Media - Part 161

Newman earns lifetime achievement, Fellow recognition from national organizations

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Recognizing his work in fatigue and fracture research, two national organizations honor a Bagley College of Engineering professor’s nearly 50-year career. James C. Newman Jr., the Richard H. Johnson chair of aerospace engineering, received the Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 International Conference on Fatigue Damage of…

January 23, 2013


Horstemeyer to be honored by two national organizations

STARKVILLE, Miss. –The spring semester will be twice as nice for one Bagley College of Engineering professor as two national organizations grant him elite status. Mark F. Horstemeyer, a chair professor in mechanical and computation engineering, will join Mississippi State colleague James C. Newman, aerospace, in being recognized as a Fellow of the American Association…

January 17, 2013


Bagley online programs ranked 12th by U.S. News and World Report

STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Bagley College of Engineering is in the top fourth of online graduate programs nationally according to U.S. News and World Report rankings released Tuesday. In its first time providing overall rankings for online degree-granting engineering programs, the website lists the Bagley College as 12th among the 50 graduate schools rated. The…

January 16, 2013


Nontraditional life leads alumnus to start a tradition of giving

At 28 years old, Fredrick Hamilton stood apart from his peers at orientation. A husband, father and veteran of the railroad industry, he had seen first-hand what the real world was like and knew exactly what he needed to do to succeed in it. “Like a lot of people from my generation, I thought I…

December 15, 2012


Srishti named outstanding female graduate student

Each year an anonymous donor funds a scholarship to recognize an outstanding female graduate student in the CSE department. This year’s winner is Srishti Srivastava. Srishti completed her B.Tech. degree in Computer Science from Uttar Pradesh Technical University in India and was awarded a MS degree in computer science from MSU in 2010. She is…

December 7, 2012


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…

December 7, 2012


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….

November 12, 2012


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…

November 7, 2012


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…

November 1, 2012


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…

October 29, 2012