Tag: Engineering
UMR receives additional $3.5 million for Center for Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies
UMR’s Center for Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies (CAMT) will receive an additional $3.5 million in federal funds for the coming year, U.S. Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) announced Wednesday during a visit to the UMR campus.
Read More »Alumnus John Toomey donates $5 million for ME/AE Complex project
Plans to renovate and expand the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Complex moved a big step closer to reality on Friday, July 23, with the university’s announcement of a $5 million gift for the project from John and Mary Toomey of Alexandria, Va., and their family. John Toomey is a 1949 UMR graduate […]
Read More »UMR student tests low-cost software for small-plane simulation
University of Missouri-Rolla student Peter Cross is investigating applications of normal aircraft simulation software for use with non-commercial aircraft to see how accurately he can simulate flights on a much smaller scale than normal.
Read More »UMR Formula SAE Team finishes fourth out of 140
A team of University of Missouri-Rolla students placed fourth out of 140 college and university teams in a global competition of formula-style race cars held May 20-23 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich.
Read More »A threepeat for UMR’s Human-Powered Vehicle Team
The second time was a charm for UMR engineering students hoping to claim a share of the national championship in the annual Human-Powered Vehicle Competition (HPVC), held May 7-9 at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Read More »U.S. News ranks UMR a top engineering graduate school
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 magazine also includes UMR’s graduate programs in civil engineering, computer engineering and mechanical engineering in its national rankings.
Read More »UMR-developed technique may guide future space launches
A new flight-control method created by UMR researchers to launch missiles and aircraft may one day send unmanned space vehicles on voyages to the moon, Mars or beyond.
Read More »Students create tethered satellite to research distributed systems
Call it a match made for the heavens: MR SAT and MRS SAT, a pair of microsatellites created by UMR engineering students, will tie the knot before they launch into space.
Read More »UMR in the news
A roundup of recent media coverage about the UMR people, research and events making news around the state and nation.
Read More »Virtual reality system trains crews to respond to disasters
UMR researchers are developing a virtual-reality training system that may provide an affordable way to teach emergency workers how to respond to chemical-weapon disasters.
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