April 19, 2024
Nine engineering students took honors at Show Me Research Week on campus last week.
Show Me Research Week, a collaboration between MU’s Office of Undergraduate Research and the Bond Life Sciences Center, included poster presentations, guest lectures and special activities. More than 55 engineering students presented.
Winners of the Forum Presentation Awards in Engineering Sciences were:
Undergraduate
2nd Place: Marissa Moore, chemical engineering, under the mentorship of Associate Professor Bret Ulery
3rd Place: Emma McDougal, chemical engineering, under the mentorship of Associate Professor Bret Ulery
Graduate
1st Place: Meftah Uddin, mechanical and aerospace engineering, under the mentorship of Sanjeev Khanna
2nd Place: Mustahsin Reasad, civil engineering, under the mentorship of Assistant Professor Binbin Wang
3rd Place: Sumit, biological engineering, under the mentorship of Assistant Professor Pavel Somavat
Engineering students also won awards in non-engineering categories, including:
Huda Alqader, civil engineering, under the mentorship of Associate Professor Sarah Orton, placed 1st in the Humanities for Graduate/Postdoctoral Students.
Ruichen Xu, civil engineering, under the mentorship of Assistant Professor Binbin Wang, placed 2nd in Physical & Mathematical Sciences for Graduate/Postdoctoral Students.
Deshawn Sutton, biomedical engineering, under the mentorship of Associate Professor Praveen Rao, placed 1st in Informatics for Undergraduate Students.
Sabin Dahal, computer science, under the mentorship of Adjunct Assistant Professor Trupti Joshi, placed 2nd in Informatics for Graduate/Postdoctoral Students.
Show Me Research Week also recognized graduate students and faculty who were nominated for Undergraduate Mentor of the Year. From Mizzou Engineering, August Hemmerla, biological engineering, was nominated.
See a list of all presenters here.