Tag: Engineering
Student talents shine through design competitions
With its victory in July’s American Solar Challenge attracting national attention, the UMR Solar Car Team may be UMR’s most visible student design team these days. But it isn’t the only one enjoying success in national and international competitions. Over the past year, UMR teams have won competitions with human-powered vehicles, radio-controlled airplanes and old-fashioned […]
Read More »New-student enrollment nears record numbers
A total of 5,287 students were enrolled when UMR’s fall semester began Aug. 25. That figure represents an increase of 3.1 percent over last year’s first-day enrollment and a 12 percent increase since the fall of 2000, says Laura Stoll, UMR registrar.
Read More »UMR Solar Car Team: 2003 National Champions!
The UMR Solar Car Team cruised into Claremont, Calif., on July 23 to capture the 2003 American Solar Challenge — the national championship of solar car racing.
Read More »Solar car qualifies for race along "mother road"
Nineteen University of Missouri-Rolla students will again get their kicks — and plenty of sunshine — along old U.S. Route 66 this summer when they again compete in the American Solar Challenge, a grueling 2,300-mile race along the historic "mother road" from Chicago to southern California.
Read More »U.S. News ranks UMR among top graduate engineering programs
The University of Missouri-Rolla is one of the nation’s top graduate engineering schools listed in U.S. News and World Report’s latest rankings of graduate schools.
Read More »UMR teams take first, second in mining competition
The University of Missouri-Rolla women’s and men’s mucking teams finished in first, second and fourth place, respectively, during the 25th International Intercollegiate Mining Competition held March 29 at the UMR Experimental Mine in Rolla.
Read More »UMR, schools partner to teach "how things work"
Faculty from the University of Missouri-Rolla are working with elementary school teachers from the St. James, Salem and Dent-Phelps R-3 school districts in south-central Missouri to introduce more technology-related coursework into elementary school classrooms.
Read More »Students to build water system in Guatemala over spring break
While many college students make plans to spend spring break on the beaches of Cancun or Florida, a group of University of Missouri-Rolla students are preparing to spend their break installing a water system for a village in Guatemala.
Read More »St. Pat’s 2003: 95th annual "best ever"
Grab a shillelagh! It’s time for UMR’s 95th Annual St. Pat’s Celebration! The big event, an annual tradition since 1908, will be held March 10-15 on campus and in Rolla.
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