Tag: mining
UMR’s Tien appointed to federal panel on mine ventilation
Dr. Jerry Tien, an associate professor of mining engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been appointed to a federal panel that will study the use of conveyor belt tunnels in ventilating underground coal mines. The study also will look at the composition and fire-retardant properties of conveyor belt materials.
Read More »Best showing ever: UMR students prove they can hang with professional mine rescuers
Two mine rescue teams from the University of Missouri-Rolla competed against about a dozen teams of professionals from the mining industry this week at UMR’s Experimental Mine. UMR’s gold team took third place overall in the competition and UMR’s black team placed fourth.
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 […]
Read More »UMR team prepares for mine rescue competition
Preparing for potential disasters is serious business in the mining industry. It’s also serious business at the University of Missouri-Rolla, the only university in the nation with a mine rescue team.
Read More »UMR mucking teams finish second in Australia
Men’s and women’s “mucking” teams from the University of Missouri-Rolla have finished second in the Intercollegiate Mining Competition, held April 15-16 in Kalgoorlie, Australia.
Read More »UMR historian launches project to research the U.S. Bureau of Mines
When University of Missouri-Rolla historian Dr. Jeff Schramm began researching the U.S. Bureau of Mines Rolla experiment station last spring, he found that almost no scholarly works about the bureau exist.
Read More »UMR teams take first, second in mining competition
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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