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Group of students around table.

Materializing creativity: REU promotes imagination in research

Students participating in an NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates learned to incorporate creativity into research.

Burns and McDonnell internship - summer 2021 hands-on engineering experiences

Hands-on engineering experience

Learn how several Mizzou Engineering students are getting hands-on experiences as interns at Burns & McDonnell this summer.

Faculty participate in a creativity activity.

Faculty cultivate creativity at NSF-funded academy

Biomedical, biological and chemical engineering faculty aim to incorporate creativity into the classroom following NSF-funded academy.

A member of Army Ants shows where a computer chip is place inside a compression sock.

Army Ants robotics team wins top design in global competition

The Army Ants, Columbia’s FIRST® Robotics Competition team, took home the 2021 Global Innovation Design Award in the FIRST Robotics Competition.

Device used to measure material properties

Designing new ways to understand material

A Mizzou Engineer has designed two techniques for understanding the behavior of materials. The discoveries could be a game-changer for material scientists working to improve batteries and other technologies.

Portrait: Yi Shang

Engineering Professor’s Company One of Three Startups Recognized at Mizzou Event

 Mizzou Engineering faculty were recognized last month for taking their research ideas to market. Professor Yi Shang’s company, TigerAware, was among just three from across campus recognized for becoming startups and making first sales of products using MU technologies. The Office of Research and Economic Development hosted “Taking Your ideas to Market” on April 29. The celebration…

Army Ants group photo

Army Ants Robotics Team Secures Spot in International Finals

Columbia’s FIRST® Robotics Competition team is one of just 20 teams worldwide, and the only team in the entire Midwest, to be selected as a finalist for the FIRST Global Innovation Awards.

A student shows off a mortarboard decorated with the image of the three-leaf clover representing Mizzou Engineering.

Mizzou Engineering Celebrates Class of 2021

Mizzou Engineering’s Class of 2021 faced unprecedented challenges to get to Spring Commencement — and became engineers along the way.

Portrait: Veronica Fritz

Getting her hands dirty

Veronica Fritz, 2021 Udall Scholarship recipient, received the high honor based partly on her passion for environmental work.

Portrait: Baolin Deng

Improving health by improving water filtration

A research team led by Mizzou Engineers recently published an article on how to potentially remove arsenic from ground water more efficiently with less expense for household use.