Media - Part 154
King earns worldwide organization’s top membership honor
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A veteran administrator in the Bagley College of Engineering will receive a worldwide organization’s highest membership honor. Roger King, director of the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, will be named a Fellow in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) this January. The rank of Fellow is the highest grade of…
Chemical Engineering director receives two appointments
A Mississippi State University engineering director has been selected to serve two new appointments beginning this fall. Jason Keith, professor and director of the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, begins a two-year term as the education division chair of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in November. He has also been selected to…
Jackson native earns alumni-funded scholarship for engineering minorities
STARKVILLE, Miss.— A Bagley College of Engineering student has earned a scholarship funded by two Mississippi State University alumni. Jackson-native DeAnna Brown, a sophomore in aerospace engineering received the SOL Engineering Services LLC Scholarship. SOL owners and BCoE industrial engineering alumni Willie O’Neal Jr. and Derek Starling Sr. established the scholarship in 2008 to promote…
Donohoe and Reese receive BCoE endowed positions
STARKVILLE, Miss.— Two electrical and computer engineering professors have earned endowed positions within the Bagley College of Engineering. Patrick Donohoe has been named the Paul B. Jacob Chair, and Robert “Bob” Reese has been awarded the Robert D. Guyton Chair for Teaching Excellence. Donohoe is an MSU alumnus who received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in…
Bagley College launches first-of-its-kind initiative for students
Students in Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering will benefit from a new initiative meant to spur involvement in engineering technical societies. Launched this fall, the membership program allows students to join their fields’ leading technical society at no personal costs. It is available for all full-time, on-campus undergraduate and graduate students. More than 83…
Mississippi State’s Bagley College adds National Academy member to faculty
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has joined the faculty ranks in the Bagley College of Engineering. Michael I. Baskes has recently been named a professor of aerospace engineering and special assistant to the dean. “I am delighted that my first hire is our first NAE member at Mississippi State,” said…
Bagley College holds BEST Competition for high school students
It’s Saturday in the fall. The crowd is cheering, the band is playing, and the mascots are jumping in anticipation for the game—a robotics competition. This football-like atmosphere is for the Mississippi Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology (MS BEST) Robotics competition. Sponsored by the Bagley College of Engineering, it’s the culmination of the six-week program…
Bagley publications earn regional recognition
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Three Bagley College of Engineering publications have earned recognition in a regional public relations competition. Each of the college’s competition entries–Momentum magazine, Dimensions annual report and the 2012 Dean’s Report–received Awards of Excellence at this year’s Southern Public Relations Federation Lantern Awards ceremony. These publications, with the addition of the 2012 Homecoming…
KITECH taps MSU’s King for advisory board
A South Korean institute has asked a senior research administrator at Mississippi State University to provide counsel on international collaborative issues. The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, known as KITECH, has appointed Roger King to its international advisory board, which has a focus on the industrialization of advanced technologies. Board members include eminent scientists and…
Bomgar scholarships available to CSE and ECE students
STARKVILLE, Miss.—The big orange Bomgar bus parked outside Mississippi State University’s Colvard Student Union Friday, Sept. 6, bringing with it scholarship opportunities for computer-focused students. Stopping at the Starkville campus as part of a 27 city tour, the company announced it will award five $1,600 scholarships to Bagley College of Engineering students in computer science,…