Capstone

students sitting on couches at a table bird's eye view

June 11, 2025

Mizzou Engineering Spring 2025 capstone projects

Mizzou Engineers proposed transportation solutions, improved video games, designed better safety equipment and more through hands-on senior capstone projects.
students Cayse Martin, Brian Schwartz, Cody Stiern, Tyler Ruhland and Elie Chammas

June 11, 2025

Prioritizing safety: mechanical engineering students design new construction helmet

For their spring capstone project, five mechanical engineers created a new helmet fit with environmental sensors to improve work zone safety.
Brian Bluhm, Ben Dargue, Kenneth Jackson, Daniel Kim and Aaron Trebus

June 9, 2025

Using AI to make video games more exciting

One group of Mizzou IT students integrated artificial intelligence (AI) into a video game to make it less predictable and increase immersion into their virtual world.
Kavin Trivedi, Austin Yarbrough and Martin Cueto Rasetti. Not pictured: Sam Kenyon

June 4, 2025

Industrial engineering students project six-figure savings for local business

Students partnered with CTI to optimize their supply ordering based on historical logistical data for their capstone project.
Parker Dierkens, Michael Hackmann, Olo Masiza, Alex Savas and Blake Simpson

June 2, 2025

Mizzou computer science students develop AI music mixer

Five computer science students developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model to revolutionize how people consume music.
From left, Maddie Beins, Cassie Lueck, Velissia Perez, Kaitlyn Blagg, and Campbell Marino

May 30, 2025

Mizzou civil engineering students develop a proposal to improve I-70

The students aimed to address traffic issues at two I-70 interchanges in Columbia: Providence Road and Rangeline Street.
Marisa Smith, Brenda Kudelka, Kaeden O’Connor and Brogan Haggerty

May 28, 2025

Students propose hydrogen plant with projected $4 billion revenue for capstone project

The chemical engineering team’s proposal was completed for their capstone project based on an AIChE Student Design Challenge prompt.
Molecules

Jan. 16, 2025

Mizzou Engineers win design award in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Design Competition 

Mizzou Engineering graduates Ashley Kemm, Madi Robinson and Rick Schroeder earned the Jack Wehman Design Award in the 2024 AIChE Student Design Competition for their innovative project titled "Power-to-Gas Plant."
Students sitting outside studying

Dec. 20, 2024

Mizzou Engineering Fall 2024 Senior Capstone Projects

Mizzou Engineering students tackle real-world problems through the Missouri Method, including senior capstone projects. This semester, projects included creating new medical dispensers, optimizing production flows, and designing a blue hydrogen plant.
Mechanical engineering capstone group photo

Dec. 20, 2024

Mechanical engineers develop accessible medicine dispenser for capstone project

Connor Biggs, Caden Cooley, Ryan Deloney, Kathryn Eberhart, Cameron Epperson and Cooper Hinkle developed a medicine dispenser for people with fine motor disabilities for their capstone.