UMR researcher studying lead levels in St. Louis kids
Roughly 200,000 houses in St. Louis might as well have the cross-stitched phrase "Home, sweet (and toxic), home" hanging in a frame on their living room wall, according to a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher.
Read More »UMR to help General Motors hit ‘moving target’ of customer satisfaction
A new technique to relate a vehicle’s technical performance with customer satisfaction may save General Motors significant time and cost and may lead to better product decisions, according to University of Missouri-Rolla researchers.
Read More »UMR professor elected fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Dr. Neil L. Book, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
Read More »Tom Akers receives Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Col. Tom Akers, instructor of mathematics and statistics at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is the recipient of a 2004 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Read More »UMR professor receives award from mechanical engineering society
Dr. Ming Leu, the Keith and Pat Bailey Missouri Distinguished Professor of Integrated Product Manufacturing in the University of Missouri-Rolla’s department of mechanical and aerospace engineering and director of the UMR Intelligent Systems Center and the Center for Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies, recently received a Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Read More »UMR professor writes book on origin of ‘hot dog’
Dr. Gerald Cohen, a professor of foreign languages at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has just published a 300-page book Origin of the Term ‘Hot Dog’ together with word sleuths Barry Popik and the late David Shulman.
Read More »UMR researcher selected as IEEE fellow
Dr. Donald Wunsch, the Mary K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was selected as a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) on Nov. 21 for his contributions to hardware implementations, reinforcement and unsupervised learning.
Read More »UMR announces creation of new School of Extended Learning
Beginning in January 2005, the UMR Global program at the University of Missouri-Rolla will become the UMR School of Extended Learning, an official academic unit. The change will allow campus officials to expand on the university’s current distance and continuing education course offerings.
Read More »Donated software will help students interpret seismic data
Students in the geological sciences and engineering department at UMR are using new software to help them learn to interpret data relating to fault lines, potential oil reservoirs and other geophysical characteristics.
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