Media - Part 156
MSU student wins regional microscopy award
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Groundbreaking research by a Mississippi State University student has garnered prestigious recognition from the Southeastern Microscopy Society. For biomedical engineering doctoral candidate Sourav Patnaik, winning the 2013 Ruska Award is additional confirmation to move forward with his work examining a reproductive disorder affecting hundreds of thousands of women around the world. Patnaik’s presentation during…
MSU Space Cowboys excel at national competition
STARKVILLE, Miss.— The Mississippi State University Space Cowboys rocket team impressed judges at this year’s NASA’s University Student Launch Initiative (USLI) competition. The Space Cowboys placed fifth out of 25 teams from across the nation. The team also won the Design Review Award for the best combination of written reviews and formal presentations during competition….
Rais-Rohani named interim associate dean of engineering
A Mississippi State alumnus with more than 20 years of faculty experience will assume the role of interim associate dean for research and graduate studies in the Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE). Masoud Rais-Rohani, a professor in aerospace engineering, transitions into the role July 16. He replaces Lori M. Bruce who was recently named dean…
Bulldog network keeps Maroon on alumnus’ mind
The son of a football coach, Tommy Nusz called many places home during his formative years: Texas, Michigan and Virginia just to name a few. But it was the years spent in Starkville, while his dad served as an assistant under Mississippi State coach Charley Shira, that made a lasting impression. “We were in Texas…
MSU’s EcoCAR 2 team shows Bulldog ‘can-do spirit’ at competition
Mississippi State’s EcoCAR 2 team is bringing home several awards from year two of a highly competitive three-year advanced automotive engineering challenge. The year one champion team suffered a set-back this week when an internal mechanical breakdown led the team to drop the entire drive train out of their vehicle to repair the damage. By…
MSU’s EcoCAR 2 team returns to automotive engineering competition
Mississippi State’s champion EcoCAR 2 team again is competing for the prized top title in year two of a challenge that puts students and their work through rigorous tests and rewards them with unparalleled hands-on automotive engineering experience. Titled “EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future,” the three-year collegiate engineering competition is the only program…
MSU team wins IT FLIES competition
A team of undergraduate aerospace engineering majors won the international 2013 IT FLIES Annual Aircraft and Handling USA Flight Simulation Competition. The first place finish earned the five-member team $1,000 and a year’s free membership in the Royal Aeronautical Society. Nine teams from the United States and the United Kingdom competed in the April 13…
MSU hires Syracuse’s Messac as Bagley College of Engineering dean
A New York higher education administrator and faculty member is Mississippi State’s new engineering dean. The appointment of Achille Messac to lead the university’s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering is pending formal approval by the Board of Trustees, State Institutions of Higher Learning. He will be MSU’s first African American dean. At Syracuse University,…
Bagley robotics teams impress at regional competitions
Two Bagley College of Engineering robotics teams earned recognition from regional competitions in April. The six-member IEEE SoutheastCon (SECON) robotics team tied for fifth out of 56 teams at a regional competition in Jacksonville, Fla., April 6. The four-member MSU remotely operated vehicle (ROV) team earned Best Team Spirit and Best Engineering Selection awards at…
Strawderman earns first Bagley College online education award
An industrial and systems engineering assistant professor received the first Bagley College of Engineering award for Excellence in Online Teaching. Lesley Strawderman formally accepted her award during the Faculty Excellence Dinner April 23. Strawderman teaches online classes as part of BCoE-Learning. The program is ranked 12th nationally by U.S. News and World Report, which evaluates…