Tag: electrical and computer engineering

UMR student finds personal connection to research

Posted by on July 27, 2005

Sometimes you pick your research. Sometimes your research picks you.

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UMR professor to advise Navy on global terrorism

Posted by on July 14, 2005

A University of Missouri-Rolla professor has been elected to a National Academy of Science panel that will assess the U.S. Department of Navy’s role in the global war on terror.

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UMR scholar to receive award from electrical engineering society

Posted by on April 4, 2005

Dr. Steve Watkins, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will receive the Achievement Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Regional Activities Board during the organization’s conference in Colorado April 7-9.

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Education journal publishes work by UMR scholars

Posted by on March 24, 2005

Dr. Steve Watkins, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently served as guest editor of the Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, a half-yearly publication for educators in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

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UMR students examine tools used in Wi-Fi security attacks

Posted by on January 31, 2005

As the federal government considers whether airplane passengers should have inflight wireless Internet access, two University of Missouri-Rolla students are examining the vulnerabilities such networks pose.

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UMR’s Eta Kappa Nu chapter receives national honor

Posted by on January 14, 2005

Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the electrical and computer engineering honor society at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received an honorable mention in the 2003-04 Outstanding Chapter Activities program. UMR’s chapter has received the honor for four of the past five years.

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UMR receives four awards from electrical engineering association

Posted by on December 9, 2004

The St. Louis Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) presented University of Missouri-Rolla faculty and staff members with four awards during a banquet held Dec. 4 in St. Louis.

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UMR researcher receives award from National Science Foundation

Posted by on November 1, 2004

Dr. Vittal Rao, the William A. Rutledge-Emerson Electric Co. Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received a Director’s Award for Collaborative Integration from the National Science Foundation.

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UMR researchers developing tools to detect, disable handmade explosive devices

Posted by on September 16, 2004

An improvised explosive device (IED), often rigged to detonate from a distance, may be the most common casualty producing weapon in Iraq, but if it uses a radio receiver, it could also be one of the easiest to override, say researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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