Media - Part 204
MSU Among Nation’s Top 25 in Engineering Research
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State now ranks 24th among the nation’s universities in engineering research and development expenditures, according to a new report from the National Science Foundation. MSU climbed from 32nd in engineering research in the previous edition of the NSF publication, “Academic Research and Development Expenditures.” The report released July 30 is based on data…
MSU Scientist Urges Biomass Development to Replace Petroleum
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State research scientist is urging Congress to consider plant and animal materials as a replacement for dwindling supplies of petroleum in the future production of fuels and other important chemicals. “With our worldwide petroleum reserves playing out their capability to support industrial activity over the next 100 years, new options for future…
MSU helping create minority business database
University Relations News Bureau (662) 325-3442 Contact: Phil Hearn July 8, 2003 Mississippi State University has entered into a partnership with state government and a non-profit corporation to create a searchable computer database of minority-owned businesses.Designed by two MSU student engineering majors as an intern project this summer, the database is expected to be up…
3M Grant Will Help MSU Engineering Students Learn About Quality
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State’s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering is receiving more than $500,000 from 3M to establish a Six Sigma Certificate Program, designed to provide students with industry’s latest customer satisfaction training through quality control. 3M representatives Larry Thomason and Brian Schoeberl made the announcement during a recent ceremony at the university’s Swalm School…
MSU Holds Computer Security Sessions for Minority Students, Faculty
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A computer security training program next week at Mississippi State is expected to attract more than 30 mostly minority college and high school students and faculty from nine institutions of learning. Hosted by the university’s Center for Computer Security Research and funded by the National Science Foundation, the Information Assurance Workshop Wednesday and Thursday…
MSU Names Wing of McCain Hall to Honor Retiring Engineering Dean
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State is naming a wing of the Bagley College of Engineering’s oldest building, McCain Hall, in honor of retiring dean A. Wayne Bennett and his wife. The second-floor, north section of the recently refurbished building was named the Wayne and Shirley Bennett Enhancements Wing of McCain Hall following a unanimous vote of the…
MSU Scientists Invent Breathalyzer to Detect Diabetes
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Two Mississippi State scientists have invented a high-tech sensory device that can detect the early symptoms of diabetes in a person’s breath. John Plodinec and Chuji Wang already have developed a prototype and applied for a patent. They now are seeking a commercial partner to help them move their unique diabetes breath analyzer from…
MSU summer programs link young women to engineering careers
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Two programs designed to attract young women to engineering careers are scheduled on the Mississippi State campus this summer. Women in Action, a residential program for seventh- and eighth-graders, features four-day sessions June 9-12 and July 21-24. WISE Women, a July 11-17 residential program for females in grades 9-11, includes, among others, the “Cinderella…
MSU-Developed Humidity Sensors Successfully Tested at Smithsonian
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State research unit is using some tools of the future—fiber optic humidity sensors—to help preserve the nation’s past. The university’s Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory—known as DIAL—recently completed a detailed evaluation of the performance of four moisture sensors that underwent long-term testing at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History. Developed by…
Ergon-DTI Recognizes Six Incoming MSU Engineering Majors
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A top industrial and commercial computer corporation is awarding scholarships to six graduating high school students who plan to enroll as engineering majors at Mississippi State. Ridgeland-based Ergon-Diversified Technology Inc. annually recognizes academically talented students for hard work and determination through endowed awards the company established in the university’s Bagley College of Engineering. Ergon-DTI…