Media - Part 155
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…
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…