Media - Part 175
2009 MSEF Region V Science Fair at the Hump
Starkville, Miss.—Displaying a jellyfish’s role in the sea world; demonstrating the amount of water wasted when brushing teeth; explaining how physics affects the game of golf, all of these are just a few of the types of science projects that earned awards at last year’s Region V science fair. Young scientists, inventors and engineers are…
Seniors join the BCoE’s Student Hall of Fame
STARKVILLE, Miss. –The Bagley College of Engineering is proud to announce the 2009 inductees into its Student Hall of Fame. This award recognizes students who have made outstanding contributions to their departments, the college and Mississippi State during their time here at MSU. The six students whose biographies are included below have been selected from…
Local Students Win Regional Math Competition
STARKVILLE, Miss. — A team of middle school Mathletes® took first place in the Tombigbee Chapter MATHCOUNTS competition. The winning team from Starkville’s Armstrong Middle School includes top individual performer Huiying Zhang as well as Wilhelm Liano, Evan Bridges, and Katya Gilbo. Coached by Chad Sorrells, the team will now advance to the state competition,…
SERC earns 2009 Innovator Award
Starkville, Miss.—A nonpartisan, public-think tank created by the southern states’ governors, the Southern Growth Policies Board, has named the Bagley College of Engineering’s Sustainable Energy Research Center as the recipient of the 2009 Innovator Award for the state of Mississippi. The organization honors Southern initiatives that are improving economic opportunities and quality of life in…
Professor transitions into new administrative role
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Driven by a desire to teach and conduct research, she came to Mississippi State University as an assistant professor of electrical engineering, ultimately working her way up the academic ranks to become a full professor and administrator of one of the university’s most diverse research centers. Now, nine years after first stepping…
Students know how to charge it
STARKVILLE, Miss.– Put away the dishes, take out the trash, walk the dog, plug-in the car? While it may sound strange today, students at Mississippi State (MSU) think plugging-in the car could become as common a task as sweeping the kitchen floor. Utilizing cutting-edge technology, a team of engineering majors plans to re-engineer a consumer…
MSU professor chosen as new department head
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A veteran professor and interim leader has been slated to officially take the reigns as the mechanical engineering department head and PACCAR endowed chair for Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE). Dr. Louay M. Chamra formally begins his tenure as head of the mechanical engineering department February 1. “I was very pleased to announce Dr….
International institute honors ECE professor
Dr. Stanislaw Grzybowski, director of the High Voltage Laboratory and conferee of the Mississippi Power Professorship in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Mississippi State, was honored by Chongqing University with the “Guest Professor” award during the institution’s 80th anniversary ceremony. Grzybowski was one of five scholars bestowed with the honorary title distinction…
Aerospace associate engineering professor earns international acclaim
Starkville, Miss.—Prior to transitioning his career into academia, Dr. Tom Lacy spent eight years designing and analyzing highly loaded aerospace systems and structural assemblies at The Boeing Company, Lockheed-Martin Aeronautical Systems Company, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, and The Northrop Corporation. The aerospace engineering associate professor’s decision to leave an exciting industry career is for one reason;…
MSU honoring major engineering donor
STARKVILLE, Miss.–The namesake of Mississippi State’s engineering college is being honored by the university as its 2009 National Alumnus of the Year.