Media - Part 159
ORED appoints Walters as Science Director
The Office for Research and Development has appointed Dr. Keith Walters as Science Director for the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) effect September 1, 2012. He has served on the EPSCoR project as a research focus group leader for the past 6 years (3 years on the previous grant and…
Statewide water association names McAnally president during November conference
STARKVILLE, Miss. – William H. McAnally will officially take the helm of the Mississippi Water Resources Association during a meeting in Biloxi, Miss. The associate director of Mississippi State University’s Geosystems Research Institute and fellow of the Northern Gulf Institute will be sworn in Nov. 9, the final day of the organization’s annual conference. Sen….
Truax selected for leadership in national, state engineering organizations
STARKVILLE, Miss. – The head of civil and environmental engineering in the Bagley College of Engineering now sits on the executive boards of two engineering organizations. Dennis D. Truax was installed as assistant treasurer of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at an October meeting. He became secretary of the Mississippi Board of Licensure…
Four Bagley faculty members selected for national symposium
STARKVILLE, Miss—Four Bagley College of Engineering faculty members are among a small group of educators selected for a national engineering symposium. Islam El-adaway, Bryan Jones, Lesley Strawderman and Rani Sullivan attended the National Academy of Engineering’s fourth Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium held last month in Irvine, Calif. The two and a half day event…
Hook, line and sinker: Mississippi State security expert offers tips for avoiding online ‘phishing’ scams
STARKVILLE, Miss. – In every corner of the Internet, high-tech “phishers” are baiting their hooks, hoping to lure a prize catch—the account data and personal information of unsuspecting computer-users all across the country. More than a simple invasion of privacy, these online scams have turned into a multimillion dollar industry that can wreak havoc on…
A life in the clouds: Remembering Richard Johnson
When asked to talk about her late husband, Richard, Alice Johnson confessed that she didn’t know where to start. After all, how can you condense 85 years of personal triumph and professional success into a 20-minute interview? In short, you can’t. But that doesn’t mean she can’t paint a vivid picture of the man she…
Life-long learner helps pave the way for future scholars
In a perfect world, Virginia Carron would be a professional student—always learning, always expanding her horizons. But as a wife and mother of three, a life of late night study sessions and large tuition payments simply isn’t practical. Instead, she’s found a career that indulges her intellectual curiosity while providing the thing that most undergraduates…
Mississippi State names new director for flight laboratory
STARKVILLE, Miss. – An aerospace engineer with extensive experience in aircraft design is the new director of the Raspet Flight Research Laboratory at Mississippi State University. Ratneshwar “Ratan” Jha officially joins the university July 1, at which time he will take on the director’s role and a faculty position within the department of aerospace engineering….
MSU Xipiter earns top ten finish in international competition
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Mississippi State University’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS) team landed in the top ten at an international competition. Team Xipiter finished tenth overall out of 26 teams that were able to fly during the two-day Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s (AUVSI) student competition. The team finished sixth in flight and placed tenth…
Student rocketry team captures success in NASA competition
STARKVILLE—Mississippi State’s Space Cowboys rocketry team blasted past the competition in this year’s NASA-sponsored University Student Launch Initiative (USLI). The team finished second overall out of a field of 40 teams. It also earned the Best Science Mission Directorate Payload Award and an honorable mention for their education engagement activities. “Over the last several years,…