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UMR Ph.D. students receive research awards
Two UMR Ph.D. students each received research awards from the Glass and Optical Materials Division of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) during a conference held Oct. 12-15 in Corning, N.Y.
Read More »UMR researcher and students to use wind power to clean up groundwater at munitions site
A UMR researcher and 11 geological engineering students will use wind power to clean up groundwater at a former munitions production site in Nebraska in the effort to use renewable energy for such a task.
Read More »Ming Leu named director of UMR’s Intelligent Systems Center
Dr. Ming Leu, the Keith and Pat Bailey Missouri Distinguished Professor of Integrated Product Manufacturing in the University of Missouri-Rolla’s department of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is the new director of the UMR Intelligent Systems Center (ISC). The appointment took effect on Oct. 1.
Read More »UMR to host 35th North American Power Symposium
More than 140 engineers from seven countries are expected to discuss electrical power issues at the 35th North American Power Symposium, to be held Oct. 20-21 at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »English department brings Ozarks culture to UMR
Old-time fiddle music and lectures on such topics as historic tourism in the Ozarks and gender issues in Ozarks literature are among the events planned in coming months to promote Ozarks culture at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »Alumni, faculty and friends honored during annual MSM-UMR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION banquet Oct. 11
Twenty alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the UMR were honored during the MSM-UMR Alumni Association’s Awards Banquet Saturday, Oct. 11, at UMR.
Read More »Engineering management society to honor Boeing executive Michael Sears
Michael Sears of Lake Forest, Ill., executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Boeing Co. and a University of Missouri-Rolla engineering management graduate, will receive the "Engineering Manager of the Year" award at the national conference of the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM), to be held Oct. 15-18 in St. Louis.
Read More »UMR’S transportation resource center to host conference for county engineers
The University of Missouri-Rolla’s new Missouri Local Transportation Resource Center will host "MINK3 – The Conference for County Engineers," Oct. 14-15 at the St. Joseph Historic District Hotel in St. Joseph, Mo.
Read More »UMR author’s book offers new net-search approach
As any Internet surfer knows, a keyword search via Google or Yahoo doesn’t always yield the desired results. A new book co-authored by a University of Missouri-Rolla computer scientist outlines a method of dealing with Internet data that would improve and simplify web searches.
Read More »17th century Englishmen in Barbados weren’t degenerates, UMR historian says
Traditional views of 17th century English planters in Barbados paint them as reckless fortune-seekers who failed to create a viable society in the tropics. But University of Missouri-Rolla historian Dr. Larry Gragg challenges that widely accepted view in his new book, Englishmen Transplanted: The English Colonization of Barbados 1627-1660. The book will be published this […]
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