Common Ground Newsletter Fall 2024

Common Ground

Missouri S&T | Fall 2024

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Student Internships

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page 4 Student Success

Giving page 22

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From the Chair Awesome Miner stories to share Our Miner students and alumni are AMAZING! The dedication to excellence resonates from our freshmen searching for first internships (pg. 4) or fellowships at Department of Energy (DOE) labs or National Science Foundation (NSF) summer fellowships to our alumni like Bob Brinkmann retiring from the company he founded 40 years ago or Tom Sieckhaus working to uplift a community with opportunity and prosperity.

Our CArEE students exhibited Miner excellence, highlighted by hosting over 500 students and faculty for the 2024 Mid-American ASCE competitions. Our student leaders had an amazing conference and our alumni stepped up too. We had over 50 judges and visitors as well. Concrete Canoe won the overall races and Steel Bridge team triumphed again with a sixth-consecutive Midwest regional championship and then went on to finish 13th in the nation (pg. 12) -- a third-consecutive national top-15 finish! The S&T ASCE student chapter also received a national ASCE Significant Improvement Award for 2023, and Dr. Sanjay Tewari was named the 2024 ASCE Region 7 Outstanding Advisor, leading our Missouri State-S&T student chapter to excellence. Our Miner students and faculty are following in the footsteps of many Miners and living up to our motto of Change The World!

With pride in our Miners, I am wrapping up this summer as chair of the department, and I’m proud to hand off the position to colleague Dr. Mohamed ElGawady. After nine years as chair and six as associate chair, I’m ready to pass the baton with confidence in our future and conviction to support our Miner students and alumni well into the future.

As we move to the future, we look to also better support our student teams and activities to maintain our legacy as THE premier engineering department in Missouri and a leader nationally. Please do look to support our future Miner alumni and review the back cover to find ways to support our students’ activities. Phonathon has been in decline, but our challenge to support our team keeps growing. Our Miner alumni built the legacy of doing amazing things, and our future Miner alumni still build our #MinerPride when we go to press with this edition of Common Ground. Please look to support our future Miners in their pursuit to advance our legacy of excellence and our Miner pursuit to Change The World!

Sincerely,

Joel G. Burken Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, F.AEESP (burken@mst.edu)

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P.S. We are excited to announce that Phonathon has transitioned to the Miner Engagement Center. With this new direction, our student callers will only reach out to past donors.

If you have any questions, please call 573-341-6376 or email engagementcenter@mst.edu.

You may also scan the QR code above to make a gift. Thanks for your support!

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Haylee Woodall Working to become an environmental engineer

Haylee Woodall, a junior in environmental engineering, knew she wanted to attend Missouri S&T at a young age.

After a youth day on campus during middle school, she immediately felt a sense of belonging. The university’s strong emphasis on STEM education aligned perfectly with her academic interests and career aspirations. The supportive environment and opportunities for hands-on learning assured her that S&T was the ideal place to nurture her passion for science and math.

Woodall is a thrower on the track team and a member of Delta Omicron Lambda sorority. She’s learned a lot, but says teamwork is the top lesson.

“S&T does a great job of exposing students to working with others. Before getting to campus, I already understood teamwork, but the classes I have taken have only helped me grow in that aspect,” she says.

After graduation, Woodard hopes to find a position as an environmental engineer.

Her advice to younger students is to stay curious, embrace challenges and connect with your peers — she says that’s the key to thriving at S&T.

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INTERNSHIPS Abigail Adams Architectural and Civil Engineering Dual Major Keeley Construction St. Louis Abigail was part of the industrial manufacturing team. Most of her summer was spent assisting in project estimation. She also spent a great deal of time project managing. She was also able to experience job sites and learn the construction process during her internship with Keeley.

Garrett Coggin Civil Engineering OWN Inc., Springfield, Mo.

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Garrett worked in public infrastructure.

He designed a multitude of different types of infrastructure including water systems, sewer lines and sidewalks for different communities throughout Missouri.

He used both Civil3D and Microsoft Excel for his projects.

Christy Johnson Environmental Engineering National Resources Conservation Services Palmyra, Mo. Christy learned techniques in conservation of soil and water using terraces, ponds, and dry structures. She learned different technologies for surveying land using both a Trimble or a rod and laser, ArcGISPro, WindPond and VBA macros in Excel.

Elizabeth Grube Environmental Engineering Olsson, Joplin, Mo. Elizabeth was an intern with Olsson’s water/wastewater team.

She used AutoCAD software to create plan sets for water line utility projects. She calculated water treatment plant designs and system analysis for water distribution systems. Most of her time was spent working on construction document specifications.

Zander Kimberlin-Poore Civil Engineering Bartlett & West, Springfield, Mo. Zander helped with final plan sheets for a MODOT highway in the Transportation Engineering Department. He worked on a j-turn, with pavement markings, signing sheets, erosion control and road cross sections.

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INTERNSHIPS Rachael Puls

Civil Engineering Internship with Burns & McDonnell Co-op Experience with Kiewit Corp.

