Research

UMR students to share results from commuter bus study

Posted by on April 20, 2006

University of Missouri-Rolla students will present the results from their commuter bus system feasibility study to representatives of Fort Leonard Wood and the Meramec Regional Planning Commission (MRPC) on Thursday, May 4.

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San Andreas vs. New Madrid: Midwest quakes pack a punch

Posted by on April 13, 2006

The 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco is a time to reflect on the awesome power of the San Andreas fault. But there’s a fault in the Midwest that packs an even greater punch, according to an earthquake expert at the University of Missouri-Rolla. 

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UMR students help Central, South Americans

Posted by on April 13, 2006

This summer, students from the University of Missouri-Rolla will use their passion for engineering to show their compassion for residents in two tiny villages in Bolivia and Guatemala.

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UMR study tackles pollution prevention at power plants

Posted by on April 6, 2006

America’s desire for cheap electricity, generated by the nation’s coal-fired power plants, comes with a hidden environmental concern, says a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher.

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UMR students to present research at regional microbiology conference

Posted by on March 31, 2006

Five students from the University of Missouri-Rolla are among 28 undergraduate and graduate students who will present their research at a regional microbiology conference in April.

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UMR engineering management students add restaurant to their plate

Posted by on March 10, 2006

Engineering management students at the University of Missouri-Rolla are serving up marketing advice this semester to Angie and Kevin Britton, owners of the Huddle House restaurants in Rolla and Cuba, Mo.

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UMR joins national ‘cybersystem’ for earthquake engineering research

Posted by on February 23, 2006

University of Missouri-Rolla researchers will soon connect in cyberspace with investigators around the world to conduct and observe earthquake experiments.

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UMR researcher receives NSF CAREER grant

Posted by on February 23, 2006

Dr. Kai-Tak Wan, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received a CAREER grant from the Nano and Bio Mechanics program of the National Science Foundation for his research into the mechanical characterization of eye lenses and single cell characterization.

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Kansas City Super Bowl? Not so fast, says UMR economist

Posted by on February 16, 2006

Kansas City would be better off winning a Super Bowl than hosting one, according to an economist at the University of Missouri-Rolla. 

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UMR gets EPA grant to test hybrid solar panels

Posted by on February 10, 2006

Joel Lamson, a graduate student at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has a black monolith, several stories high, in his back yard. But Lamson isn’t trying to recreate some science fiction scene; the monolith is really a newfangled solar panel engineered for a UMR research project.                               

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