Aug. 14, 2024

Mizzou researcher Dong Xu weighs in on future of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) can write, create videos and power self-driving cars. Someday, University of Missouri researcher Dong Xu predicts, it also will perform surgeries.

July 16, 2024

Reporting on AI? Mizzou has the experts you need.

Artificial intelligence (AI) stands as the frontier of technological revolution — poised to reshape every facet of our lives. As leaders in AI research, The University of Missouri is happy to connect you with the right expert.

July 9, 2024

Hackers beware: Research shows AI can assist with cybersecurity

A Mizzou researcher and collaborators found that leading chatbots can pass certified ethical hacking exams.

April 11, 2024

Presenting engineering undergraduate research to legislators: A Q&A with Ahhyun Lee

Ahhyun Lee was one of 13 Mizzou students selected to present her research at Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol last week. Read for a Q&A with Lee about her research, which focuses on using artificial intelligence to enhance protein function prediction.

March 27, 2024

Revolutionizing drone navigation: AI algorithms take flight

Thanks to smart algorithms powered by artificial intelligence (AI), drones could one day pilot themselves — no humans needed — using visual landmarks to help them navigate from one point to another. That’s the aim of a two-year project led by University of Missouri researchers and supported by a $3.3 million grant from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), the premier research and development center for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

March 26, 2024

Mizzou Engineer to help U.S. Army assess systems as part of groundbreaking Department of Defense project

Mizzou Engineering is contributing to a groundbreaking project that aims to help the U.S. Army make more timely and strategic decisions in today’s technology-driven defense landscape.

March 5, 2024

Engineer leveraging AI to help collaborators develop fungicides, prevent crop loss

Plant diseases destroy 125 million tons, or $220 billion worth of soybeans, corn, wheat and other crops in North America every year. Now, a Mizzou Engineer is leveraging artificial intelligence to help collaborators prevent that loss.

Feb. 12, 2024

Elevating excellence for tomorrow’s innovators: Jianlin ‘Jack’ Cheng

Jianlin “Jack” Cheng is passing on his knowledge and preparing the next generation to solve some of society’s most pressing issues.

Feb. 8, 2024

Engineer devising hybrid two-phase system to efficiently cool data centers

A Mizzou Engineering researcher is devising a system to cool data centers down more efficiently and effectively. Chanwoo Park is leading a project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Lab. It’s part of a $40 million endeavor called COOLERCHIPS, which stands for Cooling Operations Optimized for Leaps in Energy, Reliability and Carbon Hyperefficiency for Information and Processing Systems.

Dec. 22, 2023

Mizzou Engineers advanced energy, AI, materials, transportation, health in 2023

This past year, Mizzou Engineers worked on significant solutions to society’s most-pressing challenges. They advanced nuclear power. They studied ways to turn leftover bread crust into plastics that will degrade naturally in the environment. They made artificial intelligence explain itself. They invented new materials, investigated self-driving trucks and came up with an innovative system to optimize blood supplies.