Research
Microfossil hunters to meet in St. Louis
Led by a University of Missouri-Rolla scientist, a group of fossil hunters will converge on St. Louis in September to discuss new developments in the field of palynology, a branch of paleontology that is focused on microscopic evidence dating back a billion years.
Read More »UMR researcher pilots new fly ash study
A University of Missouri-Rolla researcher is leading an effort to reduce the amount of fly ash making its way into the state’s landfills.
Read More »UMR chemist earns EPA award for "green" latex paint additive
University of Missouri-Rolla chemist Dr. Michael Van De Mark, director of the UMR Coatings Institute, received a Presidential Green Chemistry Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for his invention of an environmentally friendly latex paint additive that reduces volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. The additive is marketed under the trademark Archer RC by Archer […]
Read More »Lead-free mandate will affect aerospace industry, says UMR researcher
Dr. Matt O’Keefe, associate professor of materials science and engineering at UMR, is testing solder joints to find out how lead (tin-lead) and lead-free (tin-silver-copper) solders compare. His work is in collaboration with Boeing-Phantom Works, Northrop Grumman, Air Force Research Laboratory and the Center for Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies (CAMT), which is housed at UMR.
Read More »UMR to help MoDOT survey customer satisfaction
It s not often you find a business professor and a psychology professor discussing transportation. But that s exactly what two UMR researchers are doing this summer on behalf of the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT).
Read More »Department of Energy supports plan to make mining more efficient
University of Missouri-Rolla researchers are developing ways to mine metals more efficiently, and the United States government has taken notice.
Read More »UMR students study biodiversity in San Salvador
A group of biological sciences students from the University of Missouri-Rolla spent a week in the Bahamas in May 2005 studying tropical marine biodiversity.
Read More »UMR develops robotics for nuclear reactor
Students at the University of Missouri-Rolla are programming a robotic arm to retrieve a rod that controls fission reactions at the UMR Nuclear Reactor.
Read More »UMR students reap rewards from research
Twenty-four students at the University of Missouri-Rolla claimed a share of $12,000 in prize money during the campus’ first-annual "Undergraduate Research Day," which was held at UMR April 13.
Read More »UMR students tout new future for soybeans
If two University of Missouri-Rolla chemistry students have their way, soybeans will one day line Missouri’s highways — literally.
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