Tag: Missouri engineering school

UMR bridge project nominated for CIF NOVA award

Posted by on July 27, 2006

The Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) has selected the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Greene County bridge project as one of eight finalists for the forum’s NOVA Award for Outstanding Innovation in Construction.

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UMR chapter of Psi Chi wins award

Posted by on July 27, 2006

Psi Chi, the national honor society for psychology students, has awarded the University of Missouri–Rolla chapter of Psi Chi with a Model Chapter designation.

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Perkins to direct pre-college programs at UMR

Posted by on July 27, 2006

Will Perkins, former director of enrollment at the Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing, has been named director of the Center for Pre-college Programs (CPCP) at the University of Missouri-Rolla. The center was created in 2004 to help reverse the shrinking pipeline of students choosing math, engineering, technology and science (METS) careers. In 2005, […]

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UMR research aimed at protecting hypersonic missiles from high heat

Posted by on July 26, 2006

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla have received $450,000 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for the continued study of ultra-high temperature ceramics.

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Chevron and UMR form research partnership

Posted by on July 26, 2006

Chevron Corp. has pledged $1.5 million to the University of Missouri-Rolla to establish an educational and research partnership to help meet the needs of the energy industry.

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Rolla’s steel-free bridge shows substantial benefits

Posted by on July 24, 2006

The bridge that crosses Carter Creek on Southview Drive in Rolla is an unassuming structure, but researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been paying close attention to what’s hidden beneath the concrete. And so far, the researchers like what they see.

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UMR performing arts series to feature eight shows during the upcoming season

Posted by on July 21, 2006

The 2006-2007 season of the University of Missouri-Rolla Campus Performing Arts Series will feature eight professional productions. All performances in the series will be held at Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall on the UMR campus, 10th and Main streets in Rolla.

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UMR students to help Bolivians increase water supply

Posted by on July 21, 2006

A team from the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter at the University of Missouri-Rolla will journey into Bolivia’s rainforests next month on a fact-finding mission.

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Donors increase endowments, establish faculty chairs

Posted by on July 20, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla has received two new gifts from major donors to endow chairs in the civil, architectural and environmental engineering department.

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Two interim deans appointed at UMR

Posted by on July 17, 2006

Two department chairs at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been named interim deans.

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