Media - Part 181

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…

July 10, 2008


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,…

June 16, 2008


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…

June 16, 2008


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…

June 13, 2008


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,…

June 9, 2008


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…

June 4, 2008


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…

May 22, 2008


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…

May 14, 2008


Cleveland Awarded Tau Beta Pi Foglesong Scholarship

William P. Cleveland has been awarded the Foglesong Scholarship from Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society. Cleveland, a resident of Gulfport, MS, is the son of Peter and Faye Carole Cleveland. Cleveland will receive a $2,000 award which he is applying towards a summer research program in Brussels, Belgium at the von Karman Institute…

May 8, 2008


BCoE students honored by campus organization

STARKVILLE, Miss.- As part of a recent campus awards ceremony several Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE) graduate students were recognized for their leadership, service and dedication to the university. The 2008 Graduate Student Association (GSA) awards banquet honored both master’s and doctorate level students from the university’s various graduate programs. Representing the BCoE, Harry Lam,…

May 6, 2008