Civil engineering ranked among nation’s best
For the first time ever, a UMR engineering program is ranked among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News and World Report’s new guidebook, "Best American Colleges 2004." UMR’s civil engineering...
View ArticleButler-Carlton Building renovated, rededicated
A public ceremony to unveil the $22 million addition and renovation to the Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building at the University of Missouri-Rolla was held Friday, Sept. 12, in the building’s...
View ArticleAlumnus interview: Gary Forsee, CE’72, CEO of Sprint
When they began the search for a new CEO last spring, the members of Sprint’s board of directors were looking for a proven leader in the telecommunications business. They found exactly what they were...
View ArticleSeveral St. Louis-area bridges not ready for quake, student discovers
Many bridges in the St. Louis area are incapable of withstanding the impact of a major earthquake, according to a recent study by University of Missouri-Rolla student Robert Riess, a senior in civil...
View ArticleCivil chair elected fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers
Dr. William P. Schonberg, professor and chair of UMR’s civil, architectural and environmental engineering department, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. ASCE awards...
View ArticleFormer Rhode Island transportation official picked to lead UMR’s Missouri...
Dr. William D. Ankner, the former director of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, has been selected to lead the Missouri Transportation Institute (MTI), a new statewide research program...
View ArticleUMR dedicates Chester and Evelyn Baker Greenhouse
The man Time magazine called the "Hero for the Planet" joined UMR faculty, students and an ecologically minded alumnus to dedicate the campus’s newest facility for environmental research. A new...
View ArticleUMR engineering students to help Guatemalans rebuild homes
When a major earthquake jolted Central America in January 2001, it left many Guatemalans wondering how they would rebuild their destroyed adobe homes. More than four years later, residents of Jerez are...
View ArticleUMR center receives $16 million through federal transportation bill
Congress’ passage of a new transportation bill last week means the University of Missouri-Rolla’s University Transportation Center (UTC) will receive $16 million over the next five years to research...
View ArticleUMR engineering students set their sights on Bolivia
While most college students are packing up to return to campus, three University of Missouri-Rolla students are preparing for a different journey — one that will take them deep into the Andes mountains...
View ArticlePaseo Bridge hid its problems, say UMR researchers
As the $21 million Paseo Bridge rehabilitation project nears completion in Kansas City, two University of Missouri-Rolla researchers are sharing their findings on why the bridge cracked in the first...
View ArticleUMR researcher elected fellow of civil engineering society
Dr. Craig Adams, the John and Susan Mathes Missouri Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil...
View ArticleUMR to celebrate International Education Week Nov. 17
The University of Missouri-Rolla will sponsor free cultural and informational events Thursday, Nov. 17, in observance of International Education Week. The UMR international affairs office is sponsoring...
View ArticleJack Guth: An artist at heart
Jack Guth, CE’50, has always been an artist at heart — even as a schoolboy. “I used to get in trouble in school for doodling in the margins,” he says. After a successful career in the Navy and with his...
View ArticleIt’s good to be King
The minimum requirement for portraying St. Pat is the ability to grow a beard. But Jeremiah King, UMR’s 2004 St. Pat, has a lot more than facial hair going for him. “St. Pat needs to be able to talk to...
View ArticleUMR students take top prize in ASCE Geo-Congress 2006
A team from the University of Missouri-Rolla finished in first place at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Information Mining and Geotechnical Site Characterization Design competition held Feb....
View ArticleUMR’s Chi Epsilon chapter to host national meeting
The Chi Epsilon chapter at the University of Missouri-Rolla will play host to more than 240 civil engineering students from across the nation during the 39th conclave March 9-11. This will be the third...
View ArticleU.S. News again ranks UMR among top graduate engineering programs
The University of Missouri-Rolla is again one of the nation’s top graduate engineering schools, according to U.S. News and World Report’s latest rankings of graduate schools. The rankings also list...
View ArticleTwelve inducted into UMR Academy of Civil Engineering
Eleven civil engineering alumni of the University of Missouri-Rolla and the university’s chancellor were inducted into the UMR Academy of Civil Engineers during the academy’s induction ceremony held...
View ArticleUMR creates scholar program with University of Naples Federico II
Six graduate students from the University of Naples Federico II, founded in 1224 in Naples, Italy, are conducting research this summer at the University of Missouri-Rolla as part of a new scholar...
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