International honors for advancing safety
MSU University Distinguished Professor Venkatesh Kodur was honored for his work in advancing fire safety in concrete materials and structural systems during two special ceremonies in India in December.
A damming trend
Hundreds of dams are being proposed for Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia. The negative social and environmental consequences - affecting everything from food security to the environment greatly outweigh the positive changes of this grand-scale flood control, according to new research by Michigan State University.
Smart Transportation Seminar
Innovation Seminars on Intelligent Transportation Systems on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 2-5:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Facility, 640 S. Shaw Lane.
Next generation NDE
Around 70 experts in nondestructive evaluation gathered in Detroit when Michigan State University hosted the 23rd International Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation Workshop (ENDE2018) in September.
Muhamad Munum Masud
PhD student Muhamad Munum Masud, and his advisor Associate Professor Syed Waqar Haider, of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering earned an international award in the Transportation & Development Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers-LTPP International Data Analysis Contest. The competition is also sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
HSIS Safety Data Award
New PhD student Megat Usamah Megat-Johari has been awarded the 2018 Highway Safety Information System Excellence in Highway Safety Data Award. He was honored Aug. 21 in Minneapolis.
Peter Savolainen
Peter Savolainen, a transportation engineer who examines road user behavior, has joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University as an MSU Foundation Professor.