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Connecting the (quantum) dots
Imagine if your office laser printer could print text the size of atoms, then embed that ink into a writing surface as light as air. That, in a sense, is what researchers at UMR have done with a new "laser writing" technique they have developed. But with this process, the "ink" is a semiconductor that […]
Read More »UMR commencement to be held Dec. 18, Sen. Kit Bond to speak
The University of Missouri-Rolla’s winter commencement will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, in UMR’s Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building, 10th Street and Bishop Avenue. U.S. Sen. Christopher S. "Kit" Bond will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary degree from UMR.
Read More »UMR honored for assisting Missouri business
The University of Missouri-Rolla recently received one of three 2004 Missouri Impact! Awards from Missouri Enterprise Business Assistance Center for the campus’ efforts to help Missouri business succeed by developing new technologies, techniques and innovative processes.
Read More »UMR receives four awards from electrical engineering association
The St. Louis Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) presented University of Missouri-Rolla faculty and staff members with four awards during a banquet held Dec. 4 in St. Louis.
Read More »UMR donates toys, canned goods, bikes to GRACE
Faculty, staff and students at the University of Missouri-Rolla donated five truckloads of canned goods and toys to the Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise’s GRACE for Christmas program. The toys included 44 bicycles and 38 helmets purchased by the School of Engineering. Additional cash donations totaled more than $1,000.
Read More »National ACTE recognizes UMR for work with RTI
The University of Missouri-Rolla has received the 2004 Award of Merit from the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) for the campus’ collaboration with Rolla Technical Institute (RTI) on several research and educational projects.
Read More »UMR researcher studying lead levels in St. Louis kids
Roughly 200,000 houses in St. Louis might as well have the cross-stitched phrase "Home, sweet (and toxic), home" hanging in a frame on their living room wall, according to a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher.
Read More »UMR to help General Motors hit ‘moving target’ of customer satisfaction
A new technique to relate a vehicle’s technical performance with customer satisfaction may save General Motors significant time and cost and may lead to better product decisions, according to University of Missouri-Rolla researchers.
Read More »UMR professor elected fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Dr. Neil L. Book, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
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