020.

Delilah Rose joins older brothers Abel and Roman.

ALUMNI news

Celebrating nearly 30 years Congratulations to Dick Arnoldy, CE’69, MS EMgt’73, and Jeff Cook, EMgt’94, as they begin their 30th year in business at ARCO Construction Co. They make the construction process enjoyable and exceed expectations through successful planning, design and construction. They are the design/ build experts in a variety of industries including athletic facilities, offices, distribution and warehouse centers, labs, multi-family and senior living communities, self-storage, cold storage, aviation, process and healthcare facilities on a national level.

Competing in the Olympics Scottie Thomas, ChE’18, and his wife, Madison (Moore) Thomas, ArchE’19, welcomed a baby girl, Eleanor, on July 16, 2020.

Proud to see Shawn Dingilius Wallace, CE’17 (pictured right), competing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

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IN MEMORIAM Remembering the following Miner Alumni who have passed away.

1940s

1960s

George J. Juenger, CE’49 (Dec. 25, 2020)

Paul P. Chapman, CE’69 (Aug. 26, 2015)

Margaret C. Schoeneberg, CE’44 (Feb. 12, 2020)

David E. Dyhouse, CE’63 (May 8, 2020)

Landon C. Viles, CE’49 (Jan. 8, 2021)

1950s Robert D. Aubuchon, CE’59 (Sept. 14, 2020) John Bruegging, CE’59 (Oct. 15, 2020) David L. Donelson, CE’59 (March 31, 2021) Eugene M. Getson, CE’53 (Jan. 17, 2021) Thomas A. McCarthy, CE’59 (Jan. 15, 2020)

C. Stuart Ferrell, CE’64, PhD CE’71 (Nov. 22, 2020) Thomas W. Graham, CE’67 (Aug. 21, 2012) Arthur J. Jacobsmeyer, CE’62 (Feb. 18, 2021) Joseph P. Johnson, CE’63 (Jan. 5, 2021) Thomas P. Johnson, CE’64 (Oct. 5, 2020) Hugh A. Langford, CE’64 (Oct. 1, 2020) Ken C. Lux, CE’62 (Feb. 19, 2021)

Hulon D. McDaniel, CE’51 (Nov. 6, 2020)

Anthony K. Martignon, CE’62 (April 4, 2020)

Myra Parrish, CE’51 (Dec. 2, 2019)

Richard Miller, CE’67 (Dec. 1, 2020)

John L. Pasley, CE’59 (Dec. 28,2020)

Robert B. Pettibon, CE’61 (March 14, 2021)

Robert E. Ramsey, CE’59 (Jan. 5, 2021)

Leroy A. Rader, CE’63 (March 9, 2021)

Lloyd O. Senter, CE’55 (Oct. 27, 2020)

Bill H. Reid, CE’63 (Sept. 14, 2020)

Dale A. Strub, CE’58 (Feb. 25, 2021)

Robert J. Ronzo, CE’67, MS EMgt’72 (Feb. 12, 2021)

Cevat H. Yali, MS CE’51 (June, 22, 2018)

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Charles T. Sing, CE’63 (July 14, 2020) Sherman Allen Wolf, CE’61 (Nov. 18, 2020)

1970s Gregory D. Bachmann, CE’70 (June, 12, 2019) John D. Gresham, CE’74 (Oct. 24,2020) Jerry W. Heavin, CE’74 (Oct. 20, 2020) Donald E. Hemenover, CE’71 (Nov. 15, 2020) Richard Roger Herrin, CE’71 (March 9, 2011) Joseph J. Kammerer Jr., CE’70 (Aug. 26, 2018) Richard A. Klusmeyer, CE’70 (Nov. 18, 2020) David J. Pennington, CE’71 (Sept. 3, 2018) Richard E. Steffee, CE’71 (Sept. 2, 2020) David L. Strelow, CE’77 (July 9, 2020) Verner E. Thomas, CE’70 (Jan. 4, 2021)

1990s Kevin Lee Lamb, CE’90 (Feb. 25, 2021)

Pierce passes away Ronald R. Pierce, CE’65, worked for Crawford, Murphy and Tilley in Springfield, Ill., prior to joining Garver & Garver in 1968 as a design engineer. He later served as president and CEO of Garver Engineers. A respected leader, he was recognized by many professional organizations including the Arkansas Waste Water Association, the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Arkansas Society of Professional Engineers, Water and Wastewater Hall of Fame, and the Academy of Civil Engineers at both Missouri S&T and the University of Arkansas. He was a licensed professional engineer in multiple states.

