Media - Part 152
Three faculty receive awards from national organization
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Three Bagley College of Engineering faculty members earned recognition from a national organization for their dedication to engineering and engineering education. Dave Dampier received the 2014 Outstanding Teaching Award from the American Society for Engineering Education Southeast Section. This award is presented to faculty who have shown excellent contributions to engineering education…
Media Alert: ECE to showcase senior design projects at open house
Contact: Josie Guerry Tel: 662-325-2051 Email: josie@ece.msstate.edu What: Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Design Open House When: April 24 from 2 – 5 p.m. Where: Simrall Electrical Engineering Building on the campus of Mississippi State University Electrical and computer engineering seniors at Mississippi State will showcase their capstone design projects at an open house Thursday,…
Computer science graduate student earns MSU TA award
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A doctoral student’s success as a BCoE teaching assistant has earned campus-wide recognition. Anas “Nash” Mahmoud received the Donald Zacharias Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award for his outstanding teaching, research, leadership, and service to the computer science and engineering department and Mississippi State University. Each year, the university honors its…
BCoE’s ‘Top Gun’ blows away competition at regional event
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Mississippi State University’s Top Gun team lived up to its name, placing first in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics annual robotics competition. Their sharp-shooting design led to the defeat of more than 40 teams from other universities in the 2014 Southeast Conference (SECON) event. The group of six seniors became the…
Biological engineers earn NSF fellowships
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Two Bagley College students have earned national fellowships that will provide three years of research funding. Kevin Bennett and Shaquia Idlett are among 2,000 out of 14,000 applicants chosen for the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Each will receive more than $30,000 annually for their research efforts, while an additional…
Retired professors, alumni establish endowed scholarships in Bagley College
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Two retired engineering professors and Mississippi State alumni have established new scholarships in the Bagley College of Engineering. The Philip and Susan Bridges scholarships in will benefit students in aerospace engineering and computer science and engineering – departments they have served for more than 20 years. A $2,000 scholarship in each department…
Nine named BCoE Distinguished Alumni Fellows
STARKVILLE, Miss. — The Bagley College recognized nine alumni for their professional accomplishments and dedication to engineering and Mississippi State during its annual Distinguished Fellows ceremony. “The Distinguished Fellows event is always great for the college because it allows our students to see the success of our alumni and be inspired to pursue their careers…
BCoE recognizes graduate student research
STARKVILLE, Miss. — The Bagley College of Engineering recognized 23 students’ research at the spring Graduate Research Poster Competition awards ceremony Wednesday. The newly established competition took place March 24 and 25 in the Mitchell Memorial Library Grisham Room. Seven master’s and 49 doctoral students participated in the program. Maurin Lopez Varilla, a doctoral student…
Students ‘brush up’ on skills for E-Week competition
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Two electrical engineering majors showed that they “have the skills to clean your grill” in Mississippi State’s E-Week competition finale. Seniors Michael Tyler Ross and Allen Cody Smith kicked off their presentation with this catchy phrase, but it was their engineering knowledge and business savvy that earned them top prize in a…
Chemical engineering endowed chair earns advising award
STARKVILLE, Miss. –An endowed chair in chemical engineering has earned recognition for his advising skills and dedication to students in the Bagley College of Engineering. Bill Elmore will receive the 2014 Irvin Alty Jefcoat Excellence in Advising Award from Mississippi State University. He holds the Hunter Henry Chair in Chemical Engineering and serves as interim…