Media - Part 160
Five faculty earn endowed positions within Bagley College
Five faculty members have earned new endowed professorship and chair positions in the Bagley College of Engineering. Jenny Du, Isaac L. Howard, Jonathan W. Pote, David S. Thompson Hossein Toghiani formally accepted these positions April 23 at the Faculty Excellence Dinner. There are 17 endowed chair positions and 14 endowed professorships within the BCoE, each…
Civil students win it all at regional conference
STARKVILLE, Miss –Mississippi State’s student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers brought home top honors overall and several individual competition awards from a recent regional conference. Hosted by Southern University A&M College in Baton Rouge, La., the three-day ASCE Deep South Conference asked students from 14 schools in Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Arkansas…
Blue skies, barbeque help Bagley College celebrate academic year
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Blue skies and barbeque helped the Bagley College wrap-up the academic year at the annual Faculty and Staff Appreciation Picnic. More than a hundred BCoE faculty and staff members gathered on MSU’s historic Drill Field to celebrate another successful year of engineering education and to honor those who earned awards from the…
Caterpillar Foundation provides $20K support for robotics at MSU
STARKVILLE, Miss.–– Mississippi students will receive a boost through a Caterpillar Foundation initiative to support K-12 education in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (STEM) through the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State. Roberto Ortega, manager of the Caterpillar plant in Corinth, presented a $20,000 check to Dean Sarah Rajala to support the Bagley College’s…
BCoE honors alumni for distinguished engineering careers
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Business leaders, public servants and decorated retirees were among the 10 alumni recognized during the Bagley College of Engineering’s annual Distinguished Fellows ceremony this month. “We are extremely proud of these alumni and what they have been able to accomplish in their careers,” said Jerry Gilbert, acting dean of the college of…
Two BCoE employees earn MSU Diversity Awards
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Representatives of the Bagley College of Engineering earned two of four awards presented at the university’s annual diversity award program Friday. Rani Sullivan, an associate professor of aerospace engineering, and Angela C. Verdell, director of diversity programs and student development, were presented the 2013 faculty and staff awards, respectively. The awards program…
Zhang named to national research board task force
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A Bagley College of Engineering faculty member has been appointed to a national task force for emergency preparedness. Li Zhang, an associate professor in civil engineering, will serve a nearly three-year term on the task force for emergency evacuations of the Transportation Research Board, a division of the National Research Council. The…
MSU employees ‘stand up’ to sitting at work
Attention, people who sit eight hours a day, five days a week at a desk job: There is another way. For those who’d rather not sit for at least part of the workday, a standing desk workstation may be a good — and healthier — alternative. Enough people must think so, since this stand-up alternative…
Robot inquisition keeps witnesses on the right track
MEMORY is a strange thing. Just using the verb “smash” in a question about a car crash instead of “bump” or “hit” causes witnesses to remember higher speeds and more serious damage. Known as the misinformation effect, it is a serious problem for police trying to gather accurate accounts of a potential crime. There’s a…
Gilbert to serve as interim during dean of engineering search
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Mississippi State University’s provost and executive vice president will serve as interim leader of the Bagley College of Engineering during a national search for its next dean. Jerome A. Gilbert will assume the responsibilities of interim dean in late February. He will serve in this position as the university conducts a nationwide…