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Thulasi Kumar to lead IR at UMR

Posted by on November 19, 2007

Thulasi Kumar, former director of institutional research at the University of Northern Iowa, started work as director of institutional research and assessment at UMR on July 1.

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1,400 recruiters seek UMR graduates

Posted by on November 19, 2007

The 2006-2007 school year was a record-breaker for the UMR Career Opportunities Center.

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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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Helping meet the biodiesel mandate

Posted by on November 19, 2007

If the Missouri Department of Transportation improved its sources of biodiesel, the department would be able to meet a legislative mandate requiring 75 percent of its diesel vehicle fleet and heavy equipment be fueled with B-20 – biodiesel.

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Summer’s heat wave stressed nation’s power system

Posted by on November 19, 2007

Increasing demands on an aging U.S. power infrastructure made headlines last summer as temperatures in the Midwest and South topped 100 degrees.

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