Entries by Kaity Woody
Introducing the 2020 SCE Alumni Board
President: Christopher Kruse (BSCS ’05, MBA ’16) Vice President: Ed Downey (BSCNSM ’93, BSECE ’10) Treasurer: Brian Boman (BSCE ‘17) Directors at Large: Ricky Abnos (BSME ‘17, MSME ‘19) Ken Gerling, P.E. (BSCE ’91, MS Engineering Management ’98) Jose Lopez, E.I. (BSCE ’15, MSCE ’18) Adam Mitchell, P.E. (BSCE ’10) Chelsea Pfaffly (BSCE ’18) […]
School of Computing and Engineering Receives $2 Million Gift To Upgrade Flarsheim Hall
The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Computing and Engineering will receive $2 million of a $15 million gift from the Sunderland Foundation for key renovations within Flarsheim Hall. The work will reconfigure existing spaces in Flarsheim in conjunction with the completion of the new $32 million Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise and Research […]
The Future of Drone Technology
Aware Vehicles, UMKC partner to develop Unmanned Aerial Vehicle automation Imagine an autonomous drone taking off from a smart docking station on top of a moving vehicle, navigated only by GPS and cameras, collecting and transmitting data and landing right back same place it took off from. Pretty cool, right? Impossible? Not anymore. University of […]
UMKC Wins $5.4 Million to Research Bone and Muscle Loss
NIH awards grant to Schools of Dentistry, Computing and Engineering and Medicine The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry received a $5.4 million grant award as part of a $10.4 million award to the Indiana University School of Medicine from the National Institute of Aging to continue research into the effects of aging on bone and muscle […]
Alumni Board Call for Nominations
Nominations are open for the UMKC School of Computing and Engineering Alumni Association Board, which supports the school and its students. Board members are expected to participate in monthly meetings (a call-in option is available), participate in the SCE Alumni Association’s fundraising events, be contributing members to the Alumni Fund, promote SCE in the community […]
An Investment Worth Making
Donor-Scholar Luncheon Highlights Impact of Scholarships for Engineering Students Just one week after the groundbreaking of the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise and Research Center, the UMKC School of Computing and Engineering had one more thing to celebrate on Friday, Sept. 28. Scholarship opportunities and student success. Donors from top Kansas City technology and engineering […]