The projects he and his team led brought clean water and cleaned the wastewater of municipalities and cities across the region. (April 5, 2021)

Thomas G. Utterback, CE’74 (Dec. 20, 2020) William J. Zaner, CE’74 (Jan. 13, 2021) Willis Wilson, CE’73, owned Aqua Tech Engineering Consultants Inc. until his death in 2019. He was honored with a Young Civil Engineers Excellence Award and an Award of Professional Distinction from Missouri S&T. (Aug. 2, 2019)

1980s John Michael Collins, CE’87, worked for the city of Ellisville as a civil engineer for 24 years and was an active member of the American Public Works Association.

(Nov. 26, 2019) Amir H. Yahyavi, CE’82, MS CE’84, PhD EMch’90 (June, 10, 2019)

Friends & Family Kathryn Ann Breece, wife of David Breece, CE’74 (Jan. 16, 2020) Joan Kemper, wife of Robert J. Kemper, CE’49 (Jan. 27, 2013) Darryll Krumrey, husband of Melody Kay Fulkerson Krumrey, CE’87 (Nov. 27, 2016) Anne Marie Summers, wife of the late John W. Summers, CE’55 (Feb. 5, 2015) Lynda R. Wright, wife of John Wright, CE’61 (Nov. 7, 2018)

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Remembering two influential alumni

Bob Bay

Civil engineering icon and founding member of the Missouri S&T Academy of Civil Engineers Bob Bay, CE’49, passed away peacefully Nov. 15, 2020, at his home at the age of 94.

Bay was a consummate engineer, decorated soldier, dedicated husband, father and leader in all he accomplished.

A World War II veteran in the Pacific theater, Bay rose to the rank of major general in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Reserve. His military service and engineering were always intertwined. He started at the Missouri School of Mines (MSM) in the fall 1943 freshman class. He registered for the draft on his birthday (Sept. 15, 1944) and served in the Philippines. Bay served with distinction, receiving the Distinguished Service Medal, the second-highest military honor. Following his service, he returned to MSM. As a student, he was active in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Baptist Student Union and Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Bay had a long and storied career as a civil engineer with Laclede Steel in St. Louis.

He was jointly responsible for a number of patented technologies, including the design and implementation of the composite floor joist system for the New York World Trade Center, the development of load transfer devices, and for deformed wire fabric used in continuous highway pavements. Bay then served as a principal of Black and Veatch, managing large projects across the U.S. and internationally.

While Bay had a global influence, he was a steadfast servant to his local community and his alma mater. Many of his career accomplishments were unique across 150 years of civil engineering in Rolla, Mo., as Bay’s influence spanned from Missouri School of Mines, through the University of Missouri-Rolla, to Missouri S&T. He was awarded the S&T Chancellor Medal; he spoke at commencement; and he was in the inaugural class of the 2011 Missouri S&T Alumni of Influence. Bay was also among the first class of our Academy of Civil Engineers in 1972, and helped found the fledgling organization, serving as the first president. Until recently, Bay rarely missed a Miner Alumni Association meeting, and he was active and contributing until the last meeting he attended in spring 2020.

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Fred Kummer Founder of HBE Corp. and Adam’s Mark Hotels and visionary supporter of Missouri S&T

Fred Kummer, CE’55, passed away April 30 at the age of 92. Kummer was president and CEO of St. Louis-based HBE Corp., the nation’s leading design-build firm specializing in health care. He built his own company from the ground up with a keen eye for detail, a strong sense of commitment and a solid work ethic. In 1973, Kummer launched the Adam’s Mark Hotels and Resorts chain. He grew the chain, which he sold in 2008, into one of the largest independently owned and operated companies in the hospitality industry.

Kummer was a U.S. Army Veteran during the Korean War, climbing to the rank of first sergeant, and was stationed at Fort Dix in New Jersey. He was awarded an honorary doctor of engineering degree from Missouri S&T in 1984.

Fred and his wife, June, made several generous and transformative donations to the university, the most significant, a $300 million gift in October 2020, established the Kummer Institute for Student Success, Research and Economic Development at Missouri S&T to support efforts to encourage more students to pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The institute includes four new research centers, scholarship and doctoral fellow programs, as well as the establishment of the Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development.

