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Common Ground

Missouri S&T | Fall 2025

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

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From the Interim Chair Dear alumni and friends, It is my pleasure to share with you the Fall 2025 edition of Common Ground, which celebrates the accomplishments of our students, faculty and alumni in Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at Missouri S&T. This year has been marked by achievement and momentum, which underscores our commitment to innovation, service and excellence in education and research.

Our students inspire us with their dedication and talent. Jane Yates exemplifies this spirit, her passion for sustainability leading from a high school composting program to outreach in Kenya with Engineers Without Borders. Likewise, Kaitlyn Dunahee’s Remington R. Williams Award and the Beavers Charitable Trust scholarships that Rachael Puls and Rachel Winingear earned reflect the leadership thriving in our community. Our superb seniors, including Seth Filipsen, Garrett Coggin and Lily Fuller, are poised to carry this legacy into professional practice.

Our design teams also set new benchmarks. The Steel Bridge Team achieved a record fifth-place national ranking, and Engineers Without Borders advanced transformative projects in Ecuador, Kenya, Guatemala and Bolivia. These efforts embody our ethos of engineering with purpose and impact. The wide range of internships — from Emma Allen’s work at Freese & Nichols to Puls’ role at Denver International Airport — further demonstrates how our students translate classroom learning into real-world solutions for resilience, water management and sustainable design.

At the heart of these successes are our alumni and friends. Your mentorship, service and generous support — highlighted on page 22 — sustain our mission by funding scholarships, laboratory equipment, and programs like summer camps and senior design projects. These contributions enrich the student experience and empower us to address pressing engineering challenges.

As I conclude my service as interim chair and pass leadership to Dr. Karan Venayagamoorthy, I am confident in the seamless continuation of our vision.

His technical expertise and proven leadership will ensure continued growth.

The strength of our department lies in both technical excellence and the shared commitment of our community to improving the world. I am deeply grateful for your engagement and look forward to advancing Missouri S&T’s legacy of leadership and innovation together.

Warm regards,

Mohamed A. ElGawady, Ph.D. Professor and Alard and Sheri Kaplan Faculty Scholar (elgawadym@mst.edu)

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How a kindergarten lesson fueled one student’s focus Jane Yates, a junior in environmental engineering at Missouri S&T, may aspire to one day earn a Ph.D. in her field, but she credits a lesson from kindergarten as the driving force behind her determination.

“Something most people learn from a young age is how we should strive to leave the world a better place than we found it,” says Yates, of Knob Noster, Missouri. “That has always stuck with me.”

Until her junior year of high school, Yates planned to become a medical doctor and make a difference through health care.

Then, she took an Advanced Placement environmental science course, which changed everything.

“This class was really eye-opening for me,” she says. “I learned about so many issues related to the environment, and it inspired me to do my part and find solutions.”

This new passion led Yates to start a new composting program for food waste at her high school. It also led to her to attend a Missouri S&T summer camp at the Ozark

Research Field Station that taught science through art, which she says reinforced her decision to enroll at S&T and work to improve the environment.

In 2022, Yates graduated from Knob Noster High School and officially became an environmental engineering student at S&T. Now in her third year at the university she has made her mark in multiple student organizations and locations far beyond S&T’s Rolla, Missouri, campus.

Jane Yates Last summer, she was in eastern Tennessee for a research internship to support the health of many of the state’s waterways.

Over her most recent winter break, she traveled to Kenya with S&T’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders to conduct an assessment for a future water system for a school.

As president of S&T’s chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, she regularly visits Rolla Middle School and conducts science and engineering programming for the students, as well as other outreach events.

She is a member of the S&T Concrete Canoe Design Team, and she leads tours and provides prospective students with information about S&T as one of the university’s student ambassadors.

In almost everything she does, she considers how her actions can affect issues like sustainability, environmental education and leaving the world better than she found it. She says this fits perfectly with this year’s National Engineers Week theme, “Design Your Future.”

“Environmental engineers can truly change lives with the work they do,” she says. “Whether it’s water treatment, water quality, air quality, climate change, bioremediation, public health or one of countless other areas, the work we do really matters.”

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CE senior receives Remington R. Williams Award Kaitlyn Dunahee, a senior in civil engineering at Missouri S&T from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, was named a 2025 recipient of the Remington R. Williams Award.

A member of the Kummer Vanguard Scholars Student Steering Committee, Dunahee has held leadership roles for the Residential Commons Hall Association and the Residential Hall Association, represents Christian Campus Fellowship for Student Council, tutors fellow students and is a peer mentor in S&T’s Cornerstone Peers program.

