The UMR-MEC* Conference on Energy was organized in 1974 with the purpose of providing social scientists, scientists and engineers a means for rapid communication of their most recent research results in the field of energy and to offer solutions to the energy related problems of local government, business, industry and the general public.
The Conference was sponsored by the University of Missouri-Rolla and the Governor's Energy Council within the State of Missouri Department of Natural Resources with the cooperation of many professional societies. Much of the conference support was provided by the Department of Natural Resources and through a program of company registrations. The conference was first called UMR-MEC* and later UMR-DNR** Conference on Energy.
The 1970s was a very turbulent time for energy and these papers provide a historic look at the times and the impetus for changes in energy sources and management.The conference was held at the University of Missouri--Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology). The following years have been digitized:- April 24-26, 1974
- October 7-9, 1975
- October 12-14, 1976
- October 11-13, 1977
- October 10-12, 1978
- October 14-16, 1980
To Browse by conference, jump to the year of the conference. The entire proceedings is presented first, followed by each presentation.
*University of Missouri--Rolla (UMR) - The Governor's Missouri Energy Council (MEC)
**University of Missouri--Rolla (UMR) - Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Conference Proceedings from 1978
Computer Modeling of a Solar Hot Water Collector System, Michael F. Bregar and William E. Stewart Jr.
National and Regional Agricultural Impact of Natural Gas Deregulation and Curtailment under a High Export Scenario, Barton C. English, Earl O. Heady, and Dan Dvoskin
Utility Rate Structures: What We Can and Should Do and What We Can’t and Should Not Do, Charles David Laderoute
An Energy Initiative -- To Inform the Public, James E. Beavers
America’s Energy Portrait -- 1978 and Beyond, Tom Day
Assessment of Residential Energy Use: Some Results and Methodologies, Gunar E. Liepins
Analysis of Residential Electric Demand in Southwestern Indiana, Mangi L. Agarwal
Planning for Energy Conservation -- A Cooperative City/University Effort, A. Richard Graham
A Case Study of Conservation in Space Heating Requirements of a Single-Family Home, Robert M. Boeke
Developing and Implementing a Municipal Energy Program, Howard Hufford, Steve Brooks, Ann Hall, and Nancy Southworth
Conducting Successful Energy Audits, J. M. Phillips, W. C. Turner, and R. E. Webb
The Role of the Energy Audit in Reducing Building Energy Consumption, William T. Snyder, Frederick W. Symonds, and Richard J. Jendrucko
The Role of The Energy Manager, Charles E. Dorgan
To Light Or Not to Light? -- That Is the Energy Question, J. Byron Nelson and Burns E. Hegler
Wood as an Energy Source in the Tennessee Valley Region, Richard L. Doub
Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste in a Fluidized Bed Reactor, Craig W. Mosley and Radon Tolman
Burning Wood as a Supplement to Solid Waste, Andrew R. Banta and William P. Smith
University of Missouri--Rolla Wood Energy Research, Yildirim Omurtag, V. J. Flanigan, and Nathan E. Welch
Energy Recovery from Organic Residues by Fluidized-Bed Combustion, V. F. Batson, L. G. Gale, W. L. Hurt, J. W. Stallings, and C. M. Young
LUNCHEON SPEAKER -- Future Energy Needs: Myths vs. Reality, Margaret N. Maxey
An Analysis of Investments in Residential Energy Conservation in Southeast Missouri, Ralph Gunderson
Combining Solar Heating with a Wood Burning Furnace, Kenneth Bechtold and William E. Stewart Jr.
