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Thursday, May 9th, 2013

Study abroad serves as launching pad for graduate’s global studies

A study abroad trip to Ireland gave graduating mechanical engineering senior Lily Ellebracht a taste of international study. She isn’t fluent in Spanish, but that didn’t stop her from answering “Yes!” when she found she’d been accepted into graduate school in Barcelona, Spain.


Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

Student research mentor, posters garner awards

At the “Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum” held April 23, chemical engineering Assistant Professor Matthew Bernards won the Office of Undergraduate Research’s 2013 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, and engineering students took top honors for their research posters.


Monday, May 6th, 2013

Photo essay: Engineers race cardboard train against ‘Titanic’

A team of students from the College of Engineering raced against a cardboard Titanic Saturday, April 20 for the Second Mid-Missouri Cardboard Regatta 
Float Your Boat for the Food Bank, sponsored by the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.


Thursday, April 25th, 2013

Blast-resistant glass research places third

A University of Missouri College of Engineering student in mechanical and aerospace engineering won third place at a National Science Foundation (NSF) workshop for his work in producing a new, thinner variety of blast-resistant glass.


Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Trio competes at first international competition

A team of three students from the University of Missouri College of Engineering was one of two American teams to be the first participants of the International Grundfos Challenge. Daniel Nabelek, Adam Byrnes and Stephen Stepanovich took part in the international competition.


Friday, April 12th, 2013

Why does Mizzou need Engineering?

Mizzou’s campus is a hub for collaboration across disciplines.


Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

Undergraduate learns the value of hard work, leadership

Mechanical engineering senior Traonna Clark credits her experience with classes, internships, student organizations and work with the faculty for her success in college.


Monday, March 4th, 2013

Three engineers among Mizzou ’39

Each year the Mizzou Alumni Association Student Board reviews applications from top university seniors — weighing academic achievement, leadership and service to Mizzou and the community — to select the Mizzou ’39.


Monday, March 4th, 2013

New teaching approach solves more than just basic problems

With the completion of a pilot program in 2011, two mechanical engineering faculty members are moving forward with a method of learning they hope will teach students to teach themselves.


Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

MU team takes first at regional competition, advances to international level

After winning the regional Grundfos Challenge, three University of Missouri College of Engineering students are planning a spring trip to [...]


Friday, November 30th, 2012

Engineering students earn spots among McNair Scholars, publish research articles in annual journal

Two engineering students are among 18 University of Missouri students named to the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. Paulos [...]


Monday, October 29th, 2012

Jennings elected as ASME district vice-chair of communications

When junior mechanical and aerospace engineering student Jonathan Jennings joined the MU College of Engineering’s student chapter of the American [...]


Friday, September 7th, 2012

GAANN program enables MAE graduate students to pay it forward

In response to the national need for a workforce with the ability to compete in a global, high-tech economy, the [...]


Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

Mechanical engineering IAC reaches out to undergraduates

Helping engineering seniors who are about to enter the workforce has become a primary goal for members of the Mechanical [...]


Thursday, August 30th, 2012

Team’s proposal earns ‘Most Creative’ prize at RevCon Challenge

Two University of Missouri mechanical and aerospace engineering graduate students traveled to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) [...]


Thursday, August 30th, 2012

Competitions, conventions highlight year for mechanical engineering organizations

Student organizations and competition teams in mechanical engineering wrapped last spring having attended at least four competitions, hosted a regional [...]


Wednesday, August 29th, 2012

Chen joins MAE Department

After an accomplished career working on unconventional projects for NASA and, more recently, Teledyne Scientific — formerly Rockwell Science Center [...]


Tuesday, August 21st, 2012

MAE alumnus finds multiple ways to give back

Over 60 years after graduating, Mike Pedicini continues to use the engineering principles he learned at Mizzou. Pedicini graduated Mizzou [...]


Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

Rocket Team competes after 5 year hiatus

After a five-year interval of inactivity, students from the University of Missouri College of Engineering’s American Institute of Aeronautics and [...]


Friday, July 13th, 2012

MU Engineering names interim associate dean

Robert Tzou, James C. Dowell Professor and chairman of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department (MAE), has been appointed interim [...]


Monday, June 18th, 2012

Radiopharmaceutical production in the face of nuclear nonproliferation

According to the World Nuclear Association, approximately 90 percent of nuclear medicine procedures conducted worldwide are diagnostic in nature and [...]


Monday, June 18th, 2012

Better dental bond means fewer trips to the dentist

Clinical trials are expected to begin early this summer on a technology that aims to make visits to the dentist [...]


Friday, May 4th, 2012

Mizzou Engineering students rejuvenate rocket team for June competition

The University of Missouri College of Engineering hasn’t built a rocket in more than five years, but this year, the [...]


Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Undergraduate researchers present posters at annual forum

Fully 112 undergraduate students received support from the College of Engineering to conduct research this semester in a faculty mentor’s [...]


Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Project enables MU Engineering students to work on energy efficiency at Missouri farms

Sanjeev Khanna, a University of Missouri mechanical and aerospace engineering professor, and a team of engineering students found it necessary [...]


Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Engineering students receive annual Mizzou ’39 honors

Three students from the University of Missouri College of Engineering were among those honored in February in an annual ceremony [...]


Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

NASA donates jet engine

Students and visitors to the College of Engineering have a reason to stop and stare: a jet engine from NASA [...]


Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Mechanical engineering students present research at nuclear conference

Four mechanical engineering students and two faculty members traveled to Washington, D.C., in November to make presentations on their research [...]


Monday, February 13th, 2012

Event aims to create bonds among women in mechanical engineering

A discussion at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department’s (MAE) Industry Advisory Council (IAC) meeting last fall struck a note [...]


Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Industry support adds potential for capstone projects

Capstone: the high point; crowning achievement. For Mizzou Engineering seniors, as well as the thousands of students on the MU [...]