Media - Part 161
Bagley ‘spirit’, publications earn statewide honors
Columbus, Miss. – The state public relations association got a dose of Bagley spirit last week when the college of engineering’s publications and Homecoming tailgate event, including the Spirit-O-Meter, earned recognition at its annual conference. During the Public Relations Association of Mississippi’s 2012 PRism Awards, the BCoE publications and communications staff received three awards. The…
Students earn multiple honors at regional aerospace conference
Starkville, Miss. – Aerospace students from the Bagley College of Engineering brought home multiple awards from the recent American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Region II conference in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Hosted by the student chapters from Embry-Riddle University and the Florida Institute of Technology, the event featured more than 240 participants from 13…
‘Outstanding’ women recognized by university
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Three Bagley College of Engineering women were honored at the 34th annual President’s Commission on the Status of Women awards ceremony. This year’s engineering honorees include: Palara C. Grant, Outstanding Undergraduate Woman; Kendra L. Carr, Outstanding Graduate Woman; and Keisha B. Walters, Outstanding Faculty Woman. The commission collected campus-wide nominations for each…
BCoE hosts successful conference, earns multiple honors
Starkville, Miss.— The Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE) recently hosted more than 170 engineering educators from across the Southeastern United States. Representing more than 40 institutions of higher learning, they gathered on Mississippi State’s campus for the annual conference of the American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Southeastern Section. The three-day event focused on the…
Walters earns national award for chemical engineering education
Starkville, Miss. – A member of Mississippi State University’s chemical engineering faculty will be honored this summer by a national engineering education organization. Keisha B. Walters, an associate professor, will receive the Raymond W. Fahien Award from the American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Chemical Engineering Division at its June conference in San Antonio, Texas….
Donation establishes scholarship, prize for business-minded engineers at MSU
Starkville, Miss. – A Texas couple’s gift will establish a new scholarship and financial award for business-minded engineering majors at Mississippi State University. Tim and Christy Duncan of Kingwood have created the Young Entrepreneurs Scholarship to motivate engineering students to pursue the Jack Hatcher Entrepreneurship Certificate or a minor in business. They also established a…
Aerospace senior selected for internship in Washington, D.C.
Starkville, Miss. – A Mississippi State University engineering student becomes the first student from the Magnolia State selected for a prestigious summer internship in the nation’s capitol. Michael Barton, a senior in aerospace engineering, has been selected from a nation-wide pool of applicants for a Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Internship with the National Research…
Electrical engineer receives highly competitive NSF junior faculty award
STARKVILLE, Miss. – An electrical engineer at Mississippi State University has earned a top research-funding award from one of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious programs. Yong Fu, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, received an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, which includes a five-year, $400,000 grant to fund his research…
Blakeslee new president of College Board
Ed Blakeslee will take over as president of the state College Board on Sunday. A Gulfport resident, he has served on the board since 2004 when he was appointed by then-Gov. Haley Barbour. His term expires in May 2015. The Sun Herald reported that Blakeslee takes over for Robin Robinson, who has served as president…