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Made to order: UMR researcher to help companies take smart approach to product planning

Posted by on July 15, 2004

As Americans continue to demand more individualized products, companies are looking for ways to fulfill those needs without starting from scratch. The answer may be found in a new software tool, says one researcher at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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Hitting the road this summer? Thank tribologists, says UMR researcher

Posted by on July 13, 2004

As American families continue to hit the nation’s roads this summer, their minds are likely on reaching their vacation destinations, not how their vehicles get them there. But that’s not the case for some tribologists, who study how the rubber meets the road, according to a researcher at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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Spaces remain for UMR "Aerospace Camp"

Posted by on July 1, 2004

Children ages 10 to 13 from throughout Missouri can still sign up for a three-day Aerospace Camp at the University of Missouri-Rolla, where they will launch rockets, build hot air balloons, visit with former astronaut Col. Tom Akers and more.

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UMR School of Mines and Metallurgy changes name, reorganizes

Posted by on June 28, 2004

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.

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MIT researcher named first Wilkens professor at UMR

Posted by on June 28, 2004

Dr. Steven L. Grant, a telecommunications researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Mass., and a native of Belton, Mo., was recently named the first Roy A. Wilkens Missouri Telecommunications Professor at UMR.

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UMR leaving MIAA for Great Lakes Valley Conference

Posted by on June 28, 2004

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.

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UMR professor studies micro-economics in Mexico

Posted by on June 28, 2004

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.

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Student will be first master’s graduate from UMR’s online mining engineering program

Posted by on June 26, 2004

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.

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UMR student tests low-cost software for small-plane simulation

Posted by on June 24, 2004

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.

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Former Rhode Island transportation official picked to lead UMR’s Missouri Transportation Institute

Posted by on June 22, 2004

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.

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