Media - Part 191
Kelley Williams delivers Hunter Henry Lecture
The former chief executive officer of First Mississippi Corp./Chemfirst Inc. speaks today [March 7] at Mississippi State as the 2006 Hunter Henry Lecturer in Chemical Engineering. At 3:30 p.m., J. Kelley Williams leads in the fifth annual public lectureship sponsored by the university’s Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, headed by Mark G. White….
Two engineering students win Air Force summer internships
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Two Mississippi State electrical engineering majors are among only 32 students nationwide selected for a prestigious summer internship program of the U.S. Air Force. Nicole C. McGee of Muscle Shoals, Ala., and Theodore R. “Ted” Copeland of Olive Branch will participate in the Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools Summer Technical Recruiting Internship…
MSU student’s winning poster focuses on transportation disruptions
A Mississippi State graduate engineering student is an award winner for his visual display explaining how natural disasters or terrorist attacks might disrupt the nation’s highway transportation system. Michael A. Hamilton of Louin won first place in the Alliance for Graduate Education in Mississippi 2006 Winter Scholar Symposium poster competition. He competed against other Mississippi…
U.S. manufacturing key topic for March 9 CAVS Showcase at MSU
Rupy Sawhney believes U.S. manufacturers must sell value and not just a product if they expect to keep pace with consumer demands in a dynamic and increasingly competitive global marketplace. The director of the University of Tennessee’s Center for Productivity Innovation predicts the closing of multiple manufacturing plants by General Motors and Ford will result…
Engineering professor recognized by Alma Mater
Lori Mann Bruce, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Mississippi State University, received the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award for the University of Alabama in Huntsville last spring. Bruce was one of seven UAH graduates selected by a committee established by College of Engineering Dean Jorge Aunon for her contributions to the electrical engineering…
MSU, Air Force partner to provide engineering scholarships
Mississippi State is partnering with the U.S. Air Force to provide scholarships for incoming freshmen in the university’s electrical and computer engineering department. Through the Air Force Scientist and Engineer Career Program, Florida-based Eglin Air Force Base is providing $5,000 in scholarship money. The MSU department will add $1,000 to the amount to provide $2,000…
History of Women in Engineering Exhibit Now on Display
The Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University will be joining the Society of Women Engineers’ celebration of a long history of achievement for women engineers with the Petticoats and Slide Rules traveling exhibit. Over the past half-century, the SWE has grown in both size and reputation, and broken down barriers that have restricted…
Engineering college honors 2006 Distinguished Fellows Thursday
Mississippi State’s James W. Bagley College of Engineering honors this week 10 alumni for career accomplishments and personal contributions to the engineering community. During a Thursday ceremony [Feb. 23] at the university, the college will bestow the title of Distinguished Fellow on: –Stephen K. Ball of Nashville, Tenn., a 1983 biological engineering graduate who now…
MSU camps will expose K-12 students to engineering and science
February 17, 2006 Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering will host an array of camps this summer geared toward K-12 students interested in engineering, science and technology. “Several of our camps specifically focus on opening the eyes of young women and minority groups to the benefits of an engineering education,” said Emma Seiler, K-12 outreach…
Raspet lab developing UAV for battlefield, border-patrol operations
Mississippi State’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory is developing an ultra-light, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle designed to improve U.S. surveillance and communication capabilities for battlefield and border-patrol operations. Ground tests and initial manned flight-testing of the UAV prototype–called the Owl because of its quietness–were completed during 2005. Located at Starkville’s Bryan Field, the university’s well-known research…