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Fulbright Scholar to conduct research on campus
Dr. Zaal Machavariani, an associate professor of physics at Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, has been awarded a 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholar grant to do research relevant to fusion as a sustainable energy source at the University of Missouri-Rolla campus. UMR will become Missouri University of Science and Technology on Jan. 1, 2008.
Read More »UMR interdisciplinary engineering department to get new chair
Dr. Bonnie Bachman, a senior director at Flextronics International, will become the new chair of the interdisciplinary engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla effective Dec. 20. Dr. Ralph E. Flori, associate professor of interdisciplinary engineering, is serving as interim chair until Bachman arrives. Flori succeeds Dr. Ron Fannin, who has retired.
Read More »38 faculty members receive teaching awards
Thirty eight faculty members at the University of Missouri-Rolla received UMR’s Outstanding Teaching Award for 2007 during a luncheon held Monday, Dec. 3, on campus.
Read More »Chandrashekhara named Curators’ Professor
Dr. K. Chandrashekhara, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla and director of UMR’s Composite Manufacturing Laboratory, has been named Curators’ Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. The title will be conferred during UMR commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 15.
Read More »UMR to award honorary professional degrees
The University of Missouri-Rolla will award eight honorary professional degrees during its winter commencement Saturday, Dec. 15.
Read More »First MBA degrees at UMR to be awarded
Seven graduate students at the University of Missouri-Rolla are about to do something nobody has ever done before: Earn master’s of business administration degrees from UMR.
Read More »Groenke, Kirby are Homecoming royalty at UMR
The University of Missouri-Rolla named its 2007 Homecoming Queen and King during halftime ceremonies of UMR’s Oct. 20 football game against Central State (Ohio).
Read More »Academy honors two outstanding engineering management professionals
Two engineering management professionals were inducted into the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Academy of Engineering Management on Tuesday, Oct 16.
Read More »UMR Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers inducts six members
Six University of Missouri-Rolla graduates were inducted into the Academy of Mechanical Aerospace Engineers during the group’s banquet and induction ceremony in Rolla on Thursday, Oct. 19.
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