Mizzou Engineering Student Council earns honors for outreach initiatives

Mizzou Engineering Student Council (MESC) was recognized at the National Association of Engineering Student Council West Conference for exceptional outreach efforts.

Expanding understanding: computer science student shares benefits of undergraduate research

Miles Farmer came to Mizzou Engineering to take advantage of opportunities and tailor his degree to his long-term goals. Now, a sophomore computer science and math major, he’s already conducting undergraduate research and thinking about graduate school.

Researcher outlines process to simplify manufacturing of solid-state lighting

LED lighting is replacing traditional incandescent lighting across the country. These light-emitting diodes are energy efficient, but also problematic. Not only are they costly, they also emit harsh blue lighting that’s polluting our night sky and interrupting our sleep patterns. Mizzou Engineering’s Peifen Zhu is coming up with better solid-state lighting technology.

Five inducted into Chemical Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni

Chemical Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni inductees. Five new members were inducted into the Chemical Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni in October. Now in its 10th year, the Academy recognizes the program’s most prominent alumni and friends. “Members of this esteemed alumni academy exemplify the best in engineering, philanthropy and service,” said Kevin Gillis, chair…

12 inducted into ISE Hall of Fame

2023 ISE Hall of Fame inductees Twelve alumni were inducted into the Industrial and Systems Engineering Hall of Fame at an awards banquet this past weekend.

Distinguished alumni panelists tout benefits of industrial engineering degree

Students interested in business or technical leadership who want to keep career options open should consider a degree in industrial engineering, a group of distinguished Mizzou alumni agreed last week.

Mizzou Engineer part of Dept. of Energy project to cut greenhouse gas emissions at wastewater treatment plants

A Mizzou Engineer is part of a multi-disciplinary team working to improve wastewater treatment processes to cut greenhouse gas emissions by half without increasing costs to plants.

Benefits of graduate school touted at Engineering Research Open House

Undergraduate students had the opportunity to hear about graduate research projects during the Research Open House. Earning a master’s degree means seeing a significant increase in your earning potential for life, and the payoff is even greater when you complete at Ph.D. In addition to becoming an expert in your field and gaining a competitive edge in the workforce, graduate students also conduct world-changing research.

Expert in electronics, biomedical devices gives invited talks in Italy, Alabama

Syed Kamrul Islam, chair of electrical engineering and computer science at Mizzou, shared his expertise at two invited talks this past month, including an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International event in Italy.

Engineering team places first, third at inaugural segmentation challenge

A Mizzou Engineering team took first and third place at a new competition aimed to advance methods to not only detect but also trace the 3D shape of a specific type of brain lesion in newborns. The BONBID-HIE Lesion Segmentation Challenge was part of the International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2023) and sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and its Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging Developmental Science Center and Harvard Medical School.