Mizzou’s third Neuro Big-Data Symposium comes ‘full circle’
The third Neuro Big-Data Symposium featured projects showcasing software and automation workflows built to improve research and training applications.
Training STEM teachers
Mizzou Engineering recently received NSF approval on a Research Experiences for Teachers site for a three-year period starting in 2019. The program will focus on neural engineering, taking its cues from the efforts of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Satish Nair.
MU Engineering hosts NIH-backed computational neuroscience course
In June, the College of Engineering played host to the third edition of its National Institutes of Health Brain Initiative Summer Course on Models and Neurobiology, attracting 24 attendees from across the country for a two-week, intensive course on utilizing computer modeling in neurobiology research.
Mizzou, UM System ready to lead precision medicine revolution
MU hosted the Precision Medicine Summit on Wednesday, which brought exceptional faculty from MU as well as Missouri-Kansas City, Missouri-St. Louis, and Missouri S&T to highlight the breadth and quality of translational precision medicine research activities.
Building robots, building the future
Hosted by MU’s Neural Engineering Laboratory, the 13th annual Robotics Design Challenge welcomed 325 participating K-8th graders to test the robots they had spent months creating.
MU Big Data researchers build neuro collaborations through symposium
The University of Missouri is already doing groundbreaking work in pairing Big Data experts with clinical and life science practitioners in order to produce cutting-edge results out of the wealth of data the latter groups create with their research. And a group of College of Engineering researchers is looking to expand collaborative efforts even further.
Path of fellowships leads recent alum to Germany
Carly Garrow will work with Felix Nickel of Universität Heidelberg, whose research specializes in laparoscopic surgery, during a 10-month fellowship sponsored by the Whitaker International Program.
Annual Robotics Design Challenge a huge success
The 12th Annual MU Robotics Design Challenge event took place in at Naka Hall on the University of Missouri Campus, and the event was a great success.
Several faculty honored as Top Faculty Achievers
Several Mizzou Engineering faculty were among the honorees at the MU Top Faculty Achievers reception on Tuesday.
ECE teaching assistant earns campus award for TAs
Adel Alturki of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department received a Teaching Assistant Choice Award from the Missouri Students Association (MSA).