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UMR offers first explosives engineering minor

By news | January 18, 2005 | Comments Off on UMR offers first explosives engineering minor

As the spring semester started last week, the University of Missouri-Rolla became the first university in the United States to offer a minor in explosives engineering. Also new this semester, UMR is offering a demolitions course that is the first of its kind in the nation.

UMR’s Eta Kappa Nu chapter receives national honor

By news | January 14, 2005 | Comments Off on UMR’s Eta Kappa Nu chapter receives national honor

Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the electrical and computer engineering honor society at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received an honorable mention in the 2003-04 Outstanding Chapter Activities program. UMR’s chapter has received the honor for four of the past five years.

Mariesa Crow named dean of UMR School of Materials, Energy and Earth Resources

By news | January 7, 2005 | Comments Off on Mariesa Crow named dean of UMR School of Materials, Energy and Earth Resources

Dr. Mariesa Crow, the transition dean of the University of Missouri-Rolla School of Materials, Energy and Earth Resources (SoMEER) since October 2003, was named dean of the school effective Jan. 1.