Research
Research team developing amphibian anatomy ontology
A group of faculty and students in the biological and computer sciences departments at the University of Missouri-Rolla are working with experts from around the world to develop a formal vocabulary, called an ontology, to describe the anatomy of more than 6,200 species of amphibians.
Read More »Students give Roombas reason to roam
Graduate students in the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems (RTPIS) Laboratory at the University of Missouri-Rolla are using an ordinary household appliance to develop and test a technology that could do extraordinary things.
Read More »Professor researches communication chains in the cattle industry
What do cattle and technology have in common? Plenty, if you talk to Dr. David Wright, a professor of English and technical communication at the University of Missouri-Rolla. For the past three years, Wright has been studying the cattle industry and developing a communications model from his research.
Read More »The next wave of tsunami research
University of Missouri-Rolla civil engineering senior Adedotun Moronkeji, 30, is part of the next wave of tsunami research.
Read More »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.
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