A Solar-Cooling Pool Assisted Heat Pump System, Walter J. Schaetzle
Energy Evaluation and Component Characterization Data in a Residential Solar Monitoring Program, Gene E. Kouba, William P. Moran, and Bruce V. Ketcham
Oil Shale Energy and the Environment, Stephen Utter
Carrying Water to Newcastle, Lloyd Lore Wartes
Effective Use of Bottom Ash as a Geotechnical Material, Braja M. Das, Ali A. Selim, and Tom W. Pfeifle
Industrial Energy Conservation through Boiler Operation Efficiency Improvement, Dupree Maples and G. D. Whitehouse
Energy Conservation on Forklift Truck Operations, Robert C. Weber, Paul Gies, and James Seifert
New Concept in Louver Blade Design Reduces Energy Losses, Peggy Kitchen and R. David Moore
Industrial Energy Conservation: In-Plant Recirculation of Cleaned Exhaust Air, Richard L. Shelton
The Impact of Public Transportation Policy to Affect Energy Conservation (A Case Study), Ali A. Selim, John T. Kretzer, and Braja M. Das
Energy Aspects of Rural School Bus Transportation, Kirk R. Hastain and Frank A. Gerig
Multimodal Analysis of the Western Coal Transportation System, Kenneth Ebeling and Kam Li
Transporting Coal in Containers Through Pipeline -- A Feasibility Study, Henry Liu
Fuel Gas from Wood Waste, V. K. Mathur and R. A. Caughey
BANQUET SPEAKER: Energy -- What We Must Do, Peter Van Nort
An Analysis of Solar Heating Costs in Arkansas Broiler Houses, Ralph Gunderson and J. Martin Redfern
Principles of Design of a Solar Heated House, Alex Stefanovic and Chaman Kashkari
An Architectural Application for FCHART (Solar Feasibility in the Midwest), Rodney Wright and Larry Dieckmann
It's the Effort that Counts, Wayne L. Daniel
Reducing Heat Losses with Ceramic Fiber, Ronald E. Domst
Waste Heat Recovery in Oklahoma Industry, W. C. Turner, R. E. Webb, and J. M. Phillips
Possibilities of Combined Heat Recovery and Air Pollution Control Systems, V. Frank Mach
Electric Thermal, High Temperature Storage Heater Design Procedures, D. Bowman, R. S. Ramshaw, and S. Stricker
Heat Recovery System for Glass Melting Furnace, Milton J. Murry
Usable Energy Resources Expand Under the Economic Pressures of Fuel Scarcity, Raphael Shen
Geostatistics: A Powerful Tool in the Evaluation of Energy Resources, Jean-Michel M. Rendu
The Development of Coal-Based Emulsions and their Potential Impact on the National Economy, Murphy I. Song
The Cost of Crop Residues as an Auxiliary Fuel Source for Coal-Fired Power Plants, Cameron Short, Burton C. English, Steve K. Johnson, and Earl O. Heady
Conference Proceedings from 1977
4th Annual UMR-DNR Conference on Energy -- Entire Proceedings, University of Missouri--Rolla
Front Matter, University of Missouri--Rolla
Introductory Remarks, Dudley Thompson
The Energy Crisis: The Challenge for Nuclear Regulation, Richard T. Kennedy
Session Information, Table of Contents, University of Missouri--Rolla
Energy Conservation in Ammonia Production, Yash P. Gupta and Donald B. Wilson
Energy Conservation and U.S. Farm Production Patterns, Angelos Pagoulatos
The National Solar Energy Research Institute: Function, Organization, and the First Six Months, Dennis R. Costello
Design Optimization for Solar Array of Multiple Collector Types, Jerry O. Bradley, David Posner, and C. E. Bingham
Estimating Hourly Solar Radiation for One-Axis Tracking Focusing Collectors, Carl E. Bingham, David M. Posner, and Jerry O. Bradley
Coal Gasification and Its Alternatives, Robert L. Huffman
Stability of Premixed H₂/O₂/N₂ Combusting Turbulent Jets, H. F. Nelson
Current State-Of-The-Art Of Electrochemical Batteries From a Users Point of View, John G. Wolter, John A. Gilbert, and James V. Leonard
