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UMR grad is ABC’s "Bachelor"

Posted by on November 12, 2002

Aaron G. Buerge of Springfield, Mo., a 1997 UMR graduate, is the nation’s most visible bachelor. Buerge is ABC television’s "The Bachelor" this season.

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Professor’s landmine destroyer one of Time magazine’s top inventions

Posted by on November 12, 2002

A UMR professor’s invention that uses the power of water to disarm land mines has been chosen as one of Time magazine’s top inventions of 2002.

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Connie Eggert named vice chancellor for University Advancement

Posted by on November 5, 2002

Connie Eggert, executive director for advancement at the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Business and former assistant vice chancellor of marketing and development at UMR, will become UMR’s new vice chancellor for University Advancement on Dec. 1, UMR Chancellor Gary Thomas announced.

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Ethics expert is new Maxwell C. Weiner Professor

Posted by on November 5, 2002

Dr. Caroline Whitbeck, an expert in science and engineering ethics from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, has been named the third Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Missouri-Rolla. She will join the UMR faculty for the spring 2003 semester

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Research may improve anti-gravity suits

Posted by on October 30, 2002

ROLLA, Mo. – A University of Missouri-Rolla professor’s research in mathematical modeling may lead to better anti-gravity suits for fighter pilots.

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UMR professor writes chapter in encyclopedia

Posted by on October 30, 2002

ROLLA, Mo. – Dr. Xavier Jayaseela Avula, professor emeritus of mechanical aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is the author of the chapter on mathematical modeling in the 2002 Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, Third Edition, Volume 9.

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UMR students receive research awards

Posted by on October 24, 2002

ROLLA, Mo. – Two students from the University of Missouri-Rolla each received research awards from the Glass and Optical Materials Division of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) during a conference held Oct. 13-16 in Pittsburgh, Pa.

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Biology of horror is subject of new book by UMR’s Jack Morgan

Posted by on October 24, 2002

ROLLA, Mo. – There is more to the element of horror in books and film than the gross-out, in-your-face horror of films like Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street, says Jack Morgan, an instructor in the English department at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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UMR graduate set to blast off

Posted by on October 4, 2002

UMR graduate Sandra Magnus and a crew of four other astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut are scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Oct. 7 aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. This is Magnus’ first space flight.

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Hilmas wins "Oscars of Invention" award

Posted by on October 2, 2002

Dr. Greg Hilmas, assistant professor of ceramic engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will receive one of Research and Development Magazine’s 2002 R&D 100 awards, also known as the "Oscars of Invention" and the "Pulitzer Prizes of Technology," on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in Chicago.

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