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Energy Department funds superconductivity research
Imagine living in a superconductive world. Electricity is transmitted through wires with no resistance and no loss of energy. Trains levitate above their tracks. An electric charge moving in a loop circles indefinitely — the closest thing known to perpetual motion. Although this sounds like science fiction, a group from the UMR is trying to […]
Read More »AI makes smart chips smarter, faster
Analyzing the accuracy of a computer chip’s layout will be faster and more efficient, thanks to the work of a UMR Ph. D. student who has developed a way to use fuzzy logic and neural networks to analyze printed circuit layouts.
Read More »UMR music director helps develop St. Louis youth orchestra
As director of the UMR band and orchestra program, Dr. Donald Miller’s goal is to improve the musical experience of UMR students. Now Miller is expanding that goal by developing a new youth orchestra in conjunction with the West County Family YMCA in Chesterfield, Mo.
Read More »Campus meets Aug. 1 SEVIS deadline
Officials in the international affairs (IA) office at UMR breathed a sigh of relief recently, having met the deadline to implement a new government-mandated registration system for international students.
Read More »Alcoa helps fund MESA program
Armed with scientific experiments and information about everything from robotics to aerodynamics, UMR leaders are preparing to encourage more St. Louis area students to develop an interest in engineering, thanks to the university’s involvement with the Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA) program.
Read More »UMR and ECC create model programs for management, information systems
UMR and East Central College have established "model programs" between the two institutions that will help students interested in completing degrees offered by the UMR School of Management and Information Systems.
Read More »UMR’s UMR’s Solar Miner IV wins the American Solar Challenge
The University of Missouri-Rolla Solar Car Team has won first place in the American Solar Challenge, a 2,300-mile solar car race from Chicago to Los Angeles, which ended today (Wednesday, July 23).
Read More »UMR Solar Car Team: 2003 National Champions!
The UMR Solar Car Team cruised into Claremont, Calif., on July 23 to capture the 2003 American Solar Challenge — the national championship of solar car racing.
Read More »Man-made wetlands remove toxins from water supply near lead smelter
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are involved in the construction of a wetland near a mine and smelter plant in southeastern Missouri to help remove lead and other toxins from the water supply.
Read More »UMR PROFESSORS ORGANIZE INTERNATIONAL NEURAL NETWORK CONFERENCE; ONE RECEIVES AWARD
Two University of Missouri-Rolla professors are major contributors to an international neural network conference taking place later this month in Portland, Ore.
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