Media - Part 205
MSU College of Engineering Namesake to give Commencement Address
April 25, 2005 U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering and James Worth Bagley, namesake of Mississippi State’s engineering college, will help the university graduate its 2005 spring class. Some 2,000 students are scheduled to receive degrees during the two May 7 commencement programs in Humphrey Coliseum. Pickering, the 3rd District Republican congressman, will address the 9:30 a.m….
Challenge X Panel Addresses Critical Energy Issues
April 15, 2005 A panel of business, government and university experts will examine possible transportation solutions to the nation’s critical energy problems Thursday [April 21] during a Challenge X discussion forum at Mississippi State. The 3-5 p.m. public meeting in the Parker Ballroom of the university’s Hunter Henry Center is sponsored by a team of…
ECE’s Robotics Team Wins 2005 SECON Competition
ECE Robotics Team won 1st place in the 2005 IEEE Region 3 student hardware competition against 34 other technical universities in the southeast. The team of nine undergraduate students (Joey Cate, Brail Coleman, Derrick Coleman, Dhruva Duncan (Co-Captain), Ashley Hicks (co-captain), Allison Scogin, Tara Swope, Ed Vaughn, and Jesse Viviano) participated in the competition as…
Biological engineering major at MSU chosen for NIH internship
April 6, 2005 Mississippi State biological engineering major Katherine E. Sinele of Flora is among 16 students from across the country selected to participate in a prestigious summer intern program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. A senior concentrating in biomedical engineering studies, Sinele was chosen from among 135 applicants from 59 colleges and…
MSU engineering major named Goldwater honorable mention
April 8, 2005 Mississippi State civil engineering major Kyle A. Frazier of Madison is a 2005 Honorable Mention Goldwater Scholar. The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation annually provides scholarships to American undergraduate students with excellent academic records and outstanding potential. Frazier is among 28 students nationwide selected for honorable mention. The…
Jackson center will teach law officers how to fight cyber crime
April 7, 2005 Mississippi State computer security expert Ray Vaughn’s dream of establishing a Jackson law enforcement training center devoted to fighting such Internet-related crimes as pornography and identity theft soon will be a reality. The university’s Center for Computer Security is joining forces with the state Attorney General’s Office, FBI and Jackson State University…
MSU chemical engineering award will honor Atly and Bette Jefcoat
April 6, 2005 –A chemical engineering award established in honor of veteran professor Atly Jefcoat and his wife Bette will provide $1,500 annually to a deserving student at Mississippi State. The Atly and Bette Jefcoat Student American Institute of Chemical Engineers Award has been established in the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering by…
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…