Student Competitions

Will Mastrantuono

July 24, 2025

Undergraduate researcher wins international acclaim

Industrial Engineering senior garners top paper award for research on physical demand in AR users.

RJ Morrison

July 17, 2025

Master’s student wins app competition at IISE conference

RJ Morrison’s app integrates AI to help users build, interact with and understand complex simulations without advanced technical expertise. 

Mizzou Racing’s quarter-scale formula car at Michigan International Speedway.

July 8, 2025

Mizzou Engineering teams triumph in competition season

Students made a strong showing at national competitions, bringing home awards that reflect their passion and perseverance.

Benton Vahle

Dec. 4, 2024

Vahle wins industrial engineering undergraduate research competition 

Benton Vahle, a sophomore industrial engineering student, took first place in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering’s annual Undergraduate Research Competition. The award comes with a cash prize and funding to attend a research conference. 

Lucas Crow and Noah Fouts

Dec. 3, 2024

Mizzou’s game changers

Two Mizzou Engineering students won first place in Entrepreneur Quest, the signature program of the Griggs Innovators Nexus in the Mizzou Student Center.

Torq'N Tigers

July 2, 2024

Mizzou tractor pulling team earns honors at international competition 

Mizzou’s Torq’N Tigers Quarter-Scale Tractor Pulling Team continued its strong performance at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) International Student Design Competition last month. Both the A-Team and X-Team took home multiple awards at the event. 

Steel Bridge Team with awards

May 16, 2024

Mizzou Steel Bridge Team places third in regional competition, invited to nationals

Mizzou Steel Bridge Team placed third overall, won awards in four categories and qualified for the National Student Steel Bridge Competition.

Feb. 12, 2024

Computer science, IT students participate in MIT Reality Hack

Mizzou Engineering’s Shane McKelvey and his team earned a first-place award at MIT’s Reality Hack in January for their development of a novel treatment that uses virtual reality (VR) to help young patients undergo electro-stimulation therapy.

Nov. 15, 2023

Team places second in National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency competition

A team from the University of Missouri Institute for Data Science and Informatics (IDSI) and Data Science and Analytics (DSA) program recently placed second in the National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency’s Geo-Hack for Humanity.

4-grid Upper left: mizzou electric racing team with car Upper right: Mizzou Racing with car Bottom left: Mizzou Electric Racing car Bottom right: Mizzou Racing car

July 14, 2023

A new era of formula car racing at Mizzou

Tigers in fast cars competed this spring in the Formula SAE (FSAE) competition at Michigan International Speedway, bringing home awards and beginning a new era of racing at Mizzou. Mizzou Racing’s car, #18, placed 17 out of 120 teams. The June FSAE competition was the first competition for Mizzou Electric Racing.