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Missouri high school students to participate in academic challenge at UMR
Missouri’s brightest high school students will compete in the state finals of the annual Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) Academic Challenge at the University of Missouri-Rolla April 20.
Read More »UMR researchers to study diamond coating process in $3 million project
A joint team from the University of Missouri-Rolla and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will receive $3 million over the next three years from the U.S. Department of Defense to investigate the science behind a diamond coating technique.
Read More »Undergraduate Research Day is April 13
University of Missouri-Rolla Chancellor Gary Thomas has proclaimed April 13 "Undergraduate Research Day" at UMR. Students campuswide will participate in the first annual UMR Undergraduate Research Conference Wednesday, April 13, at the Havener Center on campus.
Read More »Desert expert to speak at UMR Sigma Xi awards banquet
Dr. Farouk El-Baz, the Boston researcher who is credited with helping to alleviate ground water shortages in arid lands such as Somalia and Oman, is the keynote speaker for the annual Sigma Xi awards banquet at the University of Missouri-Rolla on Thursday, April 28.
Read More »UMR to host summer materials camp for high school students
High school juniors and seniors from around the country can get a behind-the-scenes look at the manufacture and application of metallic and ceramic materials in a free summer camp to be held this summer at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »UMR students aim high in welding experiment
A group of University of Missouri-Rolla students are looking to the skies for answers on how to improve construction in space. The eight-member team is one of 50 NASA has selected to conduct reduced-gravity experiments this summer.
Read More »Students to pitch ideas in elevator environment
In April, students at the University of Missouri-Rolla will have two minutes, about the duration of an average elevator ride, to communicate a business idea or concept and compete for cash prizes.
Read More »UMR mucking teams win championships
For the second year in a row, men’s and women’s mucking teams at the University of Missouri-Rolla have won championships in the Intercollegiate Mining Competition. The UMR mucking teams, competing against teams from around the world, took first place April 2 in Reno, Nev.
Read More »UMR scholar to receive award from electrical engineering society
Dr. Steve Watkins, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will receive the Achievement Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Regional Activities Board during the organization’s conference in Colorado April 7-9.
Read More »UMR again among UMR again among U.S. News’s top grad schools
UMR is again one of the nation’s top graduate engineering schools, according to U.S. News and World Report‘s latest rankings of graduate schools. The rankings also list seven UMR programs as among the best in the country.
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