During my internship at Burns & McDonnell, I assisted in upgrading and designing treatment processes for municipal water and wastewater treatment plants. I prepared technical documents related to specific chemicals used in these processes, researched treatment methods, and attended site visits to implement and test the effectiveness of treatment solutions.

During my spring co-op with Kiewit, I was a part of the buildings estimating group for Kiewit Industrial and Water Engineering. I assisted in the construction process by performing accurate and timely takeoffs for internal estimates for buildings on industrial job pursuits. I was also within the Cherne District, which allowed me to attend and lead monthly field engineer (FE) trainings that introduced young FE’s to worksite best practices.

Overall, these experiences have prepared me in countless ways. I am thrilled to announce that I was recently awarded the Beavers Charitable Trust Scholarship. I am eager to apply the knowledge and skills I’ve gained to excel academically and lay a strong foundation for my future.

Katelynn Schulte Architectural and Civil Engineering Dual Major Barry-Wehmiller Design Group St. Louis Katelynn enjoyed her co-op with the packaging engineering team. She collaborated with senior engineers and project managers to design and optimize packing systems for diverse clients. Her role involved document controlling and archiving, procurement documentation and processing, and installation design packaging.

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Jack Snider Civil Engineering Joe DeRueil Associates LLC Pensacola, Fla. Jack spent his internship doing structural design work.

His day-to-day tasks included inspecting structural elements to ensure construction complied with design, and drafting structural inspection reports. He also reviewed structural sheets to ensure continuity between models and software, and learned how to use analysis software.

Jane Yates Environmental Engineering University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn.

Jane, pictured below right, spent her summer as a green infrastructure research intern working on a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates project. She characterized a health-based urban riparian forest off of field assessments. Her day was spent surveying streams.

She also helped with some educational outreach events in the area.

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ARCO interns

Seven interns from ARCO Construction Co. studied the Vande East apartment project – the first mid-rise (14 story) structural concrete building ARCO has worked on.

Pictured above from left to right: James Murray from engineering management, three non S&T interns, Tito Marzo from mechanical engineering, Colin Skaggs from architectural engineering and Megan Baris from civil engineering.

ASCE makes positive impact Looking back on 2023-24, we are proud of our ASCE student chapter members making a positive impact in the world. Their projects included a celebration for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, mentoring youth programs like the Future Cities Competition, and working on highway and stream cleanup projects.

The group recorded over 1,080 hours of service to the community, their profession, and the university.

They also led campus with over 3,000 items for the food drive.

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SPORTS TRIO

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The Missouri S&T softball team completed an unprecedented run through the Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Championships by winning two games to capture the school’s first conference title in the sport. They defeated McKendree and the nation’s top-ranked team – Indianapolis – to finish atop the bracket. Here are three outstanding players from our department and a few of their stats from the season.

Charlye Rowland #11 Civil and Architectural Engineering

• Finished the 2024 season with a 9-12 record, 3.22 earned run average and 139 strikeouts in 156 2/3 innings • Struck out a career-high 13 hitters in a win over McKendree and had 12 strikeouts in a 2023 win over nationally-ranked Indianapolis • Earned second-team All-GLVC honors following the 2023 season when she had a 2.50 earned run average and struck out nearly one batter per inning pitched • Pitched in 112 games, the third-most all-time • Completed her career with 394 strikeouts to rank in a tie for fifth all-time at S&T and had 25 wins in the circle

Elizabeth Viox #9 Architectural Engineering

• Completed her career at S&T with a .283 batting average in 193 games played • Ranks fourth in school history for games played in a career • Scored 92 runs in her career, while also recording 163 hits, 16 doubles, 32 runs batted in and 26 stolen bases • Had two seasons with a batting average over the .300 mark, led by a .318 mark in 2022 and led the Miners in hits in both of those seasons • Four-time member of GLVC All-Academic team and Br. James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar in all four seasons, while also earning the GLVC Council of Presidents Academic Excellence Award

Bryn Wooldridge #10 Architectural Engineering

• Named to the NFCA and D2CCA All-Midwest Region teams following the 2024 campaign • Second-team All-GLVC selection and member of GLVC All-Tournament team • Winning pitcher in all four of S&T’s wins as it captured its first-ever GLVC championship • Finished the 2024 season with a record of 17-14 with a 3.33 earned run average and 189 strikeouts in 178 2/3 innings • Completed her career with 41 pitching wins and 456 strikeouts, the latter figure ranking third all-time at S&T • Batted .337 during the 2024 season with 60 hits, 13 doubles and 26 runs batted in • Had a .297 career batting average with 67 runs batted in • Member of GLVC All-Academic team Common Ground | care.mst.edu 9

SUMMER CAMPS summer.mst.edu

Introduction to Engineering

S&T’s oldest and largest summer camp introduces students to a wide variety of engineering fields related to each program.

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CIVIL ENGINEERING

Design, build & test

bridges

Summer adventures filled with hands on projects, scientific demonstrations and more!