Each recipient received $1,000 and a leadership medal to wear at graduation.

The students were also recognized at a Board of Curators meeting.

Kaitlyn Dunahee

The Remington R. Williams Award recognizes exceptional student leaders who inspire and advocate for their fellow students. To be considered for the award, students must be involved in at least two student organizations and hold a major leadership position in at least one and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA.

Williams, a law student at UMKC and a master’s student at UMSL, served as student representative to the UM Board of Curators from 2020 until his death in June 2022. He was a model of committed student leadership, and the board created this award to honor his legacy of kindness, collaboration and service.

Dunahee was nominated for the award by two faculty members, an administrator and a fellow student at Missouri S&T. Multiple nominators noted that Dunahee asked questions to better understand concepts and was eager to help her classmates.

“ She’s a busy student working to make everything and everyone around her better.”

– Dr. Ralph Flori

“Even when my engineering management course was officially online, students could attend class in person once a week,” wrote Dr. Javier Valentin-Sivico, assistant teaching professor of engineering management and systems engineering.

“Kaitlyn was among the few students who regularly participated in the in-person lectures and the course learning center,” Valentin-Sivico wrote. “During the learning center, Kaitlyn would assist other students when they had questions on problems she had already solved.”

Dr. Ralph Flori, professor emeritus of earth sciences and engineering, noted a unique characteristic that he noticed about Dunahee.

“Kaitlyn has so many remarkable dimensions,” Flori wrote. “As one example, she took four years of Chinese in high school and knows enough Mandarin Chinese to interact some with our Chinese students at S&T. She’s a busy student working to make everything and everyone around her better.”

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Pictured L-R: Dr. Joel Burken, Rachel Winingear, Rachael Puls, Dr. Eric Showalter and David Woods.

Students receive Beavers Charitable Trust scholarships Civil, architectural and environmental engineering students Rachael Puls and Rachel Winingear, received 2025 scholarships from the Beavers Foundation, a social, honorary organization formed, organized and managed by construction companies engaged in heavy engineering construction.

David Woods, executive director of the Beavers, presented the scholarships before the annual awards ceremony held in Los Angeles. Winingear and Puls were among 15 U.S. recipients to receive awards for their dedication and activity in the heavy construction and engineering industry.

“The Beavers Charitable Trust was started to encourage students to pursue careers in the heavy construction industry, says Woods. “The president of the Beavers in 1977 and the driving force for the trust was John Soult, a S&T graduate and Beavers’ executive director. So, this is a fitting legacy for the Miner students to be deservingly awarded these scholarships.”

Winingear has served as president of the American Engineering Institute (AEI) student chapter at S&T, was a member and officer of Chi Epsilon Honors Society, and completed two internships with Kiewit Corp. After earning her bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering in May 2025, she is now a building engineer with Kiewit in Houston.

Puls has served as an officer of American Society of Civil Engineering and completed internships with Rio Tinto and Burns and McDonnell and a co-op with Kiewit Corp.

She is currently on a second internship with Burns and McDonnell and is set to graduate with her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in December 2025.

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Pictured L-R: Dr. Joel Burken, Varuni Abhayaratne, Radwa Eissa, Dr. Mohamed ElGawady (interim dept. chair), Alireza Roshan, Haodao Li, Dr. Magdy Abdelrahman and Dr. Islam El-adaway. Photo by Greg Edwards/Missouri S&T

CEC honors Ph.D. students Four Ph.D. students from the department received dean’s honors from the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC). Congratulations to the following honorees: DEAN’S PH.D. SCHOLAR AWARD •R adwa Eissa, nominated by Dr. Islam El-adaway, CEC’s associate dean for academic partnerships and Hurst-McCarthy Professor of Construction Engineering and Management •H aodao Li, nominated by Dr. Kamal Khayat, vice chancellor for research and innovation and Vernon and Maralee Jones Professor of Civil Engineering

• Alireza Roshan, nominated by Dr. Magdy Abdelrahman, Missouri Asphalt Pavement Association Professor of Civil Engineering DEAN’S GRADUATE EDUCATOR AWARD • Varuni Abhayaratne, nominated by Dr. Joel Burken, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and Mathes Chair of Environmental Engineering.

Standout student athletes

Shout out to our student-athletes, who excelled academically and athletically, which requires time management, discipline and a commitment to both school and sports.

Drew Baugus, (above left) a sophomore in architectural engineering, and Garrett Meyer, a junior in civil engineering, were named to the GLVC All-Tournament men’s baseball team.

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Tyler Heidbrink, a senior in civil engineering and a member of the men’s basketball team, was named S&T’s 2025 recipient of the GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award.

