Transportation

Students interact with ChatGPT IN ISE 4350: Production and Operations Analysis

April 16, 2025

Hands-on learning with emerging technology

From augmented reality to robots, Mizzou Industrial Engineering students learn with leading edge tools.

Bill Alkemeyer, Ed Hassinger, Marisa Chrysochoou

March 17, 2025

Mizzou Engineering presents top honor to MoDOT director Ed Hassinger

The Mizzou College of Engineering has bestowed its highest honor, the Missouri Honor Award for Distinguished Service, on Ed Hassinger, director of the Missouri Department of Transportation.

From left, Linlin Zhang, Tanner Muturi and Neema Jakisa Owor

Jan. 15, 2025

Mizzou civil engineering students shine at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 

Four civil engineering PhD students attended the conference presenting their research around improvements in transportation and safety. Two of the students received an award for their co-authored work.

April 5, 2024

Mizzou Engineers hold key roles in international data science symposium

Nearly 350 Transportation officials from across the globe discussed smarter ways to build and maintain roads during the third annual Data Science for Pavements Symposium (DSPS24) last month.

Feb. 6, 2024

Mizzou Engineers attend Transportation Research Board Meeting; earn second in Transportation Forecasting Competition

Mizzou Engineers last month attended the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, the largest gathering of transportation researchers and practitioners in the world with more than 13,000 attendees. TRB is part of the National Academies of Science.

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.

Dec. 13, 2023

Mizzou Engineer studies how construction methods impact drilled shaft foundations

A Mizzou Engineer has received funding from the Transportation Research Board — a division of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine —to study how construction methods may impact the foundations of bridges and other transportation structures.

Oct. 10, 2023

Engineering team working with Port of Alaska, stakeholders to assess operations, develop interactive portal

A Mizzou Engineering team is working with the Port of Alaska and its stakeholders to assess freight and fuel truck operations and develop an interactive digital communication portal for improving visibility into Port operations. Sharan Srinivas, assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering, received funding from the Alaska Department of Transportation (AKDOT) for the two-pronged project.

Sep. 28, 2023

Mizzou Engineers highlight projects during Missouri transportation summit

Mizzou Engineers joined state leaders to discuss ongoing transportation projects, infrastructure needs and related research during the Missouri Chamber of Commerce Transportation Future Summit in Columbia last week.

Sep. 7, 2023

Drivers, start your monitors: Inside the virtual world of the ZouSim Lab

Carlos Sun and his team have developed innovative vehicle technology becoming leaders in transportation.