RoutePEARL: Cloud-based Route Management Platform for Optimizing Last-Mile Logistics of Electric Truck and Drone Operations
This project aims to develop and validate RoutePEARL (Route Planner for Efficient Aerial and Road Logistics) – a cloud-based route optimization platform for trucks (including EV trucks) and UAVs or drones. RoutePEARL uniquely integrates operational and network communication decisions, ensuring seamless coordination between vehicles while prioritizing safety, efficiency, and sustainability. The platform enables efficient route […]
Waste Plastic-Based Asphalt Additive: A Solution for Sustainable, Economical, and High-Performance Roads
New asphalt additives have been developed at Mizzou, combining waste plastics, bio-resins, and other recycled additives, creating rubbery materials distinct from conventional recycled plastics. The softened plastic in these products enhance crack resistance in cold weather, while their combined use with other recycled materials such as original, unsoftened waste plastic, ground tire rubber (GTR), reclaimed […]
FireReady VR
FireReady VR™ is an interactive wildfire preparedness simulation designed for emergency managers to educate communities on evacuation challenges and mitigation strategies. The VR experience immerses users in realistic fire scenarios, demonstrating fire spread, evacuation bottlenecks, and home preparation strategies. This tool is designed for B2B adoption by emergency agencies and municipalities, with scalable deployment on […]
Sensor-based suit for workplace injury risk identification and prevention
This project focuses on developing a wearable sensor suit integrating posture tracking through Inertial Measurement Units and load tracking using insole pressure sensors to monitor and predict low-back loading during manual material handling tasks. The system provides real-time ergonomic feedback and insights to workers, and generate safety reports to business stakeholders with an aim to […]
Digital Game for College Success: Prototype to Commercialization
Virtual simulator (“Crash Course”) that translates the career scholarship of Tricia Seifert, MSU’s Dean of the College of EHHD. This simulator not only demonstrates research translation in an atypical field, but has great promise to improve postsecondary educational outcomes, as it will especially benefit first-generation college students, for whom collegiate success is far from certain.
Beyond monitoring: Enhancing public safety with real-time video analytics
The proposed project aims to develop an innovative software solution that enhances public safety while safeguarding individual privacy. This system integrates cutting-edge advancements in real-time video analysis, privacy-preserving activity recognition, and efficient edge device processing. By enabling real-time detection of human activities, anomalies, and potential threats in streaming videos, the solution facilitates timely responses to […]
Integrated Silicon Photonic Receiver for Space-to-Ground Laser Communication
This project is aimed at developing turbulence-resistant free-space optical (FSO) communication technology for terrestrial and space-to-ground applications such as providing communications infrastructure, including internet access, broadly, across rural areas and other use cases. For example, StarLink technology quickly supplied internet to Ukraine during the current war using such satellite technology. Current technology relies on adaptive […]
Climate Change-Induced Human Mobility Perturbation
Extreme weather events (e.g., extreme heat, extreme precipitation) exert profound stress on transportation systems by shutting down portions of the network, rendering facilities temporarily inaccessible or difficult to access, and directly affecting transportation network users (e.g., pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders). The overarching goal of this seed translational research project (STRP) is to translate research on […]
Flood Hazards Engineering and Adaptation
Frequent flood events pose ongoing challenges to communities, such as property damage, washed-out roads, and casualties. This team identified their minimum viable product to best support flood adaptation in local communities to be place-based compound flood risk assessment and community-led adaptation strategies that consider current and future climate based on Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan […]
Novel Assay Platform for Detection of Ubiquitinated Tau as an Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative condition in the United States, imposing a significant economic burden on society. Costs surpassed $345 billion in 2023 and are projected to reach $1 trillion by 2050, as reported by the Alzheimer’s Association. Early and accurate diagnosis of AD and related dementias (ADRD) is crucial for effective […]