Julia Kanoy, a senior in environmental engineering and a pitcher for the women’s softball team, was selected as a 2025 CSC Academic All-District honoree.

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SENIORS

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INTERNSHIPS Emma Allen

Freese & Nichols, Tampa, Fla. Reviewed shop drawing submittals and worked on a project in Palm Coast designing a foundation pad for a generator for two new well installs.

Kellen Badgley Allgeier, Martin and Associates Inc., Joplin Mo. Designed new pressure sewer and lift stations for Silver Dollar City and stormwater modeling for a street-widening project in Joplin.

Duane Carter Howe Co., Macon, Mo. Assisted with concrete testing and making concrete cylinders for county bridges in Missouri and observed construction work like pile driving and beam placements.

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Burns & McDonnell, St. Louis Worked on projects that involved CCR material removal, various remediation projects and wetland identification.

Emma Eberhart Keeley Construction, St. Louis Built transmission lines and substation foundations, assisted with estimating as well as project management and traveled to numerous job sites and even to Michigan!

Rebekah Floyd

Contegra Construction, St. Charles, Mo. Helped with subcontractor coordination and estimating projects, learned software used in the office and processes of projects and visited job sites to see the projects in progress.

Christy Johnson Rocksmith Geoengineering, Maryland Heights, Mo. Worked on remediation monitoring for a Superfund site, took groundwater samples and observed a pump test, interpreted lab reports and made edits.

Emma Kettler

Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, St. Louis Helped prepare the next term’s Stormwater Management Plan, graphed data trends of local creeks to see changes in their water quality, inspected detention basins and underground pipes to ensure they were structurally sound and working properly.

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INTERNSHIPS The Korte Co., Highland, Ill. Worked on an Amazon Distribution Center in Dallas, created change events and orders, managed punch list items, attended internal and OAC meetings, helped collect closeout documents and tracked LEED information.

Emma Kiger

Jamie Koester University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, Neb. Conducted research on the use of nanomaterials for PFAS remediation.

Aidyn Marty

Clayco, St. Louis Worked on a renovation project for Mercy Virtual Care Center and acted as a liaison between subcontractors and architects.

Also coordinated site visits with subcontractors and was charged with processing paperwork.

Wilson Pepple Kiewit, Lenexa, Kan.

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Designed new steel pole overhead power lines for wildfire mitigation projects in Oregon, prepared project models for AI to practice and refine interpreting data.

Also visited three substation sites, two of which were gas insulated, met so many great people and learned many valuable things about the power industry.

Rachael Puls Burns & McDonnell, Onsite at Denver International Airport Assisted the Burns & McDonnell construction management team at the Denver International Airport fuel farm, where they installed two new jet fuel tanks and repaired the existing six tanks. Daily tasks included coordinating with subcontractors, the engineering team and project managers. Also conducted inspections, tracked RFIs and change orders, documented field activities and so much more.

Danielle Laurie Intuition & Logic Engineering, Chesterfield, Mo. My second summer with I&L. Worked on storm sewer design, cost estimation and went out on SWPPP inspections.

Katelynn Schulte Keeley Construction, St. Louis Supported the design team with early-phase project development, assisted with preliminary design work, creating site layouts and floor plans, organizing interior finish material binders and maintaining the interior design library. Also worked closely with project managers and designers to help ensure cohesive and efficient project planning.

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SUMMER CAMPS

Jackling Inrtirnog to Enginee at S&T aren’t Summer Camps academics. just a kick start to ronment for They are an envi architects, future engineers, s to explore, and technologist rate. grow and collabo

Future Cities

Here’s a glim pse into the e nergy, creativity and connection th at defined our campers’ summer. From hands-on projects to te am challenge s, th ese students are already show ing what Solving for T omorrow loo ks like.

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Outdoor World

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Day of service In honor of Martin Luther King Day, our amazing students logged over 1,500 hours of service in giving back to the community and the profession last semester. Some gave to the GRACE (Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise) Food and Toy Drive (over 4,500 items collected), some helped with Special Olympics, some gave presentations about their profession and some cleaned up highways, streams and trails.

Senior design facility project Senior design students displayed some amazing work this semester on a new Environmental Services Facility project for the city of Springfield.

A big thank you to Ron Petering and Saki Urushidani from Springfield’s environmental services department for serving as our Senior Design clients and presenting the semester project.

Sharing expertise and insight is tremendously valuable for our seniors set to graduate.

