Media - Part 197
Guardian Angel: MSU flight lab working on ‘back-packable’ UAV
July 18, 2005 U.S. combat troops in the treacherous killing fields of Afghanistan and Iraq could use a good Guardian Angel–particularly like the one under development at Mississippi State’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory. Aerospace engineers at the university are designing a “back-packable” unmanned aerial vehicle–the Guardian Angel–to be smaller and more efficient than the Army’s…
MSU-AEA partnership to create new ‘high-powered’ industry
July 6, 2005 A new partnership announced today [July 6] between Mississippi State and United Kingdom-based AEA Technology will establish a research and development facility to produce portable power systems in support of space, defense and homeland security missions. Initially to be located in the university’s Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory in Starkville, AEA Technology…
Royce Bowden new head of MSU industrial engineering
July 5, 2005 Mississippi State professor Royce O. Bowden Jr. is the new head of the university’s department of industrial engineering. A faculty member for the past 13 years and among the Hearin Eminent Scholars designated by the Bagley College of Engineering, Bowden succeeded retiring department head Larry Brown July 1. Brown retired in early…
MSU scientists playing key role in effort to slow global warming
June 29, 2005 Mississippi State scientists are playing a key role in the nation’s effort to slow global warming by reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions caused primarily by the expanding use of fossil fuels for energy. Three researchers from the university’s Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory–DIAL, for short–are members of a regional team seeking the…
Penn State scientist new CAVS director at Mississippi State
June 28, 2005 An award-winning mechanical engineer and materials scientist at Pennsylvania State University is the new director of Mississippi State’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems. Randall German, who officially assumes his new duties at CAVS July 1, also will hold one of three CAVS endowed chairs in the Bagley College of Engineering. He begins…
MSU engineering graduate wins $2,000 national grant
June 22, 2005 Mississippi State mechanical engineering student Justin M. Crapps is among a select group winning a prestigious $2,000 Rothermel national grant. The annual Marjorie Roy Rothermel Graduate Scholarships of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Auxiliary recognize outstanding scholastic achievement and excellent character among students in the field. “You have earned the distinction…
Challenge X Team Brings Home Awards
June 20, 2005 A team of Mississippi State University students redesigning a sports utility vehicle recently took home several awards and the keys to a new 2005 Chevrolet Equinox last week at the Challenge X Year One competition. Mississippi State is one of 17 universities from across North America competing to redesign the vehicle for…
Alumnus Creates Endowed Chair in Civil Engineering
June 20, 2005 Longtime Mississippi State supporter and 1961 civil engineering alumnus James T. White and wife Barbara are committing $1.75 million to the university to establish an endowed chair in the Bagley College of Engineering. The James T. White Chair in Civil Engineering will be an endowed position held by the head of the…
Survey ranks MSU No. 3 in online engineering ‘best buys’
June 17, 2005 A national survey ranks Mississippi State University third in the nation in “best buys” among accredited, online engineering degree programs. In a biennial survey released June 14, GetEducated.com, based in Essex Junction, Vt., ranked MSU behind only North Carolina State University and California State University (Dominguez Hills) for affordability. The survey considered…
MSU Ranks High in African-American Engineering Grads
June 13, 2005 Mississippi State ranks among the top 15 in the nation in awarding bachelor’s degrees in both engineering and education to African-Americans, according to Black Issues in Higher Education. Based on the most current figures from 2004 published in the national magazine’s June 2 edition, the university is 11th in awarding education degrees…