Tag: School of Materials
UMR engineering students set their sights on Bolivia
While most college students are packing up to return to campus, three University of Missouri-Rolla students are preparing for a different journey — one that will take them deep into the Andes mountains
Read More »UMR engineering students to help Guatemalans rebuild homes
When a major earthquake jolted Central America in January 2001, it left many Guatemalans wondering how they would rebuild their destroyed adobe homes. More than four years later, residents of Jerez are finding their answer in the hands of seven engineering students from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »Lead-free mandate will affect aerospace industry, says UMR researcher
Dr. Matt O’Keefe, associate professor of materials science and engineering at UMR, is testing solder joints to find out how lead (tin-lead) and lead-free (tin-silver-copper) solders compare. His work is in collaboration with Boeing-Phantom Works, Northrop Grumman, Air Force Research Laboratory and the Center for Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies (CAMT), which is housed at UMR.
Read More »UMR to host summer materials camp for high school students
High school juniors and seniors from around the country can get a behind-the-scenes look at the manufacture and application of metallic and ceramic materials in a free summer camp to be held this summer at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »UMR receives more than $1 million for nuclear engineering programs
UMR’s nuclear engineering department recently received more than $1 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy. The funds will be used to expand and improve the department’s teaching and research opportunities.
Read More »UMR helps design bomb-resistant buildings
If terrorists strike again, lives and buildings could be spared with bomb- and impact-resistant buildings constructed using concepts being developed by researchers at UMR.
Read More »UMR helps with nationwide effort to commercialize fuel cells
The next battery-powered bunny may move to the beat of a different sort of battery — a solid oxide fuel cell — with the help of a new glass-ceramic seal being developed by researchers at UMR.
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