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Arts and crafts festival planned for downtown Rolla during homecoming
The Rolla Downtown Business Association (RDBA) will host the 20th Arts and Crafts Festival in downtown Rolla from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21. The event will coincide with homecoming activities at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »UMR Homecoming events scheduled for Oct. 20-22
Homecoming weekend at the University of Missouri-Rolla is Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 20 to Oct. 22. For reservations and information about Homecoming 2006, contact the MSM-UMR Alumni Association at 573-341-4145.
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 »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 freshmen to ‘Discover Rolla’
The University of Missouri-Rolla admissions office has teamed with the Rolla Area Chamber of Commerce and nearly 30 local businesses to present “Discover Rolla,” an opportunity for incoming UMR freshmen to get acquainted with their home away from home. The program is part of UMR’s Orientation Week activities, held Aug. 14-19.
Read More »UMR researchers develop environmentally friendly coatings for military applications
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are helping to develop a two-layer, chromate-free coating system to protect military equipment, especially aircraft, from corrosion. The two layers consist of a non-chromate conversion coating and self-priming ultra-violet light materials.
Read More »UMR research aimed at protecting hypersonic missiles from high heat
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.
Read More »Donors increase endowments, establish faculty chairs
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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