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UMR School of Engineering names new associate dean for research and graduate studies
Dr. K. Krishnamurthy, professor and associate chair for graduate affairs in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will become the associate dean for research and graduate affairs in the School of Engineering on Jan. 1, 2004.
Read More »NFL playoffs: BIRGing season for fans
As the NFL playoffs near, expect to see a lot of "BIRGing" among fans of the teams going into the post-season. That’s BIRG as in "basking in reflected glory," says Dr. Christian End, an expert in sports fan psychology at UMR.
Read More »UMR professor receives Fulbright Scholar award
Dr. Abdeldjelil "DJ" Belarbi, professor of civil, architectural, and environmental engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research at The American University of Sharjah in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates starting next fall.
Read More »Chemist’s research named one of year’s top discoveries
A UMR chemistry professor’s development of a process to sort biologically potent, useful chemicals from their less useful and sometimes toxic counterparts is listed as one of the most important advances in chemistry in 2003 by Chemical and Engineering News, the magazine of the American Chemical Society.
Read More »Dharani named Curators’ Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
Dr. Lokesh Dharani was named Curators’ Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla’s commencement ceremonies today (Dec. 20).
Read More »UMR students, faculty, alumni receive ‘outstanding’ awards at electrical engineering association banquet
Faculty and students from the University of Missouri-Rolla were honored by the St. Louis Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at its annual awards banquet and social held Dec. 19 in St. Louis.
Read More »UMR professor appointed to national mine safety committee
Dr. Larry Grayson, chair and professor of mining engineering at UMR was recently appointed to serve a three-year term on the Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Washington, D.C. The agency is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Read More »UMR faculty members receive excellence awards
Nineteen University of Missouri-Rolla faculty members received Faculty Excellence Awards from UMR Chancellor Gary Thomas during an awards dinner Dec. 16.
Read More »UMR’s Gerald Cohen publishes final volume of baseball dictionary
Gerald Cohen, professor of foreign languages at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently completed the third and final volume of his Dictionary of 1913 Baseball and Other Lingo. Its material is taken primarily from the baseball columns of the San Francisco Bulletin newspaper between February and May of 1913.
Read More »William Daughton named chair of engineering management
Dr. William Daughton, Lockheed Martin Professor and director of the engineering management program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will become chair of the engineering management department at the University of Missouri-Rolla on Jan. 5, 2004.
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