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.
May 28, 2025
Students propose hydrogen plant with projected $4 billion revenue for capstone project
The chemical engineering team’s proposal was completed for their capstone project based on an AIChE Student Design Challenge prompt.
April 22, 2025
Project Runway: Second life for waste plastics and old tires
Mizzou researchers are taking their experience on the road to the airport.
Jan. 15, 2025
Mizzou Civil Engineers receive High Value Research Award
Researchers from the Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation (MCTI) accepted a High Value Research Award for their work in sustainable pavements.
Nov. 14, 2024
Using biowaste to create clean water
Mizzou Engineer Caixia “Ellen” Wan is filtering clean water using new materials created from lignocellulosic biomass waste.
Oct. 15, 2024
Where rubber meets the road
Mizzou researchers are devising a way to demonstrate how rubber-based asphalt reduces greenhouse emissions.
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.
April 12, 2024
Water and Environmental Research Lab team takes honors at statewide meeting
For the second year in a row, a Mizzou Engineering research group snagged an overall first place and a third-place award in the student poster competition at the joint annual meeting of the Missouri Water Works Association (MO-AWWA) and the Missouri Water Environmental Association (MWEA).
March 8, 2024
Xiao recognized with Excellence in Research Award from Environmental Science & Technology journal
Mizzou Engineering’s Feng “Frank” Xiao has been recognized with an Excellence in Review Award from Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T), the premier journal in environmental engineering and science.
Jan. 24, 2024
Through internship at NASA, Mizzou Engineer finds satellite imagery key to monitoring environmental changes
The ice that used to cover roughly 85% of Alaska is thawing, causing ground to collapse and putting communities at risk. Jaweed Nazary, a Ph.D. student in civil and environmental engineering, has found that satellite imagery is key to pinpointing exactly which locations are most susceptible to these changing conditions.