Research

UMR research tackles U.S. steel shortage

Posted by on August 10, 2004

In the wake of the recent steel shortage, researchers at UMR are exploring ways to make steel production in the United States quicker, cheaper and more efficient.

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UMR research may put a ‘damper’ on earthquake destruction

Posted by on July 26, 2004

The next time the New Madrid fault zone produces a strong earthquake, buildings in the Midwest may see less damage if they use a new device developed by a researcher at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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UMR researcher looks for geological "missing link" in rift studies

Posted by on July 19, 2004

An embryonic rift valley in Botswana, the southwestern extension of the East African Rift System, where some of the earliest hominids have been discovered, may also hold answers to continental breakup, according to a UMR geologist who is studying how the rift has formed.

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Made to order: UMR researcher to help companies take smart approach to product planning

Posted by on July 15, 2004

As Americans continue to demand more individualized products, companies are looking for ways to fulfill those needs without starting from scratch. The answer may be found in a new software tool, says one researcher at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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Hitting the road this summer? Thank tribologists, says UMR researcher

Posted by on July 13, 2004

As American families continue to hit the nation’s roads this summer, their minds are likely on reaching their vacation destinations, not how their vehicles get them there. But that’s not the case for some tribologists, who study how the rubber meets the road, according to a researcher at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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UMR professor studies micro-economics in Mexico

Posted by on June 28, 2004

While many college students were lounging on the beaches of Cancun during Spring Break, Julie Gallaway, assistant professor of economics and finance at the University of Missouri-Rolla, traveled to another part of Mexico, studying how small loans help people in a poverty-stricken area.

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UMR student tests low-cost software for small-plane simulation

Posted by on June 24, 2004

University of Missouri-Rolla student Peter Cross is investigating applications of normal aircraft simulation software for use with non-commercial aircraft to see how accurately he can simulate flights on a much smaller scale than normal.

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UMR offers PH.D. fellowships to study energy technology

Posted by on June 3, 2004

UMR will receive more than $370,000 from the U.S. Department of Education to fund three Ph.D. fellowships to conduct research in energy technology linked with public policy making.

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UMR material scientist and collaborators report on superconductivity in Nature

Posted by on June 2, 2004

The latest advance toward understanding the electron transport mechanism of high-temperature superconductors, as reported in the June 3 issue of the British journal Nature, relies on materials provided by Dr. Fatih Dogan, a professor of ceramic engineering at UMR.

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UMR partners with NASA to develop new techniques for inspecting space shuttle foam

Posted by on May 27, 2004

A University of Missouri-Rolla graduate student will spend his summer and most of next year assisting scientists at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama in developing methods to perform microwave nondestructive evaluation (NDE) on the space shuttle’s external tank insulating foam and other NASA applications. A large piece of insulating foam broke off […]

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