William Daughton recognized by engineering education association
Dr. William Daughton, chair of the engineering management and systems engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received the 2005 Bernard R. Sarchet Award from the American Society for Engineering Education.
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 »Partnership with software giant is big for UMR
The University of Missouri-Rolla has been selected to host one of five SAP University Competency Centers in the nation. As a competency center, UMR is an applications service provider for SAP to 15 other universities.
Read More »Hands-on learning leads to profits for student companies at UMR
As the spring semester recently came to an end at the University of Missouri-Rolla, some seniors were more worried about paying back small business loans than they were about paying back school loans.
Read More »UMR dedicates Chester and Evelyn Baker Greenhouse
The man Time magazine called the "Hero for the Planet" joined UMR faculty, students and an ecologically minded alumnus to dedicate the campus’s newest facility for environmental research.
Read More »UMR to cap freshman engineering enrollment
For the third consecutive year, the University of Missouri-Rolla will close fall admissions to its nationally recognized freshman engineering program.
Read More »UMR performing arts series to feature seven shows during the upcoming season
The 2005-2006 season of the University of Missouri-Rolla Campus Performing Arts Series will feature seven 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.
Read More »UMR team readies robot
The University of Missouri-Rolla Robotics Team is busy preparing for the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, which will be held June 11-13 in Traverse City, Mich. But the team s robot, perched on a three-wheel-drive vehicle, will do all of the thinking and steering once the competition starts.
Read More »UMR student wins $2,500 scholarship
Kerrie Weinkein of Joplin, Mo., a junior in civil engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was picked to receive a $2,500 award from the National Society of Professional Engineers. She is the first person to receive the William R. Kimel Engineering Scholarship.
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