Media - Part 209
MSU engineering majors recognized for academic achievement
Ten Mississippi State seniors are being singled out for outstanding academic achievement within their respective departments of the university’s Bagley College of Engineering. Majors ranking in the top 15 percent of their individual academic disciplines recently were honored at the college’s seventh annual Outstanding Senior Recognition Banquet. The program coincided with the university’s fall semester…
MSU helping meet demand for computer software engineers
Computer software engineering jobs are expected to nearly double during the first decade of the 21st century and Mississippi State’s nationally accredited program in the field already is filling the employment demand. With the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projecting that two out of the top three fastest-growing jobs for 2000-10 will be in the…
Piece of ‘poppin’ military history unearthed on MSU campus
Construction workers exposed a bit of post-World War I military history on the Mississippi State campus this summer when they dug up an old communication cable once used by ROTC cadets in simulated artillery drills. The strange looking strand—steel-wire jacketed with telephone-type internal conductors—drew puzzled stares when it recently was unearthed by a back-hoe in…
MSU chemical engineering student wins national scholarship
A Mississippi State chemical engineering student from Clinton is among 15 winners of a national honor recognizing both academic achievement and involvement in profession-related student activities. Senior John Curtis Reed, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Reed, will receive the $1,000 Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer National Scholarship Award in November during the…
MSU engineers provide technological spark for military projects
Mississippi State research engineers are using their expertise in power electronics to provide some technological spark for America’s war-fighting capabilities on land and at sea. Two defense-related research initiatives guided at the university by electrical and computer engineering professor Marshall Molen are helping the U.S. Navy plan a new generation of all-electric warships and assisting…
Construction and Materials Endowed Chair Announced
Thomas D. White is the first holder of the Construction and Materials Chair in Civil Engineering at Mississippi State. He also now directs the university’s Construction and Materials Research Center, which was created in 1998 as part of an effort to support and advance the state’s highway construction industry. White continues as head of the…
MSU engineering students join for summer study in England
A group of engineering majors from Mississippi State is in England as part of a six-week program mixing credit courses with European travel for a unique cultural experience. Five participants in the Bagley College of Engineering’s Study-Abroad Program have joined a dozen students from Clemson University for classes that began June 30 at the University…
Molen selected as Ergon, DTI Distinguished Professor
G. Marshall Molen was recently recognized for his appointment to the Ergon Corporation and Diversified Technology, Inc. Distinguished Professorship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University. Molen received his bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University. After graduating in…
MSU professor working on ‘brain’ for NASA planetary rovers
A Mississippi State professor is among U.S. scientists helping NASA develop a new generation of roving robots that can “think” their way out of tight spots and secure valuable data while exploring the far reaches of outer space. “It’s a high-level project to build software that will help these robots make decisions,” said Eric Hansen,…
MSU computer forensics course takes aim @ ‘cybercrime’
Terrorists, child pornographers, credit-card crooks, and other purveyors of cyberspace crime may want to glance over their shoulders now and then to see if a computer forensics expert is in hot pursuit. The technique of exposing computer-related crimes and tracking down their perpetrators through retrieval and analysis of electronic evidence is not new to law…