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Virtual reality system trains crews to respond to disasters
UMR researchers are developing a virtual-reality training system that may provide an affordable way to teach emergency workers how to respond to chemical-weapon disasters.
Read More »Equipment donation aids chemical and biological engineering
Chemical and biological engineering students at UMR are getting more real-world experience with control systems in one of the department’s most important laboratories, thanks to the efforts of two UMR alumni who helped secure a recent donation of modern equipment and software for the department.
Read More »Civil chair elected fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers
Dr. William P. Schonberg, professor and chair of UMR’s civil, architectural and environmental engineering department, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Read More »Delbert Day elected into National Academy of Engineering for cancer research
Dr. Delbert Day, Curators’ Professor emeritus of ceramic engineering at UMR whose work with glass has resulted in a variety of inventions — from "glasphalt" for roads to an innovative approach to fight liver cancer using microscopic, irradiated glass beads — has been elected into the National Academy of Engineering, the NAE announced Friday, Feb. […]
Read More »Several St. Louis-area bridges not ready for quake, student discovers
Many bridges in the St. Louis area are incapable of withstanding the impact of a major earthquake, according to a recent study by University of Missouri-Rolla student Robert Riess, a senior in civil engineering from The Woodlands, Texas.
Read More »UMR researchers launch website to study amphibian malformations
A biologist and a computer scientist at the University of Missouri-Rolla have joined forces to create an online tool to better understand why amphibian populations are on the decline. The website, called MorphologyNet, houses 3-D images of frogs that can be dissected by any computer user with any web browser.
Read More »Alumnus interview: Gary Forsee, CE’72, CEO of Sprint
When they began the search for a new CEO last spring, the members of Sprint’s board of directors were looking for a proven leader in the telecommunications business. They found exactly what they were looking for in Gary D. Forsee, CE’72.
Read More »UMR Habitat chapter builds home for family
The day was cold and rainy, but Nancy Davis and her three children were moving into a warm home of their own at 62 Elm St. in St. James, Mo., thanks to the UMR and Phelps County chapters of Habitat for Humanity.
Read More »Miners in space
David Harris now knows why they call NASA’s KC-135 aircraft the "vomit comet." The UMR mechanical engineering senior led a team of seven other UMR students and two Rolla Senior High School students on a trip aboard the KC-135 last summer to conduct welding experiments in near-zero gravity. The plane flies in parabolic patterns to […]
Read More »ME Building renovation a campus priority
With renovation of the Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building now complete, the campus is directing its energy toward its next big project: turning the mechanical and aerospace engineering complex into a world-class teaching and research facility.
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