Tag: Engineering

UMR Formula SAE Team finishes fourth out of 140

Posted by on May 23, 2004

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.

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A threepeat for UMR’s Human-Powered Vehicle Team

Posted by on May 9, 2004

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.

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U.S. News ranks UMR a top engineering graduate school

Posted by on April 1, 2004

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.

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UMR-developed technique may guide future space launches

Posted by on March 22, 2004

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.

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Students create tethered satellite to research distributed systems

Posted by on March 11, 2004

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.

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UMR in the news

Posted by on February 18, 2004

A roundup of recent media coverage about the UMR people, research and events making news around the state and nation.

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Virtual reality system trains crews to respond to disasters

Posted by on February 17, 2004

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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Student talents shine through design competitions

Posted by on September 25, 2003

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 […]

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New-student enrollment nears record numbers

Posted by on August 28, 2003

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.

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UMR Solar Car Team: 2003 National Champions!

Posted by on July 13, 2003

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.

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