The vision for Missouri's Fort Leonard Wood Region is to be “a national center for research, education, technology transfer and advanced manufacturing.”
Research: Cutting edge research is conducted throughout the Region.
University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) research centers and institutes are actively working to solve problems worldwide while expanding our scientific knowledge. Their research faculty routinely works on projects with ramifications that push the boundaries of their respective fields of study:
Dr. David Summers of the UMR Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center is finding ways to detect and disable land mines with his center’s high pressure waterjet technology.
Dr. Delbert Day of the Materials Research Center is using glass to repair bones and ease suffering from a
