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UMR researcher co-authors textbook detailing engineering optimization
A textbook co-authored by a University of Missouri-Rolla professor is being used to educate engineers at some of the leading universities around the world.
Read More »UMR program links international students and community families
This fall, the international affairs office at the University of Missouri-Rolla is again sponsoring the International Friends Program to help match international students with individuals and families in the community.
Read More »UMR’s Huebner named KUMR Volunteer of the Year
The staff of public radio station KUMR recently honored an outstanding volunteer with the Louise Roach Volunteer of the Year Award.
Read More »Enrollment growth continues
UMR is experiencing dramatic enrollment growth at a time when student interest in science, computing and engineering has fallen to all-time lows.
Read More »UMR ‘hot dog’ author dishes up eatery slang and more in new book
Dr. Gerald Cohen, professor of foreign languages at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has added eatery slang to his plate of expertise with the publication of his new book, “Studies in Slang VII.”
Read More »UMR mathematics students receives scholarship
Sean Michael Eagan of Union, Mo., a senior in applied mathematics at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received a $3,000 scholarship from the American Mathematical Society (AMS).
Read More »Engineering society honors UMR professor for outstanding teaching
Dr. Hank Pernicka, associate professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been selected to receive the 2006 Outstanding Teaching Award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Midwest Section.
Read More »UMR team does well in national big beam contest
The University of Missouri-Rolla recently received notification from the Pre-cast/Pre-stressed Concrete Institute (PCI) that a team of four UMR graduate students has placed second nationally in the report category of the PCI Big Beam contest.
Read More »Switzer wins ACS award
Dr. Jay A. Switzer, Donald L. Castleman Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Missouri-Rolla and a senior investigator in the UMR Materials Research Center, has won the 2006 American Chemical Society Midwest Award. The award will be presented at the ACS 2006 Midwest Regional Meeting in Quincy, Ill., in October.
Read More »18 new faculty members at UMR this fall
Eighteen new faculty members, including a new provost who also holds a faculty position, began teaching and research at the University of Missouri-Rolla this fall.
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