Tag: Engineering
Stampede to Calgary: Stampede to Calgary: UMR solar racers start title defense in Austin
On a quest to soak up more solar glory, a team of University of Missouri-Rolla students is preparing to leave for Austin, Texas, where the North American Solar Challenge starts July 17.
Read More »Sprint CEO Gary Forsee tells grads:embrace change to change the world
Citing the rapid changes in the telecommunications industry, Sprint chairman and chief executive officer Gary D. Forsee urged the University of Missouri-Rolla’s class of 2005 to change the world by embracing change.
Read More »UMR again among UMR again among U.S. News’s top grad schools
UMR is again one of the nation’s top graduate engineering schools, according to U.S. News and World Report‘s latest rankings of graduate schools. The rankings also list seven UMR programs as among the best in the country.
Read More »UMR to take lead in introducing engineering to state’s schools
Project Lead the Way, a national high school and middle school pre-engineering curriculum designed to attract higher numbers of young people to careers in technology and engineering, recently got a helping hand from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »Former dean awarded ABET’s highest honor
Dr. Lee W. Saperstein, professor of mining engineering and dean emeritus of the School of Mines and Metallurgy at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has received the Linton E. Grinter Distinguished Service Award from ABET, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. The Grinter Award is ABET’s highest honor.
Read More »Junior high girls find the fun in math, science and engineering at UMR
On Friday, Nov. 5, more than 500 seventh- and eighth-grade girls will travel to the University of Missouri-Rolla campus to learn how fun science, mathematics, engineering and technology can be.
Read More »Scholarship, professorship program allows UMR to leverage state funding
After weathering three straight years of tough economic times, UMR and its supporters have the opportunity to tap into new state funds this year funds set aside to help make a UMR education more affordable to many students and, through the creation of new faculty positions, more valuable over the long run.
Read More »Chancellor Thomas announces plans to step down in 2005
Dr. Gary Thomas, chancellor of the University of Missouri-Rolla since September 2000, announced on Sept. 1, 2004, that he will step down from the position in September 2005.
Read More »UMR named a top 50 engineering school
U.S. News and World Report has again ranked UMR as one of the nation’s top engineering schools in the magazine’s annual guidebook, "America’s Best Colleges 2005." The magazine’s online edition also ranks UMR No. 52 among the nation’s top public universities.
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