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Missouri S&T website launched
UMR unveiled a new look for its main website today (Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007) in preparation for the university’s name change on Jan. 1, when it becomes Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T).
Read More »Emerson Motor Company donates $250,000
Emerson, through its Emerson Motor Company, a long-time supporter of the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently pledged $250,000 to upgrade the Emerson Machines and Drives Laboratory in Emerson Hall.
Read More »Research team developing amphibian anatomy ontology
A group of faculty and students in the biological and computer sciences departments at the University of Missouri-Rolla are working with experts from around the world to develop a formal vocabulary, called an ontology, to describe the anatomy of more than 6,200 species of amphibians.
Read More »Students give Roombas reason to roam
Graduate students in the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems (RTPIS) Laboratory at the University of Missouri-Rolla are using an ordinary household appliance to develop and test a technology that could do extraordinary things.
Read More »Professor researches communication chains in the cattle industry
What do cattle and technology have in common? Plenty, if you talk to Dr. David Wright, a professor of English and technical communication at the University of Missouri-Rolla. For the past three years, Wright has been studying the cattle industry and developing a communications model from his research.
Read More »Fulbright Scholar to conduct research on campus
Dr. Zaal Machavariani, an associate professor of physics at Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, has been awarded a 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholar grant to do research relevant to fusion as a sustainable energy source at the University of Missouri-Rolla campus. UMR will become Missouri University of Science and Technology on Jan. 1, 2008.
Read More »Chesapeake Energy gives $150,000 for scholarships
Twelve petroleum engineering students at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been awarded scholarships in the amount of $1,000 or more, thanks to a $150,000 pledge from Chesapeake Energy Corp. in Oklahoma City.
Read More »The next wave of tsunami research
University of Missouri-Rolla civil engineering senior Adedotun Moronkeji, 30, is part of the next wave of tsunami research.
Read More »UMR interdisciplinary engineering department to get new chair
Dr. Bonnie Bachman, a senior director at Flextronics International, will become the new chair of the interdisciplinary engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla effective Dec. 20. Dr. Ralph E. Flori, associate professor of interdisciplinary engineering, is serving as interim chair until Bachman arrives. Flori succeeds Dr. Ron Fannin, who has retired.
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