Associate dean joins ranks of prestigious bioengineering organization’s elite

Associate Dean and Bioengineering Professor Sheila Grant

Very few people reach a point in their careers where their accomplishments place them among a small population considered to be the best of the best in their field. In March, Sheila Grant officially will join that population.

Grant, associate dean of research and a bioengineering professor at the University of Missouri College of Engineering, recently received word of her election to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. The College of Fellows includes less than 2,000 of the most accomplished medical and biological engineers in the country.

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Industrial Assessment Center to continue auditing, educational program

Items such as inefficient application of insulation are things students are trained to spot while working for the Midwest Industrial Assessment Center, which recently was accepted for a third-consecutive round of funding. Photo courtesy of Sanjeev Khanna.

For 40 years , the U.S. Department of Energy’s Industrial Assessment Centers program has partnered with various higher education institutions to provide small- and medium-sized manufacturers with assessments on how to improve productivity and energy efficiency, and students have benefitted from the ability to learn how to complete such assessments through hands-on learning techniques. The University of Missouri College of Engineering has been a partner for the last 10 years and recently received word that its partnership was accepted for another five-year term.


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Getting started

Holly and I taking in a Mizzou basketball game.

 Hey, everybody! I'm Ryan Owens, and I currently live in Columbia, Mo., where I serve as a strategic communications associate for the Mizzou College of Engineering, a job I've held the last three years. This blog is where you can find the stories I put together for our external publications, started as part of a course I'm taking on participatory journalism as I pursue a master's degree in strategic communications from the University of Missouri.

Prior to this current job, I obtained my degree from the Mizzou School of Journalism, then spent four years as a sports reporter at the Durango Herald in Durango, Colo. My current gig involves producing content and reporting for our website and external publications, and recently, my role has expanded into some basic speech writing and a greater role in shaping strategy. On a personal level, I was born and raised in Illinois before eventually settling here, where I live with my fiancee, Holly.