Kummer was a past member of the S&T Board of Trustees and the University of Missouri Board of Curators and was a member of S&T’s Academy of Civil Engineers.

He and June were founding members of the Order of the Golden Shillelagh and in 2011, Kummer was named to the inaugural class of S&T’s Alumni of Influence in recognition of his business success and philanthropic contributions.

The Kummers have been among S&T’s most generous donors over the years.

They provided the lead gift for the Kummer Student Design Center, which houses S&T’s student-run design teams. They also supported the expansion in the 1990s of Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall and, in the early 2000s, of Toomey Hall, which houses S&T’s mechanical and aerospace engineering programs. In recognition of June’s passion for landscaping and gardening, the Kummers provided a gift to name the Fred and June Kummer Garden at S&T’s Hasselmann Alumni House.

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GIVING back

The civil, architectural and environmental engineering department gratefully acknowledges the many donors, corporations and friends recognized here.

You are the champions, advocates, investors, partners and true believers who continue to change lives and transform the future.

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GIVING back 1950

Russell Day

1951

Gerald B. Bellis

1952

Thomas S. Abernathy

John Kincaid William E. Mathews John F. Merritt Robert B. Pettibon* Merle Southern Daniel W. True Robert Whitehead

1962

1953

James F. Ludewig

Arthur Daoulas Gary L. Ferguson Henry G. Williford Jr.

1954

1963

James A. Gerard

1956

Willis G. Grinstead Richard A. Hughes David L. Ketcham Raymond H. Tauser LeRoy E. Thompson

1957

Richard Heagler Sr.

1958

Philip W. Jackson William J. Luebbert Larry B. Meyer Eugene R. Russell Sr. Humbert E. Sfreddo

1959

Leo Bowlin Jr. James Godsy Don E. Henderson Alan H. McHugh Gaylon G. Smith Larry N. Ziegler

1960

John Anderson Gordon R. Hyatt Kenneth D. Jobe Donald L. Logsdon James T. Lovelace Sr. B. Douglas Munsell

1961

Richard L. Brake Orville L. Hake Robert A. Harris

Rajni C. Amin Robert L. Arms Glenn M. Brown Forman W. Hardwick Richard A. Kahl Donald R. Kaiser Jerome Klier Robert E. Markland Wade A. Martin Hugh V. Murray III Robert H. Sieckhaus Harrel W. Timmons James Van Buren

1964

Kenneth Broeking Bernard C. Ebert Jr. Daniel J. Harris Leonard S. Jalbert William H. Koechlein T. Harrell LaRose Jr. John Long Charles G. Lyons Robert J. Murphy James M. Norausky James P. Odendahl Richard Raber Lewis C. Sowell Jr. Robert L. Stuart Graham G. Sutherland III

1965

Charles H. Atkinson John Dierker Larry L. Erwin Gregory Junge John Molitor Robert Otto William E. Polka E. Edward Province Jr.

Eldon R. Shilt Roger H. Stickler Norbert J. Wunderlich Wayne M. Zimmerman

1966

Rohn D. Abbott Laton D. Allison Donald E. Bennish Robert B. Bridges Dave J. Bufalo Matteo A. Coco John Henry Thomas H. Jordan Philip A. Jozwiak Leonard C. Kirberg* Larry W. Littlefield Ranney W. McDonough Ramanlal A. Patel Raymond Walts

1967

William E. Anderson Jr. George C. Chang Paul Darnell Donald E. Dasaro Michael E. Ferretti Wayne Laufer John Mathes Dale R. Merrell Robin R. Mingo Thomas M. Petry John Sadowski Bryan A. Stirrat R. Bruce Van Dover William D. Webb

1968

Richard F. Astrack Charles S. Bach Jr. Kenneth G. Baer Charles R. Barger Douglas A. Brockhaus Daniel Chen John Doyle Aloys H. Faenger Jr. Alan L. Haag Stephen S. Johnson Ronald K. Landwehr Lonny Ludwig Dewayne P. Mabry James L. Miltenberger Ali A. Mohtashemi Robert K. Storck (continued on the next page)

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GIVING back Stuart M. Storrs Melvin L. Sundermeyer Jerome Wibbenmeyer

