Media - Part 200
MSU engineering college moves up in national rankings
April 5, 2005 Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering is nationally ranked among U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools” for the second straight year, moving up four notches in the process. In the latest ranking released last week, MSU is No. 77 among the top 90 doctoral-granting engineering schools in comparison with a…
SemiSouth, II-VI Incorporated alliance promises high-tech jobs
April 4, 2005 A global high-technology corporation with manufacturing facilities in four states and two foreign countries today [April 4] announced a partnership with a Starkville-based company that was a spin-off from Mississippi State research. II-VI Incorporated of Saxonburg, Pa., [NASDAQ NMS: IIVI] is teaming with SemiSouth Laboratories, which is located adjacent to the university…
MSU Mechanical Engineering Students Place 3rd in National Competition
Mississippi State’s student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering is a third-place finisher in national competition sponsored by the professional organization. The university group, which includes more than 100 mechanical engineering majors, recently earned the ranking in ASME’s annual Ingersoll-Rand Inter-Regional awards competition, which recognizes outstanding activities and leadership. The achievement represented the…
President’s Commission on the Status of Women Presents Awards
Jennifer Dearman, a PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering was recognized as the Outstanding Graduate Woman, and Holli Hitt, a senior majoring in Communication received the Jan Batchelder Memorial Outstanding Undergraduate Woman Award. Jan Batchelder was a beloved staff member of the Bagley College of Engineering for almost 15 years.
Vizzini inaugural holder of MSU’s Cobb Chair in Engineering
March 31, 2005 Mississippi State aerospace engineering department head Anthony J. “Tony” Vizzini is the inaugural holder of the Bill and Carolyn Cobb Chair in Engineering. The chair recently was established in the university’s Bagley College of Engineering by the Dallas, Texas, couple, whose business provides international petroleum engineering and geological consulting services. A reception…
MSU Engineering College Gains New Development Officer
Ryan Little is the new assistant director of development for Mississippi State University’s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering. He succeeds Blake W. Hudson, who recently was promoted to the college’s development directorship. Little, a 2000 University of Oklahoma marketing graduate, previously served as corporate relations manager for Hands On Atlanta, a non-profit organization that…
MSU researchers, DTI take war-fighting technology to market
March 21, 2005 America’s war-fighting ability on remote battlefields is getting a jolt from power electronics technology developed by researchers at Mississippi State University’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems. CAVS scientists Marshall Molen and Mike Mazzola are harnessing the internal combustion engine of high-mobility vehicles such as the Army’s Humvee* to generate electricity for powering…
Bagley College Welcomes Dr. William Batchelor as head of ABE
When the new head of Mississippi State University’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering assumed his duties in January, he already knew a lot about the department’s work. William D. Batchelor’s background is in plant growth and development modeling. “A lot of that technology was developed here at MSU,” he said. “Most of my previous…
MSU engineering college recognizes distinguished alumni
March 10, 2005 Nine business and industry leaders who carved out successful careers after graduating from Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering are being honored as 2005 Distinguished Fellows. The alumni received plaques and personal congratulations from college Dean Kirk H. Schulz during a recent ceremony at the university’s Hunter Henry Center. “We are extremely…
Engineering Alumnus of the Year
Henry W. “Buddy” Faulkner was recently named as the Bagley College of Engineering Alumnus of the Year. He received a bachelor’s of science in industrial engineering from Mississippi State in 1966. He subsequently obtained an M.B.A. from Athens College in Alabama. Buddy Faulkner is the Founder and Principal of Advanced Sales Institute, Inc. He is…