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UMR leaving MIAA for Great Lakes Valley Conference
The University of Missouri-Rolla has accepted an invitation to become a member of the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference for the 2005-06 season, thus ending an affiliation with the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association that dates back to 1935.
Read More »UMR professor studies micro-economics in Mexico
While many college students were lounging on the beaches of Cancun during Spring Break, Julie Gallaway, assistant professor of economics and finance at the University of Missouri-Rolla, traveled to another part of Mexico, studying how small loans help people in a poverty-stricken area.
Read More »Student will be first master’s graduate from UMR’s online mining engineering program
While many college students were lounging on the beaches of Cancun during Spring Break, Julie Gallaway, assistant professor of economics and finance at the University of Missouri-Rolla, traveled to another part of Mexico, studying how small loans help people in a poverty-stricken area.
Read More »UMR student tests low-cost software for small-plane simulation
University of Missouri-Rolla student Peter Cross is investigating applications of normal aircraft simulation software for use with non-commercial aircraft to see how accurately he can simulate flights on a much smaller scale than normal.
Read More »Former Rhode Island transportation official picked to lead UMR’s Missouri Transportation Institute
Dr. William D. Ankner, the former director of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, has been selected to lead the Missouri Transportation Institute (MTI), a new statewide research program involving 11 Missouri colleges and universities and led by the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »Read an excerpt of a UMR historian’s new book on D-Day
For the second time in 2004, a radio-controlled airplane designed by UMR students carried the most weight in an international student-design competition, and the team finished second overall in the event.
Read More »UMR team finishes second in airplane event
For the second time in 2004, a radio-controlled airplane designed by UMR students carried the most weight in an international student-design competition, and the team finished second overall in the event.
Read More »UMR researcher receives award from electrical engineering honor society
Dr. Daryl Beetner, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received the national C. Holmes MacDonald Award as the Outstanding Young Electrical Engineering Professor for 2003 from Eta Kappa Nu, an electrical engineering honor society. It’s the first time a UMR faculty member has won the award since its […]
Read More »Student-run companies donate profits to local charities
Started in January as part of a new capstone business course in the School of Management and Information Systems at the University of Missouri-Rolla, two student-run companies raised enough funds to repay their business loans and raise more than $5,000 for two local charities. The course was so successful the school plans to offer it […]
Read More »UMR to offer civil engineering review program this fall
The University of Missouri-Rolla will offer a professional engineering review program for civil engineers this fall.
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