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Mizzou Engineering team takes third at Guess the Age competition

A Mizzou Engineering team took third place at the Guess the Age contest, part of the biannual 19th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns held in Cyprus.

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Spot in the spotlight

Information Technology students spent months programming Spot, an agile robot from Boston Dynamics, to perform alongside Marching Mizzou and the Golden Girls at the Oct. 2, 2021, home game.

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Alumnus Jim O’Neill sees how investments translate to scholarship during visit to campus

Jim O'Neill, a prominent alumnus and supporter of Mizzou Engineering, had the opportunity to see how his investments are translating into scholarship during a visit to campus on Sept. 17.

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Dean’s Advisory Council meeting focuses on student success

Mizzou Engineering is investing more resources in student success to ensure the College continues its legacy of preparing graduates for leadership positions. That was one take-away from the Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC) meeting held Friday, Sept. 17.

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Mizzou Engineering hosts fall Career Fair

Mizzou Engineering students attended the fall Career Fair to network with employers looking to hire for jobs, internships and co-ops.

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Student team devises way to control robotic arm using hand gestures

A Mizzou Engineering team has devised a way to control a robot just by moving your hands. What makes the work especially unique is that researchers only used one pair of electrodes on each of a person’s arms to send signals that moved a robotic arm, said Richard Byfield, a third-year PhD student in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department.

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Mizzou Engineering student helps develop mobile game

Junior IT student Mustafa Al-Mahroos helped develop Spades Masters, a mobile game for YallaPlay. Learn how much time he spent each day playing the game to find bugs.

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Researcher helps AAAS, HBCU group envision a zero hunger world

Solving issues around global hunger will require collaboration among diverse groups approaching the problem from multiple angles. That was one take-away from a presentation Mizzou’s Kiruba Krishnaswamy gave on Aug. 26 at a webinar hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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Oruche receives prestigious GEM Associate Fellowship

Roland Oruche, a PhD student in computer science, has been named a GEM Associate Fellow by the National GEM Consortium.

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Materializing creativity: REU promotes imagination in research

Students participating in an NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates learned to incorporate creativity into research.