Media - Part 208
MSU Engineering Chair Honors Retired Director of High Voltage Lab
STARKVILLE, Miss. – The establishment of a new endowed chair at Mississippi State honors Paul B. Jacob, founder and longtime director of the university’s high voltage engineering program of study, research and testing. MSU alumnus James Worth Bagley established the Paul B. Jacob Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering to honor Jacob for his outstanding…
Two MSU ‘fellows’ bound for Capitol Hill
Two senior engineering majors at Mississippi State will serve this fall in the Washington, D.C., offices of Mississippi Senators Thad Cochran and Trent Lott. Otho Barnes of Bassfield and Walter L. Williamson of Jackson have been named Dorman Blaine Congressional Fellows by the university’s Bagley College of Engineering. Both are scheduled to graduate next summer….
New Department Head Announced
James C. Harden is assuming duties as head of Mississippi State’s department of electrical and computer engineering. Harden, whose background includes commercial work in wireless cardiac monitoring and digitally tuned radios, was promoted last month. He had held the post on an interim basis since his predecessor, Marshall Molen, was appointed to an endowed professorship…
Bagley College expands honors program opportunities
Mississippi State engineering students who want to extend University Honors Program participation into their junior and senior years now may do so by performing additional work in regular upper-level courses. Bagley College of Engineering departments are adding class sections that will allow upper-level students to earn honors credit by completing additional assignments such as writing…
Ergon-DTI scholarships recognize four MSU engineering majors
A leading industrial and commercial computer corporation is awarding scholarships to four freshman engineering majors at Mississippi State. Ridgeland-based Ergon-Diversified Technology Inc. annually recognizes academically talented students for hard work and determination through endowed scholarships that the company established in the university’s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering. The Ergon/DTI scholarships vary in dollar value…
James C. Forbes donates to College
James C. Forbes, a 1941 electrical engineering alumnus from Mississippi State University, wanted to give back to his alma mater, and in doing so he has become one of the College of Engineering’s largest individual donors. Born in Tomnolen, Miss., Jim Forbes moved around the northern part of the state with his family during his…
MSU civil engineering students receive MDOT support
Two Mississippi State civil engineering majors are the latest participants in a pilot education program that provides $10,000 awards to qualified students who agree to work as interns for the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Senior Jordan S. Whittington of Columbia and junior Gregory T. Geno of Booneville recently were selected to participate in the Pilot…
Viking donates grill for ASME student Drill Field cookouts
Future Drill Field cookouts by mechanical engineering majors at Mississippi State will feature a new state-of-the-art grill provided by the Viking Range Corp. The Greenwood company has donated a 41-inch stainless steel Viking Professional Series grill to the university’s student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, which holds campus cookouts each year to…
MSU flight research lab to be designated national soaring landmark
University Relations News Bureau (662) 325-3442 Contact: Phil Hearn Oct. 10, 2003 STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory will be designated as a National Landmark of Soaring Nov. 1 to recognize a half-century of motorless flight history and some of the gliding pioneers who made it possible. Glider pilots and builders from MSU and…
Alumni visit campus to share their experience
Marion Harris and Will Bunker became friends while students at Mississippi State University. After graduation, they decided to partner in some business ventures in Russia. While the ventures did not result in financial success, they gained invaluable experience and knowledge that shaped and molded their successful careers. Bunker graduated in 1992 with a degree in…