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UMR scholar publishes engineering exam study guide
A new study guide by a University of Missouri-Rolla associate professor may help engineering students earn their professional engineering license by reviewing the basics of industrial engineering, common mistakes, and sample problems found in the industrial engineering portion of the national Fundamentals of Engineering exam.
Read More »An eye for design: Flexibility to meet function in new UMR degree program
“This program was developed for students who have interests that are multi-disciplinary in nature and who are interested in design,” says Dr. Ron Fannin, professor and chair of basic engineering, where the program will be located. “There’s going to be a very strong design focus, probably more than in any other engineering program we offer.”
Read More »UMR students examine tools used in Wi-Fi security attacks
As the federal government considers whether airplane passengers should have inflight wireless Internet access, two University of Missouri-Rolla students are examining the vulnerabilities such networks pose.
Read More »Researcher to discuss top five environmental problems
A member of the National Academy of Engineering will discuss this century’s top five environmental challenges and the technological, societal and cultural advances needed to address those issues Friday, Jan. 28, on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus.
Read More »UMR’s Eta Kappa Nu chapter receives national honor
Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the electrical and computer engineering honor society at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received an honorable mention in the 2003-04 Outstanding Chapter Activities program. UMR’s chapter has received the honor for four of the past five years.
Read More »UMR researchers ‘play tag’ in unique auto-id testbed
As Wal-Mart’s top 100 suppliers scurry to get radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags on their pallets in time to meet a January 2005 deadline, two researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are joining forces to figure out how to use data from those tags in the most efficient way.
Read More »UMR professor receives Fulbright Scholar award
Dr. Halvard E. Nystrom, associate professor of engineering management at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research for a semester at the Modern College of Business and Science in Muscat, Oman, starting in January 2005.
Read More »UMR receives four awards from electrical engineering association
The St. Louis Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) presented University of Missouri-Rolla faculty and staff members with four awards during a banquet held Dec. 4 in St. Louis.
Read More »UMR to help General Motors hit ‘moving target’ of customer satisfaction
A new technique to relate a vehicle’s technical performance with customer satisfaction may save General Motors significant time and cost and may lead to better product decisions, according to University of Missouri-Rolla researchers.
Read More »UMR professor elected fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Dr. Neil L. Book, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
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