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DESIGN TEAMS design.mst.edu

Missouri S&T teams win Mid-America ASCE Symposium In April, over 30 members of the S&T student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers competed at the Mid-America Student Symposium in Nebraska. They competed against teams from 16 other Midwestern universities and brought home the trophy as the overall symposium winners. The Steel Bridge Design Team advanced to national competition, where they finished with an all-time record of fifth place.

This year’s bridge team was challenged to design a bridge over the South Skunk River in Iowa to connect walking trails in a park. The team came in first in construction speed, construction economy, lightness, stiffness, structural efficiency and cost estimation, earning first place overall in the competition.

S&T’s Concrete Canoe Team won all five of its races by 20 seconds or more and finished third in the competition overall.

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STEEL BRIDGE

The S&T Steel Bridge Design Team, pictured above, placed fifth in the national competition, held in May at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The fifth-place finish was a record for the S&T team, with a previous best result of twelfth place in 2004.

The Sustainable Solutions Team also placed third in competition. This year’s challenge was to present a proposal to adapt a hypothetical area of underused office buildings into mixed-use structures, taking the local environment and new infrastructure needs into account.

S&T students won the symposium’s FE Quiz Bowl, scoring highest on the preliminary multiple-choice test before dominating the Jeopardy-style final round with over twice as many points as the second-place university. The questions are modeled after the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying’s Fundamentals of Engineering exam, part of the process of becoming a licensed professional engineer.

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DESIGN TEAMS

S R E D R O B T U O H T I ENGINEERS W Each year we send our students to developing nations in Central and South America to work on projects focused on improving local living standards through engineering and construction projects carried out in collaboration with host communities.

ECUADOR TEAM The Ecuador team established a new water system project with a community partner in Santa Rosa. In July, the team traveled for their assessment trip to interview households, land survey, and evaluate existing conditions. The team will use data and discussions to determine if the spring water is sufficient and the extent of replacements and repairs.

KENYA TEAM In January, the Kenya team completed its assessment trip for a potable water system project for a school in Awasi, Kenya. They conducted interviews to identify the water quality issues and

calculated elevations through land surveying of the school grounds. The team is looking forward to traveling again in January 2026 to begin phase one of a solar-powered pump groundwater well implementation.

GUATEMALA TEAM The Guatemala team has been partnered with the Paraje Xecaxjoj community since November 2017. It has overseen the implementation of a new school building, kitchen, bathroom and erosion control wall for the community. The team plans to return in 2026 to interview community members to ensure that the new structures fulfill their long-term needs.

BOLIVIA TEAM The Bolivia team is currently working on a sustainable water solution for a small, 300-person community located in the Bolivian Altiplano. After traveling in May 2025, the team is working diligently to design and implement the infrastructure to meet, and exceed, their water needs.

The goal is to provide access to a safe and reliable water supply and equip the community to maintain the water solution.

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Missouri S&T Solar House Design Team presented its latest project, Mission Turning Point, at the 2024-25 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in Golden, Colo.

SOLAR HOUSE

Six students from the team traveled to the competition to present the team’s design before a panel of judges.

Inspired by the growing challenge of housing instability, Mission Turning Point was developed as a sustainable, energy-efficient solution designed to serve Rolla’s vulnerable populations.

The project featured a community of transitional housing, which would provide individuals with a vital stepping stone toward long-term stability and independence.

As the team looks ahead, its members are excited to offer tours of the Solar and Eco villages. The team invites all campus visitors to register and experience a showcase of the team’s legacy in sustainable design.

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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

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Tom Ellis, CE’75, married Joanie Friend in September 2024.

Dr. Jared Brewe, CE’04, MS CE’06, PhD CE’09, was appointed vice president for S.K. Ghosh Associates.

In his role, Brewe serves as a technical consultant on structural codes and standards, providing expertise to agencies involved in the design and construction of buildings and infrastructure.

1980s Richard T. Bradley, CE’88, “Last month, I was the annual recipient of the 2024 Engineers’ Club Achievement Award. This is the highest recognition award presented by the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis.”

Kenneth C. Morgan, CE’83, was appointed director of water services for KC Water.

Morgan brings a wealth of experience and a robust track record of success in the water and wastewater management industry. Morgan currently serves as the deputy director of the Water Distribution Division for the Public Utilities Department in the city of San Diego.

Paul Wolfgeher, CE’83, “After 40 years of civilian service with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, I retired Aug. 31, 2024, as the resident engineer of the South Resident Office of Tinker Air Force Base (AFB) in Oklahoma City, Okla.

I’ve worked civil works and military construction in Fort Worth and Tulsa districts. Notable projects included the San Antonio flood control tunnels and the KC46A Maintenance Hangars Campus at Tinker AFB. Previously I worked for Robert E. McKee Construction in Dallas.”

