Tag: environment
Drinking water: make mine unleaded, says UMR chemist
The use of monochloramine to disinfect drinking water can cause harmful levels of lead in the water, says a University of Missouri-Rolla chemist. His research will be published in the May 15 issue of the journal Environmental Science and Technology.
Read More »UMR signs agreement with Tongji University in China
The University of Missouri-Rolla agreed April 21 to establish a program of academic cooperation and educational exchange in the environmental discipline with Tongji University, which was founded in 1908 in the People’s Republic of China.
Read More »‘Green’ degree paying off for UMR graduate
Leonor Valdez-Sanchez, the state’s first environmental engineering graduate, is enjoying life outside the classroom.
Read More »UMR student receives Judge’s Choice Award at design competition
Ryan Sitzes of Jackson, Mo., a junior in environmental engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, won a Judge’s Choice Award for special effort, perseverance, determination and courage in a design contest hosted by WERC: A Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Development at New Mexico State University April 2-6.
Read More »UMR chemist earns EPA award for "green" latex paint additive
University of Missouri-Rolla chemist Dr. Michael Van De Mark, director of the UMR Coatings Institute, received a Presidential Green Chemistry Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for his invention of an environmentally friendly latex paint additive that reduces volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. The additive is marketed under the trademark Archer RC by Archer […]
Read More »UMR students tout new future for soybeans
If two University of Missouri-Rolla chemistry students have their way, soybeans will one day line Missouri’s highways — literally.
Read More »‘Industrial ecology’ can help cut waste, says UMR researcher
Many of the 2 million cell phones, computers and other electronic products Americans discard each year could have a second life if they were designed for disassembly and reuse, says a UMR researcher who specializes in industrial ecology.
Read More »Researchers, students help clean up Nebraska site
A UMR researcher and several students are helping find new ways to clean up contaminated groundwater at a former munitions site near Mead, Neb., by recycling the water through a special type of well.
Read More »Trees: a clean, green pollution solution
A UMR researcher’s studies on how trees can help clean up the environment has received a $270,000 boost from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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