ARCHITECTURAL Envision, construct & evaluate towers

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DESIGN TEAMS STEEL BRIDGE

The Missouri S&T Steel Bridge Design Team won first place at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Mid-America Student Symposium for the sixth-consecutive time.

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After timed construction, the bridges were tested with weight loaded at a point determined by a die roll. Teams were judged in eight categories.

Results consisted of first places in construction speed, cost estimation, structural efficiency, construction economy, and second places in aesthetics, lightness and stiffness. S&T’s team placed in the top two in all eight categories.

The team traveled to the national competition May 31-June 1 at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, La., where they finished 14th overall.

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Bridge team with the sixth-consecutive championship!

The Concrete Canoe Competition took place on Friday, April 19, at Little Prairie Lake outside Rolla. Students set up their canoes for display and raced student teams from 12 universities. The canoes, including Missouri S&T’s canoe Andromeda, were tested in sprint races and a slalom course. Teams were judged on their race performance, as well as their project proposal, final prototype and a technical presentation.

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See canoe team video and Miner race victories!

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S R E D R O B T U O H T I ENGINEERS W ewb.mst.edu

Engineers Without Borders designs and implements engineering solutions to fulfill basic needs in rural areas of developing countries to improve the life of those living there.

In April, the EWB executive board went to the EWB Regional Conference at the University of Kansas, where they learned best practices from other EWB student chapters. Also in April, EWB-USA approved the partnership with the community of Awasi, Kenya, to build a water system for a special needs school.

In January, both the Kenya and Guatemala teams will be traveling. The Kenya team will travel to complete its initial evaluation and to build new relationships with the Awasi community. The Guatemala team will travel to the community in Paraje Xecaxjoj to evaluate the implementation of gabion walls and a soil berm.

In contrast to other design teams, EWB is entirely aimed at helping people. Also, there are many opportunities to travel through EWB. They have four different sub-teams: Bolivia, Guatemala, Ecuador and Kenya, so there are lots of opportunities to get involved!

You can join by coming to their chapter meetings at 6 p.m. every other Wednesday in Butler-Carlton Hall.

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SOLAR HOUSE solarhouse.mst.edu

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Missouri S&T team partners with MU The Missouri S&T Solar House Design Team, in partnership with the University of Missouri Architectural Studies Group and industry professionals, was successful in competition as part of the Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. The two teams were composed of all undergraduate students, including two student athletes. The team won third place in the multifamily housing division with an eight-story comprehensive sustainable design named “LightHAUS.” Out of 105 teams that entered the competition — representing 93 institutions from 18 countries — 40 were invited to the finals at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. The LightHAUS team was one of 12 to win awards at the Design Challenge and one of only three programs to receive the Zero Energy Design Designation from the DOE. The Solar Decathlon, DOE’s longest-running student competition, challenges the next generation of building professionals to create high-performance building designs that address real-world issues related to sustainability, affordability, and environmental justice. The competition promotes student innovation, STEM education and careerrelevant development opportunities in the building industry.

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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.

Submit your news online at:

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ALUMNI news

1960s Charles McDuff, CE’66, “Good evening from the high desert country of western Colorado! In January of 1966, I graduated from UMR with a B.S. in civil engineering and was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. I served three years on active duty, which included being a company commander in the combat engineers in Vietnam.

Following Vietnam I worked with an A&E firm in St Louis as a design engineer. I then moved to Atlanta where I designed and built railroad trackage and bridges around the southeast. I started an engineering firm in Marietta, Ga., named Rindt-McDuff Associates Inc. Brian Rindt and I built the firm up over a period of 15 years, and it was very successful.

I then moved onto other things which took me to Guam, Trinidad, Djibouti in east Africa, Spain, Portugal, the Azores, Saudi Arabia and many other locations around the world. These assignments were mostly the result of being hired as a consultant to the U.S. Navy, specializing in construction methods and materials, construction cost and life cycle cost analysis. Often, when the Navy had construction jobs run off the tracks they would send me in to get things back on track.

It has been my pleasure to be a member of ASCE for all these years. I was inducted into Chi Epsilon in my last year at Rolla.

I was awarded the Army Commendation Medal and the Bronze Star Medal in Vietnam. In 2022, I was inducted into the College of Fellows for SAVE International.

In June of this year, I turned 80 years old but, up to yesterday, I have continued to serve as a registered professional engineer.

This week I served on a team reviewing the plans and cost estimate for an interstate highway project near Lake Charles, La. I consider myself officially retired as of today.

After 57 years of traveling the world and plying my trade I figure it is time to move on. I am very thankful for the educational opportunities from my schooling in Rolla.

That engineering education is second to none as far as I am concerned.

When I arrived in Vietnam in November of 1966, I found myself in the midst of many ‘Missouri Miners’ who rose to the call to serve their country. It was like a family reunion and a real comfort to be working again with people that were close friends, had a great work ethic and, would stand back to back with you in really dangerous situations.

Diane and I live in Palisade, Colorado, and have a nice home. My two sons, Dan and Scott, are very successful in their business endeavors so what else could I ask for.”

