The challenges and rewards of undergraduate research
Why would an engineering undergraduate student with a full schedule of demanding classes consider adding a research component to his [...]
View ArticleCollaborative research sheds light on fear circuits and cocaine addiction
Electrochemical communications in the human brain, responsible for all mental and physical functions, occur at synaptic connections between brain cells, [...]
View ArticleNeuroscience 101
Early in August, the University of Missouri’s Colleges of Engineering and Biological Sciences co-sponsored the third annual Neuroscience Summer Workshop. [...]
View ArticleNeuro-LEGO Robotics program thrives at Mizzou
Five years ago University of Missouri engineering faculty submitted a proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF) with the goal [...]
View ArticleNew engineering minors expand opportunities for undergraduates
Engineering encompasses a wide array of fields and disciplines, and while the majors offered to undergraduates help to define fields [...]
View ArticleVisiting students learn from MU educators
Many university undergraduate students don’t have the opportunity to participate in specialized research opportunities. Thanks to a National Science Foundation [...]
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Engineer, research collaborators team up on computational neuroscience training
David Schulz, associate professor of biological sciences, and Satish Nair, professor of electrical and computer engineering, submitted one of only three researcher training course proposals to receive...
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MU Engineering hosts NIH-backed computational neuroscience course
Attendees included Ph.D. students, post-docs, faculty members and more from institutions such as Yale, Stanford, Cornell, Virginia and many, many more. Photo by Amy Parris. In June, the College of...
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NSF likes Latimer’s brain research
“My research proposal is about building models of the brain, so that’s kind of like creating a video game where you can go in and explore the brain without actually doing it experimentally,” Ben...
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