STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State mechanical engineering professor Mark F. Horstemeyer is a newly appointed fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Recognizing his significant achievements in the field, the designation brings to 16 the number of faculty members within the university’s Bagley College of Engineering who are fellows in their respective professional societies. “I am…
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Two Mississippi State master’s-degree students and two university graduates are newly certified as American Society for Quality Six Sigma Black Belts. The students, who majored in industrial and systems engineering, include (by hometown): CALHOUN CITY–Keith Stegall, a 2004 graduate now pursuing a master’s in business administration; GREENWOOD–December graduate Christina L. Smith; and STARKVILLE–Chandrashekar K….
Members of Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering with new textbooks include Ray Vaughn, co-author of “Enterprise Information Systems Assurance and System Security: Managerial and Technical Issues” (Idea Group Pub.); Pat Fitzpatrick, author of “Hurricanes: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition” (ABC-CLIO Inc.); and Rand German, who wrote “AZ of Powder Metallurgy” (Elsevier Advanced Technology). Vaughn…
Mississippi State professor and administrator Roger L. King is the first recipient of the J. Donald Trotter Leadership Award for distinguished service in electrical and computer engineering. Associate dean for graduate studies and research in the university’s Bagley College of Engineering, King was chosen by a vote of tenure-track colleagues in the department of electrical…
A Mississippi State graduate student in industrial and systems engineering is the winner of an international professional society’s 2006 Student Award for Excellence. Kandace C. Noah of Houston, Texas, who is working on a master’s degree in the university’s Bagley College of Engineering, will receive the award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers during the…
A $10 million gift by a 1972 Mississippi State graduate and his wife will endow an honors college at the university. The endowment by Bobby and Judy Shackouls of Houston, Texas, was announced Tuesday [April 11] by President Charles Lee during a campus ceremony commemorating his April 15 retirement as MSU’s 17th chief executive. Lee…
STARKVILLE, Miss.–During Mississippi State’s 2006 Faculty Awards and Recognition Program Wednesday, three faculty members received university-wide honors. Arthur G. Cosby was named a William L. Giles Distinguished Professor, while Keith Koenig received the John Grisham Master Teacher Award and Robert B. Reese, the MSU Alumni Association Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award. Cosby is director of the…
Two widely recognized scholars and members of the prestigious National Academies are joining the faculty ranks at Mississippi State University. Reproductive biologist Neal First soon will begin an appointment with the university’s biological sciences department, while electrical engineer James Flanagan–a 1948 MSU graduate–will be affiliated with the Bagley College of Engineering. Both will hold the…
A Mississippi State faculty member is serving a three-year term on an editorial board that reviews and approves media policies for the global Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Noel Schulz, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the university, recently was elected to the IEEE Press Board during a meeting of the…
The director of Mississippi State’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems will be the guest speaker for a Friday [March 31] event focused on graduate research. Rand German, who has headed the multidisciplinary center since 2005, will address university graduate students during a noon-12:30 p.m. public event in the Colvard Union’s third-floor Fowlkes Auditorium. His topic…