Media - Part 166
MSU alumnus named federal laboratory director of the year
VICKSBURG, Miss. — Dr. David Pittman, director of the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERCC) in Vicksburg, Miss., has been named Federal Laboratory Director of the Year by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC). The honor, which was previously awarded to ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory Director…
Six earn scholarships from state petroleum engineering society
STARKVILLE, Miss. –Six Bagley College of Engineering students are shaping their futures with support from the Mississippi section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE-Mississippi). At its January meeting, the organization presented each student a $3,000 scholarship to support his or her education. Jim Stephens, SPE-Mississippi scholarship chairman and a 1975 Mississippi State graduate in…
Smith recognized for ‘engineering excellence’
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A senior industrial engineering major has earned one of the top student honors awarded in the Bagley College of Engineering. Martha “Missie” Smith received the 2010 Harry C. Simrall Award for Engineering Excellence during a December banquet. The recognition also includes a monetary prize. This award caps Smith’s already honor-filled undergraduate career…
CEE professor teaches, leads, serves to protect state’s water resources
William H. McAnally, research professor of civil and environmental engineering (CEE), is the newly elected vice president of the Mississippi Water Resources Association (MWRA). A Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a recent Einstein Award recipient, and an appointed trustee to the board for the Academy of Coastal, Ocean, Port, and Navigation Engineers,…
Walters selected for national engineering education program
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State University assistant professor of chemical engineering is among 53 of the nation’s most innovative young professionals selected to participate in a National Academy of Engineering program.
Mississippi Best Robotics Competition is huge success
The Mississippi BEST 2010 Robotics Competition held on the Mississippi State University campus had the largest attendance in the five years since the Bagley College of Engineering began hosting the competition. Fifteen schools, six sponsors and over 60 volunteers participated in the event where school teams competed with their original-design robots in the themed “lean…
MSU engineering college names endowed professors
Two Mississippi State faculty members are being named to endowed professorships in the university’s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering. Pedro Mago, an associate professor in mechanical engineering, has been awarded the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Professorship in Energy Systems and the Environment. Sergio D. Felicelli, a professor in mechanical engineering, was named to the…
MSU chemical engineering professor to be named fellow of AIChE
Bill Elmore, interim department head for the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, will be awarded the classification of Fellow at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) annual meeting in Salt Lake City later this month. The grade of Fellow is a distinguished class of membership that identifies and honors a group of…
MEDIA ADVISORY: Mississippi BEST Robotics Competition
Contact: Eric Heiselt Tel: 662.325.1360 Email: outreach@bagley.msstate.edu What: Mississippi BEST Robotics Competition When: November 5, 2010 5pm – 8 pm; November 6, 2010 9 am – 5 pm Where: McCarthy Gym on the campus of Mississippi State University GAME DAY competition for The Mississippi BEST robotics program begins Saturday, November 6. Friday evening is reserved…
Local civil engineering leaders share insight with BCoE students
STARKVILLE, Miss. —More than 80 students and professionals gathered to discuss the future of north Mississippi infrastructure at a dinner event on Mississippi State’s campus. Organized by the North Mississippi branch and the MSU student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and sponsored by seven area companies, the event centered around a four-member…