Media - Part 187
MSU faculty elected full member of the IISS
The International Institute for the Science of Sintering (IISS) announced that Dr. Seong Jin Park has been elected as a full member of the institute for his outstanding accomplishments in developing sintering modeling and simulation with material characterization. Dr. Park is working at the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS), Mississippi State University, as Associate…
Effective Teaching Workshop Brings New Ideas & Info. to MSU Faculty
The Teaching Workshop for Science, Engineering and Mathematics filled the auditorium in the Swalm building on January 4 & 5th. Presented by Rich Felder & Rebecca Brent, Co-Directors of the National Effective Teaching Institute. Forty five attendees representing all of the academic departments in Engineering as well as Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics & Biology. In addition,…
NSF-Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Grant Awarded to MSU
An interdisciplinary team of researchers, led by Dr. Judy Schneider an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded a $400K NSF-MRI equipment grant for the purchase of a multi-user, high resolution, research grade X-ray Diffractometer (XRD). The XRD will be used in characterization of electronic thin films, residual stresses, crystal lattice structure, phase identification,…
MSU faculty awarded grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Dr. Erdem Topsakal, assistant professor at the Bagley College of Engineering, in collaboration with Dr. Elaine C. Moreland, assistant professor at UAB’s department of endocrinology, have been awarded an Innovative Grant of $100,000.00 for one year from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for research that will result in ways to improve the daily lives of…
Dr. David Thompson Senior Member of IEEE
Congratulations to Dr. David Thompson, Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering, on being elevated to the rank of Senior Member in IEEE. Less than 8 percent of the 367,000 membership achieve this level.
Schulz named Fellow of leading scientific society
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State engineering Dean Kirk Schulz is a 2006 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. A professor of chemical engineering and dean of the university’s Bagley College of Engineering for the past two years, Schulz is among 449 AAAS Fellows honored for their scientifically…
Software solutions firm comes to Starkville, will tap CAVS expertise
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A measurement and software solutions company will open an office here early next year and begin tapping into Mississippi State’s automotive engineering expertise. nCode International, a Detroit-based company headed by chief executive officer Brian Dabell, plans to expand its operations to Starkville’s Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park, located just north of…
Five MSU students honored as delegates for international convention
The Foundation for Metal Casting Education (FEF), based in Schaumburg, Ill., held its 59th annual College Industry Conference in Chicago November 16-17. The conference brought together 177 industry executives, 91 student delegates, 31 key professors and numerous university administrators. In attendance, representing Mississippi State University, was Cornelia Hayes, Sr. Mechanical Engineering; Robert Neel, Sr. Mechanical…
MSU’s iGEM team shines among the world’s best and brightest
During June of 2006, the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department introduced its newest advancement to ABE students, synthetic biology. A team of graduate and undergraduate students came together, with an assortment of engineering faculty, to prepare for the iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) competition at M.I.T. Cambridge, Mass., where the team was awarded Honorable Mention….
Leader of a major telecommunications corporation set to speak at MSU
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is proud to announce that AT&T Labs Vice President of IP & Voice Services Research, Richard V. Cox, will be conducting a seminar series on the Mississippi State University campus in conjunction with the Bagley College of Engineering. The seminar series will be held Monday, November 13, at…