Tag: power

Power outage update: All UMR classes on campus cancelled Nov. 13

Posted by on November 13, 2006

Classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been cancelled for Monday (Nov. 13, 2006) due to a power outage affecting most of the buildings on campus. 

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Power outage forces cancellation of Monday morning classes

Posted by on November 13, 2006

All classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been cancelled until noon today due to a power outage affecting most of the buildings on campus.

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UMR researcher to receive IEEE Young Engineer Award

Posted by on May 11, 2006

Dr. Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the real-time power and intelligent systems laboratory at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been selected to receive the Walter Fee Outstanding Young Engineer Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power Engineering Society (IEEE PES).

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Experts to investigate breach at Taum Sauk hydroelectric plant

Posted by on December 14, 2005

A hazards-mitigation team from UMR and the U.S. Geological Survey plan to assess this morning’s reservoir breach at a hydroelectric power plant in southeast Missouri to help determine the cause of the incident.

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Protecting the power grid from terrorism

Posted by on August 29, 2003

UMR researchers developing ways to protect power systems from overloads may also be developing a system to thwart terrorist threats to the nation’s power grid.

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