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ASEM honors engineering management faculty, alumni
Three faculty members from UMR’s engineering management and systems engineering department and two recent Ph.D. recipients from that department were honored by the American Society of Engineering Management during ASEM’s annual conference Oct. 26-29 in Virginia Beach, Va.
Read More »250 UMR students will be first to move into new Residential College this fall
Approximately 250 students at the University of Missouri-Rolla will learn about entrepreneurship, research, design and women in leadership this fall — but not in the classroom. These students will be part of four interactive “learning communities” where much of the learning will occur in non-traditional fashion.
Read More »UMR receives $7.3 million for aerospace manufacturing research
The recent award of a $7.3 million contract to UMR to develop new manufacturing methods for the aerospace industry is "a prime example of how government, industry and universities can work together to foster economic development," says UMR Chancellor Gary Thomas.
Read More »Trees: a clean, green pollution solution
A UMR researcher’s studies on how trees can help clean up the environment has received a $270,000 boost from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Read More »Students plan a spin on NASA’s "vomit comet"
In hopes of finding ways to improve construction in space, eight University of Missouri-Rolla students will conduct reduced-gravity experiments on welding properties April 23 through May 3 aboard NASA’s KC-135 aircraft, the "vomit comet" that doubled as a command module for Tom Hanks and other cast members during the filming of the movie Apollo 13.
Read More »Water washes away Cold War-era missile stockpiles
UMR researchers recently helped engineers in the former Soviet republic of Ukraine harness the power of water to disarm and dispose of their nation’s Cold War-era missiles.
Read More »Making paper-making cleaner, cheaper
That clean, white piece of paper in your laser printer is the result of a not-so-clean manufacturing process. But a UMR researcher is hoping to change that by improving the way paper-makers make black and white liquor.
Read More »David Saphian Named Director of Institutional Research
Dr. David Saphian, senior manager of research at the public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard in St. Louis, will become director of institutional research at UMR effective Sept. 16, Dr. Y.T. Shah, UMR provost, announced today.
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