1990s Marsia Geldert Murphy, MS CE’97, recently joined GBA as a senior associate after spending the past six years at Lochmueller Group.

She had been serving as the regional director of Illinois and Missouri Operations for Lochmueller Group since March 2019.

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

Jason Jones, CE’00, was selected the Illinois Department of Transportation District 6 Engineer of the Year for 2024.

Sudarshan Kurwadkar, PhD CE’05, was named the 2025 recipient of Cal State Fullerton Outstanding Professor Award, for his teaching, scholarship and contributions to the university and the California State University system.

Bob Swacil, CE’06, was promoted to senior project manager with Brinkmann Constructors.

Chris Vaeth, CE’02, was named senior vice president of the Kansas City Region at McCownGordon Construction.

2010s Evan Fox, ArchE’15, was hired as a project manager at S.M. Wilson and Co. Fox is working on the projects in the 2022 Building Program with the Pattonville School District.

Josh Gaghen, MS CE’10, was promoted to vice president and business unit leader in the St. Louis office of McCarthy Building Companies. (continued on page 21)

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IN MEMORIAM Remembering the following Miner alumni.

1950s Charles G. Baskin, CE’59, Sept. 5, 2024 Gerald A. Bramon, Jr., CE’59, March 24, 2025 Francis R. Brew, CE’59, Jan. 18, 2025 William G. Demzik, CE’57, Sept. 24, 2024 Roy James Gunther, CE’58, June 28, 2024 John W. Moore, CE’57, Jan. 5, 2025 James R. Patterson, CE’54, Nov. 18, 2024 Robert E. Paulsell, CE’50, Aug. 5, 2024 Richard L. Thompson, CE’59, Dec. 18, 2024 Robert P. Vienhage, CE’53, Feb. 15, 2025 Rex C. Williams, CE’58, June 24, 2024

1960s Laton D. Allison, CE’66, Oct. 15, 2024 George C. Bennett, Jr., MS CE’65, Oct. 12, 2013 Thomas E. Bersett, CE’66, May 2, 2025 Lawrence A. Boston, CE’60, Dec. 12, 2024 Roscoe H. Crowell, CE’64, Jan. 31, 2025 Morris L. Gardner, CE’62, Dec. 3, 2023 Teddy R. Gilmore, CE’69, Feb. 2, 2025 George R. Grate, CE’62, Nov. 15, 2024 Jimmy D. Hahs, CE’61, MS CE’66, Sept. 26, 2024 Bradley Harry Hornburg, CE’69, May 15, 2025 Donald L. Logsdon, CE’60, April 26, 2025 Laurel Ann McKean, CE’96, Dec. 20, 2024 Bennett L. Muns, CE’64, July 18, 2024 Samuel O. Musgrove, Jr., CE’62, Dec. 22, 2024 Stephen D. Ombalski, Jr., CE’64, Sept. 22, 2024 Patrick R. O’Mealy, CE’62, Sept. 6, 2024 Thomas L. Richardson, CE’69, Oct. 17, 2024 Raymond T. Shaefer, CE’69, July 18, 2024 Lewis C. Sowell, Jr., MS CE’64, Feb. 14, 2025 Mark S. Sowell Jr., CE’64, June 3, 2024 Curtis W. Stevenson, CE’61, Feb. 10, 2025 William R. Sutton, CE’63, MS EMgt’74, June 24, 2024

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Daniel W. True, CE’61, May 2, 2025 Raymond Jack Walts, CE’66, Dec. 23, 2024 Robert B. Willey, CE’61, Jan. 27, 2025 John C. Wright, CE’61, Sept. 30, 2024

1970s Carrick H. Berry, Jr., CE’75, April 27, 2009 David L. Erwin, CE’73, Oct. 25, 2024 Stanley T. Fletcher, MS CE’73, June 6, 2015 James E. Frey, CE’74, Nov. 10, 2024 Arthur A. Hartle Jr., CE’73, May 13, 2024 William C. Hawn, CE’76, Jan. 17, 2025 Randall H. Lillard, CE’74, Aug. 26, 2024 Mark F. Moran, MS CE’70, Sept. 25, 2022 Lenard H. Ross, CE’70, June 26, 2022 Gregory A. Sherwood, CE’71, Oct. 11, 2024 Hamilton C. Timbrell, CE’70, June 17, 2024 Chris J. Veesaert, CE’75, MS CE’77, Jan. 1, 2025

1980s John Edward Tarr, CE’85, Jan. 30, 2025

2000s Wesley C. Kibler, MS CE’06, April 25, 2012

Friends & Family Remembering loved ones.

