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UMR bridge and canoe builders to take part in regional competition April 22-24
ROLLA, Mo. Two UMR student teams will test their mettle and engineering skills on Thursday, April 22, through Saturday, April 24, when they take part in regional bridge-building and concrete canoe competitions at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, Neb.
Read More »Ceramic engineering at UMR to compete in student design competitions
Ceramic engineering students at the UMR will compete in several competitions at the American Ceramic Society’s annual meeting April 18-21 in Indianapolis, Ind.
Read More »UMR’S mucking teams win international competition
The UMR women’s and men’s mucking teams both finished in first place during the 26th International Intercollegiate Mining Competition held April 3 in Butte, Mont.
Read More »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.
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