1970s Bill Smith, CE’74, “I am a December 1974 graduate in civil engineering. This is my 50th year as a hydrologist in the Tulsa area. My goal is to ‘retire’ maybe in another 10 years. I’ve had my own consulting firm since 2000 and enjoy (almost) every day due to the diversity of my projects. I was ordained as a deacon in the Episcopal Church at age 70 (five years ago) after completing four years of seminary at the IONA School of Formation here in Oklahoma associated with the Seminary of the Southwest. I look back very fondly at my time in Rolla, Missouri (1968-1974) with a two-year break in between. Many friends that I made there are still a huge part of my life. I read the Alumni news, and I am amazed at the outstanding accomplishments of the S&T students and graduates. I am proud to be a Miner.

Blessings to all!”

Norman Douglas Wood, CE’72, “After four years with Valley Joist in Ft. Payne, Ala., and then 46 years as a senior P.E. with Lumbermate/Alpine in St. Louis, a metal truss plate connector manufacturer, I have finally retired.” (continued on the next page)

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1980s

1990s

Aruna Miller, CE’89, Lt. Governor of Maryland, the first woman of color and immigrant elected to statewide office in the state, was inducted into the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame.

John Smith, CE’97, MS CE’01, was promoted to executive vice president of construction at Alberici. Smith has served Alberici and its clients for the past 17 years, most recently as vice president and market leader.

John Mitchell, CE’89, was appointed by Missouri Gov. Mike Parsons to the Public Service Commission. Mitchell served as a civil engineer at Burns and McDonnell Engineering Co., Inc., for 34 years before retiring in 2022. He served four years on the board of directors for the Design Build Institute of America’s Mid America Region from 2018-22.

Steven Ruether, CE’80, “After 43 years in the design and construction industry, retirement will begin in 2024.”

Payton Wieland, CE’82, MS CE’86, MS EMgt’95, was called to be the rector (senior pastor) of St. Michael & All Angels Anglican Church in Peoria, IL.

2000s Brent Baker, CE’02, is the new vice president and chief customer and innovation officer with Nashville Electric Service.

Mike Duehren, CE’03, was promoted to project executive at Brinkmann Constructors. Duehren has nearly 20 years of industry experience and has provided high-level management on a variety of projects in the senior living, multifamily and student housing sectors.

Mark Cook, CE’83, led the Jacobs Engineering team as part of a multicompany Corradino Group to win with Florida Department of Transportation District 7 in Tampa. This is the first Progressive Design Build delivery method of its kind in Florida Transportation.

Cook is the assistant program manager for this $1Billion+, 9 years project. The project is the I-275/SR-60/SR-589 Tampa Westshore Interchange by the Tampa International Airport and has 25+ bridges on 4 levels.

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During his tenure with Brinkmann, he has handled over five million square feet and $850M of construction projects.

Mahmut Ekenel, PhD CE’04, was hired

by The American Concrete Institute, to support, promote, and assist in the development of certification and conformity assessment programs.

Jake Garrard, ArchE’09, was appointed as the city engineer for the City of Cape Girardeau.

Joseph Goetz, MS CE’01, was promoted to brigadier general during a ceremony May 30 in Lincoln Hall Auditorium.

Mike Hayes, CE’07, recently returned to BJC HealthCare to be their vice president of planning, design and construction.

Brad Hill, CE’06, has been named vice president of construction operations in the Southeast region. In this role, Hill will now be responsible for all pre-construction and construction activities across the seven states within the Southeast Region.

Sondra (Terry) Rotty, ArchE’04, MS EMgt’08, was promoted to chief operating officer for Tarlton in St. Louis.

2010s Steve Bostic, CE’11, was promoted to project director with Brinkmann Constructors. During his tenure with Brinkmann, he has handled over two million square feet and $300M of construction projects.

Jared Cox, CE’14, ArchE’14, was promoted to director of project controls with Brinkmann Constructors. Having

joined the company in 2021, Cox has extensive experience working to deliver high-quality results on projects in the automotive, industrial, and office sectors and has a passion for finding creative solutions to complex building challenges.

Nick Eshelman, CE’13, MS CE’18, was promoted to senior project manager at Tarlton. Nick joined Tarlton in early 2014 as a project manager. He has 13 years of experience in the construction industry.

Patrick Jeep, CE’19, joined the Kwame Building Group, Inc. as a project controls scheduler.

Grant Johnson, CE’11, was hired as a Senior Project Engineer at EEI. He will be primarily in the field overseeing various infrastructure projects in many local communities.

Jordan Lane, CE’11, joined IMPACT Strategies as a senior project manager.

Kodey Lane-Norful, ArchE’21, CE’21, was appointed as a project manager for Kwame Building Group. As Project Engineers, Lane-Norful is responsible for assisting project managers with quality control, project budgets and cost reports, reviewing and coordinating submittals and RFIs, subcontractor management and maintaining communication with the client and entire project team.

Timothy Shebesta, MS CE’12, was sworn in as the commander for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District.