• Kim Brinkmann, wife of Bob Brinkmann, CE’71, Oct. 5, 2024 • Janice Haydon, wife of Jack B. Haydon, CE’58, May 16, 2024 • Emma Mae Owens, wife of Lyle L. Pruitt, CE’64, MS CE’65 • Don Sparlin, Dec. 20, 2024 • Ann Dale Spradlin, wife of Stephen R. Spradlin, CE’74, MS CE’76

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Jake Girse, CE’19, ArchE’19, was hired at S.M. Wilson and Co. as an estimator.

FUTURE miner

2020s Isaac Boeringa, CE’24, ArchE’24, joined Hanson Professional Services Inc.’s Chicago regional office as a structural designer. He will assist with the design and inspection of rail bridges and structures.

Autumn Buesking, CE’22, was named a 2025 New Faces of Civil Engineering – Professional by the American Society of Civil Engineering. One of 10 recipients of the national award, she and the other honorees were chosen for their community service work, organizational leadership, communication skills, and industry involvement.

Brynnleigh Weaver, CE’24, was hired as an estimator for Tarlton Corp. in St. Louis.

Jacqueline French, CE’21, and Tyler French, ChE’20, had their first child, Chloe French, on May 3, 2025.

Where has your life and career taken you? Let us know.

Online: www.mineralumni.com Email: alumni@mst.edu Call: 800-JOMINER (800-566-4637)

A gift of hydraulic engineering history We received a gift of hydraulic engineering history from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters (USACE) — a hydraulic sediment response (HSR) model — that will be beneficial in demonstrating hydraulic engineering concepts to students and other guests. River engineers built these small scale HSR models for demonstrating the mechanics of a river or stream on an area the size of a normal tabletop. The models were used to design river training structures on the Mississippi River to improve navigation channels, reduce dredging and channel maintenance requirements, and to enhance the aquatic environment.

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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 1955

Charles W. Schuman

1957

Richard Heagler, Sr.

1958

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

Eldon R. Shilt Robert S. Smith Roger H. Stickler Alfred J. Thiede* Norbert J. Wunderlich Wayne M. Zimmerman

1966

Don E. Henderson

Donald E. Bennish David J. Bufalo Matt Coco John H. Henry Philip A. Jozwiak Robert L. Temper Gary M. Turner

1960

1967

1959

Karl J. Daubel

1961

William E. Mathews Merle E. Southern Daniel W. True* Robert Wayne Whitehead

1962

Arthur Daoulas Carl J. Muench Jr. Edwin E. Sheraden

1963

Robert L. Arms Glenn M. Brown Edward G. David Richard A. Kahl Donald R. Kaiser Robert E. Markland Wade A. Martin James K. Van Buren

1964

Kenneth W. Broeking Bernard C. Ebert Jr. Alan Albert Kamp James M. Norausky James P. Odendahl Richard Frank Raber Lewis C. Sowell Jr.*

1965

John W. Dierker Harvey E. Jobson Gregory Junge Robert L. Otto William E. Polka

Steven L. Brady Michael E. Ferretti William J. Graham Dale R. Merrell Doyle W. Powell John M. Sadowski R. Bruce Van Dover William Dwayne Webb

1968

Charles M. Andrew Richard F. Astrack Charles S. Bach Jr. Charles R. Barger Douglas A. Brockhaus Henry E. Brown Daniel Ta-ming Chen John D. Doyle Aloys H. Faenger Jr. Lonny L. Ludwig James L. Miltenberger Thomas J. Pokrefke Jr. Robert K. Storck Melvin L. Sundermeyer

1969

Richard T. Berning Harry F. Beyer Jr. Robert L. Brinkopf Michael E. Dace Lawrence W. Eastep Thomas M. Feger Wayne L. Kerns Richard J. Lacavich John J. Moll Michael O. Noggle Terrance J. Ridenhour Alvin D. Wansing

Richard C. Witzel Thomas L. Zenge

1970

Melvin R. Allison Francisco M. Benavides Lynn B. Calton Kent T. Florence Michael M. Friese Thomas E. Kuhn Abraham H. Loudermilk Jr. Jerry D. Parsons Barry R. Romine Lynn O. Shafer H. Ray Threlkeld Jr. Clyde F. Wakefield James R. Wege Thomas F. Wolff

1971

James A. Bell Ronald Anthony Brendel Norman D. Dennis Jr. Robert L. Gold Edward M. Halter Thomas M. Hayden Lloyd A. Hinkle Jr. Gary M. Lee Terry E. Miller Henry W. Sandhaus Robert F. Smart Wayne D. Smith Charles H. Tayloe John S. Treadwell Robert Lee Ward Paul L. Welsch