1969

Richard Arnoldy Richard T. Berning Harry F. Beyer Jr. Robert L. Brinkopf Michael E. Dace Thomas E. Enderle Thomas M. Feger Bradley H. Hornburg Wayne L. Kerns Richard J. Lacavich John J. Moll Michael O. Noggle David C. Pfeiffer Claude N. Strauser William A. Stroessner Alvin D. Wansing Thomas L. Zenge

1970

Kenneth K. Austin Francisco M. Benavides John Branham Lynn B. Calton Danny L. Crain Max M. Ethridge Kent T. Florence Richard L. Freeman Michael M. Friese Michael B. Horsley Thomas E. Kuhn Roger A. LaBoube Abraham H. Loudermilk Jr. Steven J. Malcolm Mark F. Moran Jerry Parsons Harry L. Price Richard G. Rogers William J. Schuck Lynn O. Shafer Charles A. Smith Frank Y.S. Sun Peter Wagner Clyde F. Wakefield James Wege Thomas F. Wolff

1971

Lee S. Austin James A. Bell Daniel E. Boyce Ronald Brendel

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Robert G. Butchko Gary W. Creason Norman D. Dennis Jr. Archibald M. Gallup Edward M. Halter Thomas M. Hayden August E. Heck Jr. Michael Hermesmeyer Bryan Pearl Charlie Powell James F. Raithel David N. Richardson Henry W. Sandhaus Otto B. Sandheinrich Jr. Robert F. Smart Wayne D. Smith Charles H. Tayloe

1972

Melvin W. Baldus Jr. John Beale Robert T. Berry Steven M. Burke Teriel E. Burke Alan W. Carson Frank R. Ellis II Gary D. Forsee Dominic J. Grana Marie Greene Michael C. Hale Brett L. Hanke Dale L. Houdeshell Thomas W. Howard III Mike Huston Alard Kaplan Keith E. Konradi Richard J. Laschober Stephen H. McVeigh Gary M. Neutzling Daniel L. Oliver Ralph M. Partridge Marcus D. Ramsey Ceasar J. Santucci Sr. James D. Vandersand Dale E. Williams

1973

John Baker Thomas A. Behan Barry M. Bergman William Cunningham Trinh Duc Gary R. Henderson John Hofer David A. Knoll Kenneth Kuechenmeister

Rich Peters Eric R. Potts Lynne E. Puetz Dana V. Reel Lloyd A. Reynolds Michael G. Richter Richard M. Vaeth Edward N. Wade Frank M. Yates

1974

David R. Breece William P. Clarke John Critchfield Kenton Cropp David A. Dunavant Jim Foil James E. Frey Michael D. Hurst Gary L. Hutchison Bruce L. Johnson Danny L. Kerns Michael J. Kinsella DeAnn Lewis Jonathan Motherwell Richard D. Payne Ray L. Purvis Robert L. Queathem Richard P. Sauerwein Ali A. Selim Ronald Sherard Jr. Willard B. Smith Steven M. Tillman Mark L. Weidinger

1975

Garry R. Aronberg David A. Colvin Larry R. Finley Bernard Held David R. Lewis Rodney E. Linker Edward J. Lohman Thomas J. Mittler Robby Rakestraw Kevin Skibiski Craig G. Thomson David J. Wisch Dennis L. Wood

1976

Michael A. DiNapoli Bruce W. Haigh Gregory K. Hicks Robert E. Hilton Danny J. Klopfer

Clifford A. Mahin James A. Merciel Jr. Karl Schenke Dennis M. Simon Kimberly M. Simon Brian J. Swenty Michael E. Woessner

1977

Keith Cowan David A. Diestelkamp Stanley C. Johnson Robert G. Leonard L.G. Loos Brad R. Parrish John Patterson Gary A. Ruhling Bert G. Schnettgoecke Paul C. Schnoebelen III Mark M. Sebree Donald Van Houten John Wenzlick Ronald J. Williams

1978

Russell L. Goldammer Michael A. Heitzman Wilma K. Hilton James M. Ivy II Brenda E. Liescheidt Jim Rau Tony Wu Robert W. Yin

1979

Donald C. Birchler Kevin Eisenbeis Stephen P. Ford Kenneth Foster Jr. John Hehmeyer Stephen C. Johnson David A. Kemper Jimmie Myers Robert A. Riess Sr.

