UMR students build a robotic car

Posted by on March 29, 2004

UMR students are building a robotic race car in hopes of winning a competition sponsored by the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE).

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Newly renovated UMR archives works to preserve campus history

Posted by on March 25, 2004

Once more like a dungeon than a collection of artifacts, the University of Missouri-Rolla archives facility in the basement of Curtis Laws Wilson Library was enlarged and renovated this fall. Today, visitors to the archives find a bright, friendly spot to explore campus secrets.

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UMR research featured at joint meeting in Washington, D.C.

Posted by on March 23, 2004

A UMR faculty member and Ph.D. student will present research papers at the joint meeting of the Northeastern and Southeastern Sections of the Geological Society of America March 25-27 at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner in Washington, D.C.

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UMR-developed technique may guide future space launches

Posted by on March 22, 2004

A new flight-control method created by UMR researchers to launch missiles and aircraft may one day send unmanned space vehicles on voyages to the moon, Mars or beyond.

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UMR research featured at Geological Society of America Meeting

Posted by on March 19, 2004

Several UMR faculty members and students will present research papers at the 38th annual meeting of the North-Central Section of the Geological Society of America April 1-2 at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis.

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Evolution expert to speak at UMR Sigma XI awards banquet

Posted by on March 19, 2004

Dr. Simon Conway Morris, author of "The Crucible of Creation" and professor of evolutionary palaeobiology at the University of Cambridge, is the keynote speaker for the annual Sigma Xi awards banquet at the University of Missouri-Rolla on April 21.

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UMR hosts solar car conference

Posted by on March 19, 2004

UMR — home of the 2003 American Solar Challenge winners — will host the solar car race’s 2005 Kickoff Conference on its campus March 26-28.

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UMR professor named president-elect of neural network society

Posted by on March 19, 2004

Dr. Donald Wunsch, the Mary K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was recently named president-elect of the International Neural Network Society (INNS), a multi-disciplinary society.

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UMR professor heads up international conference, several from UMR to speak

Posted by on March 15, 2004

Dr. Shamsher Prakash, professor emeritus of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at UMR will chair the Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering on April 13-17 in New York.

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UMR researcher assists with development of first hypersonic, air-breathing vehicle

Posted by on March 12, 2004

NASA may come one step closer to faster, less expensive and more reliable access to space if the X-43A vehicle has its first successful test flight on March 27, according to a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher who helped design and analyze its propulsion system.

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