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Engineering an Olympic Opportunity
January 25, 2021

Engineering an Olympic Opportunity

by Michael Zweifel

Engineering spans into almost every part of one’s daily life. For senior Sarah Thompson, this includes being a student-athlete on the Mizzou swim team. The biological engineering major enjoys learning the science behind being a better swimmer, including biology, fluid mechanics and materials science. “It’s cool to see the connections of how you can use […]

Developer Night Series Gives Students Opportunity to Boost Skills
January 19, 2021

Developer Night Series Gives Students Opportunity to Boost Skills

by Janese Heavin
Wergeles The Information Technology Program will continue its popular Developer Night series this semester after the events transitioned to a virtual format last year. “In some ways, the virtual setting has been better because it’s more convenient for students,” said Nickolas Wergeles, an assistant professor of professional practice who leads the events. “And our students [...]
Oruche Receives Stipend from Koerner Family Foundation
January 15, 2021

Oruche Receives Stipend from Koerner Family Foundation

by Janese Heavin
A Mizzou Engineering student has received a $10,000 supplemental stipend from the Koerner Family Foundation. And for Roland Oruche, the funding could not have come at a better time. Now in his second year of the PhD program in computer science, Oruche was facing financial problems following COVID-19. The virus’s economic fallout impacted his educational [...]
Fales, Guidoboni Named Associate Deans
January 13, 2021

Fales, Guidoboni Named Associate Deans

by Janese Heavin
Roger Fales and Giovanna Guidoboni have been named associate deans at Mizzou Engineering. Mizzou Engineering has two new associate deans committed to student success and research excellence. Interim Dean Noah Manring named Roger Fales associate dean of student services & academic programs and Giovanna Guidoboni associate dean for research. “I look forward to supporting both [...]
IT Students Help Promote Missouri Bicentennial
January 4, 2021

IT Students Help Promote Missouri Bicentennial

by Janese Heavin
A graphic from Shawn Nguyen's video. The video is part of a promotion for Missouri 2021, a year-long celebration of the state's 200th birthday.   Missouri is celebrating its 200th birthday this year, and students in the Information Technology Program at Mizzou Engineering are helping get the party started. The students—in Chip Gubera’s Motion Graphics [...]
Computer Science Student Credits Class for Internship
December 23, 2020

Computer Science Student Credits Class for Internship

by Janese Heavin
A computer science student credits an advanced course for helping him snag an internship in software engineering. That’s because the interview process included a technical section covering topics he learned in Computer Science/Information Technology 3330. “The interview process included multiple behavioral interviews, and then a one-hour technical quiz,” said Adam M., who asked that his [...]
Mizzou Engineers Using Twitter to Track COVID-19
December 22, 2020

Mizzou Engineers Using Twitter to Track COVID-19

by Janese Heavin
Mizzou Engineers are taking to Twitter to track COVID-19 and analyze the virus's impact on individual health. Yijie Ren, Jiacheng Xie and Lei Jiang are using Twitter’s built-in programming interface to search tweets for key phrases such as “I tested positive.” From there, they’re delving deeper into the Twitter user’s account to log symptoms and [...]
Engineering Students Earn S.T.A.R. Certificate
December 21, 2020

Engineering Students Earn S.T.A.R. Certificate

by Janese Heavin
Six Mizzou Engineers were recognized by the university for being star students. The following students earned S.T.A.R. (Student Training for Advancing Research) designation for the Fall 2020 semester: Dee Archdekin, sophomore, computer science Graham Bond, sophomore, mechanical engineering Grant Coffey, freshman undeclared Rosalie Garzia, freshman, undeclared Caleb Hollenbeck, freshman, mechanical engineering Rachel Solverud, sophomore, biomedical [...]
Two Engineering Students Earn Scholarships from Campus Dining Services
December 21, 2020

Two Engineering Students Earn Scholarships from Campus Dining Services

by Janese Heavin
Two Mizzou Engineering students were among 13 students awarded scholarships from Campus Dining Services on Dec. 18. Alex Graef, a junior majoring in civil engineering, works at Plaza 900. Zach Weinreich, a junior computer science major, works at Mizzou Markets. The two were recognized for their reliability, quality of work, initiative, teamwork and contribution to [...]
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