Research

Blowing hot glass

Posted by on March 17, 2008

Many Missourians have long associated glass blowing with artisans who populate Silver Dollar City. Now, students at Missouri S&T can watch glass blowing – and practice it themselves – on campus.

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Catching the next wave of tsunami research

Posted by on March 17, 2008

Adedotun Moronkeji, CE’07, is part of the next wave of tsunami research. Moronkeji spent last summer helping to create model-scale experiments at Oregon State University’s Tsunami Wave Basin, the largest facility of its type in North America.

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Shining the light on contaminated water

Posted by on March 17, 2008

When a water supply is contaminated, people are usually ordered to boil their H2O. But if Curt Elmore’s emergency drinking water system proves reliable, people will be able to drink water that has been treated with ultraviolet energy.

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Why are we losing Louisiana?

Posted by on March 17, 2008

The Mississippi Delta region was losing land long before Hurricane Katrina came ashore. But the correlation between land loss and the risk of flooding in the region is now more evident than ever.

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Up, up and away in my…glass balloon?

Posted by on November 19, 2007

Making a balloon out of glass might not seem like such a great idea on the surface – but Hank Rawlins, MetE’91, MS MetE’92, a graduate student in metallurgical engineering, thinks glass balloons might turn out to be the best way to put monitoring equipment in the upper atmosphere.

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Arsenic and old lead found in the Big Easy

Posted by on November 19, 2007

A team of UMR researchers found concentrations of leachable arsenic and lead above drinking water standards in sediment and soil samples collected from New Orleans’ parishes following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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These bridges won’t come falling down

Posted by on November 19, 2007

A group of UMR researchers led by Genda Chen has developed a way to retrofit bridges to help them withstand everything from blasts to earthquakes to old age.

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Shushing electric motors

Posted by on November 19, 2007

A UMR mechanical engineer and two of his colleagues have received a patent for a system that could improve the performance of electric motors.

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UMR research wins ‘Oscar of invention’

Posted by on November 19, 2007

While the chrome in your car’s bumper isn’t hazardous to your health, producing that chrome can be.

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EWB teams study waste management, energy solutions

Posted by on November 19, 2007

Members of the UMR chapter of Engineers Without Borders are working to design sustainable solutions to problems ranging from waste management to energy generation for residents of Bolivia, Guatemala and Honduras.

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