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Mizzou Engineering confers more than 400 degrees at Spring Commencement

More than 400 students graduated from Mizzou Engineering this past weekend, the largest class since 2019. Roseanna N. Zia, Associate Dean of Research and Wollersheim Professor, joined UM President Mun Choi to confer degrees at the Sunday, May 14, ceremony at Mizzou Arena.

Andrew Chang and Dhruv Agarwal

Build a community with Mizzou SASE

Wrapping up its first year of being an active student organization, Mizzou’s chapter of the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) is looking forward to expanding programming and reaching out to more students in the Fall.

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Graduate student to use environmental engineering, data analysis skills at NASA

He grew up in a water-strapped village in Afghanistan, worked as a water engineer who helped similar communities and wants to continue to conduct research around environmental problems while teaching future generations. In the meantime, Jaweed Nazary will spend his summer working at NASA.

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Driving toward success

Four years ago, Ogheneobarome “Obaro” Emeje chose Mizzou to stay close to her family. Little did she know, she would find a second one once she arrived.

#MizzouMade graduates Katrina Brathwaite, Paul Hemingway, Jordan Hayes, Spencer Goldstein, Anusha Mishra and MIchael Stroud

Graduates reflect on time at Mizzou and look forward to the future

Each spring, Mizzou Engineering students bury their heads in coursework, try to enjoy the gorgeous weather and think about the exciting experiences that summer brings. For graduates, that routine changes as they look to their future careers, graduate school and new adventures.

Erika Zhou, a senior computer science student and treasurer and Stuart Aldrich, MUVR President (right)

Birds of a feather: VirtualHacks 2023 inspires flock of students to explore extended reality

Have you ever wanted to fly like a bird, complete tasks as a goose, or step inside the 2013 viral game, “Flappy Bird?” Extended reality (XR) makes it possible, as more than two dozen students demonstrated at a recent XR hackathon.

The Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe teams outside of Lafferre Hall before leaving for the competition at Kansas State University.

Civil engineering students take honors at regional competition

Mizzou civil engineering students won awards at the 2023 American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-America Student Conference, hosted by Kansas State University.

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Borgelt receives MU Advisor of the Year Award for service to students, E-Week

Steve Borgelt was honored this week with the University of Missouri’s Advisor of the Year Award for his more than decade of service as advisor of the Engineers’ Club and St. Patrick’s Board at Mizzou Engineering.

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Two Mizzou Engineers ‘tapped’ into honorary secret societies

Two Mizzou Engineers were selected to join Mizzou secret societies at Mizzou’s 96th annual Tap Day ceremony on Friday.

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Gregory Scholar, data science student studies augmented reality in advertising

Augmented reality (AR) can be an effective tool for brands to engage with consumers, so long as the features are useful, enjoyable and easy to activate. Those were some of Krutika Deshpande’s findings from her recent research project around the use of AR and storytelling by brands. Deshpande — a master’s student in data science and part of an interdisciplinary research program — presented the work at Show Me Research Week last month.