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Governor appoints former UMR dean to geology board
Dr. Don L. Warner, professor emeritus of geological engineering and former dean of the School of Mines and Metallurgy at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been appointed to the state’s Board of Geologist Registration by Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt. Warner’s appointment was recently confirmed by the Missouri Senate.
Read More »Nucor endows steel technology chair at UMR
Nucor Corp. has donated $2 million to endow a chair in the materials science and engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla, home to one of the nation’s largest programs in metallurgical engineering.
Read More »UMR receives Kauffman Foundation grant for pre-engineering education
The University of Missouri-Rolla has received a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City to help improve pre-college engineering education.
Read More »Old Timers Club recognizes recent mining engineering grad
The Old Timers Club, a group of leaders in the mining industry, has awarded a 2006 Old Timers Award to a recent graduate of the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »Engineering professor to teach at U.S. Air Force Academy
Dr. Robert Stone, associate professor of interdisciplinary engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been selected as a visiting professor in the engineering mechanics department at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Read More »Detonators and Dynamite! UMR’s Explosives Camp is back
Where else can high school students learn how to blow stuff up in a supervised environment?
Read More »Two UMR students win $2,000 scholarships
Two seniors in aerospace engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla recently received Record Scholarships from Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society.
Read More »Michigan Tech’s Dr. Warren Kent Wray named UMR Provost
Dr. Warren K. (Kent) Wray, professor of civil engineering and former provost at Michigan Technological University (MTU) in Houghton, Mich., will become provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri-Rolla effective Aug. 1, UMR Chancellor John F. Carney III announced Friday, May 19.
Read More »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.
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