Tag: Engineering school

UMR to offer Private Pilot Ground School this fall

Posted by on August 7, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla department of mechanical and aerospace engineering is sponsoring a Private Pilot Ground School this fall through UMR’s distance and continuing education program.

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Students get grant to study environmental impact of steel products

Posted by on August 7, 2006

A team of materials science and engineering students at the University of Missouri-Rolla has been awarded a total of $47,500 by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) to study the environmental impact of steel construction and manufacturing materials.

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UMR’s Brow named director of American Ceramic Society

Posted by on August 3, 2006

Dr. Richard Brow, Curators’ Professor of Ceramic Engineering and chair of the materials science and engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been named director of the American Ceramic Society. Brow’s term on the society’s board of directors will run through fall of 2009.

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Free seminar focuses on funds for research and development

Posted by on August 3, 2006

Learn how to obtain federal research and development funding by attending a free seminar, “Funding Technology Development,” from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Meramec Regional Planning Commission, 4 Industrial Drive, St. James, Mo.

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UMR researchers develop environmentally friendly coatings for military applications

Posted by on July 31, 2006

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are helping to develop a two-layer, chromate-free coating system to protect military equipment, especially aircraft, from corrosion. The two layers consist of a non-chromate conversion coating and self-priming ultra-violet light materials.

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Annual shrimp feed scheduled

Posted by on July 31, 2006

The annual shrimp feed organized by the University of Missouri-Rolla will be held at 6:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at Lions’ Club Park on U.S. Highway 63 in Rolla. A social hour will begin at 5:45 p.m.

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UMR bridge project nominated for CIF NOVA award

Posted by on July 27, 2006

The Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) has selected the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Greene County bridge project as one of eight finalists for the forum’s NOVA Award for Outstanding Innovation in Construction.

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UMR chapter of Psi Chi wins award

Posted by on July 27, 2006

Psi Chi, the national honor society for psychology students, has awarded the University of Missouri–Rolla chapter of Psi Chi with a Model Chapter designation.

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Perkins to direct pre-college programs at UMR

Posted by on July 27, 2006

Will Perkins, former director of enrollment at the Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing, has been named director of the Center for Pre-college Programs (CPCP) at the University of Missouri-Rolla. The center was created in 2004 to help reverse the shrinking pipeline of students choosing math, engineering, technology and science (METS) careers. In 2005, […]

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UMR research aimed at protecting hypersonic missiles from high heat

Posted by on July 26, 2006

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla have received $450,000 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for the continued study of ultra-high temperature ceramics.

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