Media - Part 198
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…
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…