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Engineering society honors UMR professor for outstanding teaching

Posted by on September 19, 2006

Dr. Hank Pernicka, associate professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been selected to receive the 2006 Outstanding Teaching Award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Midwest Section.

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UMR students ready to depart for Houston flight

Posted by on July 13, 2005

As NASA prepares the Discovery shuttle for blast-off, a group of University of Missouri-Rolla students are prepping themselves for their own flight mission set for July 21-30 in Houston. The eight-member team is one of 20 NASA has selected from more than 100 proposals to conduct reduced-gravity experiments this summer aboard the agency’s famous “Weightless […]

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UMR students aim high in welding experiment

Posted by on April 8, 2005

A group of University of Missouri-Rolla students are looking to the skies for answers on how to improve construction in space. The eight-member team is one of 50 NASA has selected to conduct reduced-gravity experiments this summer.

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