UMR research aimed at protecting hypersonic missiles from high heat

Posted by on July 26, 2006

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla have received $450,000 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for the continued study of ultra-high temperature ceramics.

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Chevron and UMR form research partnership

Posted by on July 26, 2006

Chevron Corp. has pledged $1.5 million to the University of Missouri-Rolla to establish an educational and research partnership to help meet the needs of the energy industry.

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Rolla’s steel-free bridge shows substantial benefits

Posted by on July 24, 2006

The bridge that crosses Carter Creek on Southview Drive in Rolla is an unassuming structure, but researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been paying close attention to what’s hidden beneath the concrete. And so far, the researchers like what they see.

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UMR performing arts series to feature eight shows during the upcoming season

Posted by on July 21, 2006

The 2006-2007 season of the University of Missouri-Rolla Campus Performing Arts Series will feature eight professional productions. All performances in the series will be held at Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall on the UMR campus, 10th and Main streets in Rolla.

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UMR students to help Bolivians increase water supply

Posted by on July 21, 2006

A team from the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter at the University of Missouri-Rolla will journey into Bolivia’s rainforests next month on a fact-finding mission.

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Donors increase endowments, establish faculty chairs

Posted by on July 20, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla has received two new gifts from major donors to endow chairs in the civil, architectural and environmental engineering department.

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UMR gets funding for 2007 solar house

Posted by on July 19, 2006

The solar house team at the University of Missouri-Rolla is one of 20 teams that have been selected to receive $100,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to support the construction of new houses for the 2007 Solar Decathlon.

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Two interim deans appointed at UMR

Posted by on July 17, 2006

Two department chairs at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been named interim deans.

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Laudon named chair of geological sciences and engineering department

Posted by on July 17, 2006

Dr. Robert Laudon, professor of geological sciences and engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been named chair of UMR’s department of geological sciences and engineering. Laudon replaces Dr. Jeffrey Cawlfield, who was recently named director of freshman engineering at UMR.

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Incoming freshmen to participate in UMR’s version of ‘X Games’

Posted by on July 17, 2006

New freshmen will spend a good part of their first week at the University of Missouri-Rolla designing and racing remote-controlled vehicles through campus as part of Project X, UMR’s version of the X Games.

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