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Dee Haemmerlie Montgomery named interim chair of psychology
Dr. Dee Haemmerlie Montgomery, Curators’ Teaching Professor of psychology, has been named interim chair of that department, effective Sept. 1, 2007. She succeeds Dr. Robert Montgomery, who is now the graduate coordinator for the psychology department.
Read More »O’Keefe named director of UMR MRC
Dr. Matthew J. O’Keefe, professor of metallurgical engineering in the materials science and engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been named director of the UMR Graduate Center for Materials Research. His appointment takes effect Sept. 1.
Read More »To do: Get MBA at UMR
Like a lot of modern women, Sharon Massengill and Nancy Corcoran are juggling career goals and family. They manage time, make budgets, pay bills and raise kids. And Massengill and Corcoran are also pursuing master’s degrees in business administration at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Both are members of UMR’s first MBA class and plan to […]
Read More »UMR graduate students take first in satellite conference
Two aerospace engineering graduate students at the University of Missouri-Rolla took first place in the Student Scholarship Competition session at the 21st annual Conference on Small Satellites in Logan, Utah.
Read More »UMR professor elected Fellow of neural network society
Dr. Donald Wunsch, the Mary K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was recently elected a Fellow of the International Neural Networks Society (INNS). He also accepted the Senior Fellow position and will serve as INNS College of Fellows’ chair.
Read More »Knowledge of nuclear power propels UMR students
The University of Missouri-Rolla has more National Academy for Nuclear Training (NANT) scholars than any other university in the nation.
Read More »UMR Curators’ Professor named IEEE fellow
Dr. James Drewniak, Curators’ Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, received a Fellow Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Read More »Give me a U
The UMR cheerleading squad earned a first place trophy and four superior ribbons at the Universal Cheerleaders Association camp held in July at Missouri State University in Springfield.
Read More »Dan Waddill named chair of physics at UMR
Dr. Dan Waddill, professor of physics at the University of Missouri-Rolla and senior investigator in UMR’s Graduate Center for Materials Research, has been named chair of the physics department at UMR. The appointment took effect Aug. 1.
Read More »Motorola VP named St. Clair Chair of computer science at UMR
Dr. Thomas Weigert, Motorola Fellow and vice president of the company’s Global Software Group, has been named the first Daniel C. St. Clair Chair of computer science at the University of Missouri-Rolla. He will begin at UMR Sept. 1.
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