Faculty | Bagley College of Engineering

Industrial Engineering’s Tian named a 2024 Susan Smyth Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer

Studio headshot of Wenmeng "Meg" Tian.

April 18, 2024


MSU Researcher Awarded Prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award to Advance Virtual Reality Neuroscience Research

Adam Jones, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Mississippi State University, has been selected to receive a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation. The prestigious CAREER Award provides $625,000 in funding over five years to support Jones’ innovative research using virtual reality to advance the…

April 12, 2024


MSU associate professor and doctoral student win Best Paper Award

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering has another award-winning paper. Associate Professor Maxwell Young, doctoral student Trisha Chakraborty, and University of New Mexico Professor Jared Saia were awarded the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking. To win the award, their paper, Defending Hash Tables from Subterfuge with Depth…

April 8, 2024


Mississippi State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering’s professor and head awarded IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award

Samee Khan

The MSU Bagley College of Engineering’s Samee Khan, a distinguished member of its academic community, has been honored with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award. This esteemed accolade recognized Khan’s outstanding contributions to the electrotechnology profession through exemplary technical and professional abilities. “Receiving this prestigious recognition from IEEE R3…

February 29, 2024


New academic journal on artificial intelligence launched at Mississippi State

AI Letters journal cover.

Mississippi State University’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering has launched a new open-access academic journal focused on advancements in artificial intelligence. The journal AI Letters aims to fill a gap in peer-reviewed publications covering AI research. Department Head Shahram Rahimi and Assistant Research Professor Noorbakhsh Amiri Golilarz, editors-in-chief of the journal, saw the need…

February 27, 2024


Our robot harvests cotton by reaching out and plucking it, like a lizard’s tongue snatching flies

M-State logo with the words Bagley College of Engineering underneath.

February 20, 2024


Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering professor elected as Technical Vice President of IISE

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Associate professor and distinguished faculty member Brian Smith was recently elected as one of the technical vice presidents of the Institute for Industrial and Systems Engineers. “The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) is the professional organization of my field and has served me greatly throughout my career.  I began being engaged with IISE…

February 15, 2024


Our People: Steven Elder

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For over two decades, Steven Elder has dedicated his career to improving orthopedic health through biomedical engineering research and teaching at Mississippi State University. A professor in the Bagley College of Engineering’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Elder was drawn to orthopedics after connecting with researchers as an undergraduate. He has focused his work…

February 12, 2024


Cybersecurity Guide: An interview with George Trawick | Mississippi State University

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February 1, 2024


Smith to receive the 2023 ASEM Frank Woodbury Special Service Award

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Dr Brian Smith, a Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering associate professor, was selected to receive the 2023 ASEM Frank Woodbury Special Service Award.  This award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated excellence in service to the Society due to their efforts to improve the excellence of the Society’s Engineering Management Journal (EMJ). 

January 29, 2024