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UMKC Professor Writes Suicide Prevention Book | Engineering School Competition - RooTV 4/19/2023

UMKC Professor Writes Suicide Prevention Book | Engineering School Competition – RooTV 4/19/2023

RooTV
April 19, 2023

Marissa Leggio delivers a story on a UMKC professor who has written a book dedicated to the prevention of suicides called "How Not to Kill Yourself." Grace Kertz informs on the School of Engineering and their groups preparation for various competitions. We go Into the Den...

 “There was a reason [these projects] were built on the first floor. So they can be seen and accessible from the outside," SSE Dean Kevin Truman said. "We've been very fortunate to have some high-profile people [visit], and everyone that comes here sees what the students are doing.”

UMKC engineers unveil their year-long projects before competition

Ellen Beshuk, Co-News Editor
April 13, 2023

  For a full year, UMKC students have been building canoes, buggies, bridges and airplanes to rival other universities.   UMKC engineering clubs presented these projects on April 7 to club sponsors and Kevin Truman, dean of the School of Science and Engineering.    ...

Jesse Best (left) and David Rodriguez (right)

Design Build Fly Rises to the Challenge

Gabriel Flynn, Staff Writer
March 15, 2023

  Founded just a week before competition proposals were due, UMKC’s Design Build Fly group rushed together to seize this opportunity for victory.   As their name suggests, they must design, build and fly an airplane-styled drone and write a detailed proposal explaining...

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