Month: April 2006
‘Green’ degree paying off for UMR graduate
Leonor Valdez-Sanchez, the state’s first environmental engineering graduate, is enjoying life outside the classroom.
Read More »Magnesium and acid powers UMR Chem-E Car to nationals
University of Missouri-Rolla students showed their chemical engineering savvy last week by placing second in chemical reaction-powered, autonomous vehicle competition in Stillwater, Okla. The car’s performance earned the team a spot in the national competition set for November in San Francisco.
Read More »Research patents to be topic of UMR seminar
The office of technology commercialization and economic development (OTCED) at the University of Missouri-Rolla is offering a free series of seminars on intellectual property issues, beginning with “The Importance of Patent Law to Research Universities” at noon on Wednesday, May 3, in the St. Pat’s Ballroom of the Havener Center on the UMR campus.
Read More »UMR student receives Judge’s Choice Award at design competition
Ryan Sitzes of Jackson, Mo., a junior in environmental engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, won a Judge’s Choice Award for special effort, perseverance, determination and courage in a design contest hosted by WERC: A Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Development at New Mexico State University April 2-6.
Read More »UMR Blue Key, SUB to host Block Party April 22
The Blue Key National Honorary at the University of Missouri-Rolla and the UMR Student Union Board will host the seventh annual UMR Block Party Saturday, April 22, at the Havener Center on the UMR campus.
Read More »Chancellor’s ‘State of the University’ report looks to the future
In his first “State of the University” report as chancellor, Dr. John F. Carney III on Thursday (April 13, 2006) discussed plans to position UMR as one of the nation’s leading technological research universities.
Read More »UMR students to join Order of the Engineer April 26
Engineering students at the University of Missouri-Rolla will pledge to “uphold devotion to the standards and the dignity” of engineering on April 26, when they join the Order of the Engineer, a national organization that promotes engineering as a public service.
Read More »UMR students to see if steel bridge holds up under contest stress
Students at the University of Missouri-Rolla are learning the engineering principles of bridge building by working on a scale model that will be entered in an annual competition sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction.
Read More »San Andreas vs. New Madrid: Midwest quakes pack a punch
The 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco is a time to reflect on the awesome power of the San Andreas fault. But there’s a fault in the Midwest that packs an even greater punch, according to an earthquake expert at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »Two UMR faculty recognized by electrical engineering association
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) presented University of Missouri-Rolla faculty members with two awards during the 2006 Region 5 Conference held April 7-8 in San Antonio.
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