Bill Slater, EnvE’12, joined BEX Construction Services as a project manager. He joins BEX from Wright Construction Services, where he gained four years of intensive project management experience, primarily in retail construction.

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IN MEMORIAM Remembering the following Miner alumni.

1940s Edward H. Benn, CE’48, Aug. 25, 2021 Hely J. Galavis, CE’47, April 10, 2009 Edward F. Holland, CE’41, Nov. 22, 2023

1950s George V. Anderson, CE’52, July 5, 2022 Ralph A. Andreasen, CE’50, Aug. 25, 2020 Gerald B. Bellis, CE’51, Oct. 3, 2023 Patrick S. Couch, CE’57, MS CE’64, July 18, 2023 Albert A. Fosha Jr., CE’53, May 21, 2021 R.J. George, CE’50, March 1, 2022 Donald B. Gregory, CE’58, Feb. 26, 2024 Richard S. Herndon, CE’56, March 13, 2024 William C. Keene, CE’57, May 18, 2024 Arthur E. Kincaid, ME’59, April 18, 2024 Alan H. McHugh, CE’59, Jan. 12, 2023 Harold Meisenheimer, CE’59, July 12, 2023 Forest R. Peterson, CE’51, Jan. 15, 2013 Rudolf Resnick, CE’56, March 6, 2022 Kenneth E. Sontag, CE’57, Sept. 30, 2021 Charles H. Sullivan, CE’58, Jan. 5, 2024 Wilbert K. Theerman, CE’51, Dec. 14, 2023 LeRoy E. Thompson, CE’56, MS CE’65, April 7, 2024 Donald L. Trabue, CE’59, Nov. 30, 2023

1960s Wayne A. Altmansberger, CE’65, Jan. 19, 2024 Gary R. Baumgartner, CE’61, Nov. 5, 2023 Franklin E. Brunjes, CE’63, Sept. 14, 2023 Rubin L. Carter, CE’67, March 22, 2023 Jerry Church, CE’63, Aug. 25, 2023 David E. Daniels, CE’69, MS CE’71, Oct. 12, 1946 Roger L. Echelmeier, ME’60, March 23, 2024 Larry L. Erwin, CE’65, March 16, 2024

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William J. Green, CE’68, MS CE’69, June 11, 2024 Johnnie E. Hall, CE’60, Jan. 11, 2024 Harry P. Hashmall, CE’63, Oct. 14, 2023 Gordon B. Houf, CE’69, Oct. 23, 2023 Farmer Housholder Jr., CE’60, Nov. 24, 2023 Walter R. Jacobson, CE’65, Jan. 27, 2018 Stephen S. Johnson, CE’68, March 16, 2024 John Kincaid, CE’61, MS CE’72, Oct. 25, 2023 George F. Koob, CE’67, Sept. 23, 2023 Norman G. Larason, CE’62, Aug. 1, 2021 Jerome M. Lebo, CE’67, March 25, 2024 Bob Lewis, CE’61, Dec. 2, 2023 Hugh V. Murray, III, CE’63, March 15, 2024 Joseph T. Netzler, CE’62, Aug. 5, 2023 Darrell M. Nielsen, CE’65, Nov. 14, 2023 Henry L. Ponzer, CE’60, Dec. 25, 2023 Kent J. Schwieger, CE’64, MS CE’66, March 10, 2024 James D. Shepardson, CE’67, Feb. 5, 2024 Richard D. Specker, ME’61, April 1, 2024 Robert L. Stuart, CE’64, MS CE’65, April 4, 2023 Edward L. Tharp, CE’65, Jan. 31, 2024 Charles R. Turner, CE’66, Jan. 25, 2024 Charles R. Wallace, CE’60, March 1, 2023 Carl R. Wilson, EE’62, April 25, 2024 Gerald H. Wisdom, CE’60, Sept. 15, 2018

1970s Christopher A. Baugh, CE’79, Nov. 28, 2021 Tony M. Cantello, CE’71, Feb. 1, 2022 William C. Chang, MS CE’70, Feb. 1, 2024 Michael J. Crockett, CE’78, July 14, 2023 Richard L. Freeman, CE’70, MS EMgt’75, July 11, 2023 James A. Ford, CE’70, Nov. 3, 2023 Gary L. Kepley, CE’72, Aug. 27, 2023 Jimmy Lynchard, CE’70, Dec. 19, 2023 Thomas W. Manning, CE’70, Dec. 28, 2023

Robert C. Mitchell, CE’78, April 25, 2024 Richard A. Muldoon, CE’78, June 5, 2022 Robert J. Rapp, CE’79, July 3, 2023 James E. Spooner, PhD CE’72, Jan. 7, 2023 L. Darrell Thompson, CE’71, July 12, 2023

Weddings

1980s Joe P. Bussey Jr., CE’81, June 3, 2023 Daniel Joe Dunlap, CE’87, Dec. 22, 2023 Stephen L. Hargis, CE’85, Oct. 8, 2023 Robert W. Key Jr., CE’80, April 16, 2024 Joseph Rickman, CE’87, April 21, 2023 Ronald E. Rolfes Jr., CE’87, March 19, 2022 Mark A. Stock, CE’84, March 11, 2024 Dion E. Waldon, CE’86, July 10, 2023

Gail Lueck, EMgt’02, MS EMgt’03, married Todd Krener in St. Louis, MO on Aug. 19, 2023. Gail’s father, Ralph Lueck, CE’68, walked her down the aisle.

