Materials

Creative Approaches to Materials Design and Processing REU participants at the Columns

Aug. 14, 2025

Undergrads gain hands-on experience in materials innovation

Summer research experience provided participants with opportunities to make a real-world impact.
Matthias Young stands in a laboratory

July 30, 2025

Shining UV light on the future of computer chips

A recent study from the University of Missouri could help scientists and engineers build faster, cheaper and more eco-friendly electronics.
Assistant Professor Peifen Zhu with PhD students Christopher Dzorkpata and Yanmei Chen

July 29, 2025

Opening a new chapter in sustainable lighting technologies

New materials set the stage for more efficient lighting, cleaner solar energy systems and even compact LEDs for wearable medical devices.
Dr. Yazdani-ASME Award

Nov. 22, 2024

Mizzou Engineer honored as ASME Rising Star

Hessam Yazdani, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Missouri, has been recognized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) with a certificate acknowledging his distinguished achievements in engineering mechanics.
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).

Nov. 13, 2024

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.
Yingchao Yang posed with biochar sample in the lab

Oct. 8, 2024

Eco-friendly firefighting

Mizzou Engineer Yingchao Yang and collaborators are developing a new biochar-based foam to reduce the use of harmful chemicals in controlling fires. 
John Gahl (left) and Caleb Philipps, senior research scientists at the University of Missouri Research Reactor, prepare a sample to be loaded into the scanning electron microscope.

Jan. 30, 2024

Sparking innovation for research

A scanning electron microscope at the University of Missouri Research Reactor will enhance the facility’s investigative capabilities for materials research and discoveries.

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.

Aug. 23, 2023

NSF Research Traineeship program to prepare materials and data scientists

A five-year, $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) is establishing a doctoral training program at the University of Missouri to help prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers to work in the emerging fields of materials science and data science and analytics.

Aug. 1, 2023

REU: Undergraduates explore materials science across engineering disciplines

Students participating in a materials science-focused summer program have spent nine weeks at Mizzou Engineering getting hands on research experience.