Interdisciplinary Research

A woman interacts with her smartwatch

July 7, 2026

Turning everyday technology into a research tool

Mizzou researchers are transforming autism assessment with a smartwatch-based system that objectively measures social interaction in everyday life.

Shramik Sengupta

June 29, 2026

Mizzou researchers making food safety testing simpler

Study shows how an essential process can be made faster, more affordable and accessible, benefiting agricultural producers, regulators and consumers.

Lafferre Hall

June 24, 2026

Engineering the realities of the future

Five new engineering degree programs will prepare students for the next generation of innovation in aerospace, artificial intelligence, construction management and materials science.

A full house at the AI-Ready Missouri Summit

May 31, 2026

Missouri leaders meet to set the future course of AI

Participants in the AI-Ready Missouri Summit advanced toward a coordinated, statewide strategy to ensure that the benefits of AI reach communities across the entire state.

Jesse Hall and Francis Quadrangle

May 27, 2026

Innovations aim to support agricultural stability

University of Missouri and MU Extension Selected as Awardees in Taylor Geospatials’ Global Geospatial Innovation for Food Security (GIFS) Challenge

Mizzou AERI team

May 27, 2026

Mizzou launches new center to advance study and application of AI

Mizzou AERI will be a hub for interdisciplinary and responsible artificial intelligence, uniting expertise across fields to advance innovation that benefits people and society.

Sonia Norouzi Esfahany

April 14, 2026

Cross-campus collaboration leads to materials breakthrough

Mizzou researchers have introduced a novel bioadhesive material platform that will enable next-generation devices with shape memory behavior.

Upasana Roy

Feb. 1, 2026

Mizzou researchers find chemistry in collaboration

An interdisciplinary team is blazing a trail to the efficient and effective production of compounds essential to common drugs.

Dylan Filby, Piyush Poudel, Carly Torbit

Jan. 4, 2026

Applying knowledge and skills to support vet students’ learning

Biological and biomedical engineering students collaborated with the College of Veterinary Medicine to build an accurate, realistic and practical model of a feline skull.

Sara Mostowfi

Nov. 11, 2025

PhD candidate earns Best Student Paper Award for physiological measurement study

Sara Mostowfi and collaborators propose that pupil dilation can reveal metacognitive processes in AR-based learning environments.