Energy Archives

The 1976 accident at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power station in combination with the catastrophe at the Chernoblyl power plant in the former Soviet Union in1986, dampened public confidence in nuclear power. Fossil fuels were cheap and plentiful, and for 30 years, no new plants were built in this country.

Published On: 01/28/2010

Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Associate Professor Shawn Xu’s considerable expertise in ground source heat pump technology comes of age as all eyes are on alternatives to the world’s dependence on oil.

Published On: 12/1/2009

Published On: 12/1/2009

Electrical engineering graduate student Brady Gall's search for a job last summer took a distinct turn for the better when his mentor asked him if he'd be interested in an internship at Los Alamos National Lab.

Published On: 12/1/2009

Kyler Turner, a graduate student in Assistant Professor Gary Solbrekken's lab took first place in the poster contest at the 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition for his research in developing an isotope used to diagnose cancer .

Published On: 12/1/2009

Jae Kwon, assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering, and J. David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the research reactor are collaborating on a project at MU to build a tiny nuclear battery for microscale devices called MEMS.

Published On: 07/29/2009

Opportunities for educational and personal growth outside the classroom are readily available on the University of Missouri campus and while some students do not actively seek them, others jump at the chance.

Published On: 04/30/2009

A Mizzou Engineering researcher has joined a national effort to prevent nuclear proliferation by helping tackle the tricky technical problem of finding a way to fuel high-performance research reactors with low-grade uranium.

Published On: 04/3/2009

Marine veteran Neil Ouellette sees both public service and personal opportunities in a renewable energy training program Mizzou Engineering is helping teach.

Published On: 03/2/2009

As the nuclear power industry expands, a Mizzou Engineering faculty member is researching technology aimed at cutting the cost of reprocessing nuclear fuel so it can be used several times.

Published On: 12/1/2008

MU Center for Sustainable Energy members are joining forces with researchers throughout the state in hopes of harvesting the enormous energy potential contained within algae microorganisms.

Published On: 09/30/2008

University of Missouri's College of Engineering and College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources are seeking campuswide participation in a new center focused on developing renewable energy resources.

Published On: 09/30/2008

The University of Missouri's alternative energy team has undergone a transformation that may prove prophetic. After 15 years of building a solar car for competition, the team decided in late 2005 to steer instead towards the "hydrogen highway" by constructing a fuel cell car. It's a course with few maps but great potential to revolutionize the way the nation travels, team leaders believe.

Published On: 05/4/2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein urged students at a regional conference recently held by Mizzou Engineering to tackle the complex technological issues he predicted nuclear engineers soon will face.

Published On: 04/4/2008

Supporting the increasingly popular view that environmentalism is good business, energy conservationists have saved about $55,000 since installing advanced remote sensing technology in a portion of Mizzou Engineering¿s Lafferre Hall six months ago.

Published On: 04/3/2008

Energy experts agreed during a recent symposium cosponsored by the College of Engineering that America's future fuel needs must be met with a mix of renewable and traditional resources.

Published On: 12/NaN/2007

Greater economic prosperity may be as close as the nearest light bulb for many Midwestern manufacturers.

Published On: 08/22/2006