The Environmental Effects of Uranium Exploration and Mining, Nicholas H. Tibbs, David L. Rath, and Thomas K. Donovan
Assessing Environmental Costs of Energy Procurement, Ronald G. Alderfer
Dissolution of Kansas Evaporites, The Radioactive Waste Disposal Problem, Barbara J. Smith
Control of Trace Elements During the Increasing Development of Coal For Energy, Bobby G. Wixson and Ernst Bolter
Regulatory Effectiveness in The Electric Utility Industry: An Empirical Analysis, Michael A. Zimmer
Life Cycle Costing of Energy Systems, William R. Baker
Competition in National And Appalachian Coal Markets, Walter P. Page
Luncheon Speaker, Carolyn Ashford
Conserving Energy and Protecting Environment by Using Freight Pipelines -- A Technology Assessment, Henry Liu and Donald L. Gibson
Increased Aluminum Use and Its Impact on the Life-Cycle Energy Cost of Automobiles, Yildirim Omurtag
National Defense Aspects of Energy Imports, Robert A. Weatherup
The Operator’s Guide For Minimizing Energy Costs, Charles Dare and Frank A. Gerig
Reducing Electrical Power Demand for Industries, Burns E. Hegler, J. Byron Nelson, and Rene O. Harrell
A Methodology for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Energy Conservation Programs, Herbert M. Eckerlin
Emerson Electric -- Application and Results of an Electric Energy Audit, Bruce E. Jacobs and Yildirim Omurtag
A Survey of Energy Information Systems and Its Implications for Industrial Energy Management, Yildirim Omurtag, Henry Sineath, and Henry Allen Wiebe
A Solar Energy System for Space Heating and Space Cooling, Thomas J. McNamara
Barriers and Incentives to the Commercialization of Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings, Dennis R. Costello and David M. Posner
The National Program for Solar Energy, Keith Davidson, Richard J. Gariboldi, and John J. Purcell
Forest Residues As An Alternate Energy Source, John G. Riley and Norman Smith
Steam Raising With Low-BTU Gas Generators and Potential for Other Applications, Robert Owen Williams, John R. Goss, Brian C. Horsfield, and Robert Hodam
Cost Effectiveness of Bio-Gas Systems for Dairy Farms, J. C. Oppenlander, E. A. Cassell, and R. N. Downer
Large and Small Applications of Energy Farming, Oliver C. Sitton, E. A. Kobylinski, and J. L. Gaddy
Economic Restraints on Reduced Energy Use in Agriculture, Lowell D. Hill
Economic Optimization of Heatpump Assisted Solar Heating in Illinois, Ali Shams and Edward A. Mass
Plutonium Assessment Modeling -- Government Policy, Non-Proliferation, and the Government Fence, Harold A. Kurstedt Jr. and Joel A. Nachlas
A Strategy For Utilizing Nuclear Power, Edward J. Martens
Comparison of Nuclear and Coal Power Plants Using Net Energy Analysis, Nicholas Tsoulfanidis and Gazendra Suwal
Attitudes Towards Quality in the Design and Construction of Nuclear Power Plants, Daniel L. Babcock and Larry G. Harmon
Energy Consumption of Household Consumer Products, Michael G. Scott and Blaine N. Ouimette
Consumers’ Attitude Toward Energy Conservation in a Middle-Size City, Mangi Agarwal and Dan Johnson
Land Use and Energy Utilization for the St. Louis SMSA, Norval D. Wallace and Alfred Kahn
Household Energy Availability and Use -- A Systems Theory Formulation, Charles Geiger and Milton E. Harvey
Energy Savings At No Cost, J. E. Mosimann
Federal Automobile Fuel Economy Standards -- A Status Report, Stanley R. Scheiner
Systematic Implementation of Local, State and Federal Regulations to Control Transportation and Land Use Can Reduce Energy Required for Transportation, J. Larry Josey and J. Edwin Clark
Improving Energy Efficiency by Federal Regulation, Barry Hyman and Burns E. Hegler
