July 25, 2011 – Engineering firms need more office space for expansions

Black & Veatch, Kansas City’s largest engineering firm with 3,120 local employees, will be getting a sparkling entrance for its massive headquarters in Overland Park.

And Burns & McDonnell, another big player in the engineering world, is realizing its [...]

March 17, 2011 – Burning Green

CHAPEL HILL — This week, something different is happening at the university’s cogeneration facility on Cameron Avenue.

Instead of only burning coal, UNC has added dried wood pellets to the mix to test the feasibility of co-firing with biomass as the university moves toward its goal to become coal-free [...]

April 24, 2010 – Compressed-Air Storage in Salt Mine

Compressed-air storage for energy use (CAES) has been used intermittently since the 19th century, but is finding new employment in the U.S. In 2009 an electric utility, BSC Holding, Inc. (mine owner), and Sega Inc., a design engineering firm, entered an agreement to investigate [...]

January 15, 2010 – Metropolitan Community College seeks $2.5M for smart-grid training

It stands to reason that it will take smart people to operate the “smart grid” — the term for the energy-delivery technology of tomorrow.

Metropolitan Community College is leading a consortium aiming to use $2.5 million in stimulus money to help create a smart-grid-ready [...]

January 8, 2010 – A Portrait of Relevance

In a world where electricity markets have grown massively complex and public policy is driving exotic technology upgrades to the nation’s grid, a casual observer may wonder if local public ownership is relevant in the 21st century.

Rest assured, it is. And a utility established in the [...]

November 17, 2009 – Power plant’s future may rely on biomass

The best way to upgrade Columbia’s city power plant to meet future federal regulations will be better understood after a study of two of its three boilers.

The Columbia City Council last night unanimously approved a contract with engineering firm Sega Inc. for a [...]

Secure Energy is building a gasification plant in Decatur, Illinois. Sega Inc. is the engineer on this project. Here is a video about the project containing more information and a tour: SEI_Gasification Tour 5-09

May 4, 2009

OVERLAND PARK – Sega Inc. was recently presented the IEEE Region 5 “Outstanding Small Company Award 2008”. IEEE Region 5 includes Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas.

Sega Inc. has been a strong supporter of IEEE having sponsored two employees serving active roles in the IEEE organization and 20 additional [...]