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UMR trustee, former executive, to discuss making it in the corporate world
Keith Bailey, a member of the University of Missouri-Rolla Board of Trustees and retired chair, president and chief executive officer of The Williams Companies Inc. of Tulsa, Okla., will discuss leadership and engineering education at two upcoming forums on campus.
Read More »U.S. News ranks UMR a top engineering graduate school
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 magazine also includes UMR’s graduate programs in civil engineering, computer engineering and mechanical engineering in its national rankings.
Read More »UMR students compete in heavy-lift radio-controlled airplane contest
UMR students hope to repeat last year’s first place finish in an international radio-controlled airplane competition April 16-18 in Deland, Fla.
Read More »UMR students investigate how lead travels in rivers of Missouri’s mining district
How lead and other metals travel through the rivers of southeast Missouri’s lead and zinc mining districts is the subject of a study by two UMR students who will present their findings at a Geological Society of America meeting in St. Louis.
Read More »UMR "mucking" teams to compete in Montana
Members of the men’s and women’s "mucking" teams at UMR will compete in Butte, Mont., against teams from other colleges and universities around the world April 2-3.
Read More »UMR students build a robotic car
UMR students are building a robotic race car in hopes of winning a competition sponsored by the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE).
Read More »Newly renovated UMR archives works to preserve campus history
Once more like a dungeon than a collection of artifacts, the University of Missouri-Rolla archives facility in the basement of Curtis Laws Wilson Library was enlarged and renovated this fall. Today, visitors to the archives find a bright, friendly spot to explore campus secrets.
Read More »UMR research featured at joint meeting in Washington, D.C.
A UMR faculty member and Ph.D. student will present research papers at the joint meeting of the Northeastern and Southeastern Sections of the Geological Society of America March 25-27 at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner in Washington, D.C.
Read More »UMR-developed technique may guide future space launches
A new flight-control method created by UMR researchers to launch missiles and aircraft may one day send unmanned space vehicles on voyages to the moon, Mars or beyond.
Read More »UMR research featured at Geological Society of America Meeting
Several UMR faculty members and students will present research papers at the 38th annual meeting of the North-Central Section of the Geological Society of America April 1-2 at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis.
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