1990s Daniel Warren McGinnis, CE’96, MS CE’97, March 18, 2024 Todd Waelterman, CE’91, July 31, 2023

William J. Green William “Bill” Joel Green, of St. Charles, Mo., passed away at the age of 78. He was involved in numerous local and civic organizations, including Ministry to Men, and served on the Board of United Services. Bill’s passion for fishing, gardening, and traveling took him to every continent except Antarctica.

He proudly served in Vietnam.

Leroy Thompson LeRoy Earl Thompson of Fairhope, Ala., passed away at the age of 89. Aside from creating his own consultant firm C3TS, he was the founding faculty member of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Florida International University (FIU). He was also a veteran of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Nichole (Geiger) VonderHaar, ArchE’15, and Aaron VonderHaar, ME’15, were married on July 1, 2023, in St. Louis.

Friends and Family Remembering the following who have passed away: • June Berry, wife of Robert T. Berry, CE’72, May 25, 2023 • Wayne M. Bledsoe, June 2, 2024 • Lauri Bracken, Dec. 12, 2023 • Gerald Greenway, June 19, 2024 • June Kummer, wife of the late Frederick S. Kummer Jr., CE’55, Jan. 8, 2024 • V. Prakash Reddy, April 18, 2024 • Ruthie Smith, wife of Gaylon G. Smith, CE’59, Jan. 28, 2022

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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 1952

Thomas S. Abernathy

1957

Richard Heagler Sr.

1958

Philip W. Jackson Larry B. Meyer

1959

Leo L. Bowlin Jr. Gaylon G. Smith Edward O. Wakefield

1960

Ronald J. Boss Karl Daubel Gordon R. Hyatt B. Douglas Munsell

1965

John Dierker Joe A. Hohman Gregory Junge William E. Polka Robert S. Smith Roger H. Stickler Norbert J. Wunderlich Wayne M. Zimmerman

1966

Robert B. Bridges David J. Bufalo Matt Coco John H. Henry Philip A. Jozwiak Larry W. Littlefield Richard A. Richardson Robert L. Temper

1967

Carl J. Muench Jr.

Paul E. Darnell Michael E. Ferretti David T. Flanagan III William J. Graham John A. Mathes Dale R. Merrell Doyle W. Powell Warren R. Stanton R. Bruce Van Dover William Dwayne Webb

1963

1968

1961

John B. Kincaid* William E. Mathews John F. Merritt Robert Wayne Whitehead

1962

Richard L. Jaquay * Richard A. Kahl Jerome M. Klier Robert E. Markland Wade A. Martin Donald L. Peterson James K. Van Buren

1964

Kenneth W. Broeking Gary R. Dyhouse Bernard C. Ebert Jr. Alan Albert Kamp William H. Koechlein Charles G. Lyons Robert J. Murphy James M. Norausky James P. Odendahl Richard Frank Raber Lewis C. Sowell Jr.

Richard J. Lacavich John J. Moll David C. Pfeiffer Terrance J. Ridenhour Alvin D. Wansing Richard C. Witzel Thomas L. Zenge

1970

Melvin R. Allison Kenneth K. Austin Francisco M. Benavides Edward F. Books Robert H. Dalton Michael M. Friese Der-Wang Jan Larry W. Mays Jerry D. Parsons Richard G. Rogers H. Ray Threlkeld Jr. Thomas J. Vosburgh Clyde F. Wakefield James R. Wege Thomas F. Wolff

1971

Charles R. Barger Douglas A. Brockhaus John D. Doyle Lonny L. Ludwig James L. Miltenberger Ali A. Mohtashemi Thomas J. Pokrefke Jr. Michael J. Smith Robert K. Storck Melvin L. Sundermeyer

James A. Bell Norman D. Dennis Jr. Gordon L. Erickson Robert L. Gold Edward M. Halter Thomas M. Hayden Gary M. Lee Terry E. Miller Ronald C. Pagan James F. Raithel David N. Richardson Henry W. Sandhaus Otto B. Sandheinrich Jr. Larry J. Schall Robert F. Smart Charles H. Tayloe Robert Lee Ward Paul L. Welsch

1969

1972

Fredrick P. Achelpohl Richard T. Berning Harry F. Beyer Jr. Robert L. Brinkopf Lawrence W. Eastep Thomas E. Enderle Thomas M. Feger Bradley Harry Hornburg Wayne L. Kerns

John O. Beale Robert T. Berry Teriel E. Burke Alan W. Carson Donald N. Dean Frank R. Ellis II William J. Ernst Jr. Gary D. Forsee Dominic J. Grana (continued on the next page) Common Ground | care.mst.edu 23

