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UMR research takes root with NSF CAREER grant
As U.S. farmers watch how spring markets develop, an electrical engineer at the University of Missouri-Rolla is getting a jumpstart on understanding the relationship between plant roots and their surrounding environment. His new devices may help unearth solutions to low crop yields and land pollution.
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Selected students from the University of Missouri-Rolla will participate in Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol on April 17 in Jefferson City, Mo.
Read More »UMR researcher receives NSF CAREER grant
A researcher at the University of Missouri-Rolla has been awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to continue his research into how vehicle fleets could be used to help improve the nation’s power grid.
Read More »UMR historian publishes book about opium
Today’s war on drugs is not the first battle America has fought against addiction. In her new book, University of Missouri-Rolla historian Dr. Diana Ahmad examines the opium-smoking epidemic of the mid-19th century and finds that Chinese immigrants weren’t the problem, as is commonly believed.
Read More »McManus tells untold story of battle against all odds
In his latest book, “ Alamo in the Ardennes: The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of Bastogne Possible,” historian John McManus provides a fresh insight into the legendary defense of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.
Read More »NSF grant helps UMR researcher with post-Katrina study
Sixteen months after flooding and power loss – brought on by Hurricane Katrina – knocked out key telecommunications hubs along the Gulf Coast, a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher has developed a truly mobile solution to the communication problem.
Read More »UMR researchers hope to use quakes to unlock secrets about Earth’s crust
Over the past several decades, the United States Government established the Global Seismographic Network to monitor nuclear explosions worldwide. That network has also proven to be a crucial source of information for geologists and geophysicists like Drs. Stephen Gao and Kelly Liu, who are trying to unlock secrets about the earth’s crust.
Read More »UMR, MoDOT complete Blanchette Bridge study
A smorgasbord of factors, including welding problems and construction misfits, contributed to the cracking of “stringers” on the Blanchette Bridge in St. Louis in July 2005, according to a recent report issued by University of Missouri-Rolla researchers.
Read More »Air Force has high hopes for UMR researchers
The United States Air Force is looking to the University of Missouri-Rolla for a revolutionary way to power everything from unmanned aerial vehicles to terrestrial robots.
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