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Putting a new face on security
At UMR’s nuclear reactor, faculty and staff are using their faces instead of keys to gain access to secured areas. The face-recognition technology being used at the UMR reactor is an evaluation in security that could help aid the nation’s security concerns, says Dr. Akira Tokuhiro, assistant professor of nuclear engineering and director of the […]
Read More »Building a Place in the Sun
UMR students are building a place in the sun this summer as they put the finishing touches on their solar-powered house. The solar house will be a home away from home for several students this fall, when they live in the home on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as part of the Solar Decathlon.
Read More »UMR graduate wins Academy Award
Roll out the red carpet for Dr. Steve Sullivan, a 1989 electrical engineering graduate of UMR, who has won an Academy Award for technical achievement.
Read More »Using Glass to Heal Bones
Arthritis sufferers may soon find relief from an unlikely source: glass. UMR researchers are developing special glasses that could be used to repair bone and microscopic glass spheres that could be injected into arthritic joints
Read More »Ceramic engineering faculty recognized
UMR ceramic engineering faculty were recognized during the American Ceramic Society’s annual meeting, held April 28-May 1 in St. Louis.
Read More »Crow named UMR’s Woman of the Year
Mariesa Crow, professor of electrical and computer engineering and associate dean of the School of Engineering, was named UMR’s Woman of the Year for 2002 in recognition of her efforts to improve the campus environment for women and minorities.
Read More »A Clean, Green Pollution Solution
Here’s an idea that will grow on you: using trees and other plants to reduce water and ground pollution — and reducing overall cleanup costs.
Read More »The world in 3-D
Take a satellite photo of the world, apply some three-dimensional mapping technology, and you get a far-out, 3-D view of the world.
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