Research
UMR team to develop genetically engineered machine
A multidisciplinary team of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla are constructing a breathalyzer using cultured yeast cells capable of determining ethanol concentration that can successfully determine an individual’s blood alcohol level. The students will present their project as part of the iGEM competition in Boston this weekend.
Read More »In case of emergency, UV energy may be used to treat drinking water
When a water supply is contaminated, people are usually ordered to boil their H2O. But if Dr. Curt Elmore’s emergency drinking water system proves reliable, people will be able to drink water that has been treated with ultraviolet energy.
Read More »Why are we losing Louisiana?
The Mississippi Delta region was losing land long before Hurricane Katrina came ashore. But the correlation between land loss and the risk of flooding in the region is now more evident than ever.
Read More »Researchers use remote sensing technology to go back in time on the Ethiopian Plateau
The cliffs that rise above the Blue Nile contain 750 million years of exposed geologic history. But it’s what’s happened in the past 6 million years that intrigues Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam, an associate professor of geology at the University of Missouri-Rolla, and his research colleagues.
Read More »UMR research leads to R&D 100 award
A group of researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla is recognized in the current issue of R&D Magazine for helping to develop one of the 100 most technologically significant products in 2006.
Read More »Undersea WiFi can be made faster, says UMR researcher
As the United States and Canada take their first step toward establishing a cabled ocean observatory, a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher is trying to improve the speed of wireless underwater communication.
Read More »Heat wave may stress nation’s power system
Increasing demands on an aging U.S. power infrastructure are likely to make headlines this week as temperatures in the Midwest and South approach 100 degrees. The nation’s economic growth since the 1950s has “outstripped the growth of the power system,” says Dr. Mariesa Crow, the Fred W. Finley Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering […]
Read More »Bridges can be retrofitted to improve blast resistance, say UMR researchers
After completing a series of explosions at nearby Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla say they are still confident their retrofitting techniques could improve a bridge’s ability to withstand everything from blasts to earthquakes to old age.
Read More »Applied design of experiments: UMR’s "Mythbusters"
As part of her “mission to bring cool stuff to engineering,” Dr. Katie Grantham Lough, assistant professor of interdisciplinary engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has teamed up with Missouri high school students to develop forensics experiments based on the Discovery Channel hit show “Mythbusters” and possibly create the nation’s first undergraduate degree program in […]
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