Aug. 12, 2021
Steve Pelch named 2020 Missouri Honor Award recipient
Steve Pelch (BS ME ‘87) received the 2020 Missouri Honor Award for Distinguished Service in Engineering, part of Mizzou Engineering’s Hall of Fame.
July 26, 2021
Hands-on engineering experience
Learn how several Mizzou Engineering students are getting hands-on experiences as interns at Burns & McDonnell this summer.
July 22, 2021
Loehr receives the Osterberg Award from Deep Foundations Institute
Erik Loehr accepted the Osterberg Memorial Award at the International Foundations Congress and Equipment Exposition in May.
July 16, 2021
Career takeoff
Electrical engineering alumnus Sean Earl leads flight testing efforts for major Boeing projects.
June 21, 2021
MAE alumnus to be professor at Hong Kong university
Research assistant professor Yangyang Chen Yangyang Chen, a research assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, will begin his faculty career at a world-renowned institution. He is going to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), rated the 56th best university in the world in 2021, according to Times Higher Education. “I’m very glad to have this opportunity to work at a top university in the world and to further my career”, he said. Chen, PhD ‘17, explained that HKUST is like most universities in the United States. It is a four-year research institution with very similar regulations.
June 14, 2021
Meet Noah Manring
Noah Manring What does it take to be an effective leader? Management skills? Of course. The ability to solve problems? Absolutely. A Mizzou Engineering education? Turns out, that’s proven to be key for hundreds of CEOs and managers. Meet Dean Noah Manring, who’s on a mission to ensure the College continues that long-standing tradition of graduating C-suite professionals. It’s not unusual for engineers to hold top positions. Google, Amazon, Microsoft — all founded and led by engineers. That’s true of non-tech companies, too: General Motors, Exxon Mobile, even a former CEO of McDonald’s started as an engineer. But Mizzou Engineering has…
June 10, 2021
Torq ‘N Tigers win five performance categories at international event
Members of the Torq ‘N Tigers team at the competition in Peoria, Illinois. Mizzou’s Torq ’N Tigers team took first place in five categories at the 2021 International 1/4 Scale Tractor Student Design Competition. Members of the team design and build a tractor each year for the competition. This year, they placed first in durability, low hook 1100-pound class, high hook 1100-pound class, low hook 1600-pound class and high hook 1600-pound class. They won five of the six in-person events held. They also participated in eight virtual categories against teams from across Canada and the United States. The American Society…
June 7, 2021
Meet Hongbin ‘Bill’ Ma
Imagine having a two-sided lunchbox that could keep your soda cool all day while also heating a can of soup at lunch. Or a temperature-controlled swimming pool that allowed you to swim in November. What about a high-tech beach umbrella that could keep you 15 degrees cooler than the air around it? Sound like a futuristic utopia? Meet Hongbin “Bill” Ma. Ma is professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Mizzou Engineering. This past year, he was elected a Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors — a highly prestigious honor bestowed on just 1,400 scientists around the world.
June 1, 2021
Nassar awarded NSF CAREER grant to explore mathematics of deployable structures
Assistant Professor Hussein Nassar recently received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant for his work on identifying unifying mathematical models that can explain the behavior of deployable structures. Research into these morphing metamaterials could aid in the designs of airbags, clothing, and even solar panels for space travel.
May 28, 2021
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.