Tag: Missouri engineering school

UMR graduate student: Salt could cool cores of advanced nuclear reactors

Posted by on November 3, 2006

The water in a conventional nuclear reactor cools the core, but a graduate student at the University of Missouri-Rolla says salt would be a better alternative in some advanced reactor designs.         

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UMR computer scientist chosen as visiting scientist in Japan

Posted by on November 1, 2006

Dr. Sanjay Madria, associate professor of computer science at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is spending two months in Japan this fall as part of a research exchange program.

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Junior high girls to discover math, science and engineering at UMR

Posted by on November 1, 2006

On Friday, Nov. 3, more than 550 seventh- and eighth-grade girls will travel to the University of Missouri-Rolla campus to learn how fun science, mathematics, engineering and technology can be.

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St. Louis artificial intelligence conference set for Nov. 5-8

Posted by on October 31, 2006

The latest breakthroughs in “smart” engineering system design techniques – from artificial intelligence to data mining – will be covered during ANNIE 2006, the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering conference to be held Nov. 5-8 at the St. Louis Pavilion Hotel in St. Louis.

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UMR Chem-E Car Team prepares for nationals

Posted by on October 31, 2006

Magnesium and acid aren’t likely to replace gasoline as a fuel source for the next generation of automobiles, but University of Missouri-Rolla students are betting the combination will power their car to a national victory.

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Gift from UMR grad keeps on giving — to students from Wilmington, Mass.

Posted by on October 31, 2006

Thomas Holmes, a native of Wilmington, Mass., says the success he’s realized in life is a direct result of his education at the University of Missouri-Rolla. That’s why Holmes and his wife, Joan, set up a scholarship to allow future generations of Wilmington students an opportunity to study in the Midwest.                                               

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Training offered to business owners in November

Posted by on October 30, 2006

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach (CEO) at the University of Missouri-Rolla and the Missouri Training Institute are teaming up with the Rolla Area Chamber of Commerce (RACC) to present two training classes for business owners in November.

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UMR theatre program to present Neil Simon‘s ’Rumors‘

Posted by on October 27, 2006

The theater program at the University of Missouri-Rolla will present the Neil Simon comedy “Rumors” this November on the Leach Theatre stage.         

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UMR Curators’ Professor, students to author books on seismic design

Posted by on October 27, 2006

A century after the great San Francisco earthquake and fire destroyed more than 28,000 buildings in California, a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher and three of his former Ph.D. students are writing two textbooks on seismic design.

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UMR researcher wins ‘early career’ award

Posted by on October 27, 2006

UMR researcher wins NSF ‘early career’ award

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