1980

Gary J. Amsinger Harlan R. Ashton Paul D. Booher Cherie Cowan Sandra M. Hoelscher Simmons Ralph C. Jones Michael J. McEvilly

Michael J. Perry Steven A. Ruether David W. Schmitt Eric Stassevitch Gary L. Strauss

1981

Ralph Agee Paul Andrew David R. Busse John Hart III Bonnie S. Hubert Mark R. Jourdan Mary McEvilly Allen G. Minks Thomas Renick Roddy Rogers

1982

David Akers James Allmeyer Billy Aurig Thomas Blackburn John Gabbert Stephen B. Hinkamp Stephen W. Keeling Raymond J. Kopsky Jr. Ted Martin David M. O'Connor Mark Lee Stevens Kevin Sutterer Wade White Ebie Williams Bruce Wundrack

1983

Mark Cook Joyce Foster Mark Grossenbacher Richard A. Henry Caroline Israel Dan Israel Patrick A. Martens Glenn E. Noe Jr. M. Brad Parks Kathy Schmitt Charles E. Taylor Gregory Wilhelm Renate A. Wilkinson Paul L. Wojciechowski

1984

Harold Crouch Jr. Joseph Crowe Jr. Douglas A. Jackson Terry Leeds Robert K. Morrison Janese Neher Robin Shepard Susan Tryon

1985

Christa Andrew Gregory C. Busche Linda Busche Daniel F. Conway Kamila Cozort H. Gene Eagle David Endorf Matthew L. Grieshaber Karin M. Jacoby John Komlos Kent Lynn Andrew R. Maly Michelle Meier Robert E. Polk Jr. James N. Pyatt Robert Randolph Kevin Riechers Randy Shed Kevin Shepard Curtis Skouby Vince Smith George Michael Stock Tracy Thomas Gary John White Curtis Wiseman

1986

Jeannine S. Conway Kimberly Curry Michael E. Herleth Carla Higgins Ronald Jagels Linda Komlos Robert Lorey Ronald Marlin Kevin Raines Diane Rinck Gregory L. Schick David E. Schledorn Lisa Kay Terry Forrest Thomas Natalae Tillman

David Ahlvers Diane E. Crouch (continued on the next page)

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GIVING back 1987

Thomas Abkemeier David Bayless Chris Calandro Ron Colas John Frerking Robert Fritz Robert R. Holmes Jr. Paul Kendzior James Kreher Steven Sieckhaus Meg Thomas Rachel Wilhelm Susan Wiseman

1988

Craig Borgmeyer Rich Bradley Christopher Cozort Steven Engelbrecht Jeffrey L. Grandcolas Ryan Howard Tim Hudwalker Mark Leighton Thomas Sieckhaus Ronald Urton Jr. Randall Vogel Vernon Vondera

1989

John E. Finke Joseph Heggie Michael P. Pappas Brian Satterthwaite John Zimmermann

1990

Michael Buechter David Cowell Russell Henke Robert Hickman Claudia Hoeft Barbara Pappas Stanley J. Schultz Amy Strauss Jeri M. Vondera Susan Zimmermann

1991

Michael Burke Melissa Corkill Dirk Gowin Joanne Holmes LaWanda M. Jones Todd Waelterman

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1992

Damon Allen Jeanne Allen Camille Houghton

1993

Jeffrey Butler Daniel Jones Eric F. Seaman

1994

Kevin Alexander Susan Barry Brett Goodman Kurt Higgins David P. Johnson Christina Sfreddo Krista L. Strong Steven Weible

1995

Sean C. Henry Gary W. Hines Shannon Howe Mark Benjamin Joersz Brent Massey Jerome Riemann Amelia G. Sanders Darin Sanders Steven Skikas

1996

Laura Alberswerth Michael Alberswerth Michael Baxter Jeffrey Jacob Boschert Donald Wayne Crites David Hamilton Travis Lynch Peter Manis Jeffrey Martin Aaron Metzger Rebecca Steinman Christopher Ward

1997

Craig Dahlgren H. Joseph Dickerson Scott Preston Edward Reichert John C. Smith III Kathy A. Thomas Elizabeth Ward Emily Wehmeyer John Weiland

1998

Shawn Bailey Seth Coggin Anne Hays Brady Hays Jonathan Hey Rebecca Hovland Keith Juedemann Cassin Reiter Cory Reiter Amanda Retzinger Benjamin Retzinger Jeffrey Riepe Ty Sander William Shores Jr. Daniel Van Anne Sheryl Van Anne

1999

Jason Dohrmann Daniel P. Ellis Decker Hains Kyle Kershaw Jane Manis Sutton F. Stephens

