Scholarship, professorship program allows UMR to leverage state funding
After weathering three straight years of tough economic times, UMR and its supporters have the opportunity to tap into new state funds this year funds set aside to help make a UMR education more affordable to many students and, through the creation of new faculty positions, more valuable over the long run.
Read More »Two UMR geology and geophysics students receive state awards
UMR students were honored during the 50th annual Association of Missouri Geologists meeting held recently in Rolla, Mo.
Read More »UMR STUDENTS TO HOST ‘HAUNTED MINE’
UMR’s Experimental Mine on Bridge School Road in Rolla, Mo., will be turned into a "haunted mine" on Oct. 22-23 and Oct. 29-30. This is the eighth year for the event.
Read More »UMR Mine Rescue Teams do well in annual contest
Two mine rescue teams from UMR finished in fourth and sixth places overall in the Southeast Missouri Mine Rescue Contest held Oct. 7-8 at the UMR Experimental Mine.
Read More »21 UMR faculty receive arts and sciences teaching award
Twenty-one faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at the University of Missouri-Rolla were honored for their excellence in teaching in 2003-2004 during a reception held Wednesday, Oct. 6.
Read More »UMR Mine Rescue Team to host, compete at UMR Experimental Mine Contest Oct. 7-8
Two mine rescue teams from UMR — the only university to have such teams — will compete in the annual Mine Rescue Contest Oct. 7-8 at UMR’s Experimental Mine on Bridge School Road in Rolla.
Read More »UMR professor receives Fulbright Scholar award
Dr. Ronaldo Luna, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research for a semester at the Universidad del Valle in Guatemala City, Guatemala, starting in January 2005.
Read More »On the fast track
Hendrick Motorsports is home to racers Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte; and it’s also home to 1987 graduate Doug Duchardt. Duchardt, who earned a mechanical engineering degree at UMR, was introduced as vice president of Hendrick Motorsports last February. He was previously the director of General Motors Racing. Prior to becoming a director at GM, […]
Read More »UMR’s new Big Beam Team takes second at contest
An inaugural team of University of Missouri-Rolla students placed second out of 12 college and university entries in Region 3 of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s Big Beam Competition.
Read More »New lab allows UMR researchers to test power systems in real time
Electrical and computer engineering students at the University of Missouri-Rolla can now conduct realistic, real-time investigations on the effects of disturbances on power system equipment and networks, thanks to the new Real Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory.
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