Nov. 15, 2022
150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 2000-2020
Our series exploring the history of Mizzou Engineering continues this month in the year 2000. As a new century dawned, the College experienced tremendous growth and expansion. Dean Jim Thompson worked to increase enrollment, creating a recruiting office and implementing statewide programs that promoted engineering opportunities to high school students and parents. Jim Thompson Thompson also focused on international collaborations, instituting a 2+2 Coordinated Undergraduate Degree Program that allowed international students to study two years at their home institutions before transferring to Mizzou to complete their degrees. And the College entered into memorandums of understanding with university partners around the…
Nov. 10, 2022
Researcher studying supercritical carbon dioxide for efficient applications
Chanwoo Park recently received funding from the U.S. Army to apply supercritical CO2 for cooling systems for unmanned airborne vehicles (UAVs) that take advantage of CO2 in an abnormal state somewhere between a vapor and a liquid.
Nov. 10, 2022
Team using fluorescent molecules as biomarkers to study secretion
An interdisciplinary research team received NSF funding to develop a method to follow biological activity using fluorescent molecules
Nov. 9, 2022
Hassan prepares for career in academia at Rising Stars in EECS workshop
PhD student Omiya Hassan had the opportunity to practice interviewing for jobs in academia during the Rising Stars in EECS career workshop held at the University of Texas at Austin last week.
Nov. 9, 2022
Marching Engineers: Students heading to Macy’s Day Parade with Marching Mizzou
Planning to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? Keep an ear open for the Missouri Waltz and an eye out for Mizzou Engineers. All 350 members of Marching Mizzou — many of them Mizzou Engineers — are headed to the Big Apple this month where they will perform in the parade and in front of a national audience.
Nov. 8, 2022
First-generation student overcomes fears to help lead largest hackathon on campus
Johnson Luu, a first-generation college student, helped lead TigerHacks this past weekend. What a difference three years make.
Nov. 8, 2022
Build virtual worlds, movie magic with 3D modeling and animation course
The 3D modeling and animation course teaches you to make digital assets for movies, marketing and more.
Nov. 1, 2022
Mizzou Engineering hosts biannual Missouri Bridge Conference
Mizzou Engineering recently hosted the biannual Missouri Bridge Conference, bringing representatives from academia, government agencies and industry together to discuss current challenges and priority projects.
Oct. 31, 2022
Five inducted into Chemical Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni
Five alumni were inducted into the Chemical Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni on Oct. 29 at a ceremony honoring their outstanding contributions to the field.
Oct. 31, 2022
Osaze earns 3MT People’s Choice Award for turning tricky plastic into insulation
A PhD student has discovered a way to turn unrecyclable plastic into building insulation that is 150% more effective than its untampered state on the market. For his research, Osasu Osaze earned the People’s Choice Award at this year’s 3MT competition sponsored by the University of Missouri Graduate School.