Tag: solar power
Missouri S&T Solar Car team ready to race
A team of students from Missouri S&T will demonstrate the capabilities of solar-powered vehicles during the Formula Sun Grand Prix 2019. The event will be held Monday, July 1, through Saturday, July 6, in Austin, Texas.
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Missouri S&T selected to compete in 2020 Solar Decathlon
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that it selected Missouri S&T to compete in the 2020 Solar Decathlon. Missouri S&T is one of 11 teams selected from around the world.
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Missouri S&T engineering students assist local governments as project management consultants
As far as undergraduate course schedules go, Dr. Joan Schuman’s Introduction to Project Management class meets at a reasonable time: twice weekly for 75 minutes in the late morning. But for Missouri S&T senior Sergey Isayko and his three classmates, advising the city of St. Robert on a plan to install solar-powered streetlights in a newly annexed neighborhood meant numerous trips after dark to the Fort Leonard Wood bedroom community, population 5,750, located about 30 miles southwest of Rolla.
Read More »Missouri S&T assists Phelps County Bank with solar panel installation
Phelps County Bank’s downtown Rolla location will be drawing some of its power from the sun next spring, thanks to a partnership between the bank and Missouri University of Science and Technology. The historic four-story building at 718 N. Pine was once the Edwin Long Hotel and has been the home of Phelps County Bank […]
Read More »Research suggests neutron repulsion a major energy source
Research by an undergraduate chemistry student at the University of Missouri-Rolla may shed new light on where the Sun gets its energy.
Read More »Solar Miner IV ready to roll
It’s lighter, more aerodynamic and more energy efficient than the car that took second place in a national race two years ago, and members of the UMR Solar Car Team hope those qualities will make their newest solar-powered vehicle a national champion.
Read More »Solar elevation
How many gallons of gas does it take to drive from Chicago to Los Angeles? If you are a member of the UMR Solar Car Team, you are more concerned about abundant sunshine and big hills.
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