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A roundup of recent media coverage about the UMR people, research and events making news around the state and nation.
Read More »St. Pat’s celebration committee seeking entries for annual parade
The St. Pat’s Celebration Committee at UMR is still accepting entries for the annual St. Pat’s Parade. This year’s parade will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 13, in downtown Rolla.
Read More »Equipment donation aids chemical and biological engineering
Chemical and biological engineering students at UMR are getting more real-world experience with control systems in one of the department’s most important laboratories, thanks to the efforts of two UMR alumni who helped secure a recent donation of modern equipment and software for the department.
Read More »Civil chair elected fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers
Dr. William P. Schonberg, professor and chair of UMR’s civil, architectural and environmental engineering department, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Read More »Alumnus interview: Gary Forsee, CE’72, CEO of Sprint
When they began the search for a new CEO last spring, the members of Sprint’s board of directors were looking for a proven leader in the telecommunications business. They found exactly what they were looking for in Gary D. Forsee, CE’72.
Read More »UMR Habitat chapter builds home for family
The day was cold and rainy, but Nancy Davis and her three children were moving into a warm home of their own at 62 Elm St. in St. James, Mo., thanks to the UMR and Phelps County chapters of Habitat for Humanity.
Read More »Miners in space
David Harris now knows why they call NASA’s KC-135 aircraft the "vomit comet." The UMR mechanical engineering senior led a team of seven other UMR students and two Rolla Senior High School students on a trip aboard the KC-135 last summer to conduct welding experiments in near-zero gravity. The plane flies in parabolic patterns to […]
Read More »ME Building renovation a campus priority
With renovation of the Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building now complete, the campus is directing its energy toward its next big project: turning the mechanical and aerospace engineering complex into a world-class teaching and research facility.
Read More »UMR instructor publishes Russian text
Scholars of the Russian language may find the synthesis of Russian verbs a little easier thanks to a new book by Dr. Irina Ivliyeva, an instructor of Russian at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Her book, "Problems in the Synthesis of Russian Verbs," was published in Moscow in 2003 by RUDN Press.
Read More »UMR professor working as congressional aide
Dr. Steve E. Watkins, an associate professor of electrical engineering at UMR, is spending a year in Washington, D.C., working for U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., as one of two IEEE-USA Congressional Fellows for 2004.
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