Tag: UMR

UMR’s Kent Peaslee named Curators’ Teaching Professor

Posted by on November 28, 2006

Dr. Kent Peaslee, professor of metallurgical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been named Curators’ Teaching Professor of materials science and engineering. The title will be conferred during UMR commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 16.         

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Air Force has high hopes for UMR researchers

Posted by on November 17, 2006

The United States Air Force is looking to the University of Missouri-Rolla for a revolutionary way to power everything from unmanned aerial vehicles to terrestrial robots.

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UMR Commencement to be held Saturday, Dec. 16

Posted by on November 17, 2006

Winter commencement at the University of Missouri-Rolla is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, in UMR’s Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building, 10th Street and Bishop Avenue.

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Power restored at UMR

Posted by on November 14, 2006

Classes resumed at the University of Missouri-Rolla today (Tuesday, Nov. 14) after electrical power was restored to most of the campus late Monday night.

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Power outage update: All UMR classes on campus cancelled Nov. 13

Posted by on November 13, 2006

Classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been cancelled for Monday (Nov. 13, 2006) due to a power outage affecting most of the buildings on campus. 

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Power outage forces cancellation of Monday morning classes

Posted by on November 13, 2006

All classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been cancelled until noon today due to a power outage affecting most of the buildings on campus.

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Does technology make life harder?

Posted by on November 13, 2006

World Usability Day is observed Nov. 14 with events around the globe. The University of Missouri-Rolla is helping to sponsor a World Usability Day event from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the St. Louis Science Center.

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Solar Miners to race in 2008

Posted by on November 7, 2006

Representatives from the University of Missouri-Rolla Solar Car Team say they will participate in a North American solar car race in the summer of 2008.

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UMR graduate student: Salt could cool cores of advanced nuclear reactors

Posted by on November 3, 2006

The water in a conventional nuclear reactor cools the core, but a graduate student at the University of Missouri-Rolla says salt would be a better alternative in some advanced reactor designs.         

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Gift from UMR grad keeps on giving — to students from Wilmington, Mass.

Posted by on October 31, 2006

Thomas Holmes, a native of Wilmington, Mass., says the success he’s realized in life is a direct result of his education at the University of Missouri-Rolla. That’s why Holmes and his wife, Joan, set up a scholarship to allow future generations of Wilmington students an opportunity to study in the Midwest.                                               

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