Tag: University of Missouri-Rolla

UMR student helps to engineer wheelchair capable of going up and down stairs

Posted by on September 8, 2006

Lindsay Waters of Springfield, Mo., was one of 13 college students from the United States and Puerto Rico to work on advanced science and engineering projects this summer at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Working with two other students, Waters helped to design and build a wheelchair capable of autonomously traversing stairs.

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UMR to host mine rescue competition

Posted by on September 7, 2006

In order to prepare for the eventuality of underground disasters like the one that happened last winter in West Virginia, mine rescue teams must anticipate and practice many scenarios that might occur below the surface. That’s just what mine rescue teams from Missouri, New Mexico, Kansas, Illinois and Nevada will be doing Sept. 26-28 at […]

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UMR students work to solve energy problems during MIT Design Summit

Posted by on September 1, 2006

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.

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Superconductivity is key to conserving energy, says UMR researcher

Posted by on August 31, 2006

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.

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Record number of employers expected to recruit at UMR

Posted by on August 30, 2006

The future’s so bright at the state’s premier technological research university that students might want to consider wearing shades.

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UMR, Missouri State form partnership to offer engineering degrees

Posted by on August 21, 2006

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.

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UMR experts conduct geophysical survey of Southwest Missouri sinkhole

Posted by on August 18, 2006

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.

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Dr. Mariesa Crow named Finley Professor

Posted by on August 9, 2006

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.

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Students get grant to study environmental impact of steel products

Posted by on August 7, 2006

A team of materials science and engineering students at the University of Missouri-Rolla has been awarded a total of $47,500 by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) to study the environmental impact of steel construction and manufacturing materials.

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UMR researchers develop environmentally friendly coatings for military applications

Posted by on July 31, 2006

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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