High Impact Research, Scholarship and Creative Works

Gema Diaz Bukvic

April 20, 2026

Recognizing achievements and inspiring futures

Mizzou Engineering Research Day offered an opportunity to engage over high-impact engineering research, mentoring and student innovation.

James Stannard

April 20, 2026

Sterilizing surgical implants with neutrons could reduce infections

Mizzou researchers have created a new way to kill bacteria that gets trapped within surgical implants.

Sonia Norouzi Esfahany

April 15, 2026

Cross-campus collaboration leads to materials breakthrough

Mizzou researchers have introduced a novel bioadhesive material platform that will enable next-generation devices with shape memory behavior.

Gary Baker and Zhongyu Yang in the lab

April 13, 2026

Mizzou researchers build ‘green’ protection for fragile enzymes

The new water-based process could reduce or eliminate toxic organic solvents from the manufacturing of medicines, biofuels and food.

Maryam Salehi, Dibya Kanti Datta and Atif Bashir in the lab

April 1, 2026

Engineering researchers challenge assumptions about modern plumbing

A new study demonstrates how disinfectants oxidize plastic pipes over time, influencing how they accumulate heavy metal particles in water.

Marisa Chrysochoou, Zheng Yan, Jennifer Fiegel

March 24, 2026

Yan’s research recognized at campus and national level

The Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity in Physical and Mathematical Sciences comes on the heels of a $2.3m NIH award.

Audrey Steinert, Kyle Bush, Lauren Jones and Caden Davis

March 18, 2026

Caden Davis places third at IISE Regional Paper Competition

His study combines AI and operations management methods to translate customer reviews into insights that support better decision making.

Shivam Shrivastava and Hyeong Suk Na

March 10, 2026

AWS supports Mizzou researcher to advance disaster damage assessment

Assistant Professor Hyeong Suk Na will expand cloud-based AI research while creating new student training opportunities in geospatial analytics.

Anti-missile defense launch

March 9, 2026

Mizzou Engineering will contribute to missile defense SHIELD

Researchers recently received a 10-year federal contract to support development of advanced, multi-domain defenses against hypersonic, ballistic and cruise missiles.

Caixia

March 5, 2026

Sowing the seeds of agricultural and economic security

An interdisciplinary project aims to help farmers extract value from low-cost resources to improve soil health and maximize productivity and profitability.