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Design is an integral part of the UMR experience - one of the things that set us apart from the crowd.
UMR students have built dozens of cars, canoes and aircraft over the past decade. And in the process, they've built a reputation as tough competitors in international student design competitions. With recent national championships in the American Solar Challenge, the Human-Powered Vehicle Challenge and the International Intercollegiate Mining Competition, UMR's design teams have reinforced UMR's reputation as a technological university that offers a pragmatic education and prepares students for a lifetime of success.
Students who get involved in our many student design teams learn important life skills: teamwork and leadership, planning and problem-solving, and practical experience that helps build student resumes and pays off in the real world.
If you're a prospective student interested in getting your hands dirty building something from scratch, then we invite you to learn more about UMR. From sunbeams to big beams, UMR has a team for every student design competition under the sun. Here's a listing of the major ones:
Advanced Aero Vehicle Group
Aerospace Senior Design Class
The Big Beam Team
Ceramic Engineering Design Teams
Concrete Canoe Team
Formula SAE Team
FIRST Robotics Team
Human-Powered Vehicle Team
Hydrogen Fueling Station Team
IEEE Robotics Team
Mine Rescue Team
Mini-Baja Team
Mucking Teams (men's and women's)
Solar Car Team
Solar House Team
Steel Bridge Team
- Dr. Joan Woodard - Executive director and deputy secretary, Sandia National Laboratories
- Dr. Sandra Magnus - NASA astronaut
- Gary Forsee - CEO of Sprint
- Gen. (Ret.) Joe N. Ballard - Former commander of the Army Corps of Engineers
- Greg "Fossilman" Raymer - 2004 World Series of Poker champion
- Lora Roberts - Mystery novelist
- Steve Sullivan - 2001 Academy Award winner for visual effects; a principal engineer with George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic special effects company
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UMR students like to get dirty. The championship men's and women's mucking teams compete against teams from around the world in the Intercollegiate Mining Competition. The annual competition features events that are based on mining techniques used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as gold panning, and surveying. UMR is also the only university to have mine rescue teams that compete against industry mine rescue teams in a simulated mine disaster situation. The event includes a written exam and competitions involving first aid, gas testing and maintaining a complex self-contained breathing apparatus.
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Near the beginning of the 20th Century, a group of Rolla students declared St. Patrick the patron saint of engineers. Since then, the university has maintained a long tradition of celebrating St. Patrick's Day. For one week a year, students bash imaginary snakes with big sticks called shillelaghs, dye food and beverages green, grow long beards, select honorary knights and elect a queen of love and beauty. The festivities culminate with a parade through downtown Rolla on the weekend of St. Patrick's Day.
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