Media - Part 205
MSU Student Engineers to Compete in Automobile Design Challenge
STARKVILLE, Miss.-Mississippi State is among 17 universities named Tuesday to participate in a groundbreaking student engineering competition that could significantly impact the future design of automobiles and other vehicles. The sponsoring U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors Corp. announced the teams chosen for the three-year project, “Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility,” during a…
Reese Selected for National Academic Advising Award
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State computer science and engineering professor Donna S. Reese is receiving a national award for university faculty academic advising. Reese will formally accept the Outstanding Advising Award of the National Academic Advising Association in October during the organization’s 2004 meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to teaching and research responsibilities, Reese serves as…
MSU Student Selected for National Science Foundation Fellowship
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State electrical engineering student is the winner of a 2004 National Science Foundation graduate fellowship and will begin developing a research project this summer. Doctoral student John E. Ball is among approximately 900 selected for the highly competitive three-year awards, which fund research and education in most fields of science and engineering….
Minority Students Will Take a Look at MSU Engineering Programs
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Minority high school students from across the state will gather at Mississippi State this summer for a week-long look at the university’s wide array of engineering programs. The June 13-19 University Familiarization Program for Minorities in Engineering provides hands-on activities, laboratory investigations and classroom presentations designed to help the young scholars better understand and…
Former Seiko CEO to Discuss Nanotechnology
STARKVILLE, Miss.–The recently retired former leader of Seiko Corp. will discuss the growing importance of nanotechnology in the creation of new industries during a May 3 visit to Mississippi State. Dr. Reinosuke Hara, the longtime president and chief executive officer of the Japanese watch-manufacturing company, will address MSU science and engineering faculty. To begin at…
MSU Engineering Dean Receives Teddy Roosevelt Award
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State’s retiring dean of engineering is receiving a prestigious award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession. A. Wayne Bennett, leader of the university’s Bagley College of Engineering since 1996, recently accepted the Teddy Roosevelt Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies—Mississippi. Given during the organization’s winter banquet in Jackson, the…
MSU Computer Codes Helping NASA Design Future Space Shuttles
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Research engineers at Mississippi State are providing unique, high-performance computer codes to help U.S. space officials design safer and more efficient rocket-propelled vehicles of the future. A team from the university’s Computational Simulation and Design Center is working closely with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to accurately and effectively simulate combustion problems and…
Toghiani Selected for Outstanding Teaching Award
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State professor will be recognized for outstanding teaching in early April by the American Society for Engineering Education. Rebecca K. Toghiani, an associate professor of chemical engineering, will receive the ASEE Southeast Section’s Outstanding Teaching Award during the organization’s conference at Auburn University. “This is a terrific honor and is a reflection…
TVA Using Latest Technology to Guard Against Major Blackout
STARKVILLE, Miss.-The Tennessee Valley Authority is using all available resources, including the latest technology, to protect its seven-state coverage area against a major blackout such as occurred in the northeastern United States last year. “We’ve got to be smarter about what we do,” TVA official Jim Rossman said Tuesday at Mississippi State. He was among…
Plastic Engineers Society Establishes MSU Scholarship Endowment
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State engineering students, particularly those with a special interest in plastics, will benefit from a $25,000 check presented to the university by professionals who work in the field. Representatives of the Mississippi Chapter, Society of Plastic Engineers made the gift to the Bagley College of Engineering and the MSU Foundation during its February…