July 5, 2022
Civil engineer develops lesson plans around bridges as part of I-70 project
At a STEM Cubs event in June, students had the opportunity to build bridges out of candy and toothpicks. How do you construct a road over a river? Why do some bridges have steel arches over the roadway while others don’t? How do bridges work, anyway? Sarah Orton These are some of the questions Mizzou Engineering’s Sarah Orton will answer as she develops curriculum around bridge-building for K-12 schools across the state. Orton, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is working on the lesson plans with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and Lunda Construction, the…
June 29, 2022
Calyam selected to participate in MU Research Excellence Program
The award allows Calyam to recruit and hire a postdoctoral researcher in the field of cybersecurity and cloud computing
June 28, 2022
Engineers develop robot to automatically inspect heat exchangers
A Mizzou Engineering team is designing a robot that can automatically inspect heat exchangers, which are critical to generating electricity.
June 27, 2022
Personal health trackers may include smart face mask, other wearables
Zheng Yan, an assistant professor of biomedical, biological and chemical engineering recently published two studies demonstrating different ways to improve wearable bioelectronic devices.
June 24, 2022
Mizzou collaboration leads to national award
The Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation (MCTI) received a High Value Research award for its Pollinator Habitat Project from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
June 16, 2022
Cracking the code: Engineering team devises improved way to predict cracks
Rogelio Muñeton-Lopez, left, receives congratulations during the Engineering Mechanics Institute conference earlier this month where he was a finalist in the student paper competition for his work on predicting cracks. Cracks can cause serious problems on roads and bridges, as they compromise the strength and soundness of a structure. A Mizzou Engineering team has devised a way to better predict not only where a crack will occur but also the path it could take as it progresses. The work earned Rogelio Muñeton-Lopez, a master’s student in civil engineering, runner-up status at the Engineering Mechanics Institute conference earlier this…
June 15, 2022
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Chair to give plenary talk
Syed “Kamrul” Islam is giving a talk next week, one of many conferences he is participating in this year. The chair of electrical engineering and computer science at Mizzou Engineering is scheduled to give a plenary talk during a workshop in Lugano, Switzerland, next week. Syed “Kamrul” Islam will present work around biomedical sensors for point-of-care health monitoring systems. He is one of four plenary speakers at the fifth annual Quantum & Biomedical Applications Technologies and Sensors workshop set for June 20-21. “There is a lot of exciting work happening around sensors and technologies being used in health…
June 15, 2022
150 Years of Leadership: Michael Melton
Michael Melton, Esquire, is often asked whether he ever uses his bachelor’s degree in engineering. After all, he’s had an extraordinary career as a businessman, having started his own company after working for years as a patent attorney. Melton (BS EE ’81, JD ’84) is Founder and President of MEM Enterprises Group which owns, operates and manages Taco Bell and Five Guys Burgers restaurants and commercial real estate. The portfolio of Taco Bell restaurants is the largest owned by an exclusively African American group. The Five Guys portfolio includes the two highest-grossing locations in the United States. Before that,…
June 13, 2022
Limitless in Seattle
Reegan Spicer, a Mizzou industrial engineering student, traveled to the IISE Annual Conference in Seattle to explore career paths and enhance her engineering knowledge.
June 10, 2022
150 Years of Mizzou Engineering: 1936-1945
Our series on the history of the College picks up in the mid-1930s.