Student Success

Ashton Wooster

June 26, 2026

Mizzou Engineering senior receives leadership award

Ashton Wooster’s Remington R. Williams Award, the UM System’s highest student leadership award, celebrates his commitment to service, leadership and academic excellence.

Lafferre Hall

June 25, 2026

Engineering the realities of the future

Five new engineering degree programs will prepare students for the next generation of innovation in aerospace, artificial intelligence, construction management and materials science.

Taesic Kim, Praveen Rao, Peifen Zhu, Brendan Alvey and Syed Kamrul Islam

June 23, 2026

Innovative instruction offers students the best of both worlds

Engineering faculty are integrating AI into the classroom while preserving the fundamentals that make Mizzou graduates so effective in the workplace and laboratory.

Sharan Srinivas and Arghadeep Mitra

June 18, 2026

Optimizing warehouse execution through human-robot collaboration

Engineering researchers address unpredictable environments with a system designed to coordinate human workers, autonomous mobile robots and operational workflows.

Ashlyn Ohlms, Nique Fajors and Diego Ochoa

June 9, 2026

‘Instead of waiting for opportunities, take the initiative’

Mechanical engineering undergrads Diego Ochoa and Ashlyn Ohlms won the Entrepreneurship Alliance competition with a medical device born of insight, ambition and collaboration.

Torq’n Tigers A-Team members

June 5, 2026

Torq’N Tigers dominate international tractor competition

Mizzou took first in performance, durability and 1,100-pound low-hook pull and fifth overall in the ASABE International Quarter Scale Tractor Student Design Competition.

Lafferre entrance

May 26, 2026

Mizzou Engineering Spring 2026 capstone projects

Mizzou Engineers helped predict no-shows to medical appointments, detected bot behavior, used augmented reality to aid during onboarding and more through senior capstone projects.

Mechanical engineering students Andrew Kabrick, Noah McMullen, Jacob Lakenburger, Ben Higgins, Jack Knop and Trevor Blanken.

May 19, 2026

A smarter way to lift heavy loads

Mechanical engineering students designed an elevator to move firewood and other heavy loads from ground level to deck height safely and easily.

Information technology students Sam Herrmann, Andy Cross, Quincy Crawford and Tyler LePlant.

May 19, 2026

Connecting in virtual spaces without tech barriers

Information technology students removed hardware and platform limitations to enable VR and desktop users to socialize together in a virtual environment.

Industrial engineering students Dylan Kracht, Ryan Dodson, Thomas Willerth and Abbosjon Abdullaev.

May 19, 2026

Using AR to save time and money

Industrial engineering students developed an augmented reality module to save Unilever time and money during onboarding.