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Kelvin Erickson named chair of electrical, computer engineering
Dr. Kelvin T. Erickson, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, became chair of the electrical and computer engineering department on Sept. 1.
Read More »Researchers, students help clean up Nebraska site
A UMR researcher and several students are helping find new ways to clean up contaminated groundwater at a former munitions site near Mead, Neb., by recycling the water through a special type of well.
Read More »UMR researchers make stronger, more efficient metal by making it flow like chewing gum
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are patenting a process that makes metal stronger, more efficient and more cost effective — by making it flow like chewing gum. The result could be manufacturing improvements for the aircraft industry.
Read More »UMR’s Greg Gelles to serve as dean of college in Oman
Dr. Greg Gelles, chair and professor of economics and finance at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been named dean of Mazoon College in Muscat, Oman. Gelles will take over for Dr. Juma S. Al Ghailani, the school’s founding dean, for a two-year term.
Read More »Flachsbart named chair of UMR information science & technology
Dr. Barry Flachsbart, a former adjunct professor at the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Engineering Education Center (EEC) in St. Louis, has been named professor and chair of the information science and technology department in UMR’s School of Management and Information Systems. The appointment took effect Sept. 1.
Read More »Protecting the power grid from terrorism
UMR researchers developing ways to protect power systems from overloads may also be developing a system to thwart terrorist threats to the nation’s power grid.
Read More »New-student enrollment nears record numbers
A total of 5,287 students were enrolled when UMR’s fall semester began Aug. 25. That figure represents an increase of 3.1 percent over last year’s first-day enrollment and a 12 percent increase since the fall of 2000, says Laura Stoll, UMR registrar.
Read More »Civil engineering ranked among nation’s best
For the first time ever, a UMR engineering program is ranked among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News and World Report’s new guidebook, "Best American Colleges 2004."
Read More »Trees: a clean, green pollution solution
A UMR researcher’s studies on how trees can help clean up the environment has received a $270,000 boost from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Read More »Researchers honored for drinking water studies
Dr. Craig Adams, the John and Susan Mathes Missouri Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, and three co-authors have received the 2003 Rudolph Hering Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers for his research into the removal of antibiotics in drinking water. The research could become instrumental if governmental agencies require […]
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