CEE Research

From left, Linlin Zhang, Tanner Muturi and Neema Jakisa Owor

Jan. 15, 2025

Mizzou civil engineering students shine at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 

Four civil engineering PhD students attended the conference presenting their research around improvements in transportation and safety. Two of the students received an award for their co-authored work.
Building collapse compared to model

Dec. 2, 2024

Planning ahead of a collapse

Mizzou Engineer Sarah Orton is analyzing patterns in falling debris to halt building collapses and prevent fatalities.
Dr. Yazdani-ASME Award

Nov. 22, 2024

Mizzou Engineer honored as ASME Rising Star

Hessam Yazdani, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Missouri, has been recognized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) with a certificate acknowledging his distinguished achievements in engineering mechanics.
Oliver Giraldo-Londoño

Nov. 22, 2024

Giraldo-Londoño awarded Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant

Oliver Giraldo-Londoño received one of five Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grants from the (ASME) Applied Mechanics Division.
Gema Diaz Bukvic in Maria Fidalgo's lab

Oct. 29, 2024

Filtering out forever chemicals

Mizzou Engineers secured an EPA grant to pursue an innovative method to remove PFAS from water and degrade the chemicals.
Bill Buttlar and Punya Rath examine rubber-modified asphalt in the Mizzou Asphalt Pavement and Innovation Lab in Lafferre Hall.

Oct. 15, 2024

Where rubber meets the road

Mizzou researchers are devising a way to demonstrate how rubber-based asphalt reduces greenhouse emissions.
Maryam Salehi and graduate student Anandu Gopakumar Nair investigate filter properties in her lab in Lafferre Hall.

Sep. 16, 2024

Designing a better water filter

Mizzou researcher Maryam Salehi is developing a fabric-like filter to remove tiny plastics and lead from drinking water.
Maryam Salehi studied microplastics in Germany this summer

Sep. 4, 2024

Investigating microplastics

Maryam Salehi from Mizzou’s College of Engineering spent the summer studying microplastics with colleagues in Germany.
Natural seep bubbles

July 9, 2024

Bubbling with curiosity: Mizzou engineer investigates oceanic phenomenon

Binbin Wang has spent years researching hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico and discovering how natural seeps in the ocean floor affect the environment. He is now working on a long-term research project using a National Science Foundation research vessel. 

June 7, 2024

Missouri Water Center receives more than $700,000 in EPA seed grant funding

Cross-disciplinary researchers to look at water quality, quantity issues through eight research and education projects at the Missouri Water Center.