Media - Part 192
Computer security expert to speak on MSU campus Feb. 20
A speaker next week at Mississippi State will discuss potential computer security vulnerabilities the United States and other countries might face by sharing simulation software during a joint military operation. John A. “Drew” Hamilton Jr., an associate professor of computer science and software engineering at Auburn University, will kick off the 2006 lecture series Monday…
Three MSU engineering faculty to join Academy of Fellows
Three Mississippi State faculty members will be inducted Friday [Feb. 10] into the Bagley College of Engineering’s Academy of Fellows. They include: –Chemical engineering professor Clifford E. George, who became a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2005; –Mechanical engineering professor Randall M. German, director of the university’s Center for Advanced Vehicular…
New name for MSU research center reflects focus on clean energy
Mississippi State is changing the name of a major research center to reflect its expanding role as a developer of clean energy systems and catalyst for state economic advancement. The state College Board earlier this month approved the name change for the university’s Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory–known for years by its acronym DIAL–which now…
Olsens provide MSU with space emphasis in engineering
Husband-and-wife professors Greg and Carrie Olsen are using their engineering know-how and NASA work experience to help guide Mississippi State to a deeper focus on space exploration, spacecraft design and mission control. The university’s aerospace engineering department will revise its curriculum for the 2006 fall semester to provide separate emphasis areas in aeronautics and astronautics–the…
MSU engineering majors to study in France during holiday break
Fourteen students from Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering will spend part of their winter break sightseeing and studying engineering practices in France Jan. 3-14. Enrolled in the university’s winter intersession course titled “Engineering Practice in Europe,” the group will visit universities in Toulouse and Paris, as well as examining several private companies. They also…
Georgia Tech scholar new head of MSU chemical engineering school
Former longtime Georgia Tech professor and research administrator Mark G. White is the new director of Mississippi State’s Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering. White’s appointment as the Earnest W. Deavenport Jr. Chair and school director became effective Jan. 1. He succeeds Clifford George, who served as interim director of the chemical engineering school…
Certified at MSU
Mississippi State graduate students Justin R. Jackson of Biloxi and Johnny R. Sanders of Vicksburg (third and fourth from the left) are receiving 2005 Materials Certificates from the university’s Bagley College of Engineering, as is another Vicksburg resident, Dustin H. McKnight (not pictured). All are 2003 MSU mechanical engineering graduates who received master’s degrees Dec….
Two MSU engineering grads receive Hatcher certificates
Two Mississippi State engineering students graduating this weekend are the latest to receive Jack Hatcher Entrepreneurship Certificates through a university program that promotes careers combining technical and business skills. Norman O. Cruse of Okolona and Christina L. Smith of Greenwood successfully completed the program during the 2005 fall semester in MSU’s Bagley College of Engineering….
Hearin Foundation Continues Support of the Bagley College
Major new support from the Robert M. Hearin Foundation is enhancing nationally recognized programs at Mississippi State University. The Jackson philanthropy recently committed a total of $4.4 million over three years. Of that amount, more than $3.8 million will go to the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering and $600,000 to the College of Architecture,…
Chevron’s Pascagoula refinery gives $60,000 to MSU engineering
December 2, 2005 Chevron Corp.’s Pascagoula refinery is giving $60,000 to Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering to support a variety of departments and programs. Steve Renfroe, public and government affairs manager for the refinery, recently presented the check to college Dean Kirk Schulz. The gift also will count toward the university’s “State of the…