e3 http://e3.mst.edu/ en-us Copyright 2010 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:08:51 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification S&T's lean, green landscaping machine Even on the snowiest winter day, the custodial and landscape services crew at Missouri University of Science and Technology is helping keep the campus "green" thanks to the department's new Green Truck. The electric service vehicle was purchased to support S&T's plans for a green campus community.

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]]> http://e3.mst.edu/2009/09/3-million-donation-for-energy.html http://e3.mst.edu/2009/09/3-million-donation-for-energy.html Energy Featured Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:05:56 -0600 Shipping containers get new life, soldiers get safer water 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.

]]> http://e3.mst.edu/2009/09/shipping-containers-get-new-li.html http://e3.mst.edu/2009/09/shipping-containers-get-new-li.html Environment Featured environment military wastewater Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:02:11 -0600 Professor named to leadership of environmental group ]]> http://e3.mst.edu/2009/09/professor-named-to-leadership.html http://e3.mst.edu/2009/09/professor-named-to-leadership.html Environment Featured Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:48:16 -0600 $5 million for plug-in electric vehicle project 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.

]]> http://e3.mst.edu/2009/08/5-million-for-plug-in-electric.html http://e3.mst.edu/2009/08/5-million-for-plug-in-electric.html Energy Featured Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:23:47 -0600 Where greener rubber hits the road
]]> http://e3.mst.edu/2009/07/where-greener-rubber-hits-the.html http://e3.mst.edu/2009/07/where-greener-rubber-hits-the.html Environment Featured Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:16:30 -0600 Biofuels: 50 gallons per mile? 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.

]]> http://e3.mst.edu/2009/05/biofuels-50-gallons-per-mile.html http://e3.mst.edu/2009/05/biofuels-50-gallons-per-mile.html Energy Environment Featured Fri, 08 May 2009 10:59:12 -0600 Portions of Energy Summit to be streamed live Missouri Energy Summit, chaired by Missouri S&T Chancellor John F. Carney III, will be available for viewing live over the Internet.]]> http://e3.mst.edu/2009/04/portions-of-energy-summit-to-b.html http://e3.mst.edu/2009/04/portions-of-energy-summit-to-b.html Energy Featured Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:29:57 -0600 Run Rabbit, run

Norman Cox, an associate professor of electrical engineering, figures his 1977 Volkswagen Rabbit gets the equivalent of about 130 miles to the gallon - primarily because it doesn't run on gasoline.


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]]> http://e3.mst.edu/2009/04/video-partnerships-and-possibi.html http://e3.mst.edu/2009/04/video-partnerships-and-possibi.html Video Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:55:26 -0600 How Kansas City is going "green" As energy prices soar and the problem of greenhouse gases accelerates, some U.S. cities are looking for ways to go green.


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]]> http://e3.mst.edu/2009/04/how-kansas-city-is-going-green.html http://e3.mst.edu/2009/04/how-kansas-city-is-going-green.html Listen Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:08:45 -0600 Missouri S&T joins national energy consortium The current U.S. energy crisis includes deep dependence on foreign oil, too great a reliance on non-renewable fossil fuels, and carbon dioxide emissions that are causing severe changes in the global climate. Finding solutions to these problem will require a synergy of innovative minds. To that end, Missouri University of Science and Technology has now joined a national consortium to help find long term, secure, sustainable, and environmentally friendly sources of energy.


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]]> http://e3.mst.edu/2009/04/mariesa-crow-how-internet-for.html http://e3.mst.edu/2009/04/mariesa-crow-how-internet-for.html Listen Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:05:55 -0600 The Missouri Energy Summit: Chancellor Carney's take
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]]> http://e3.mst.edu/2009/03/st-student-proving-walls-even.html http://e3.mst.edu/2009/03/st-student-proving-walls-even.html Environment Featured Listen Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:01:53 -0600 "Internet for energy" concept gains strength with new NSF center 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.

]]> http://e3.mst.edu/2009/02/internet-for-energy-concept-ga.html http://e3.mst.edu/2009/02/internet-for-energy-concept-ga.html Featured energy power grid Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:57:29 -0600