Outreach and Engagement, Page 2

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Mizzou faculty discuss road projects during MSPE Fall PDH Days

Two civil engineering faculty members joined industry professionals and state agencies for the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE) Fall PDH Days in October.

transportation workers fixing a road. Photo courtesy of the Missouri Department of Transportation.

University of Missouri establishes Missouri Work Zone Safety Center of Excellence

As the State of Missouri embarks on the expansion of Interstate 70, the vital east-west transportation corridor connecting St. Louis and Kansas City, researchers at the University of Missouri are preparing to leverage the institution’s 30-plus years of proven expertise in highway work zone safety research to help keep drivers and workers safe during the estimated five-to-seven-year project.

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Mizzou Engineers highlight projects during Missouri transportation summit

Mizzou Engineers joined state leaders to discuss ongoing transportation projects, infrastructure needs and related research during the Missouri Chamber of Commerce Transportation Future Summit in Columbia last week.

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Explore internships, co-ops, job opportunities at Fall 2023 Mizzou Engineering Career Fair

Whether you’re a senior graduating in May or a freshman just starting college, it’s not too early to start thinking about the Mizzou Engineering Fall 2023 Career Fair.

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Engineers share expertise around Nautilus with Great Plains Network

Mizzou Engineers are sharing their expertise around the National Research Platform, or Nautilus, with academic peers and leaders across the state this year. Nautilus is a massively scaled hypercluster with thousands of compute nodes located all across the U.S. and powered by Kubernetes, an open source software platform.

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Industry consortium guides expansion of construction management programming

Mizzou Engineering continues to expand programming around construction management with assistance from industry representatives from some of the top firms in the country.

Student Capstones Spring 2023 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Computer science students connect with local bakery for capstone project

Computer science students in the capstone group Pecan π Shop created a web application for bakery owners to manage all aspects of their businesses. The project was one of many that CS students worked on for their capstone course, a class that connects student groups with industry partners to solve a real-world problem.

Student Capstones Spring 2023 Industrial and Systems Engineering

Industrial engineering students optimize healthcare systems for capstone project

Industrial engineering students this past semester developed a new model to improve patient flow at MU Health Care. The project was part of a capstone class, which allows seniors to wrap up their industrial engineering degrees by solving real-world problems.

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Robotics Challenge, summer camps inspire younger students to study STEM

More than 150 elementary students from across Missouri built robots out of LEGOs and gained a better understanding of engineering during the Mizzou Robotics Design Challenge held in April.

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Girls and families explore STEM, Mizzou Engineering at Daughter Day

Girls from the community were introduced to the world of engineering this past weekend and learned that when imagination meets innovation, anything is possible.