Research
Fans behaving badly? Don’t blame the cheap (or expensive) seats
If you’re surrounded by boorish fans at a sporting event, moving to another part of the arena or stadium might not help you escape fans behaving badly, according to a University of Missouri-Rolla student’s research.
Read More »UMR receives $7.3 million for aerospace manufacturing research
The recent award of a $7.3 million contract to UMR to develop new manufacturing methods for the aerospace industry is "a prime example of how government, industry and universities can work together to foster economic development," says UMR Chancellor Gary Thomas.
Read More »UMR physics student selected to meet with Nobel laureates
Matt Foster, a physics Ph.D. student at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is one of nearly 60 Ph.D. students across the country chosen to attend a week-long conference of winners of the Nobel Prize in physics.
Read More »UMR researchers developing bird-like vehicle to explore Earth and beyond
The legend of Icarus may have a new ending within the next decade, according to a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher helping to develop the world’s first flapping-wing, solar-powered unmanned aircraft.
Read More »UMR research may help detect life on other planets, clean up Earth
Nearly 70 years since Orson Welles scared the nation with his "War of the Worlds" radio play, researchers at UMR are now working on a technique that could show whether life on Mars ever existed.
Read More »UMR freshman design tennis-ball-serving machines
UMR freshman engineering students served up their design projects to three judges on the tennis courts outside the Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Center Wednesday, April 21.
Read More »UMR researcher named Office of Naval Research Young Investigator
Dr. Babak Fahimi, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, received a three-year, $280,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), as one of the 26 recipients of the ONR’s Young Investigator Award in 2004.
Read More »‘Industrial ecology’ can help cut waste, says UMR researcher
Many of the 2 million cell phones, computers and other electronic products Americans discard each year could have a second life if they were designed for disassembly and reuse, says a UMR researcher who specializes in industrial ecology.
Read More »Math grad studies risky business
How technical professionals who work in hazardous environments communicate the risks of their work can be a risky business, according to research by a recent UMR mathematics graduate.
Read More »UMR researchers developing lean, green, learning machines
Move over, hybrids. Two University of Missouri-Rolla researchers are working on a way to transform current automobiles into leaner, greener vehicles.
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