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$69 million corporate grant sets the PACE for UMR
A donation of $69 million — the largest single corporate grant ever to UMR — will provide state-of-the-art computer workstations and software for UMR’s manufacturing engineering program, officials announced Oct. 13.
Read More »Energy crunch fuels demand for nuclear engineers
Just as interest in nuclear power may be reviving, the nation will be running low on the nuclear engineers needed to keep reactors running.
Read More »Researchers work to solve energy problems
Amid summer’s energy crunch, UMR researchers are to address electrical distribution problems that could lead to power failures.
Read More »Researchers developing next generation of Navy warships
The U.S. Navy’s warships in the future will be safer, high-tech vessels able to sustain power and continue in battle even after taking a missile hit.
Read More »Chemists Develop Strongest, Lightest Material
The world’s strongest, lightest material has been built by researchers in UMR’s chemistry department, the researchers reported in the Sept. 12 issue of the American Chemical Society journal Nano Letters.
Read More »Eco-friendly homebuilders charged up for Solar Decathlon
Their house now complete and running solely on sun power, students from the UMR/RTI Solar House Team are charged up about their entry in the Solar Decathlon, a competition to take place Sept. 26-Oct. 6 in Washington, D.C.
Read More »English professor pens book on the bard
In a new book about William Shakespeare, Dr. W. Nicholas Knight, a professor of English at UMR, pieces together evidence from the bard’s legal documents and from his family life to strengthen the case that Shakespeare was indeed the author of his plays. In the book, Autobiography in Shakespeare’s Plays , just released by Peter […]
Read More »Children’s classics make up UMR Family Series
The Missouri Arts Council recently allocated funds to UMR in support of the 2002-2003 UMR Family Series. The series includes four productions this season: "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor" (Oct. 6), "Snowflake" (Nov.16), "The Snow Queen" (Jan. 25, 2003) and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (April 6, 2003). All performances will be at […]
Read More »Writing center to host art show
Writing is the theme of an art show to be hosted by the UMR Writing Center this fall. All Missouri artists, as well as members of the UMR community, are invited to submit their work.
Read More »Waterjet Technology Used to Fight Fires, Save Lives
In the aftermath of last year’s terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, researchers at UMR are developing a waterjet system to more effectively cut through rubble and extinguish fires that may lie smoldering beneath the rubble.
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