Sep. 2, 2021

Tracking traffic crashes: Researcher, Missouri State Highway Patrol working to understand where, when accidents happen

In addition to potential injuries and property damage, traffic crashes can cause a lot of disruptions from making people late to work to delaying package delivery. A Mizzou Engineer is working with the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) to better understand when and where traffic accidents happen in hopes of minimizing those disruptions.

Sep. 1, 2021

Researcher helps AAAS, HBCU group envision a zero hunger world

Solving issues around global hunger will require collaboration among diverse groups approaching the problem from multiple angles. That was one take-away from a presentation Mizzou’s Kiruba Krishnaswamy gave on Aug. 26 at a webinar hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Aug. 31, 2021

Midwest Industrial Assessment Center receives Department of Energy grant to continue helping manufacturers become more efficient

As the director of Midwest Industrial Assessment Center (IAC), Sanjeev Khanna is equipped to help companies identify cost-saving measures. His center is one of 32 in the country selected to receive funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to continue that work.

Aug. 30, 2021

Meet Praveen Edara

Meet Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair Praveen Edara, who was among the first to study diverging diamond intersections.

Students at New Student BBQ talking

Aug. 27, 2021

Engineers explore student organizations at New Student BBQ

This annual event gives students the opportunity to engage with Engineering student groups.

Soy products

Aug. 26, 2021

Developing tastier, healthier soy-based products

More nutritious, shelf-stable soy-based products could be coming to a grocery store near you within the next five years, thanks to a Mizzou researcher.

Asphalt sample

Aug. 25, 2021

‘Driving’ innovation to help eliminate plastic waste

Mizzou Engineers have teamed up with the state and industry partners to test mixing plastic waste into asphalt pavement mixtures for possible use on American roadways and bridges.

Rover on Mars

Aug. 24, 2021

What’s the best way to land on Mars? Mizzou Engineering researcher compares top strategies

A Mizzou Engineer has compared five popular planetary landing laws, determining that at the moment, there is no one-size-fits-all approach.

Aug. 23, 2021

Meet Syed Kamrul Islam

Meet Syed Kamrul Islam, chair of electrical engineering and computer science at Mizzou Engineering.

Graphic of carbon nanotubes.

Aug. 19, 2021

Team uses machine learning to predict the properties of simulated carbon nanotube arrays

A Mizzou Engineering team has spent the past couple of years developing a simulation model to demonstrate how carbon nanotubes can be produced without losing their optimal properties.