Tag: Engineering

Solar car qualifies for race along "mother road"

Posted by on May 16, 2003

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.

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U.S. News ranks UMR among top graduate engineering programs

Posted by on April 5, 2003

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.

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UMR teams take first, second in mining competition

Posted by on April 1, 2003

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.

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Professor, alumni honored for "real-world" corrosion solution

Posted by on March 27, 2003

For helping an electronics company solve a problem with corrosion, Dr. Matthew O’Keefe, associate professor of metallurgical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received the Best U.S. Paper Award at the 2003 Electronics Assembly Process Exhibition and Conference (APEX) conference in Anaheim, Calif.

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UMR, schools partner to teach "how things work"

Posted by on March 19, 2003

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.

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Students to build water system in Guatemala over spring break

Posted by on March 5, 2003

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.

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St. Pat’s 2003: 95th annual "best ever"

Posted by on February 25, 2003

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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Professor wins industrial ecology fellowship

Posted by on February 25, 2003

Dr. Venkata Allada, associate professor of engineering management at UMR, is among researchers from six universities to receive an AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship.

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Solar elevation

Posted by on February 5, 2003

How many gallons of gas does it take to drive from Chicago to Los Angeles? If you are a member of the UMR Solar Car Team, you are more concerned about abundant sunshine and big hills.

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Water washes away Cold War-era missile stockpiles

Posted by on December 19, 2002

UMR researchers recently helped engineers in the former Soviet republic of Ukraine harness the power of water to disarm and dispose of their nation’s Cold War-era missiles.

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