Media - Part 178
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.
Boeing donates to scholarship fund
STARKVILLE, Miss. –Despite rampant fears of a failing economy, a global leader in aerospace systems has provided a donation to help educate future engineers at Mississippi State University. Boeing, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial and military aircraft, presented $4,000 to the Bagley College of Engineering’s aerospace engineering department for the general scholarship fund. The…
MSU alumnus, Lamar McKay, to lead BP America
HOUSTON – Lamar McKay has been appointed Chairman and President of BP America, Inc. and will serve as BP’s chief representative in the United States. He will succeed Robert A. (Bob) Malone who has elected to retire after 34 years with the company. Commenting on the change, BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward said: “Bob…
Derrick Cherry does not believe in taking shortcuts
Derrick Cherry does not Believe in Taking Shortcuts — especially when it comes to his education and career. Instead, the 31-year-old electrical engineer devotes many hours working at Alabama Power (Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.), finishing his doctorate degree and researching ways to fulfill his dream of establishing a youth outreach center.