Media - Part 167
EcoCAR offers students excitement, free pizza
STARKVILLE, Miss. –Mississippi State’s national champion automotive design team will hold an open recruiting event for all students Tuesday, Aug. 24. The team, which earned first place in the second year of “EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge” is preparing for the third and final year of the competition. Anyone interested in automotive design, environmentally friendly research…
MSU CAVS Extension’s work in West Point recognized
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State University’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems Extension office is being recognized nationally for its work with a Clay County manufacturing facility.
Fifty complete MSU Summer Bridge program
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Fifty high school graduates have completed the Summer Bridge Program at Mississippi State, helping them prepare for their first semester as university engineering students.
MSU engineering department head to serve on state board
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State University department head has been appointed by Gov. Haley Barbour to the state Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors.
Rajala recognized as the 2010-2012 Phi Kappa Phi Scholar
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State University’s dean of the Bagley College of Engineering is being honored by one of the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective academic honor society.
ASTM International Announces 2010 Graduate Scholarship Winner from MSU
W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., July 22, 2010 — Mississippi State University student Shakhrukh Ismonov and University of Wisconsin student Scott Hamel are the recipients of the 2010 ASTM International Graduate Scholarship. The ASTM Graduate Scholarship rewards graduate students who have demonstrated high levels of interest in or involvement with ASTM International standards. This is only the…
Tau Beta Pi Announces Dr. Donna S. Reese as 2010 McDonald Mentor
Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, has named its fifth McDonald Mentor. The award was created to celebrate excellence in mentoring and advising among Tau Beta Pi educators and engineers who have consistently supported the personal and professional development of their students and colleagues. While the primary goal of Tau Beta Pi is to…
Auto association honors MSU CAVS’ contributions
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Automotive manufacturers and suppliers in the Magnolia State are honoring the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems at Mississippi State University for its contributions to the industry.
Engineering students design, build, soar above competition
Mississippi State students engineer another successful year at the Unmanned Air Systems Competition through teamwork and autonomous flight. The 10-member student team, named Xipiter, placed second overall at the eighth annual student Unmanned Air Systems Competition by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. They rose above 21 other peer institutions such as Embry-Riddle Aeronautical…
Bagley College of Engineering student team rockets to success
The Mississippi State Space Cowboys, an undergraduate student rocket design team, recently placed second in NASA’s University Student Launch Initiative. The annual rocketry challenge designed by NASA is a national competition created to motivate and excite the next generation of tech-savvy, “sky-minded” American engineers and scientists. “The stipulation for the competition is to build a…