1972

John O. Beale Steven M. Burke Teriel E. Burke Alan W. Carson Gary D. Forsee Dominic J. Grana W. Marie Greene Michael C. Hale Dale L. Houdeshell Alard Kaplan Keith E. Konradi Stephen H. McVeigh Ralph M. Partridge Marcus D. Ramsey Richard J. Riegel Michael W. Stallion Dale E. Williams (continued on the next page) Common Ground | care.mst.edu 23

GIVING back 1973

John W. Baker Thomas A. Behan Gary R. Henderson Kenneth W. Kuechenmeister Richard E. Peters Eric R. Potts Lynne E. Puetz Dana V. Reel John R. Schilling Edward N. Wade Frank M. Yates

1974

David R. Breece William P. Clarke John W. Critchfield Kenton A. Cropp David A. Dunavant James L. Foil Dennis Michael Hayden Michael D. Hurst Gary L. Hutchison Edward P. Hutson Jr. Bruce L. Johnson Danny L. Kerns Claude L. Langley DeAnn Lewis Jonathan T. Motherwell Ray L. Purvis Robert L. Queathem Richard P. Sauerwein Ali A. Selim Steven M. Tillman James H. Van Houten Mark L. Weidinger

1975

Garry R. Aronberg David A. Colvin Larry R. Finley Bernard D. Held David R. Lewis Edward J. Lohman Thomas J. Mittler Robby Ray Rakestraw Edward W. Rodgers Thomas P. Schneider Kevin C. Skibiski David J. Wisch Dennis L. Wood Thomas R. Zgraggen

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1976

Craig R. Bowers Michael A. DiNapoli Bruce W. Haigh Gregory G. Haug Clifford A. Mahin Dennis M. Simon Kimberly M. Simon Brian J. Swenty Michael E. Woessner

1977

David A. Diestelkamp Stanley C. Johnson Stephen C. Kienstra Robert G. Leonard Louis George Loos II Patrick K. Owen Bradley R. Parrish John W. Patterson Gary A. Ruhling Bert G. Schnettgoecke John D. Wenzlick Ronald J. Williams

1978

William M. Everett Thomas W. Fennessey Thomas R. Gredell Alan W. Green James M. Ivy II Brenda E. Liescheidt Jim Rau

1979

Frederick L. Bueler Jr. Kenneth M. Burg Kevin R. Eisenbeis Stephen P. Ford Mark A. Hovis Stephen C. Johnson David A. Kemper Michael W. O’Daniell Robert A. Riess Sr.

1980

Gary J. Amsinger Paul Daniel Booher James A. Durham Mark S. Franklin William W. Glauz Sandra M. Hoelscher Simmons James W. Hoolehan II

Patricia J. Hoolehan Ralph C. Jones Mariana Rodriguez Risco Steven A. Ruether David W. Schmitt Eric. Stassevitch Gary L. Strauss

1981

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

1982

James S. Allmeyer Michael O. Geisel Raymond J. Kopsky Jr. Carol Marie Morley Wade James White

1983

Scott Roger Goehri Mark Alan Harms Richard A. Henry Joel Lynn Mahnken Kenneth C. Morgan Glenn E. Noe Jr. M. Brad Parks Kathy Lynn Schmitt Charles E. Taylor Wesley G. Villhard Doug Wesselschmidt

1984

Cindy Jean Burton Keith Edward Killian Terry Clayton Leeds

1985

Christa Andrew Greg M. Bolon John William Brendel Peter Michael Burton Daniel F. Conway Michael John Frayne Jeffrey Allen Hiller Sharri Lynn Hiller Karin M. Jacoby

Andrew R. Maly James N. Pyatt Robert Kirk Randolph Randy Jerome Shed Tracy Jo Thomas Mark Robert Warnecke Anne M. Werner Gary John White Sabin A. Yanez

1986

Kimberly Diane Curry Michael E. Herleth Ronald William Jagels William T. Priesmeyer David E. Schledorn Lisa Kay Terry Forrest Todd Thomas Natalae Chalai Tillman

1987

Thomas Joseph Abkemeier Gerald Arvin Beckmann Robert Ray Holmes Paul Kevin Kendzior James Cletus Kreher Steven Robert Sieckhaus Mary Ellen Thomas

