{"id":6285,"date":"2021-07-16T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=6285"},"modified":"2021-07-16T08:42:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:42:00","slug":"engineering-a-future-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2021\/07\/16\/engineering-a-future-of-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering a future of excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Choi-and-Steve.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Choi-and-Steve-300x225.png\" alt=\"A photo of President Choi outside of Jesse Hall with with undergraduate student handlers, CJ Harris (middle) and Tre Haughton (right)\" class=\"wp-image-6288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Choi-and-Steve-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Choi-and-Steve-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Choi-and-Steve-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Choi-and-Steve-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Choi-and-Steve-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Choi standing outside Jesse Hall with two of Steve&#8217;s undergraduate student handlers, CJ Harris (middle) and Trevontae&#8217; Haughton (right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSteve\u201d stopped by Jesse Hall this week. One of four doglike robots adopted by our College of Engineering (many of you have already met <a href=\"https:\/\/showme.missouri.edu\/2021\/all-about-the-robots\/\">Spot<\/a>), Steve was accompanied by his team of undergraduate handlers to give me a hands-on demonstration of the discovery and excellence happening on our campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our College of Engineering is pioneering new ways that robotic technologies can enhance our quality of life and strengthen our communities. The student team and I discussed Steve\u2019s future potential such as his role as a safety robot to detect problems like carbon monoxide leaks. Along the way, they demonstrated Steve\u2019s agility \u2014 walking down the stairs of Jesse Hall \u2014 and technological intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Steven-and-dog.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Steven-and-dog-300x225.png\" alt=\"A photo of Steve meeting his canine counterpart on Francis Quadrangle.\" class=\"wp-image-6290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Steven-and-dog-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Steven-and-dog-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Steven-and-dog-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Steven-and-dog-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Steven-and-dog-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steve meeting his canine counterpart on Francis Quadrangle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am incredibly proud of the work our students are doing to bring more solutions and opportunities to Missouri and the world. This commitment, which is driven by hard work and grounded in compassion, has enabled Mizzou to thrive across two centuries, through two World Wars and, most recently, through the global pandemic. As we look forward to the fall semester, I can\u2019t wait to welcome all of our students back and see where they take us next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSteve\u201d stopped by Jesse Hall this week. One of four doglike robots adopted by our College of Engineering (many of you have already met Spot), Steve was accompanied by his team of undergraduate handlers to give me a hands-on demonstration of the discovery and excellence happening on our campus. 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