Tag: Engineering
Two orchestras to perform at UMR Oct. 12
The University Symphony Orchestra and the University Chamber Orchestra will host a concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, in Leach Theatre of UMR’s Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla. The performance is free for students and $3 for the general public. Tickets are available at the door and at the Leach Theatre […]
Read More »UMR plans preview of MBA program
Faculty members from the University of Missouri-Rolla will introduce the public to the university’s new master of business administration degree program during a preview event scheduled for Oct. 4.
Read More »Engineering society honors UMR professor for outstanding teaching
Dr. Hank Pernicka, associate professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been selected to receive the 2006 Outstanding Teaching Award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Midwest Section.
Read More »UMR team does well in national big beam contest
The University of Missouri-Rolla recently received notification from the Pre-cast/Pre-stressed Concrete Institute (PCI) that a team of four UMR graduate students has placed second nationally in the report category of the PCI Big Beam contest.
Read More »Switzer wins ACS award
Dr. Jay A. Switzer, Donald L. Castleman Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Missouri-Rolla and a senior investigator in the UMR Materials Research Center, has won the 2006 American Chemical Society Midwest Award. The award will be presented at the ACS 2006 Midwest Regional Meeting in Quincy, Ill., in October.
Read More »18 new faculty members at UMR this fall
Eighteen new faculty members, including a new provost who also holds a faculty position, began teaching and research at the University of Missouri-Rolla this fall.
Read More »UMR student helps to engineer wheelchair capable of going up and down stairs
Lindsay Waters of Springfield, Mo., was one of 13 college students from the United States and Puerto Rico to work on advanced science and engineering projects this summer at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Working with two other students, Waters helped to design and build a wheelchair capable of autonomously traversing stairs.
Read More »Artists invited to submit work for UMR art show
Missouri artists and members of the University of Missouri-Rolla community are invited to submit their artwork to the fourth annual “Inspired by Writing” art show, which will be hosted by the UMR Writing Center.
Read More »UMR class intended to teach public about government bid proposals
The Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach (CEO) at the University of Missouri-Rolla is sponsoring a training class for those interested in doing business with the federal government. The workshop, “Preparing Successful Government Bid Proposals,” will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, Sept. 21, in the Meramec-Gasconade Room of the Havener Center on the […]
Read More »UMR to host mine rescue competition
In order to prepare for the eventuality of underground disasters like the one that happened last winter in West Virginia, mine rescue teams must anticipate and practice many scenarios that might occur below the surface. That’s just what mine rescue teams from Missouri, New Mexico, Kansas, Illinois and Nevada will be doing Sept. 26-28 at […]
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