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Evolution expert to speak at UMR Sigma XI awards banquet
Dr. Simon Conway Morris, author of "The Crucible of Creation" and professor of evolutionary palaeobiology at the University of Cambridge, is the keynote speaker for the annual Sigma Xi awards banquet at the University of Missouri-Rolla on April 21.
Read More »UMR hosts solar car conference
UMR — home of the 2003 American Solar Challenge winners — will host the solar car race’s 2005 Kickoff Conference on its campus March 26-28.
Read More »UMR professor named president-elect of neural network society
Dr. Donald Wunsch, the Mary K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was recently named president-elect of the International Neural Network Society (INNS), a multi-disciplinary society.
Read More »UMR professor heads up international conference, several from UMR to speak
Dr. Shamsher Prakash, professor emeritus of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at UMR will chair the Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering on April 13-17 in New York.
Read More »UMR researcher assists with development of first hypersonic, air-breathing vehicle
NASA may come one step closer to faster, less expensive and more reliable access to space if the X-43A vehicle has its first successful test flight on March 27, according to a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher who helped design and analyze its propulsion system.
Read More »Students create tethered satellite to research distributed systems
Call it a match made for the heavens: MR SAT and MRS SAT, a pair of microsatellites created by UMR engineering students, will tie the knot before they launch into space.
Read More »UMR professor appointed chair of national committee
Dr. R. Larry Grayson, chair and professor of mining engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was recently appointed to a three-year term as chair of the Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee (MSHRAC) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Read More »UMR ceramic engineering professor receives $400,000 NSF award
Dr. William G. Fahrenholtz, assistant professor of ceramic engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to support his work on processing high-temperature ceramic materials.
Read More »UMR’s Burgher appointed to mine-waste remediation post
Dr. Karl E. Burgher, interim chair of economics and finance at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was named associate director for outreach and technology transfer at the Rocky Mountain Regional Hazardous Substance Research Center.
Read More »Porth Distinguished Lecture Series to focus on engineering challenges of developing nations
The engineering challenges of developing nations is the subject of an upcoming lecture at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
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