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Samuel Frimpong named Quenon Chair at UMR

Posted by on June 14, 2004

Dr. Samuel Frimpong, professor of mining engineering and director of the Center for Advanced Minerals and Energy Research at the University of Alberta, Canada, will be the next Robert H. Quenon Chair of Mining Engineering at UMR, effective July 1.

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UMR to offer sports economics course

Posted by on June 10, 2004

Did you ever wonder why professional athletes are paid so much, what salary caps mean, or what the economic impact of building a new stadium could be? This fall, students at the University of Missouri-Rolla will have a chance to learn about these and other sports issues in a new course that will cover the […]

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Boeing creates new scholarship program for women, minorities at UMR

Posted by on June 8, 2004

Boeing representative Robert Feldmann, program manager of the E/A-18G Program, presented a $225,000 donation to fund a new Boeing Scholars Program at the University of Missouri-Rolla on June 8.

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Nine receive awards during UMR Staff Recognition Day activities

Posted by on June 3, 2004

Nine University of Missouri-Rolla employees were honored Wednesday, June 2, for their contributions to the campus during UMR Staff Recognition Day ceremonies on campus.

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UMR offers PH.D. fellowships to study energy technology

Posted by on June 3, 2004

UMR will receive more than $370,000 from the U.S. Department of Education to fund three Ph.D. fellowships to conduct research in energy technology linked with public policy making.

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UMR material scientist and collaborators report on superconductivity in Nature

Posted by on June 2, 2004

The latest advance toward understanding the electron transport mechanism of high-temperature superconductors, as reported in the June 3 issue of the British journal Nature, relies on materials provided by Dr. Fatih Dogan, a professor of ceramic engineering at UMR.

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American experience at Normandy featured in UMR historian’s new book

Posted by on June 1, 2004

To coincide with the 60th anniversary of D-Day and the Normandy invasion during World War II, UMR military historian Dr. John C. McManus has published a unique new book that examines the battle from the American perspective.

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UMR offers Ph.D. fellowships to study materials engineering

Posted by on May 27, 2004

UMR will receive more than $800,000 over the next three years to fund six Ph.D. fellowships for students to conduct research in materials engineering.

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UMR partners with NASA to develop new techniques for inspecting space shuttle foam

Posted by on May 27, 2004

A University of Missouri-Rolla graduate student will spend his summer and most of next year assisting scientists at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama in developing methods to perform microwave nondestructive evaluation (NDE) on the space shuttle’s external tank insulating foam and other NASA applications. A large piece of insulating foam broke off […]

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UMR research may reduce blood clot formations in artificial organs

Posted by on May 25, 2004

A University of Missouri-Rolla researcher’s investigation into how proteins adhere to surfaces may lead the elimination of surface-induced thrombus formation, a phenomenon known to cause blood clots in artificial arteries, valves and veins.

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