Tag: energy
Heat wave may stress nation’s power system
Increasing demands on an aging U.S. power infrastructure are likely to make headlines this week as temperatures in the Midwest and South approach 100 degrees. The nation’s economic growth since the 1950s has “outstripped the growth of the power system,” says Dr. Mariesa Crow, the Fred W. Finley Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering […]
Read More »UMR bringing hydrogen fuel to rural Missouri
Cleaner transportation is coming to rural Missouri, thanks to a joint effort among the University of Missouri-Rolla, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, National University Transportation Center, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Logistics Agency.
Read More »Dr. Mariesa Crow named Finley Professor
Dr. Mariesa Crow, dean of UMR’s School of Materials, Energy and Earth Resources (SoMEER), has been named the Fred W. Finley Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chancellor John F. Carney III announced on Wednedsday, Aug. 9, 2006.
Read More »Taxed power grid may get help from UMR researcher
As high heat and humidity push the demand for electricity to record levels this summer, a University of Missouri-Rolla professor is developing techniques to improve power grid reliability and prevent cascading outages during disturbances.
Read More »Energy Department funds superconductivity research
Imagine living in a superconductive world. Electricity is transmitted through wires with no resistance and no loss of energy. Trains levitate above their tracks. An electric charge moving in a loop circles indefinitely — the closest thing known to perpetual motion. Although this sounds like science fiction, a group from the UMR is trying to […]
Read More »UMR fuel cell research could bolster president’s energy program
President George Bush’s plans to pump more federal funding into the development of hydrogen-powered vehicles, as outlined in his State of the Union Address Tuesday, is good news for researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla, who are working to develop cheaper, more efficient fuel cells similar to those that may one day replace the internal […]
Read More »Oil research could bring revenue to Missouri
One key to lessening the nation’s reliance on foreign oil could be right here in Missouri, according to University of Missouri-Rolla researchers.
Read More »Researchers work to solve energy problems
Amid summer’s energy crunch, UMR researchers are to address electrical distribution problems that could lead to power failures.
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