Through efforts to bring non-traditional students into the classroom, the Environmental Engineering Program at University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) has developed a program to offer Master's degrees to US Army Officers completing the Engineering Officer's Advanced Course (EOAC) at Fort Leonard Wood. The program was formulated in conjunction with the Army Engineering School. The goal-oriented program provides a limited amount of credit for the EOAC coursework completed by the officers, subject to evaluation by program faculty. These officers/students are allowed flexibility to develop their own plan of study that meets the UMR criteria, while still permitting them to complete their non-thesis degree in a total of nine months.

and Technology. He received his BS (2001), MS (2003) and PhD (2009) in civil engineering with emphasis in structural engineering, from University of Tehran, Iran. His research interests and experiences are in the field of computational mechanics, cement-based composite materials as well as innovative teaching techniques. Dr. Libre is the manager of Materials Testing lab at Missouri S&T, teaches mechanics of materials and develops digital educational resources for the engineering students. He had the opportunity of leading several scientific and industrial research projects and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Over the span of his career, Dr. Libre authored and co-authored 3 chapter books, 17 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 60 conference papers. He has advised and co-advised 8 graduate students and mentored over 30 undergraduate students. He has collaborated with scholars from several countries, including Iran, China, Slovenia, Canada, and the US. He also served as a reviewer for 6 journals and a committee member of 5 conferences.