The University of Missouri-Rolla will use lessons learned from July's Quecreek, Pa., mining incident in a mine rescue course this semester.
Last week's incident at the Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania underscores to the need for small underground coal mines to pay more attention to mine safety, says Dr. Larry Grayson, professor and chair of mining engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
A group of University of Missouri-Rolla and Rolla Technical Institute students are building a house that uses one of the world's largest natural sources -- the sun. Powered completely by solar energy, the home will demonstrate its effectiveness Sept. 27- Oct. 7 in Washington, D.C.
Aided by two grants from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Ming Leu is working to see if his cool idea for rapid prototyping will hold water -- or more precisely, freeze water.
The faculty and staff at the University of Missouri-Rolla Nuclear Reactor are using their faces instead of keys to gain access to secured areas within the reactor facility.
In a new book about William Shakespeare, Dr. W. Nicholas Knight, chair of English at the University of Missouri-Rolla, pieces together evidence from the bard's legal documents and from his family life to strengthen the case that Shakespeare was indeed the author of his plays.
For years, scientists have assumed that the sun is an enormous mass of hydrogen. But in a poster presentation to be delivered July 21-26 at the Meteoritical Society's annual meeting in Los Angeles, Dr. Oliver Manuel says iron, not hydrogen, is the sun's most abundant element.
Arthritis sufferers may soon find relief from an unlikely source: glass. Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are developing special glasses that could be used to repair bone and microscopic glass spheres that could be injected into arthritic joints.
When Army officials at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., decided to update the Army's 50-year-old process for identifying hazards in the battlefield, they turned to the University of Missouri-Rolla, just 30 miles away, for help.
Robert L. Keiser of Dallas, Texas, retired chief executive officer and chairman of Oryx Energy Co. (now Kerr McGee Corp.) and a 1965 University of Missouri-Rolla graduate, will deliver the commencement address during UMR's Annual Commencement Saturday, May 18.
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are proving that planting a tree can help clean up the environment.
Former St. Louis Cardinals baseball pitcher-turned-sports announcer Dizzy Dean was well known in Missouri for his broadcasting style, which was full of mangled grammar and malapropisms. Dean's career -- including the "School Marms' Uprising" of 1946 -- is detailed in an article published in this month.
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla hope to wash away the problem of land mines with technology that harnesses -- and focuses -- the power of water, as a child's plastic water pistol does.
For the 94th consecutive year, students at the University of Missouri-Rolla will host a weeklong celebration of St. Patrick, whom the students adopted as their patron saint in 1908.
The success of the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack at the Grammy Awards on Feb. 27 signals a renewed interest in roots music, says a University of Missouri-Rolla historian.
The amount of Styrofoam disposed of in landfills could be greatly reduced in the future thanks to the work of researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla who have discovered a process using soybean oil to dissolve polystyrene foam.
For years, scientists have assumed that the sun is an enormous mass of hydrogen. But in a paper to be presented Thursday, Jan. 10, at the American Astronomical Society's meeting in Washington, D.C., Dr. Oliver Manuel says iron, not hydrogen, is the sun's most abundant element.
Insect-like robots may one day swarm over the surface of Mars, helping scientists better study the planet, says a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher developing this new breed of robots.
The career of author William Dean Howells followed a circular path, from its roots in romanticism through realism and back to romanticism, and the study of the language in his works illustrates this evolution, says an adjunct assistant professor of English at the University of Missouri-Rolla and the author of a new book on Howells.
In Greek mythology, the three-headed watchdog Kerberos guarded Hades from intruders. But a popular computer network security system with the same name may not be so reliable when it comes to protecting Internet sites from denial-of-service attacks.
Fueled by a $2.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are working to develop a cheaper and more efficient fuel cell -- a technology that holds promise as a clean, alternative energy source.
Students at the University of Missouri-Rolla this fall will learn how to run a manufacturing operation without ever setting foot in a factory. Instead, they'll control all aspects of the process -- from computer-aided design through computer-controlled machining and inspection -- entirely over the Internet.
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla hope to reduce the occurrence of offshore oil leaks by analyzing current methods for detecting such leaks in the Gulf of Mexico.
