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UMR team hopes to fly high in Texas
Members of the 2007 Advanced Aero Vehicle Group at the University of Missouri-Rolla are flying their remote-controlled aircraft in the Society of Automotive Engineers’ Aero Design Competition May 4-6 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Read More »Peaslee receives Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Kent Peaslee, Curators’ Teaching Professor of metallurgical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla and the F. Kenneth Iverson Chair of Steelmaking Technology at UMR, has won the 2007 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Read More »UMR helicopter design team navigates to first-place win
A multidisciplinary team of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla recently beat out Georgia Tech and the University of Alabama-Huntsville to capture a first-place finish with their small unmanned helicopter. The national competition was sponsored by the Redstone Chapter of the American Helicopter Society.
Read More »UMR students present marketing plan to Mo-Sci representatives
A more extensive website and increased presence at trade shows topped the list of techniques Mo-Sci could use to improve their profit and market share, according to a proposal developed by University of Missouri-Rolla students.
Read More »Emissions research garners national EPA award for UMR
As part of a larger consortium, a team of researchers from the University of Missouri-Rolla has developed a test that will, for the first time, allow scientists to accurately gauge the impact jet aircraft emissions have on global climate change.
Read More »Business, information science and technology departments at UMR to merge
Two academic departments at the University of Missouri-Rolla are merging to form one department that will focus on business and information science and technology.
Read More »Two students honored by International Engineering Consortium
Two UMR electrical engineering students recently received the 2007 William L. Everitt Student Award of Excellence from the International Engineering Consortium, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the electronics and communication industries.
Read More »Teams from UMR to compete in mine rescue competition
Two mine rescue teams from the University of Missouri-Rolla — the only university in the nation to have such teams — will compete in an underground rescue competition May 2-4 in New Iberia, La.
Read More »UMR graduate student invited to meet with Nobel Laureates
A graduate student at the University of Missouri-Rolla, Steven Jung, has been invited to participate in the 2007 Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students in Lindau, Germany.
Read More »GM continues to support UMR through grant program
General Motors Corp. recently donated more than $100,000 to the University of Missouri-Rolla through GM’s Partners in Excellence grant program.
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