Tag: infrastructure
Robotic bridge inspection, preservation is focus of new transportation center
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Your commute to work may be smoother in the future, thanks to new federally funded research at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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Missouri S&T to host Transportation Infrastructure Conference
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Missouri University of Science and Technology will host the third annual Transportation Infrastructure Conference on Friday, Oct. 3, at the Havener Center on the Missouri S&T campus. The program will feature recent findings in advanced construction materials, resilient structural systems, non-destructive testing and structural health monitoring of transportation infrastructure.
Read More »First two of four ‘signature’ areas named
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Missouri University of Science and Technology made significant headway in carrying out its strategic plan this week by identifying two of four areas in which the campus aims to achieve best-in-class, or signature, status as a research university.
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13 important research stories of 2013
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Robotic brains. Glass that can heal bones. A urine test to detect breast cancer. New insights into how Internet use could indicate depression. These were among the most notable advances in research made by Missouri S&T professors and their students in 2013. Here are 13 that were publicized during the year, but are well worth talking […]
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S&T selected to lead effort to improve sustainability in nation’s transportation
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Missouri S&T has been selected to lead a consortium of four universities sharing in a 2013 University Transportation Centers (UTC) tier 1 grant. This program was authorized by Congress under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The center’s research will focus on developing the next generation of cement-based construction materials.
Read More »New sensors capable of measuring damage to infrastructure
Dr. Genda Chen, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was recently awarded a patent for “Strain Sensitive Coax Cable Sensors for Monitoring Structures.”
Read More »UMR center receives $16 million through federal transportation bill
Congress’ passage of a new transportation bill last week means the University of Missouri-Rolla’s University Transportation Center (UTC) will receive $16 million over the next five years to research critical national transportation issues.
Read More »Former Rhode Island transportation official picked to lead UMR’s Missouri Transportation Institute
Dr. William D. Ankner, the former director of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, has been selected to lead the Missouri Transportation Institute (MTI), a new statewide research program involving 11 Missouri colleges and universities and led by the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »Several St. Louis-area bridges not ready for quake, student discovers
Many bridges in the St. Louis area are incapable of withstanding the impact of a major earthquake, according to a recent study by University of Missouri-Rolla student Robert Riess, a senior in civil engineering from The Woodlands, Texas.
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