In the land of pharaohs and sphinxes, civil engineers from the University of Missouri-Rolla are trying to solve a new riddle: Why are some of Egypt's most treasured antiquities crumbling into dust?
Just as interest in nuclear power may be reviving, the nation could be running low on the nuclear engineers needed to keep reactors running, says a University of Missouri-Rolla professor.
The University of Missouri-Rolla has become the first university in the United States to earn a "green" seal of approval for environmental management from the International Organization for Standardization.
President George W. Bush's proposal to expand NATO to include Ukraine and other former parts of the Soviet Union could present the alliance with a new set of communications and information technology challenges, says a University of Missouri-Rolla professor who is working with NATO to meet those challenges.
With summer approaching, concerns about the nation's energy situation come to the forefront. Here are experts from the University of Missouri-Rolla who can address some of the issues related to U.S. energy concerns.
As the energy crunch renews interest in coal as the nation's primary source of electricity, it also is renewing concerns about the health and safety of coal miners, says Dr. Larry Grayson, professor and chair of mining engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Would-be inventors may soon have an easier way to analyze patent claims and check the originality of their inventions, thanks to a search engine being developed by a University of Missouri-Rolla student.
The U.S. Navy's warships in the future will be safer, high-tech vessels able to sustain power and continue in battle even after taking a missile hit. That's the goal of University of Missouri-Rolla researchers who are working with the Navy to develop new power-distribution systems for these warships.
Using the Internet as a tool for youth ministry is the subject of a new book,"eMinistry: Connecting with the Net Generation," by Andrew Careaga of the University of Missouri-Rolla. The book was published recently by Kregel Publications of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Dr. Mike Hilgers loves to take his motorcycle out on the open road. But now he's taking to the Internet to help Honda engineers generate virtual feedback about motorcycle design from real bikers.
The presidential candidates' debate over social security is about more than fuzzy math and lock boxes, say two economists at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Managers responsible for assigning employees to project teams may find that people with similar job backgrounds don't trust each other as much as they do co-workers with other backgrounds, a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher suggests.
A University of Missouri-Rolla professor's new textbook about earthquake engineering comes at a good time for engineers and engineering students, as the book addresses changes in building codes for making structures more earthquake-proof.
There's something magical about an old-fashioned romance, especially those written about in the medieval period, a University of Missouri-Rolla professor explains in her new book "Magic in Medieval Romance."
A University of Missouri-Rolla professor has come up with a cool idea for the future of rapid prototyping: ice. He calls his system "Rapid Freeze Prototyping."
The use of fast-growing poplar trees and other plants to not only reduce water pollution, but also to reduce costs over current methods, is being studied by University of Missouri-Rolla researchers.
The University of Missouri-Rolla in fall 2000 will become the first university in Missouri to offer a master's degree program in manufacturing engineering.
A method for treating liver cancer with tiny radioactive glass beads, developed by University of Missouri-Rolla and University of Missouri-Columbia researchers, has been approved for use in the U.S.
See the computer that can hold its own with the best players of Go, the ancient Asian game that is astronomically more complex than chess.
University of Missouri-Rolla students are learning the same kinds of lessons on campus that corporate executives seek from such management gurus as Peter Drucker, Stephen Covey and Tom Peters.
NATO's expansion to include former Soviet Bloc nations presents the organization with a new set of communications challenges, says a University of Missouri-Rolla professor working with NATO to overcome those challenges.
Engineering students from the University of Missouri-Rolla will soon work with students in other majors from the other University of Missouri campuses in a "virtual enterprise," which is designed to prepare students for the business world of electronic commerce and Internet-based data management.
A new book touting the business benefits of environmental management systems features the story of how the University of Missouri-Rolla implemented a management process known as ISO 14001 to keep better track of its chemical inventories.
Proposed federal standards for ergonomics may cost businesses money in the short run, but will benefit them in the long run, says a certified ergonomist at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Whether they're looking for guidance about applying to college, tips on writing a resume or information about college financial assistance, high school students can find help on the Internet at a World Wide Web site called "Elaine Harlan's College Advice."
Nobel Prize winner Dr. James Watson, who discovered the molecular structure of DNA along with Francis Crick in 1953, will speak Thursday, Oct. 14, at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
The current heat wave throughout the continental United States is straining the nation's aging power system, says an electrical and computer engineer at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
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