Media - Part 216
Research report by MSU mechanical engineers gets top award
Traditional methods of manufacturing airplane structures, fan blades and other constructions requiring thin-sectioned aluminum components can be mechanically unstable, tedious and expensive. A Mississippi State University mechanical engineering team now proposes a better method: high-speed machining. Recommendations presented in a report by assistant professor Emmanuel I. Agba received first-place honors last week at an international…
Mississippi State announces 1999-2000 Henry Engineering Scholars
Five recently graduated high school seniors from Central and South Mississippi are the 1999-2000 Hunter Henry Endowed Scholars in Engineering at Mississippi State University. Thomas E. Boone of Wiggins; James D. Findley of Ridgeland; John W. Kennedy of Jackson; Stephen F. Pisarich of Saucier; and John C. Reed of Raymond recently were selected to receive…
Engineering freshmen now have 24-hour computer access
When the College of Engineering Class of 2003 graduates from Mississippi State University, its members will take with them a constant companion from campus days–their personal computer.”Computers are a necessary part of the job for practicing engineers,” said Dean A. Wayne Bennett. “We decided about three years ago that our students had to have full-time…
Exxon gift expands employee contributions
Mississippi State University is receiving nearly $76,000 from the Exxon Education Foundation’s employee matching-gift program. The amount–a 20 percent increase over last year–is derived from the foundation’s 3-to-1 match of contributions to MSU over the past year by 46 Exxon USA Co. employees, retirees, spouses, and directors. MSU ranks 46th among more than 900 colleges…
College of Engineering enters top research ranks
Mississippi State’s College of Engineering now ranks among the nation’s top 50 engineering research schools, based on research spending. Figures released recently by the American Society for Engineering Education show the university’s engineering research expenditures for 1997-98 totaled more than $21 million, a 10 percent increase over the previous year. MSU now is 49th on…
White to head MSU’s civil engineering
A Purdue University professor formerly of Vicksburg is the new head of Mississippi State University’s civil engineering department. Thomas D. White, who has headed Purdue’s materials engineering curriculum, assumes his MSU duties Aug. 10. Formal approval of the appointment is pending by the Board of Trustees, State Institutions of Higher Learning. Prior to a 15-year…
Mississippi State, TVA form industrial support partnership
The Tennessee Valley Authority is joining with Mississippi State in a partnership to provide research support for industries in the TVA service area. During the recent presentation of $250,000 to the university’s Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulation, TVA director Johnny Hayes said the agency’s contributions to research are investments in economic development. “I…
Kaber receives NSF grant
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded Dr. David Kaber a Faculty Early Career Development grant to pursue research into the concept of telepresence in teleoperations. The $465,000 award is to be dispersed across a four-year period and involves investigation of the sensation of being present in a remote environment while controlling a remote robotic…
A Mississippi Center for Providing Innovative Solutionsfor the Materials and Construction Industries Overview, Charter of Organization, and Industry Supporters
An ambitious new program is under development. Called the Mississippi Center for Construction and Materials Research and Education, the program will be a special, privately funded engineering center and laboratory tasked with supporting these needs in the state of Mississippi. It will be located at Mississippi State University, within the Civil Engineering Department. Leading and…