Dr. Jianmin Wang, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has created a wastewater system "in a box." Each system, built by re-purposing a shipping container, is low power, low maintenance and highly efficient. Built from weathering steel, these containers are designed to be tough and can be dropped on site by helicopters.
Missouri University of Science and Technology will receive $5 million in federal funding to provide educational and training programs for a new electric vehicle initiative in Missouri.
Federal requirements to increase the production of ethanol has developed into a "drink-or-drive issue" in the Midwest as a result of biofuel production's impact on water supplies and water quality, says a Missouri S&T environmental engineering researcher in a recent issue of the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
Most college students will admit to searching their couch cushions for extra coins to do laundry. But Jon McKinney's cushion hunt isn't about finding money. He wants to help epidemiologists identify what's triggering diseases like asthma in children, and he's got the backing of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Missouri University of Science and Technology is one of seven universities in the United States and Europe involved in a new National Science Foundation research initiative that aims to transform the nation's power grid into an Internet for energy that will speed renewable electric-energy technologies into every home and business.
Using thousands of brain cells from laboratory rats, researchers at Missouri S&T hope to design a more intelligent power grid. They envision a more flexible system that is capable of responding to uncertainty and circumstances - much like the brain itself.