1988

Craig William Borgmeyer Rich Thomas Bradley Jeffrey Dean Cannedy Jeffrey L. Grandcolas Timothy Scott Hudwalker Mark Robert Leighton Otto Jason Lynch James J. Pfeiffer Edward Anthony Shepard Jr. Thomas Dreher Sieckhaus Ronald Ray Urton Jr. Randall Lee Vogel

1989

Stephen Kinsella Brady John E. Finke Joseph Baxter Heggie Aruna Miller David Merritt Miller Paul Winston Ridlen Brian Dirk Satterthwaite Raymond Matthew Webb Amy Dawn Wilson

1990

Russell Henry Henke Robert Thomas Hickman Claudia Christa Hoeft Violet Jean Hofer Matthew John Hunn Kristen E. Leathers-Gratton Kenneth Loyd Light Nancy Jane Matteoni Amy Diane Strauss

1991

Dirk Lynn Gowin Keith Allen Hansen Joanne Marie Holmes Judy A. Wagner

1992

Scott D. Kappelmann Brian E. Kuchinski

1993

Kevin Don Hicks Eric F. Seaman

1994

Kevin Leon Alexander Susan Elizabeth Barry Deanna Lynn Dotson Brett Patrick Goodman David Paul Johnson Paul Harris Rydlund Jr. Christina Louise Sfreddo Steven Edward Weible

1995

Ryan Patrick Barr 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 Michael Edward Baxter Donald Wayne Crites David Robert Hamilton Jeffrey Andrew Martin Jeffrey John Neemann Rebecca Lee Steinman

Jenifer Rae Tatum Christopher James Ward

1997

Valerie Jean Barr Craig Matthew Dahlgren Harold Joseph Dickerson Samuel D. Erter Travis Allen Lynch Troy Anthony Pinkerton Scott Steven Preston Jonathan Lindsey Robison John Curtis Smith III Elizabeth Lea Ward Emily Jean Wehmeyer John Louis Weiland Kenneth Dale Wohaska

1998

Seth Alexander Coggin Jerry Wade Gander Jennifer Dayle Neemann Cassie Margaret Reiter Cory Matthew Reiter Ty Christopher Sander Robert John Schiffer William Bradley Shores Jr. Daniel Eugene Van Anne Sheryl Marie Van Anne

1999

Amanda Wallis Derhake John David Fio Rito Jason Lee Haynes Danielle Kleinhans Stephen Anthony Lamitola Kenneth William McDonald Jeff D. Rieker Christina Ann Marie Sander Matthew Joseph Sander

2000

Shawnna Louise Erter Paula Marie Hart Anne C. Lamitola Nicholas Thomas Rocco

2001

Shawn Michael Hart Matthew K. Swenty

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GIVING back 2002

James Patrick Buckner Darcey Lynn Schumacher Nathan Todd Tritsch Igor Vasquez

2003

Daniel Jaye Bailey Anna Marie Swenty

2004

Erik Carl Backus Jonathan Michael Ballmann James Edward Duehning Jessica L. Duehning Curt William Kimmel Matthew Richard Prenger Sondra Nicole Rotty

2005

Nathaniel Lee Bachelor Damon Duane Domer Cynthia Ann Dunnaway John Robert Keeven Dane Mitchell Seiler Jennifer Maria Voss Krista Ann Wolfe

2006

David Michael Bash Christopher Jay Dunnaway Gregory Daniel Etter Feifei Lu Yingwu Teng Matthew Mark Voss

2011

Christopher Charles Burst Adam C. Morgan

2012

Caitlin Breanna Kalicak

2013

2007

Wendy Leann Bailey Matthew Emmett Flint Kurt Joseph Haslag Donald Steven Jackson

Alexander Michael Griffin David Thomas Lewandowski Andrew Francis Schranck

2015

2008

Stephanie Rae Frizzo Nathaniel Joseph Hirt William Patrick Kirby

2009

Daniel L. Ashbaugh Jeffrey Charles Bourgeois Andrew F. Kalicak Patrick John Tilk

Amanda Jael Griffin

2016

Jeffrey Nathan Best

2020

David Dennis Schake * denotes deceased

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Making a difference in Missouri S&T student lives Since 1972 the Academy of Civil Engineers (ACE) has been contributing to the growth and careers of S&T students. The 290-plus members are recognized for their contributions to the profession, leadership, community and involvement with S&T. ACE members actively participate by offering their time for mentoring, advisory, workshops and lectures.

Imagine a young student able to tap into this resource pool of business leaders, technical experts and recognized professionals to better craft their career.

ACE members provide financial support to the department and students. Last year, donations funded the acquisition of advanced laboratory equipment.

ACE also supported various student organizations, student programs, endowments and scholarships which are foundational to the excellent student experience.

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