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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 »Record number of employers expected to recruit at UMR
The future’s so bright at the state’s premier technological research university that students might want to consider wearing shades.
Read More »UMR, Missouri State form partnership to offer engineering degrees
Plans to offer two engineering degrees from the University of Missouri-Rolla on the Missouri State University campus in Springfield advanced with the signing today of an agreement that outlines how the two universities will work together to deliver the programs.
Read More »UMR experts conduct geophysical survey of Southwest Missouri sinkhole
Two researchers from the University of Missouri-Rolla are conducting ground surveys at the site of a Southwest Missouri home that is in the process of being swallowed by a sinkhole.
Read More »Ivy League quarterback is UMR’s first MBA student
A graduate student from the Ivy League will suit up at quarterback this season for the University of Missouri-Rolla. That same quarterback, Joe Winters, is also the first student to be admitted to UMR’s new master of business administration degree program.
Read More »Dr. Mariesa Crow named Finley Professor
Dr. Mariesa Crow, dean of UMR’s School of Materials, Energy and Earth Resources (SoMEER), has been named the Fred W. Finley Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chancellor John F. Carney III announced on Wednedsday, Aug. 9, 2006.
Read More »UMR’s Brow named director of American Ceramic Society
Dr. Richard Brow, Curators’ Professor of Ceramic Engineering and chair of the materials science and engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been named director of the American Ceramic Society. Brow’s term on the society’s board of directors will run through fall of 2009.
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.
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