Month: April 2006

Aero team results: Crash can’t take shine off design

Posted by on April 25, 2006

A team of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla won the design portion of the Aero Design East Competition April 21-23 in Marietta, Ga. Unfortunately, UMR’s radio-controlled aircraft crashed on takeoff, costing the team in the overall standings.         

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Design team harnesses human power

Posted by on April 25, 2006

A group of students at the University of Missouri-Rolla is combining human power with technical ingenuity on a quest to maintain its reputation as one of the best “super bike” teams in the nation.         

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Retirement reception for UMR’s engineering dean to be held May 2

Posted by on April 25, 2006

May 2 is Bob Mitchell Day at the University of Missouri-Rolla. UMR will host a retirement reception on that day for Dr. Robert Mitchell, dean of the School of Engineering. Mitchell will leave UMR in August to direct the School of Engineering at Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City.

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Twelve inducted into UMR Academy of Civil Engineering

Posted by on April 22, 2006

Eleven civil engineering alumni of the University of Missouri-Rolla and the university’s chancellor were inducted into the UMR Academy of Civil Engineers during the academy’s induction ceremony held April 21 in the Kummer Atrium of the Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building on the UMR campus.

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Two inducted into UMR Academy of Chemical Engineering

Posted by on April 21, 2006

Two chemical engineers with ties to the University of Missouri-Rolla were inducted into the UMR Academy of Chemical Engineers during the academy’s induction ceremony Thursday, April 20, at the Havener Center on campus.

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Academy honors outstanding engineering management professionals

Posted by on April 21, 2006

Six engineering management professionals were honored by the University of Missouri-Rolla when they were inducted in UMR’s Academy of Engineering Management Thursday, April 20, at the Havener Center on campus. One member was inducted posthumously.

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Four inducted into UMR Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Posted by on April 21, 2006

Four electrical and computer engineers were inducted into the Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla during the academy’s annual meeting Thursday, April 20.

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Travelstead becomes member of UMR Academy of Mines and Metallurgy

Posted by on April 21, 2006

Charles Travelstead, president and chief executive officer of Brown-Minneapolis Tank Co., was inducted to the Academy of Mines and Metallurgy at the University of Missouri-Rolla during a ceremony April 20 on the UMR campus.         

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Guest lecturer to speak on at-risk children at UMR May 1

Posted by on April 21, 2006

A noted child psychologist will give a public lecture about high-risk children at the University of Missouri-Rolla. The lecture, which is sponsored by the UMR psychology department, is free and open to the public.

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Neuropsychology expert to speak on the brain at UMR April 27

Posted by on April 21, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla psychology department will host a guest lecturer from Washington University on April 27.

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