Engineering students Alea Cooper and Erin Bereyso attended the third annual Women in Construction and Engineering Leadership Seminar (WCELS) Feb. 20-21 in Omaha, Nebraska. About their experience The seminar featured female employees of Kiewit Corporation as speakers. The speakers addressed the lack of female presence in the construction and engineering fields. “We … [Read more...] about Building female confidence and future industry leaders
Over the summer, four faculty went to China for about two weeks to teach as part of the Southwest University Global Immersion Program. This required a proposal about what each professor would teach and why it was important to students in China. About 100 professors from 25 different countries were chosen to teach this summer. About the MSU faculty who went The … [Read more...] about Four professors use summer to teach in China
Erin Bereyso, a civil engineering major, attended the World Environmental and Water Resources institute (ERWI) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 19-23. Bereyso presented a poster at ERWI and won second place. “This was a tremendous achievement, as I was competing against graduate students from around the world,” Bereyso said. About her research Her research focused … [Read more...] about Engineering student works to keep freshwater safe
When we suffer a tragedy, we want something good to come out of it. In the early 1900s, a bridge in Quebec, Canada, collapsed from poor engineering. Many people died when the bridge collapsed. During the rebuild, it became apparent that the new, improved bridge would not hold its own weight, much less the vehicles. Rather than start over, they redesigned a bit … [Read more...] about Keeping people safe with engineering
We'd like to welcome new faculty to CNAS! We are excited to work with you. We have three new tenure track faculty. Dr. Tiglet Besara works in the physics, astronomy and material science department. He received his MPh in physics at Stockolm University and his MS and PhD in chemical physics at Florida State University. Dr. Liza Cobos works in the hospitality … [Read more...] about New faces in CNAS