
STARKVILLE, Miss.— Herbert V. “Herb” Johnson of Houston, Texas, is Mississippi State University’s 2017 National Alumnus of the Year. The Como, Mississippi-born engineering graduate will officially receive the honor during campus ceremonies early next year. Johnson is president of Houston-based HVJ Associates, Inc., with offices throughout Texas. He founded the firm in 1985.

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Fourteen incoming first-year students and transfers from Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland and Tennessee are this year’s selections for prestigious undergraduate scholarships at Mississippi State University.

A National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will help support the education and development of 36 Bagley College of Engineering students over the next five years. Funded by NSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math program, the grant provides both scholarships and mentoring for selected aerospace and industrial engineering majors. The Mississippi State University program…

STARKVILLE, Miss – A civil engineering major’s outstanding performance in academics, leadership and service has earned university-wide recognition. Senior Emily Farrar received the Harry Charles Simrall Award for Engineering Excellence, presented by Mississippi State University’s Association of Retired Faculty. As one of the highest awards a Bagley College of Engineering student can receive, the annual…

STARKVILLE, Miss. – A Mississippi State University professor has been named Engineer of the Year by a national organization’s Mississippi chapter. Bagley College of Engineering’s Isaac Howard was awarded the statewide honor by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at the group’s recent annual meeting. The annual award is presented to an ASCE member with…

Growing up in the Indian city of Kolkata, population 4.5 million, Shuvam Saha’s parents instilled in him a deep appreciation for education. They made sacrifices to support and encourage his success, and now as an MSU aerospace engineering and mathematics double major, Saha said he dedicates all his work to them. Saha has always excelled…

Two Mississippi State engineering students helped Bagley’s Engineers Without Borders chapter win a prestigious grant from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Cheaper, cleaner power for your home could be on the near horizon. With the support of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant, a team of four institutions thinks that within three years they can bring energy efficiency to your house at one-eighth the cost.

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Mississippi State University’s record of engineering excellence received several mentions in a recent newsletter published by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Compiled of recent news pertaining to AFRL’s Minority Leaders Research Collaboration Program, the report highlighted the Bagley College of Engineering’s participation in a AFRL mentoring program, student internships and a…

FAIRBANKS, Alaska and STARKVILLE, Miss.– The State of Mississippi has joined Alaska, Oregon, and Hawaii as a full member in the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) led Pan-Pacific UAS Test Range Complex (PPUTRC), one of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) seven Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Test Sites. The Mississippi program will be led by Mississippi…