Media - Part 207
MSU Engineering Faculty Member Named to International Post
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Noel N. Schulz of Mississippi State is the new secretary of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power Engineering Society. The associate professor of electrical and computer engineering will serve a two-year term on both the PES governing board and executive committee in her role as secretary. She has taught in the Bagley…
Enrique Sosa to Keynote 2004 MSU Hunter Henry Lectureship
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Former Amoco and Dow executive Enrique J. Sosa will discuss his 35-year career in the chemical industry during a Feb. 19 program at Mississippi State. Sosa will keynote the Hunter Henry Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, a public event to begin at 3:30 p.m. in the George Eastman Auditorium of the university’s Swalm School of…
MSU computer science students bring home top programming honors
A student computer science team from Mississippi State University is the winner of 2002 regional competition organized by the Association for Computing Machinery International. Sponsored by IBM, the annual collegiate computer programming contest recently took place at the Daytona Beach, Fla., campus of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. MSU’s Team Maroon was first to correctly solve…
MSU Engineering Alumnus Puts ‘Netcam’ Where His Heart Is
A Mississippi State alumnus wants the whole world to see the campus and its historic Drill Field from the vantage point of the engineering college where he Spent so many memorable years, so he put a camera where his heart is. A “netcam” camera purchased through a donation by Jackson dentist Jeffrey D. “Jeff” Hartsog…
MSU biomedical engineering student will intern in nation’s capital
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State biomedical engineering graduate student will intern with the National Academies in Washington, D.C., next semester in a program designed to smooth the transition from academia to professional life. Kori V. Brabham of McComb, a 25-year-old master’s degree student in the university’s department of agricultural and biological engineering, will perform the internship…
MSU professor named to national panel that assists NASA
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State engineering professor will serve on a national panel that serves as a conduit between NASA and the scientific-technical community. Roger L. King, Giles Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and associate director for research of the university’s GeoResources Institute, has been appointed to the Earth Science Information Systems and Services…
MSU auto research center poised to advance productivity, safety
STARKVILLE, Miss.–The state of Mississippi and Mississippi State are unveiling a state-of-the-art research center designed to reduce product development time, improve efficiency and increase safety in automobiles. Officially opened Thursday, the $9 million, 45,000-square-foot Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems draws on the university’s longstanding high-performance computing expertise to develop manufacturing methods that yield high-quality vehicles…
MSU chemical engineering professor, majors in national spotlight
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Atly Jefcoat, holder of Mississippi State’s Hunter Henry Chair of Chemical Engineering, is receiving national recognition for his work advising a student organization in his professional field. Jefcoat recently was named the 2002-03 Outstanding Student Chapter Adviser by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, a professional organization of more than 50,000. He has held…
Two MSU engineering students present research in France
Two Mississippi State graduate students in electrical and computer engineering were among nine finalists selected to make oral presentations this summer during an international paper competition. Abhinav Mathur and Vinod Ramnath, both from India, recently shared the results of their research projects in the final round of the International Student Prize Paper Competition. Mathur is…
Harrell to Launch Pritchard Speaker Series
STARKVILLE, Miss.–An expert in simulation and systems design will discuss evolving applications of the technology in the field of industrial engineering Monday [Dec. 1] as Mississippi State’s first Robert Pritchard Distinguished Speaker. Charles Harrell, an associate professor of manufacturing engineering technology at Brigham Young University, will speak at 1:30 p.m. in the Mitchell Memorial Library…