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UMR ChemE Car heading to nationals
University of Missouri-Rolla students showed their chemical engineering savvy last week by placing second in chemical reaction-powered, autonomous vehicle competition held on campus. UMR’s “Miner Missile” car earned the team a return trip to the national competition set for November in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Read More »Seven Phelps County students receive Prewett Scholarships from UMR
Seven Rolla area students at the University of Missouri-Rolla were recently awarded the Mr. and Mrs. Francis Carl Prewett Sr. Scholarship.
Read More »UMR researcher receives Young Investigator Award from naval research office
Dr. Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and the director of the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems (RTPIS) Laboratory at the University of Missouri-Rolla, received a three-year, $405,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), as one of the 33 recipients of the ONR’s Young Investigator Award in 2007. The […]
Read More »UMR to host Earth Day celebration April 24
Rolla Earth Day 2007, which will be hosted by the University of Missouri-Rolla, is scheduled for Tuesday, April 24. The theme for this year’s event is “Love Where You Live.”
Read More »Venkat Allada named vice provost for graduate studies at UMR
Dr. Venkat Allada, professor of engineering management and systems engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will become vice provost of graduate studies for the university effective June 18.
Read More »Robert Schwartz named vice provost for academic affairs at UMR
Dr. Robert W. Schwartz, professor and associate chair of materials science and engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will become vice provost of academic affairs for the university effective June 18.
Read More »U.S. News again ranks UMR among top graduate engineering programs
The University of Missouri-Rolla is again one of the nation’s top graduate engineering schools, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2008 rankings of graduate schools. The rankings also list five UMR programs as among the best in the country.
Read More »UMR astronomy lecture to feature the ‘power of the dark side’
Learn what astronomers mean when they use terms like “dark matter” and “dark energy” at a free lecture to be held on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus.
Read More »UMR alumnus, Eta Kappa Nu chapter receive national honors
Benjamin R. Moss, a 2006 graduate of the University of Missouri-Rolla and Rolla native, recently received the Alton B. Zerby and Carl T. Koerner Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Award from Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the national electrical and computer engineering honor society.
Read More »UMR student group sponsors walk for cystic fibrosis
The University of Missouri-Rolla SCRUBS, a group of students from UMR’s pre-professional health care majors, are planning a five-kilometer run/walk to raise funds for cystic fibrosis research.
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