UMR team hopes to fly high in Texas

Posted by on May 3, 2007

Members of the 2007 Advanced Aero Vehicle Group at the University of Missouri-Rolla are flying their remote-controlled aircraft in the Society of Automotive Engineers’ Aero Design Competition May 4-6 in Fort Worth, Texas.         

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Peaslee receives Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

Posted by on May 3, 2007

Dr. Kent Peaslee, Curators’ Teaching Professor of metallurgical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla and the F. Kenneth Iverson Chair of Steelmaking Technology at UMR, has won the 2007 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.         

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UMR helicopter design team navigates to first-place win

Posted by on May 3, 2007

A multidisciplinary team of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla recently beat out Georgia Tech and the University of Alabama-Huntsville to capture a first-place finish with their small unmanned helicopter. The national competition was sponsored by the Redstone Chapter of the American Helicopter Society.

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UMR Jazz Band, Combo to perform May 4

Posted by on May 3, 2007

The University of Missouri-Rolla Jazz Band and UMR Jazz Combo will perform in concert Friday, May 4, to mark the end of the current semester. The performance begins at 8 p.m. in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets, Rolla.

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UMR students present marketing plan to Mo-Sci representatives

Posted by on May 3, 2007

A more extensive website and increased presence at trade shows topped the list of techniques Mo-Sci could use to improve their profit and market share, according to a proposal developed by University of Missouri-Rolla students.

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Better World Project recognizes chancellor’s crash-safety research

Posted by on May 2, 2007

A reusable crash cylinder created by UMR Chancellor John F. Carney III is one of 100 university research projects cited in a new publication that showcases academic research that is contributing to a better world.

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Emissions research garners national EPA award for UMR

Posted by on May 1, 2007

As part of a larger consortium, a team of researchers from the University of Missouri-Rolla has developed a test that will, for the first time, allow scientists to accurately gauge the impact jet aircraft emissions have on global climate change.

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Business, information science and technology departments at UMR to merge

Posted by on May 1, 2007

Two academic departments at the University of Missouri-Rolla are merging to form one department that will focus on business and information science and technology.         

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Two students honored by International Engineering Consortium

Posted by on May 1, 2007

Two UMR electrical engineering students recently received the 2007 William L. Everitt Student Award of Excellence from the International Engineering Consortium, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the electronics and communication industries.

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Water exercise classes to be held at UMR

Posted by on May 1, 2007

The distance and continuing education department at the University of Missouri-Rolla will sponsor the Summer 2007 Water Exercise Program next month.

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