Media - Part 178
All-student MSU team of engineering majors among world leaders
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State University team is the sole U.S. entry ranked among the top five in recent worldwide computing competition attracting more than 2,000 submissions. MSU also is the only one among the five with an all-student team in the 2008 Data Fusion Contest, a part of the International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium…
Student team soars to competition success
STARKVILLE, Miss- Students in the Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE) illustrated how high an interdisciplinary team can soar by taking top honors in a national unmanned aerial system (UAS) competition. Sponsored by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the competition pitted MSU’s 17-member team X-ipiter against students from 13 other universities. In addition to…
Walden, Dennis receive national Practitioner of the Year Award
Mississippi State University’s Dr. Clay Walden and Glenn Dennis, from the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems Extension (CAVS-E), were recently presented the Co-Practitioner of the Year Award at the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) conference in Orlando, Fla. The awards were presented by Roger Kilmer, national director of the MEP Program and by Dr. Jay Tice,…
MSU Challenge X Team receives financial support from local industry
In an effort to support education and research, ServerCorr has partnered with MSU’s national champion Challenge X team. The steel company’s chief executive officer Jim Hrusovsky presented the hybrid car design team with a $5,000 donation to fund the research and purchase of new battery technology. “SeverCorr supports the development of new technologies, such as…
Researchers earn “RARE” honor
STARKVILLE, Miss.– With the hope of easing the strain on consumers’ wallets, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes the potential of research underway at Mississippi State. During a ceremony on Mississippi State’s campus, assistant professors Rafael Hernandez and Todd French, and associate professor Mark Bricka were presented a grant, by the EPA’s Regional Applied Research…
BCoE honors faculty
Several Bagley College of Engineering faculty members moved to the head-of-the-class recently after being named the recipients of this year’s College of Engineering Faculty Awards. Presented as part of the annual BCoE Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day, the awards recognize achievements in both teaching and research. Dr. Donna Reese, associate dean for academics and administration,…
Sarah Rajala named dean
Dr. Sarah Rajala grew-up on a small farm in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Many may say the trials, tribulations and responsibilities of growing up on the family farm is what gave Rajala the perseverance to succeed in her career. She will tell you that the experience gave her the confidence and independence to explore…
MSU’s BCoE Challenge X Team Wins Again
For the second consecutive year, Mississippi State’s Challenge X team is taking first-place honors in student competition sponsored by General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy. The MSU group topped 16 others Wednesday [May 21] from universities in the United States and Canada, all seeking to re-engineer a sports utility vehicle with advanced technologies…
BCoE mechanical engineering student to meet the next President of the United States.
STARKVILLE, Miss.–In January 2009, our next president and vice president will be sworn into office. While we do not yet know who those two individuals will be, one thing is for sure, Malcolm Conley, a senior in mechanical engineering, will be there to witness history in the making. Having been selected as an Inaugural Scholar…