Formula SAE Team

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Developing new armor to protect soliders

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Engineers Without Borders

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Defining amphibian anatomy

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Communication chains in the cattle industry

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Lessons from history

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H20 and ultraviolet energy

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Solar House Team

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Breaking the collegiate human land speed record

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Bridge monitoring solutions

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UMR is helping MoDOT meet its biodiesel mandate

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UMR's Engineers Without Borders lend a hand

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Using vechiles to power the nation's grid

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Going to nationals with hydrochloric acid and magnesium

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Opium and the Sutro Tunnel. Connected by history.

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Where in the world are the next female computer science majors?

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Two UMR students with entrepreneurial ideas discuss their projects.

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The United States Air Force is looking to UMR for a revolutionary way to power everything from unmanned aerial vehicles to terrestrial robots.

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Gerald Cohen, a man that has spent more than one-third of his life doing research on the hot dog, has added "frogged up Murphies" (aka French fried potatoes) and other eatery slang to his menu of expertise.

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The use of monochloramine to disinfect drinking water can cause harmful levels of lead in the water.

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Powering cars and trucks with a fuel whose only byproduct is clean water would go a long way toward reducing air pollution.

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UMR researchers hope to improve the efficiency of ethanol production by reusing some of the waste products that are left behind.

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UMR researchers farm algae to produce crude oil.

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UMR engineering management students add restaurant to their plate.

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UMR students share the results from their commuter bus system feasibility study.

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A multidisciplinary team of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla took the $5,000 top prize this month in a helicopter design competition sponsored by the Huntsville, Ala., chapter of the American Helicopter Society.

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This spring break, students from two University of Missouri-Rolla classes will travel south with water on their minds. Not the kind of water with waves and sunny beaches: these students are using the break to help people in Guatemala improve the quality of water coming out of their taps. Keep up with the team's experience at Visions, UMR's research blog: http://visions.umr.edu.

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University of Missouri-Rolla researchers will soon connect in cyberspace with investigators around the world to conduct and observe earthquake experiments.

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From the power grid failures in 2003 to sending spaceships to Mars, UMR researchers are hard at work at coming up with ways to meet the ever increasing demands we put on our power systems.

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UMR researchers are impacting the medical field, from developing new statistical tools to help scientists find disease-causing genes to creating a "smart" sensor that can provide continous blood sugar monitoring. Learn more in this edition of TechnoFiles.

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How many times have you walked away from a meeting wishing you had said something that really needed to be said? How many times has a simple miscommunication cost a company millions of dollars or maybe even human lives? These kinds of things may become a thing of the past, for companies who choose to use a dialogue engineering software currently under development at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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Scientists are discovering a lot of interesting new properties these days about microbes and bacteria. In the not too distant future, we may be using these little bugs to help clean up oil spills or chemical waste areas. When fossilized and trapped in rock though, they can tell us an awful lot about life during their time. And in the case of the Mars Rovers, even of the existence of life on another planet.

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What damage have the recent hurricanes done to our petroleum industry? Will it last? Also, why is New Orleans below sea level? What about the levees and pumping stations? Find out the answers to your hurricane damage-related questions on this month's Technofiles!

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UMR Solar House Team members have been building the house on campus since January. Learn more about the project on today's TechnoFiles.

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This month's TechnoFiles program features UMR's Miners in Space Team.

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The newest edition of TechnoFiles takes a big look at the ways UMR researchers are thinking small. UMR faculty and students are leading research into the unknown world of nanotechnology.

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If two University of Missouri-Rolla chemistry students have their way, soybeans will one day line Missouri's highways -- literally.

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This week's show is all about cars. First, the role audience research plays in designing them, and second, the brand new UMR Solar Miner V is ready for unveiling.

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This week's show again has quite a bit to do with cars. Investment casting is a process used to manufacture many car parts, and has been for years. Thanks to new research and methodology at UMR, this proven process may take on a whole new meaning, making engines lighter and faster. On this program, we'll also talk with members of the Formula SAE Team about this year's car and the competition.

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This is earthquake month, and UMR is doing groundbreaking -- pardon the pun -- research into earthquake-resistant structures that can actually sense the onset of an earthquake and react accordingly.

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If terrorists strike again, lives and buildings could be spared with bomb- and impact-resistant buildings constructed using concepts being developed by researchers at UMR.

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We normally think of glass as being solid, brittle, and impervious to most of the elements. Would you be surprised to find out that many types of glass and ceramics can be constructed to break down, giving a time-release for chemical agents? There is fascinating research going on at UMR on how to use glass not only in this way, but to help the body in growing new bones.

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Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are one of terrorists' favorite weapons. Set off by a small radio-control transmitter, they kill and maim people all over the world. That may not be the case for long -- UMR researchers are working on ways to detect IEDs before they explode. Tune in to this month's Technofiles to find out all about it.

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This month's TechnoFiles could almost be called Bio-Technofiles. We start with the work done by Dr. Roger Brown on building glass structures that can be inserted in the body and used as a scaffolding for bone to grow on. From there we move on to the work Dr. Robert Aronstam is doing with figuring out what triggers the various genes in our DNA to act the way they do. It's a bold, new world in the field of biotechnology at UMR.

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This month's TechnoFiles has a lot to do with biology. First, Dr. Paula Lutz talks about her ongoing research with lead paint, it's effect on the human body, and ways she is finding to protect our children from it. Next, Dr. Dan Forciniti explains some of the ways he is researching to stop human proteins from sticking to surfaces like artificial heart valves.

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Today's show focuses on what very well be the future of space travel -- first, getting there and then how to build structures once on a foreign planet.

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UMR researchers are working to develop ultra-high-temperature ceramic tiles -- tiles that could be used on future space shuttles. Although the research is funded by a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Air Force, NASA and Boeing would benefit from their studies by applying the findings to plans for future space travel.

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Hydrogen fuel cell research is all the rage these days. How feasible are they? What do we expect them to power? What might a hydrogen refueling station look like in the not-so-distant future? Find out on today's Technofiles.

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We take a close look at some very small objects on today's show. First, Dr. Melanie Mormile tells us about the Extremophiles she is finding in the 2000 year-old ultra-salty mud of Soap Lake, Washington. Next, we move up to the area of the jet contrails, as we find out the latest research Dr. Phil Whitefield is undertaking on the particulate exhaust of jet airplanes, and what they may be doing to that narrow band of atmosphere where they spend the majority of their fuel.

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What do you get when you cross a biologist with a computer scientist? A Missouri frog that can be dissected around the world from the comfort of your computer screen. Find out about this project and the importance of frogs to environmental research on this edition of TechnoFiles.

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Michael Meagher and Larry Gragg, both from the UMR history department, join Wayne this week to talk about some interesting research on how politicians, specifically presidents, use fear to manipulate public opinion.

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This edition of TechnoFiles has to do with transportation. First, Dr. Mohammad Qureshi talks about his research with traffic lights, then student Gary Green explains his research project of helping to make concrete structures more resistant to earthquakes.

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Today's show is on neural networks and nanotechnology.

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Today's show is on virtual reality machines and friction-stir processing.

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Today's show focuses on mining research at UMR, featuring the student mine rescue and mucking teams.

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Today's show focuses on environmental sustainability.

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Today's show focuses on homeland security, from nuclear reactors to the power grid.

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Today's show focuses on fuel cell research.

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Today's show focuses on clean energy.

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