Student Success

Portraits of students recognized with the Award for Academic Distinction

May 4, 2021

Four Mizzou Engineers Recognized for Academic Distinction

Four Mizzou Engineers were recognized with the Academic Award for Distinction from the University of Missouri. Campus leaders presented the award to a total of 15 recipients across Mizzou at a small ceremony this past weekend.

Portraits of the Market Flow team

May 4, 2021

Seniors Create MarketFlow System that Uses Machine Learning to Trade Stocks

Computer science students at Mizzou Engineering have come up with a way to use machine learning to buy and sell stocks. They developed the system, MarketFlow, this semester as part of a year-long senior project in Instructor Gary McKenzie’s capstone class.

Portrait of the Mizzou Space Program team

May 3, 2021

Mizzou Space Program launches into Argonia Cup

The small village of Argonia, Kansas, is probably not your first choice of destinations for a spring break trip. However, eight members of the Mizzou Space Program (MSP) traveled there to participate in a rocketry contest this year.

94th Annual Tap Day illustration

May 3, 2021

Engineers “tapped” for Mizzou secret societies

Several Engineering students were “tapped” to become members of Mizzou secret honorary societies at the 2021 Tap Day ceremonies.

April 30, 2021

Competition teams place in contests; Steel Bridge Team advances to nationals

Mizzou Engineering’s Steel Bridge Team and Concrete Canoe Team both competed and won select categories in their recent regional competitions, with both teams finishing third overall, respectively.

April 27, 2021

Mizzou Engineer to Present at Posters on the Hill

A Mizzou Engineer will be among 60 students presenting this week at Posters on the Hill, a prestigious Washington D.C.-based event that showcases top undergraduate researchers in the country. Rebecca Shyu, who is majoring in computer science, presents virtually on Wednesday, April 28.

Student working in state-of-the-art computer lab

April 23, 2021

Accelerated Master’s Degree Now Available for EECS Students

Students can now complete both a bachelor’s and master’s in computer science, computer engineering or electrical engineering in just five years. Undergraduate students who have completed at least 90 credit hours and have a 3.0 GPA or higher are eligible to apply for the accelerated master's program.

April 22, 2021

Mizzou NSBE members win honors at national convention

The Mizzou chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) once again proved its members are leaders within the engineering student community. Three members won various accolades during the virtual NSBE47: The Holistic Engineer national convention earlier this month.

April 21, 2021

Student-veteran soars into career

A soon-to-be Mizzou Engineering graduate's career path will come full circle when he starts a job as an aircraft systems designer at Garmin in May. Caleb Edmonds, a senior from Parkville, Missouri, will focus on the installation of Garmin’s auto pilot systems into many types of aircraft.

Concrete canoe team

April 19, 2021

Cementing Skills and Fun

Mizzou Engineering students just completed the building of an item that sounds impossible to construct – a concrete canoe. Yet the Concrete Canoe Team spends many hours every year doing just that.