Media - Part 144
MSU alumna takes crack at Hour of Code
STARKVILLE, Miss. – In Mississippi, available computing jobs grow at 4.4 times the state average, leaving the Magnolia State with more than 1,100 open jobs in the field, according to Code.org. This statistic has helped ignite a push to increase student knowledge of the computer science industry and forged an unexpected connection between Mississippi State…
Xiaopeng Li: NSF awards assistant professor CAREER grant
A member of the Bagley College of Engineering’s civil engineering faculty has received one of the National Science Foundation’s most competitive research grants. Xiaopeng Li, an assistant professor in the civil and environmental engineering department, earned an NSF CAREER award, which will provide $500,000 of funding for his research and educational contributions in connected automated…
Mississippi State again among research top 100
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A new report from the National Science Foundation affirms Mississippi State as the Magnolia State’s flagship research university.
Infant head-trauma research brings leading U.K. university to MSU
STARKVILLE, Miss. – After a year of planning, two European engineers visited Starkville to collaborate with Bagley College of Engineering researchers on experiments that could only be conducted in labs at Mississippi State University. Mike Jones, a senior lecturer, and Dan Darwall, a doctoral candidate, traveled to the Magnolia State from Cardiff University, Wales, to…
Du named Fellow of international optics society
STARKVILLE, Miss. – An international organization has awarded a Bagley College professor its most prestigious membership rank. Qian “Jenny” Du, a Bobby Shackouls Endowed Professor of electrical engineering, has been named a Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE). “Dr. Du is an expert in digital image processing and its application to…
MSU, Moroccan university sign engineering agreement
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State University President Mark E. Keenum signed a memorandum of understanding agreement with Université Internationale de Rabat for the implementation of a School of Automotive Engineering at the UIR campus in Rabat, Morocco, jointly delivered by the two institutions.
MSU holding workshop for engineers in academe
STARKVILLE, Miss. — The National Science Foundation is funding a free engineering career workshop next week at Mississippi State.
Hunger banquet brings awareness to global food insecurity
Banquet attendees sit around makeshift campfires as they wait for dinner to be served. STARKVILLE, Miss. — Joseph Mkomo has been laid off from his job picking coffee beans, which allowed him to provide the basics for his family in Kenya. His employer cannot afford to hire him for permanent work and pay him a…
Moroccan ambassador speaks, emphasizes new collaboration
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Morocco, the first nation to recognize the sovereignty of the United States in 1777, is beginning a new U.S. partnership with Mississippi State University.
Bagley in top 20 of online graduate engineering programs
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Online programs in the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University entered the top 20 in U.S. News and World Report’s national Best Online Program rankings. The organization lists the Bagley College as 20th among the 80 schools included in this year’s Best Online Graduate Engineering Program rankings. It is one…