Media - Part 197
Computer engineering student named 10th MSU Goldwater Scholar
A computer engineering major with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average is Mississippi State’s latest Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. Junior Wesley J. Holland of Brandon is among only 323 students selected nationally on the basis of their academic accomplishments in mathematics, science and engineering. More than 1,000 students were nominated for the 2006 awards by collegiate…
MSU alumnus named commander of Air Force lab
Mississippi State University alumnus Maj. Gen. Ted F. Bowlds was named commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in January. Bowlds graduated in 1975 from the Bagley College of Engineering’s electrical and computer engineering department. Under Bowlds’ new position, he is responsible for managing the Air Force’s $1.5…
Greenwood joins executive committee of study-abroad consortium
Mississippi State industrial engineering professor Allen Greenwood is a newly elected member of the Global Engineering Education Exchange’s executive committee. “Global E3 is a great organization and I look forward to working with them to enhance the study-abroad opportunities for engineering students,” said Greenwood, who also is coordinator of international programs for the university’s Bagley…
MSU IE name change reflects modern engineering trends
Mississippi State’s industrial engineering department is being renamed the department of industrial and systems engineering to better reflect modern program trends within the profession. Department head Royce Bowden said industrial engineers design, improve and install systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. He said the name change reflects an expanded focus on systems engineering…
New MSU institute uses digital biology to improve human health
A new institute at Mississippi State will merge traditional strengths in engineering and biology to help solve global problems related to human health, nutrition, food safety, bio-security, and agricultural production. The state College Board recently approved establishment of the Institute for Digital Biology, a unique, multidisciplinary research unit that could launch the 128-year-old land-grant university…
MSU engineering student’s research paper wins recognition
A Mississippi State chemical engineering doctoral student from Cordova, Tenn., is being recognized by a national organization for his research paper on alternative energy sources. In May, Darrell L. Sparks will receive the 2006 Outstanding Student Abstract Award of the American Oil Chemists Society. His report is titled “Modeling the Solubility of Oleic, Pelargonic and…
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…