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.
June 9, 2022
Torq’N Tigers finish second at ASABE Quarter Scale Tractor Competition
Mizzou's Torq’N Tigers team earned second place honors at the ASABE International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition
June 7, 2022
Spring 2022 Dean’s List now available
The College of Engineering has released the Spring 2022 Dean's List.
June 7, 2022
ZouSim uses simulated environment to study driver behavior
Ericka Zhou participates in a traffic study using a simulated environment with graduate student Qingzhong Zeng in Professor Carlos Sun’s ZouSim Lab. Erika Zhou is “driving” 50 in a 60-mile-per-hour zone. When she approaches road work, her speed drops to about 15 below the posted limit. A few days later, Stuart Aldrich speeds down the same stretch of interstate, slowing slightly within the work zone. Here, there’s no right or wrong way to drive. Welcome to the ZouSim Lab at Mizzou Engineering, where highways and traffic come to life in a virtual setting. The lab has a driving simulator built…
June 6, 2022
Researcher continues work to decode genome sequences
In the future, hospitals and clinics may be able to better manage diseases by pinpointing exactly how an individual’s body will respond to treatment. But first, they need a fast, efficient and secure way to analyze DNA, or human genome sequences. Enter Praveen Rao, an associate professor with joint appointments in Health Management & Informatics and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. Rao has spent the past two years developing a software system for others to analyze and compare genomes more easily. Now, he has a two-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand upon that…
June 2, 2022
Heart of the matter: Oliver part of team devising new way to detect heart disease
PhD student Maggie Oliver is part of a team working on a novel way to detect heart disease. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., many times claiming its victims without warning. Maggie Oliver, a PhD student in mechanical engineering, hopes to help to change that. She’s working with Noah Manring, Dean of the College of Engineering and Ketcham Professor, and Dr. Senthil Kumar from University of Missouri Hospital on research that would make it easier to uncover signs of cardiovascular problems. For Oliver, the work is personal. “My grandma actually died of a…
May 31, 2022
Mizzou Engineering team devises novel way to non-invasively monitor heart problems
In the future, people with heart problems may be able to monitor their condition from home, ensuring they are taking the appropriate type and amount of medicine. That’s because a Mizzou Engineering research team has devised a way to non-invasively assess whether a person’s heart is in balance with the circulatory system. The work earned PhD student Mohamed Zaid the first-place award in the engineering and technology category at MU’s 38th annual Research and Creative Activities Forum held earlier this month. In addition to a monetary prize, the competition gives graduate students the opportunity to share their work…
May 25, 2022
Lee selected for prestigious Tau Beta Pi graduate fellowship
Brandon Lee has received a Tau Beta Pi graduate fellowship. Brandon Lee, BS ChE ’22, has been selected for a Tau Beta Pi graduate fellowship, which comes with a $10,000 stipend for advanced study. Lee was one of just 31 engineering students selected for the prestigious fellowship, which is based on high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession. Lee, like all fellows, is a member of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society and the world’s largest engineering society. Previously, Lee received a Tau Beta Pi Scholarship for his undergraduate work at…