UMR graduate set to blast off

Posted by on October 4, 2002

UMR graduate Sandra Magnus and a crew of four other astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut are scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Oct. 7 aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. This is Magnus’ first space flight.

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Hilmas wins "Oscars of Invention" award

Posted by on October 2, 2002

Dr. Greg Hilmas, assistant professor of ceramic engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will receive one of Research and Development Magazine’s 2002 R&D 100 awards, also known as the "Oscars of Invention" and the "Pulitzer Prizes of Technology," on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in Chicago.

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UMR takes first step toward residential college

Posted by on September 30, 2002

In the first step of a residential life plan that will change student life at the University of Missouri-Rolla as well as the campus’ appearance, the University of Missouri Board of Curators approved on Friday the selection of a consultant to design two new residential buildings at UMR.

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Washing away land mines

Posted by on September 30, 2002

UMR researchers hope to wash away the problem of land mines by developing technology that harnesses — and focuses — the power of water, as a child’s plastic water pistol does.

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$69 million corporate grant sets the PACE for UMR

Posted by on September 30, 2002

A donation of $69 million — the largest single corporate grant ever to UMR — will provide state-of-the-art computer workstations and software for UMR’s manufacturing engineering program, officials announced Oct. 13.

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Energy crunch fuels demand for nuclear engineers

Posted by on September 30, 2002

Just as interest in nuclear power may be reviving, the nation will be running low on the nuclear engineers needed to keep reactors running.

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Researchers work to solve energy problems

Posted by on September 30, 2002

Amid summer’s energy crunch, UMR researchers are to address electrical distribution problems that could lead to power failures.

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Researchers developing next generation of Navy warships

Posted by on September 30, 2002

The U.S. Navy’s warships in the future will be safer, high-tech vessels able to sustain power and continue in battle even after taking a missile hit.

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Chemists Develop Strongest, Lightest Material

Posted by on September 12, 2002

The world’s strongest, lightest material has been built by researchers in UMR’s chemistry department, the researchers reported in the Sept. 12 issue of the American Chemical Society journal Nano Letters.

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Eco-friendly homebuilders charged up for Solar Decathlon

Posted by on September 5, 2002

Their house now complete and running solely on sun power, students from the UMR/RTI Solar House Team are charged up about their entry in the Solar Decathlon, a competition to take place Sept. 26-Oct. 6 in Washington, D.C.

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