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Switzer wins ACS award
Dr. Jay A. Switzer, Donald L. Castleman Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Missouri-Rolla and a senior investigator in the UMR Materials Research Center, has won the 2006 American Chemical Society Midwest Award. The award will be presented at the ACS 2006 Midwest Regional Meeting in Quincy, Ill., in October.
Read More »18 new faculty members at UMR this fall
Eighteen new faculty members, including a new provost who also holds a faculty position, began teaching and research at the University of Missouri-Rolla this fall.
Read More »UMR student helps to engineer wheelchair capable of going up and down stairs
Lindsay Waters of Springfield, Mo., was one of 13 college students from the United States and Puerto Rico to work on advanced science and engineering projects this summer at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Working with two other students, Waters helped to design and build a wheelchair capable of autonomously traversing stairs.
Read More »Artists invited to submit work for UMR art show
Missouri artists and members of the University of Missouri-Rolla community are invited to submit their artwork to the fourth annual “Inspired by Writing” art show, which will be hosted by the UMR Writing Center.
Read More »UMR class intended to teach public about government bid proposals
The Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach (CEO) at the University of Missouri-Rolla is sponsoring a training class for those interested in doing business with the federal government. The workshop, “Preparing Successful Government Bid Proposals,” will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, Sept. 21, in the Meramec-Gasconade Room of the Havener Center on the […]
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 researcher picked for National Academy of Engineering symposia
Dr. Venkata Allada, professor of engineering management and systems engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is one of 60 engineering researchers from Japan and the United States to be selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) twelfth annual Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.
Read More »UMR students work to solve energy problems during MIT Design Summit
Fifty students from 21 universities in 13 countries, including two students from the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently returned to their home campuses after participating in a design summit hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.
Read More »Superconductivity is key to conserving energy, says UMR researcher
Dr. Fatih Dogan, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is working with superconducting materials that might eventually revolutionize the way energy is conserved.
Read More »UMR Fall Open House to be held Sept. 30
The University of Missouri-Rolla will hold the first Fall Open House of the 2006-2007 season for prospective students on Saturday, Sept. 30. This year’s activities will include a spotlight showcase on the UMR College of Arts and Sciences, the UMR School of Management and Information Systems and the UMR School of Engineering.
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