First place poster tests ITS effectiveness
A civil engineering graduate student's first place poster examined the effectiveness of using intelligent transportation systems in work zones along interstates in the St. Louis area.
View ArticlePresentation shows benefits of controlled merging through ramp metering
Ramp meters are one way traffic engineers can control the flow of merging traffic from entrance ramps on highways. Assistant Professor Praveen Edara recently presented the results from his research on...
View ArticleCivil engineers sweep top three at poster competition
Civil engineering students swept the top three awards at the second annual poster competition of the Transportation Engineering Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.
View ArticleMissouri WTS chapter selects two from MU for scholarships
This spring, Missouri’s WTS chapter selected two young women — Paige Martz and Yue Zhang — majoring in civil engineering at the University of Missouri as scholarship recipients.
View ArticleMU alum Kianfar lands tenure-track position at Saint Louis University
MU alum Jalil Kianfar accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position at the Saint Louis University Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology in January.
View ArticleMU CEE students take top two spots at poster competition
Two University of Missouri civil engineering students took top honors in the poster competition sponsored by the Central Missouri chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers at May’s Traffic...
View ArticleCEE graduate student takes first place at transportation poster competition
Graduate student Kyoungmin “Andrew” Nam of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department won first place at the annual poster competition for the Transportation Engineering Association of...
View ArticleTransportation inspiration
Whether gathering data in the field or analyzing it in the lab, MU’s civil engineering’s transportation research team works to make our mobile lives smarter, safer and more economical.
View ArticleUndergrad takes diverging diamond research to Posters On the Hill
Paige Martz, a civil engineering senior in the MU College of Engineering, recently was selected to present her research and poster on Diverging Diamond Interchanges at the 2015 Posters on the Hill...
View ArticleAASHTO names diverging diamond interchange project to ‘Sweet Sixteen’
A team of University of Missouri researchers recently saw its research on diverging diamond interchanges named one of 2015’s “Sweet Sixteen” High Value Research Projects by the American Association of...
View ArticleCivil grad student presents pair of posters at major conference
Yohan Chang, a doctoral student in the MU Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, was the only student to present two posters at RES/CON, held March 1-3 in New Orleans. The post Civil grad...
View ArticleThree papers outline new ways to look at interchange safety
Faculty members and students from the University of Missouri Civil and Environmental Engineering Department recently published three papers in the Transportation Research Record, the publication of the...
View ArticleCivil engineering grad student takes runner up at ITS Heartland poster...
Graduate student Roozbeh Rahmani received a second place award for his poster, “Work Zone Safety Assessment Software” at The Heartland Chapter of the national Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)...
View ArticleVariable speed limits can limit work zone congestion
Research conducted by the University of Missouri Civil and Environmental Engineering Department may have uncovered a way to help alleviate some of the backup and create fewer dangerous collisions.
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Mizzou Engineering, Benton Elementary team up on educational event
Two classes of Benton Elementary School fifth graders were invited to the MU transportation simulator lab recently for a morning of educational fun. The group experimented with a bicycle simulator,...
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College’s first Research Day showcases strengths
Dean Elizabeth Loboa joined with Research Day keynote faculty speakers Prasad Calyam, Bret Ulery and Bill Buttlar and co-organizer Praveen Edara for a photo after the first-ever Research Day concluded....
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Driver distractions in work zones can be costly
Professors Praveen Edara and Carlos Sun, along with graduate student Nipjyoti Bharadwaj, recently published “Risk Factors in Work Zone Safety Events: A Naturalistic Driving Study Analysis,” in the...
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Lighting the way to safer driving
Faculty members Henry Brown, Carlos Sun and Praveen Edara and doctoral students Sandy Zhang and Zhu Qing combined field and simulator studies on the effectiveness of four light-color configurations —...
View ArticleAccelerating Careers
Students can now earn a master’s degree (MS) in civil and environmental engineering in less time than a traditional master’s program. The department recently developed an accelerated master’s program...
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Using Big Data to Improve Traffic Flow
Assistant Professor Yaw Adu-Gyamfi The digital sign flashes “Accident Ahead – Proceed With Caution” as drivers head along Interstate 70 in the St. Louis region. That usually means long delays for...
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