GIVING back Michael C. Hale Dale L. Houdeshell Alard Kaplan Keith E. Konradi Richard J. Laschober Stephen H. McVeigh Gary M. Neutzling Daniel L. Oliver Ralph M. Partridge Marcus D. Ramsey Richard J. Riegel Michael W. Stallion Dale E. Williams

1973

John W. Baker Thomas A. Behan William P. Cunningham Gary R. Henderson John R. Hofer Kenneth W. Kuechenmeister Richard E. Peters Eric R. Potts Lynne E. Puetz Dana V. Reel Frank M. Yates

1974

David R. Breece William P. Clarke Kenton A. Cropp David A. Dunavant James L. Foil James E. Frey Michael D. Hurst Gary L. Hutchison Michael J. Kinsella Claude L. Langley DeAnn Lewis Patrick J. McCown Jonathan T. Motherwell Ray L. Purvis Robert L. Queathem Richard P. Sauerwein Ronald E. Sherard Jr. Willard B. Smith Steven M. Tillman

1975

Garry R. Aronberg David A. Colvin Larry R. Finley Bernard D. Held David R. Lewis

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Edward J. Lohman Thomas J. Mittler Robby Ray Rakestraw Thomas J. Rechtien Kevin C. Skibiski David J. Wisch Dennis L. Wood Thomas R. Zgraggen

1976

1980

Gary J. Amsinger Harlan R. Ashton Sandra M. Hoelscher Simmons Ralph C. Jones David W. Schmitt Eric Stassevitch Gary L. Strauss

Craig R. Bowers Gregory G. Haug Paul H. Leaver Clifford A. Mahin Richard A. Markey David L. Ostrodka Dennis M. Simon Kimberly M. Simon Brian J. Swenty Michael E. Woessner

1981

1977

1982

David A. Diestelkamp Stanley C. Johnson Stephen C. Kienstra Patrick K. Owen Bradley R. Parrish John W. Patterson Gary A. Ruhling Bert G. Schnettgoecke Paul C. Schnoebelen, III Donald Larry Van Houten John D. Wenzlick Ronald J. Williams

1978

Russell L. Goldammer Thomas R. Gredell James M. Ivy Brenda E. Liescheidt Jim Rau Mark E. Seppelt Tony Wu Robert W. Yin

1979

Reginald H. Benton Linn A. Field Stephen P. Ford Kirk R. Hastain Stephen C. Johnson Michael W. O'Daniell Robert A. Riess Sr.

Ralph Kendell Agee Paul Donald Andrew David R. Busse John W. George John A. Hart III Mark R. Jourdan Allen G. Minks Rhonda S. Powers Thomas Jerome Renick

Stephen W. Keeling Raymond J. Kopsky Jr. Ted Alan Martin Thomas M. Mooney Thomas J. Westerman Wade James White

1983

Mark Alan Cook Joseph D. Feldmann Scott Roger Goehri Richard A. Henry Caroline Ann Israel Lewis Daniel Israel Douglas B. Johnson Joel Lynn Mahnken Kenneth C. Morgan Glenn E. Noe Jr. M. Brad Parks Kathy Lynn Schmitt Charles E. Taylor Doug Wesselschmidt Gregory Alan Wilhelm

1984

Roger B. Allison Bryan Thoris Baltz Rebecca June Baltz Cindy Jean Burton Diane E. Crouch Harold James Crouch Jr. Douglas A. Jackson

Keith Edward Killian Mallika Ramachandran

1985

Christa Andrew Greg M. Bolon Peter Michael Burton John Andrew Komlos Gary Joseph Lee Andrew R. Maly Michelle Jean Meier James N. Pyatt Robert Kirk Randolph Kevin Leroy Riechers Curtis Bruce Skouby Scott E. Stephens Tracy Jo Thomas Mark Robert Warnecke Gary John White

1986

Ronald William Jagels Linda Marie Komlos Robert Lewis Lorey Ronald Scott Marlin Brian Andrew McElroy William T. Priesmeyer David E. Schledorn Natalae Chalai Tillman

1987

Thomas Joseph Abkemeier Gerald Arvin Beckmann John Robert Frerking Robert Bruce Green Jeffrey Lawrence Harpring Robert Ray Holmes Paul Kevin Kendzior Steven Robert Sieckhaus Rachel Lynn Wilhelm

1988

Craig William Borgmeyer Rich Thomas Bradley Jeffrey Dean Cannedy Kevin P. Fuller Jeffrey L. Grandcolas Ryan Bradley Howard Timothy Scott Hudwalker Rockne Clay Miller Steven Douglas Packard John Edward Pearson William Earl Rich Edward Anthony Shepard Jr.

