KCURE Fellows Cohort

KCURE Fellows include both MCC and UMKC civil or mechanical engineering students who engage with and support each other in their shared classes and a variety of KCURE events. Our first KCURE Fellows graduated from UMKC in May 2022! Congratulations to Jennifer Arms, Dan Caron, Jade O’Connell, and Emma Youngs. Two more of our fellows, Drake Smith and Samual Sisk, will graduate in May 2023. 

Active Fellows

Laith Banyalmarjeh

UMKC Civil Engineering

lfb2vf@umkc.edu

An opportunity to improve life for humankind and the planet is something a good person would do. It’s also something a Civil Engineer would do. I inspire to be such a person. 

  Dylan Broll 

UMKC Mechanical Engineering

 djbq96@umkc.edu


As a mechanical engineering student I hope to apply the knowledge and experience I gain from UMKC to a career making renewable energy and green technologies more accessible to everyone.

Juan Calderon

UMKC Mechanical Engineering

jccd85.mst.edu

I am an engineering student seeking to broaden my understanding to be able to fulfill my dreams as a Mechanical Engineer and to be able to live new experiences. 

Michael Englert

UMKC Mechanical Engineering

mjennf@mail.umkc.edu

My name is Michael Englert and I am a mechanical engineering major.

Abdelrahman Khamis

UMKC Mechanical Engineering

kkkdz@umkc.edu

I complete what I start. I persevere until I succeed.

Marte' McIntosh Sr

MCC Mechanical Engineering

s1338961@student.mcckc.edu

Impossible becomes possible everyday in the world of engineering, so what's impossible?  

Joseph Shivley

MCC Civil Engineering

josephashivley2003@gmail.com

I want to learn valuable skills and earn experience and translate those skills and experience into a promising and rewarding career as a civil engineer.

James Sparks

UMKC Mechanical Engineering

jcsgxf@umkc.edu


Never waste an opportunity to solve problems for a better world. 

Graduated Fellows


Class of 2022

Jennifer Arms

Assistant Civil Engineer in Underground Transmission and Submarine Cables

Burns & McDonnell

jrarms@burnsmcd.com 

"If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life” This quote is really hitting home for me. Every day is such a blessing. I’m really loving learning how to contribute to projects and help clients be successful. 

Dan Caron

Assistant Civil Engineer

Burns & McDonnell

dcmdh@mail.umkc.edu

Engineering school teaches you how to solve problems by learning, searching out answers, and creating solutions. As you develop those skills, a world of opportunity is opened to you. 

Jade O'Connell

Civil Engineering

ejor3d@mail.umkc.edu



Emma Youngs

Civil Engineer I

Black & Veatch

emmagyoungs@gmail.com

I wanted to be an engineer because I wanted to make a difference. In my engineering journey, I have learned so much about the world and myself and I am grateful for the opportunities engineering has provided me 

Class of 2023

Samual Sisk

Mechanical Engineering

scsgd4@missouri.edu


Drake Smith

Mechanical Engineering

dcsbg7@mail.umkc.edu


 

FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Urban Sustainability Engineering Fellows is supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF Award 1930402. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.