Mago, Eshraghi, Arya earn 2013 Bagley College research awards
May 6, 2013
An energy researcher, a computational modeling specialist and a robot programmer have earned the Bagley College of Engineering’s 2013 research awards.
Pedro Mago, Mohsen Eshraghi and Ankit Singh Arya earned the faculty, graduate student and undergraduate student awards respectively.
Mago is an associate professor and holds the TVA Professorship in Energy Systems and the Environment in mechanical engineering. He is also the director of the Micro-Cooling Heating and Power and the Bio-Fuel Center and co-director of the Department of Energy Southeast Clean Energy Application Center.
Mago’s research centers around combined heat and power systems, building energy simulations, and waste heat recovery technology.
Since becoming part of the Bulldog family in 2003, Mago has authored 74 archival journal articles, 36 conference papers, seven book chapters, and one book. He has served as major professor to 10 master’s students and 10 doctoral students, in addition to employing 11 undergraduate students in his research programs. He has been principal investigator and co-principle investigator on projects receiving a total of more than $12 million in funding.
Eshraghi is a doctoral student in mechanical engineering advised by Sergio Felicelli. During his academic career he has written and published 10 journal articles and 11 conference papers while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. He was selected by NSF to attend the European-U.S. Summer School on High Performance Computing Challenges in Computational Sciences.
Eshraghi is currently the lead student on the National Science Foundation funded project “Modeling the solidification Microstructure in Laser Deposition Processes.” The project incorporates the developing of a computational model of dendritic solidification using a novel techniques based on the lattice Boltzmann and cellular automaton methods.
Computer science major Ankit Singh Arya is advised by Cindy Bethel of computer science and engineering and Derek Anderson of electrical and computer engineering. Working as an undergraduate research assistant in their programs, he experiences many different aspects of computer vision for human robot interaction.
Arya has begun work on new features and pattern recognition algorithms for people detection in long-wave infrared imagery. His goal is to enhance the capabilities of ground vehicle robots acting in support of law enforcement, specifically SWAT teams. He has also been recognized at a regional undergraduate research conference held at Louisiana State University, where his research earned top overall honors.
The annual Bagley College of Engineering research awards are designed to recognize students, faculty and staff for their accomplishments in research and other creative endeavors. The honorees are selected from a pool of nominees for contributing significantly to Mississippi State University’s mission of research.
By: Emily McConnell