Faculty

Praveen Rao

Feb. 26, 2026

Praveen Rao named NAI Senior Member

National Academy of Inventors honor recognizes outstanding innovators whose work has real impact on the welfare of society and economic progress.

Lafferre Hall

Feb. 23, 2026

Innovative teaching practices result in student success

A faculty learning community is empowering Mizzou Engineering educators to create better outcomes for their students.

Stack of papers next to an open laptop

Oct. 28, 2025

Mizzou Engineering faculty among top 2% of world scientists

Twenty-three researchers were included in a prestigious list that ranks the millions of working scientists around the globe.

Marisa Chrysochoou, Feliz Bunyak Ersoy, Jim Noble, Matt Maschmann, Matthias Young

March 17, 2025

Mizzou Engineering honors outstanding faculty, staff, students and alumni

Mizzou Engineering recognized outstanding faculty, staff, students and alumni for their accomplishments and contributions as part of its 2025 awards banquet.

Reginald Rogers

Jan. 30, 2025

Honors College adds Reginald Rogers to its Teaching Fellows cohort

Mizzou Engineer Reginald Rogers Jr. is one of 10 new Teaching Fellows at the Mizzou Honors College. The Teaching Fellows form a collaborative cohort that work with Honors faculty and administrators to develop and teach the “Honors Book Club” course.

New faculty Postcard

Nov. 15, 2024

Expanding discovery

Mizzou Engineering is growing its faculty, bringing in experts from a variety of emerging areas to conduct leading-edge research. From sustainable energy to computer vision, our researchers are poised to create a better world, through engineering.

Reginald Rogers AIChE award fall 2024 feature

Oct. 28, 2024

Mizzou Engineer receives AIChE Community Distinguished Service Award

Mizzou Engineering faculty member Reginald Rogers Jr. has been awarded the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Minority Affairs Community's Distinguished Service Award.

Sep. 14, 2023

Mizzou Engineering welcomes new faculty

Bio-inspired materials, sustainable energy, autonomic computing and advanced manufacturing are just a few of the areas of expertise new faculty members are bringing to Mizzou Engineering.

May 5, 2023

Pioneer in degradation of ‘forever chemicals’ brings research to Mizzou

Before most of his peers knew them as “forever chemicals,” Feng “Frank” Xiao knew they were a problem. It was the early 2010s, and he was reviewing Centers for Disease Control data when he noticed a disturbing trend. Pre- and polyfluoroalkyls (PFAS) — compounds mass marketed since the 1940s — were showing up in more than 95% of blood samples, and they appeared to be wreaking havoc on human health.

May 4, 2023

Krishnaswamy shares solutions for a zero hunger world at AAAS Conference

More than 2 billion people in the world face hidden hunger and malnutrition, even as 1.3 billion tons of edible food is either lost or wasted every year. Meanwhile, it’s estimated that the global human population will increase to 9-10 billion over the next 50 years, putting even more strain on food production. These are overwhelmingly complex problems. Assistant Professor Kiruba Krishnaswamy has a way of making solutions sound simple.