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Omid Davami with other award winners from the ITS Heartland Research Competition

June 17, 2025

PhD student places third at ITS Heartland research competition

Sayedomidreza “Omid” Davami, a PhD student in civil engineering, won third place in the research poster competition at the ITS Heartland 2025 Annual Meeting.
students sitting on couches at a table bird's eye view

June 10, 2025

Mizzou Engineering Spring 2025 capstone projects

Mizzou Engineers proposed transportation solutions, improved video games, designed better safety equipment and more through hands-on senior capstone projects.
students Cayse Martin, Brian Schwartz, Cody Stiern, Tyler Ruhland and Elie Chammas

June 10, 2025

Prioritizing safety: mechanical engineering students design new construction helmet

For their spring capstone project, five mechanical engineers created a new helmet fit with environmental sensors to improve work zone safety.
Brian Bluhm, Ben Dargue, Kenneth Jackson, Daniel Kim and Aaron Trebus

June 8, 2025

Using AI to make video games more exciting

One group of Mizzou IT students integrated artificial intelligence (AI) into a video game to make it less predictable and increase immersion into their virtual world.
Kavin Trivedi, Austin Yarbrough and Martin Cueto Rasetti. Not pictured: Sam Kenyon

June 3, 2025

Industrial engineering students project six-figure savings for local business

Students partnered with CTI to optimize their supply ordering based on historical logistical data for their capstone project.
Parker Dierkens, Michael Hackmann, Olo Masiza, Alex Savas and Blake Simpson

June 1, 2025

Mizzou computer science students develop AI music mixer

Five computer science students developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model to revolutionize how people consume music.
From left, Maddie Beins, Cassie Lueck, Velissia Perez, Kaitlyn Blagg, and Campbell Marino

May 29, 2025

Mizzou civil engineering students develop a proposal to improve I-70

The students aimed to address traffic issues at two I-70 interchanges in Columbia: Providence Road and Rangeline Street.
Marisa Smith, Brenda Kudelka, Kaeden O’Connor and Brogan Haggerty

May 27, 2025

Students propose hydrogen plant with projected $4 billion revenue for capstone project

The chemical engineering team’s proposal was completed for their capstone project based on an AIChE Student Design Challenge prompt.
Derek Dannaldson

May 22, 2025

Derek Dannaldson named Boren Award recipient

The electrical engineering major will travel to Taiwan and participate in an accelerated Chinese language program.
Members of the Mizzou Engineering Class of 2025.

May 18, 2025

More than 400 Mizzou Engineers graduate during May commencement ceremony

More than 400 students graduated from Mizzou Engineering this past weekend during the commencement ceremony May 18, at Mizzou Arena.