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UMR professor to lead international clean water group
Dr. Craig Adams, the John and Susan Mathes Chair of Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will begin his term as chair of the Adsorption Specialist Group of the International Water Association (IWA) this month.
Read More »Ron Miller tells new grads to ‘make deposits’ in future
In his spring commencement address May 13 at the University of Missouri-Rolla, James Ronald Miller quoted John Wooden, Dr. Seuss and even Yogi Berra, who said, “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
Read More »New team designs ‘go-kart on steroids’ for off-road competition
From human-powered vehicles to solar cars to Indy-style racing cars, the University of Missouri-Rolla is known for its student design teams. This year, a UMR team is working on a new project — a dune buggy.
Read More »Commencement to be broadcast online
For the first time ever, UMR’s May 2006 Commencement will be broadcast live on the Internet this coming Saturday morning. And, as has been the case for several years, streaming video recordings will be available on the web by late afternoon on May 13 through the facilities of the UMR Video Communications Center.
Read More »UMR to host summer camps
Students between the ages of 10 and 20 can take a behind-the-scenes look at everything from robots and explosives to geology and spaceships at summer camps and programs to be held this summer on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus. They include:
Read More »UMR researcher to receive IEEE Young Engineer Award
Dr. Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the real-time power and intelligent systems laboratory at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been selected to receive the Walter Fee Outstanding Young Engineer Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power Engineering Society (IEEE PES).
Read More »UMR MecMovies project wins prestigious MERLOT award
MecMovies, instructional software created at the University of Missouri-Rolla to illustrate hard-to-visualize engineering concepts, has been picked to receive a 2006 MERLOT Classics Award and the Editors’ Choice Award for Exemplary Online Learning Resources.
Read More »UMR team prepares Indy-style car for competition
A team of University of Missouri-Rolla students has designed and manufactured a sleek silver and blue vehicle that can outperform most sports cars – but UMR’s 2006 Formula Car isn’t street legal.
Read More »UMR wins fifth-straight human-powered vehicle championship
A Human-Powered Vehicle Team from the University of Missouri-Rolla won its fifth straight championship by placing first overall in the East Coast HPV Challenge May 7 in Charlotte, N.C.
Read More »UMR to confer two posthumous degrees
The University of Missouri-Rolla will confer two posthumous degrees during commencement ceremonies for approximately 700 graduates at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 13, in UMR’s Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building, 10th Street and Bishop Avenue.
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