Tag: first responder

UMR helicopter design team navigates to first-place win

Posted by on May 3, 2007

A multidisciplinary team of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla recently beat out Georgia Tech and the University of Alabama-Huntsville to capture a first-place finish with their small unmanned helicopter. The national competition was sponsored by the Redstone Chapter of the American Helicopter Society.

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UMR helicopter design team to compete in nationals April 16-17

Posted by on April 12, 2007

A multidisciplinary team of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla have designed a small unmanned vehicle capable of vertical takeoff and landing that can assist first responders in emergency situations. The team will take its helicopter, dubbed “Project SAVER,” to Huntsville, Ala., where they will compete against other university teams in a national competition sponsored […]

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UMR students take first in helicopter design competition

Posted by on April 11, 2006

A multidisciplinary team of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla took the $5,000 top prize this month in a helicopter design competition sponsored by the Huntsville, Ala., chapter of the American Helicopter Society.

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