High Impact Research, Scholarship and Creative Works

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Mizzou soared in ’24

With student successes, record-breaking investments in world-changing research and increased rankings, it’s been a good year on campus.

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Mizzou Engineers Develop Advanced Solutions for Port of Alaska Operations

Mizzou Engineer Sharan Srinivas is improving freight and fuel truck operations at the Port of Alaska through cutting-edge simulation modeling and the development of an innovative digital communication platform.

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Mizzou establishes IBM Quantum Innovation Center

The University of Missouri has joined the IBM Quantum Network, and established the state’s first IBM Quantum Innovation Center to provide researchers and institutions with access to advanced quantum computing through IBM’s cloud-based platform.

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Planning ahead of a collapse

Mizzou Engineer Sarah Orton is analyzing patterns in falling debris to halt building collapses and prevent fatalities.

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Securing your online cart

Mizzou cybersecurity expert Prasad Calyam shares tips for staying safe as you shop online this holiday season.

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Turning corn colorful

Mizzou researchers are demonstrating that purple corn has surprising health benefits. Would you try it?

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Mastering semiconductor fabrication through extended reality

Mizzou Engineers recently received a grant to enhance semiconductor fabrication education using artificial intelligence and extended reality.

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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.

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Using biowaste to create clean water

Mizzou Engineer Caixia “Ellen” Wan is filtering clean water using new materials created from lignocellulosic biomass waste.

The multidisciplinary team consists of faculty from Mechanical Engineering (Matt Maschmann), Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (Matthias Young, Sheila Grant and David Grant) and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Jianlin Cheng [not pictured], James Keller, Filiz Bunyak and Prasad Calyam).

Accelerating materials discovery

Mizzou Engineers are partnering with Arizona State University, Brewer Science and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), to increase the efficiency of materials development by using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to model and test new materials. Mizzou's research is supported by a $1.87 million grant, sponsored by Arizona State University.