2000

Martin Hovland Nicholas Rocco Larry Taber Michael Tilly Wesley E. Tull Jr. Colin Wu

2001

Nicholas J. Ereckson Robert Myers Michael James Smolinski Matthew Swenty

2002

Christopher Bilderback Rebecca Bilderback James Buckner Jason Jeffries Shannon Jeffries Nathan Tritsch

2003

William A. Early Jonathan Marburger Anna Swenty Justin Wylam

2004

Erik Backus Aaron Carrell Curt Costello Curt Kimmel

2005

Nathaniel Bachelor Andrew T. Christoff Cynthia Dunnaway Grant Martin Sandra Wagner-Martin Krista Wolfe

2006

Steven C. Casteel Christopher Dunnaway Gregory Etter Feifei Lu Sean Mahoney Bryan Newman Yingwu Teng Matthew Voss Kira E. Wylam

2007

Matthew Flint Kurt Haslag Ryan Price Amol Sawant Phillip Shinn Charles Spraggs

2008

Taylor R. Bass Stephanie Frizzo William P. Kirby Kandi R. Spraggs Derek Tichy

2009

Daniel L. Ashbaugh Scott A. Brendler David H. Coe Andrew Kalicak Leo J. Peirick III Kyle J. Shour Patrick J. Tilk Casey E. Wilson

2010

Andrew B. Becker Christopher P. Bellavia Benjamin J. Lai David T. Lewandowski Kurt Reinkemeyer Ehrin A. Sleet Andrea Straatmann Samantha Lauren Weidenbenner

2011

Andrew J. Bodine Adam C. Morgan Aaron J. Trenshaw Renee Trenshaw

Alexander R. Weidenbenner Jordan L. Wilson

2012

David T. Buttig Caitlin Kalicak Lauren Lai Annelise Smith Matthew J. Spreng

2013

Anna G. Bellavia Molly Dimick Alex M. Griffin Tyler C. Payne Terry L. Robinson

2014

Jeffrey Gabel Janice Christine Noeldner

2015

Amanda Griffin Jessica P. Lutton

2017

Clara L. Smith

2019

Dane A. Nguyen * denotes deceased

CHECK OUT HOW YOU CAN GO BEYOND

For more information about continuing education, email care@mst.edu or visit the website online.missouri.edu/mo/way-beyond.

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CORPORATE donors A.O. Smith Corp.* AGC of Missouri Education Foundation Ameren Missouri* Barr Engineering Co. Boeing Co.* Burns & McDonnell Inc.* Caterpillar Foundation* Catholic Foundation Cepco LLC Chevron Corp.* Clayco Cornbread LLC Crawford Murphy & Tilly Edward Jones Co.

Emerson* ExxonMobil Corp.* Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Garney Construction Greater Horizons* Horner & Shifrin Inc. IBM* Investment Realty Inc. Marguerite U. Bray Trust McDonough Engineering Corp.

Midwest Block & Brick Missouri Concrete Association Inc.

Missouri Waste Control Coalition Missouri Department of Transportation Network for Good* Northrop Grumman Corp.* Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Shell Oil Co.* The Benevity Community Impact Fund* The Circle Club White Cloud Engineering * indicates matching gift company

FRIENDS of CArE Jamie Anderson Nancy Arnoldy Janet Atkinson L.H. Bray* Hope A. Burken Joel Burken Genda Chen Franklin Y. Cheng Jane Dare Linda Edison Martha Ethridge

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Kim Farr Jill E. Giesick Shirley Gosnell Peggy R. Henderson Rhonda Kuhlmann Michael Lischer Susan Mathes Susan Mihalevich Fred Palmerton Susan Petry Gene L. Rovak

Jane Schonberg William P. Schonberg Mary Sheffield Wray Jeffrey Smith Warren Wray * denotes deceased

Celebrating 150 years Come back to campus for Homecoming 2021 as we celebrate the founding of the university and the civil engineering program.

Oct. 7-8

Join fellow Miner alumni, students, staff, faculty and community members for a weekend of celebrations and Homecoming traditions.

Oct. 8

Paul O’Callaghan, founding CEO of BlueTech Research and main protagonist for the documentary “Brave Blue World,” will give The Neal and Maurita Stueck Distinguished Lecture at Leach Theatre.

Following the lecture, join us for an anniversary celebration.

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