MINING
AT MISSOURI-ROLLA.
We would like to compliment ASEE
for its long-overdue article on
mining engineering (“Making
It Big,” Prism, Summer
2005). You have shared with the
engineering education community
something that we have known for
a lifetime: Mining engineering is
both fun and vital.
Inasmuch as we at the University
of Missouri-Rolla have a vigorous
mining program with an enrollment
to match—we expect soon to
be No. 1 in enrollment and research
output—and our students beat
Virginia Tech and Colorado School
of Mines to take first prize in
the National Stone, Sand and Gravel
Association-sponsored design contest,
we want to point out that our official
campus name is University of Missouri-Rolla.
UMR is a full-service engineering
university with an engineering enrollment
substantially larger than that found
in Columbia, which is sometimes
referred to as the University of
Missouri.
We would not want prospective students
or visitors to our Web sites to
be confused, so they should use
UMR as the identifier if they want
to contact us.
R.
Larry Grayson, Chair
Professor of Mining Engineering
Lee
W. Saperstein, Dean
Emeritus
Professor of Mining Engineering
University of Missouri-Rolla
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