Media - Part 153
Keith to serve as interim engineering dean
STARKVILLE, Miss. — A Mississippi State department head will serve as interim dean of the Bagley College of Engineering. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering director Jason Keith assumed his new role March 1. Associate professor Bill Elmore will serve as interim leader of chemical engineering in Keith’s absence. “We are confident that Dr. Keith will…
Novosel selected for National Academy of Engineers
A Mississippi State electrical engineering alumnus joins the industry’s most respected professionals as a member of a nationally acclaimed institution. Damir Novosel, a 1992 doctoral graduate in electrical engineering, has been selected as a member of the National Academy of Engineers (NAE). He joins his peers as a member of the electric power/energy systems engineering…
Bagley College senior proves that dedication leads to success
As graduation nears, college seniors across the country scramble to apply for jobs that will launch their careers. For senior electrical engineering major Rebecca Rougeau, this is not the case. She has had one in mind since she was in the sixth grade. When she was 11 years old, Rougeau’s father read an article in…
Yong Fu and Pan Li: NSF CAREER awards spur ECE research growth
In less than two years, assistant professors Yong Fu and Pan Li have turned their National Science Foundation CAREER awards into the basis for thriving research programs within the Bagley College’s electrical and computer engineering department. Fu’s $400,000 award funds research to develop a distributed decision-making system for a smart grid. Li’s $450,000 award supports…
King named IEEE Fellow
A veteran administrator in the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University will receive a worldwide organization’s highest membership honor. Roger King, director of the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems and a professor of electrical and computer engineering, became a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in January. The rank…
Mago elevated to grade of Fellow in international organization
STARKVILLE, Miss. – An endowed professor in the Bagley College of Engineering will receive the highest membership honor from an international organization. Pedro Mago, the Tennessee Valley Authority professor of mechanical engineering, has been selected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The rank of Fellow is the highest grade of…
BCoE concussion prevention research profiled on Fox News
A team of researchers at Mississippi State University are creating a new football helmet and mouthguard designed to take concussion prevention to a whole new level.
Media Alert: Mississippi State to host underwater robotics competition
STARKVILLE–Twenty teams of middle and high school students will compete Saturday, March 1 in the SeaPerch South regional competition hosted by the K-12 Outreach Office of the Bagley College of Engineering. The event begins at 9 a.m. at the Sanderson Center on Mississippi State’s campus. SeaPerch South is an underwater robotics competition that promotes hands-on…
Sullivan named IHL Diversity Educator of the Year
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Rani Warsi Sullivan, a Mississippi State associate professor of aerospace engineering, today [Feb. 20] was named the 2014 Diversity Educator of the Year by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. The board celebrated Black History Month with a ceremony in Jackson and honored university faculty and staff from colleges and…
Bagley College honors student authors
STARKVILLE, Miss. — The Bagley College recognized more than 30 students at its first Student Publications Awards Ceremony and Reception, Wednesday, Jan. 29. This event is part of a new student initiative, one of several recently established by Dean Achille Messac to encourage student research and reward their accomplishments. “It is truly exciting to see…