Thomas Dreher Sieckhaus Ronald Ray Urton Jr. Randall Lee Vogel Vernon Eugene Vondera

1989

John E. Finke Joseph Baxter Heggie Michael P. Pappas Paul Winston Ridlen

1990

Michael Timothy Buechter David Lee Cowell Russell Henry Henke Robert Thomas Hickman Claudia Christa Hoeft Matthew John Hunn Kristen E. Leathers-Gratton Nancy Jane Matteoni Barbara Ann Pappas Amy Diane Strauss Jeri M. Vondera

1991

John M. Crutchfield Dirk Lynn Gowin Keith Allen Hansen Joanne Marie Holmes Christopher Robert Steineman Judy A. Wagner

1992

Scott D. Kappelmann Brian E. Kuchinski Joanne Christine Steineman

1993

Richard John Falkenrath Kevin Don Hicks Eric F. Seaman

1994

Kevin Leon Alexander Susan Elizabeth Barry Donald Ray Brown Deanna Lynn Dotson Brett Patrick Goodman Kurt Edward Higgins David Paul Johnson Kimberly Carmen Murphree

Todd Stephen Oppeau Aswath V. Rao Paul Harris Rydlund Jr. Christina Louise Sfreddo Krista Lynette Strong Steven Edward Weible

1995

Ryan Patrick Barr Richard E. Besancon Neil Steven Brady Gary W. Hines Jennifer M. Kuchinski Brent Lewis Massey Amelia G. Sanders Darin Ray Sanders

1996

Laura Ann Alberswerth Michael Lewis Alberswerth Jeffrey Jacob Boschert Donald Wayne Crites David Robert Hamilton Eric Stephen Landwehr Peter Angelo Manis Jeffrey Andrew Martin Jenifer Rae Tatum Christopher James Ward

1997

Todd Douglas Dejournett Samuel D. Erter Carrie Anne Falkenrath Marsia Anne Geldert-Murphey Troy Anthony Pinkerton Scott Steven Preston Jonathan Lindsey Robison John Curtis Smith III Kathy A. Thomas Elizabeth Lea Ward Emily Jean Wehmeyer John Louis Weiland

1998

Seth Alexander Coggin Courtney Ryan Feeler Jerry Wade Gander Anne Marie Hays Brady Franklin Hays Jonathan David Hey Cassie Margaret Reiter Cory Matthew Reiter Amanda Hise Retzinger (continued on the next page)

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GIVING back Benjamin Douglas Retzinger Ty Christopher Sander Robert John Schiffer William Bradley Shores Jr. James Edward Spinks, III Daniel Eugene Van Anne Sheryl Marie Van Anne

1999

Jason Scott Dohrmann Jason Lee Haynes Kyle Allen Kershaw Kimberly Michele Kossmann Matthew James Kossmann Jane Ellen Manis Kenneth William McDonald Colin Tyson Miller Megan Jean Miller James Howard Nelson Sara Elizabeth Nelson Jeff D. Rieker Joshua P. Smith

2000

Shawnna Louise Erter Alissha Gayle Feeler Paula Marie Hart Wesley E. Tull Jr.

2001

Scott Aaron Cole Nicholas Joseph Ereckson Joseph Cletus Goetz II Shawn Michael Hart Matthew K. Swenty

2002

Christopher Brian Bilderback Rebecca Anne Bilderback James Patrick Buckner Darcey Lynn Schumacher Nathan Todd Tritsch

2003

Matthew S. Auld Jonathan Paul Marburger Anna Marie Swenty Justin James Wylam

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2004

Erik Carl Backus Jonathan Michael Ballmann Jared E. Brewe Aaron Kent Carrell James Edward Duehning Jessica L. Duehning Curt William Kimmel Corry L. Worthington

2005

Nathaniel Lee Bachelor Damon Duane Domer Binggeng Lu Jennifer Maria Voss

2006

Steven C. Casteel Gregory Daniel Etter Emily Mae Johnson Feifei Lu Bryan William Newman Yingwu Teng Matthew Mark Voss Kira E. Wylam

2007

Rachael Y. Boyster Adam P. Chadek Matthew Emmett Flint Kurt Joseph Haslag Brooke C. Hergert Charles Kyle Spraggs

2008

Stephanie Rae Frizzo Kandi R. Spraggs Nichole Lynn Witushynsky

2009

Kazi Rezaul Karim Kyle Jonathan Shour Patrick John Tilk

2010

Andrew Bryan Becker Christopher Paul Bellavia Todd Jeffrey Miller Ehrin Anthony Sleet

2011

Jennifer Christine Honeycutt Adam C. Morgan

2012

Andrew Alexander Andrews David Travis Buttig Amir Kukic Stephanie L. Miller Dong Pan Kendra K. Rogers

2013

Anna Gerilyn Bellavia Michael Stephen Boxell Alexander Michael Griffin Bernadette Marie Heneghan David Thomas Lewandowski Tyler Charles Payne Andrew Francis Schranck Jason Robert Williams

2014

Julius O. Ajewole

2015

Amanda Jael Griffin

2019

Arthur Clyde Harleman

2020

David Dennis Schake

2021

Kyle Fleming

2022

Logan M. Whitwell * denotes deceased

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