Media - Part 158
Sloan Ziegler earns place on Capitol Hill
STARKVILLE, Miss.— A Bagley College of Engineering doctoral candidate has earned a fellowship that will take her to Capitol Hill. Jennifer Sloan Ziegler has earned a 2014 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. She is one of 10 in the group of 50 that will serve as a legislative…
Green to lead professional engineers
STARKVILLE, Miss.– The Bagley College of Engineering’s undergraduate coordinator will lead a society of professional engineers for the next year. On July 20, Robert Green was installed as president of the National Society of Professional Engineers during its annual conference in Washington, D.C. Elected to the position by his fellow society members, he has served…
Chemical engineering director earns innovative education award
STARKVILLE, Miss.– A Bagley College of Engineering professor has earned a national award for innovative teaching.Jason Keith, a professor and director of the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, has received the David Himmelblau Award for a decade of work in developing hydrogen fuel cell and energy education modules.This award is sponsored by the…
Computer engineers dominate statewide competition
STARKVILLE, Miss.— Mississippi State University computer engineering teams captured first and second place at the 2013 Mississippi New Venture Challenge in Jackson. John Gazzini and Read Sprabery, founders Nimbus Mobile, won first place while Matthew Hoelter, founder of Sensei Mobile, earned second place in the New Venture competition. All three graduated this spring in computer…
Bammann adds new Fellow honor to career achievements
STARKVILLE, Miss.— A Bagley College of Engineering mechanical engineering professor will receive the highest grade of membership from the Society of Engineering Science. Douglas Bammann will be named a Fellow during the organization’s 50th annual technical meeting at Brown University July 28-31. He is the only member to earn the honor this year. The rank…
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…