Newswise — From studies on how lead travels through Missouri rivers to research on the effects of aircraft exhaust on the ozone layer, researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are involved in a variety of projects to better understand our environment.
'INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY' HELPS CURB WASTEMany of the 2 million cell phones, computers and other electronic products Americans discard each year could have a second life if they were designed for disassembly and reuse, says Dr. Venkata Allada, an associate professor of engineering management at the University of Missouri-Rolla and an expert in the field of industrial ecology.
FOLLOWING LEAD'S TRAIL IN MISSOURI RIVERSA University of Missouri-Rolla study of two lead-ming districts in Missouri shows higher levels of the metal in the older region -- even though no mining has occurred there for more than two decades.
CENTER CREATED FOR STUDY OF AIRCRAFT EMISSIONSCreated through a $3.15 million federal appropriation last summer, the University of Missouri-Rolla's Center of Excellence for Aerospace Propulsion Particulate Emissions Reduction will help scientists better understand the effects of aircraft exhaust on the ozone layer and global warming.
NEW WEBSITE AIDS IN STUDY OF DECLINING AMPHIBIAN POPULATIONSA biologist and a computer scientist at the University of Missouri-Rolla have joined forces to create an online tool to better understand why amphibian populations are on the decline. The website, called MorphologyNet (http://www.morphologynet.org), houses 3-D images of frogs that can be dissected by any computer user with any web browser. Eventually, the site could allow researchers to determine the effects of pesticides on declining amphibian populations.
'SICK HOUSE SYNDROME' MAY BE WORSE THAN SICK BUILDING SYNDROMEThe common cold or your allergies may not be the culprit behind your itchy eyes and dry throat. The ailments could result from some of the common chemicals found in your home, according to a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher developing new techniques to understand indoor air pollution.
UMR OFFERS MISSOURI'S ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEGREETen undergraduate students at the University of Missouri-Rolla are learning how to balance humanity's impact on the environment with the world's growing engineering needs as part of a new degree program that began last fall. The students are enrolled in the state's first environmental engineering degree program, one of the few available in the Midwest.
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