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UMR Mine Rescue Team to host, compete at UMR Experimental Mine Contest Oct. 7-8
Two mine rescue teams from UMR — the only university to have such teams — will compete in the annual Mine Rescue Contest Oct. 7-8 at UMR’s Experimental Mine on Bridge School Road in Rolla.
Read More »UMR professor receives Fulbright Scholar award
Dr. Ronaldo Luna, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research for a semester at the Universidad del Valle in Guatemala City, Guatemala, starting in January 2005.
Read More »UMR’s new Big Beam Team takes second at contest
An inaugural team of University of Missouri-Rolla students placed second out of 12 college and university entries in Region 3 of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s Big Beam Competition.
Read More »New lab allows UMR researchers to test power systems in real time
Electrical and computer engineering students at the University of Missouri-Rolla can now conduct realistic, real-time investigations on the effects of disturbances on power system equipment and networks, thanks to the new Real Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory.
Read More »UMR scholar examines women’s role in medicine in Victorian fiction
The relationship between women and medicine in the 19th century is the focus of a new book by University of Missouri-Rolla author Dr. Kristine Swenson. The book, Medical Women and Victorian Fiction, will be published in November by the University of Missouri Press.
Read More »President Elson Floyd appoints UMR chancellor search committee
Dr. Elson S. Floyd, president of the University of Missouri, has appointed a 20-member search committee to assist him in finding a new chancellor for the University of Missouri-Rolla. Dr. Gary Thomas, chancellor at UMR since September 2000, has announced his intention to retire Aug. 31, 2005.
Read More »UMR to offer new technical communication degrees
The University of Missouri-Rolla plans to soon offer bachelor of science and master of science degrees in technical communication to respond to the need for qualified technical communicators in business and industry. The program is unique among other similar degrees offered in Missouri because it will allow students to work alongside engineering and science students […]
Read More »UMR Reactor to serve as showcase for new biometric security devices
The University of Missouri-Rolla Nuclear Reactor is now equipped with the latest fingerprint sensor technology, thanks to a partnership between UMR and BioMetAccess of Springfield, Mo.
Read More »Clemson historian to serve as 2005 UMR Weiner Professor
An expert in transportation history and American railroads will serve the University of Missouri-Rolla history and political science department as the fifth Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor of Humanities.
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