Media - Part 216
MSU engineering students bring home individual, group honors
In competition with universities from five states and Puerto Rico, industrial engineering majors at Mississippi State University are being recognized for both individual and collaborative efforts. At a recent regional conference of the Institute of Industrial Engineers held at Auburn University, the MSU student chapter received the first-place award for organizational achievements, while senior member…
MSU researchers helping protect future Navy ships against fires
Mississippi State researchers are working with the U.S. Navy to make sure ships of the future and their crews are better protected against the rapid spread of fire and smoke caused by accident or enemy attack. “Fire is a very big concern in the Navy, whether it’s accidental or the result of a vessel getting…
ME senior wins Tau Beta Pi scholarship
A Mississippi State mechanical engineering major from Decatur, Ala., is among 38 nationwide recipients of prestigious 2003-2004 Tau Beta Pi Senior Scholarships. Harold S. Thompson III, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Thompson Jr., is a President’s Scholar at the university. Founded at Lehigh University in 1885, Tau Beta Pi is the world’s largest…
Aerospace students lands third consecutive top 10
An unmanned, radio-controlled aircraft designed and built by Mississippi State students is landing a third consecutive top-10 finish in an international test of aerospace engineering skills. Headed by aerospace engineering majors Erin Wahlers of Gulfport and Viva Austin of Tylertown, the 23-member university team finished No. 8 overall in recent annual competition sponsored by the…
MSU wins Best E-Week at Southeast Competition
National Engineers Week or E-Week was founded in 1951 by the Society of Professional Engineers to broaden public awareness and appreciation and to encourage pre-college interest in science, mathematics and technology. Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering uses this week to celebrate the lives of past engineers and to raise awareness of the school….
Guan Named Outstanding International Graduating Student
Yanlin Guan, an international student, who will be graduating May 10 is being honored for both his academic and personal achievements while at Mississippi State. He is one of three international students being honored as Outstanding International Graduating Students. Guan, a doctoral degree student in electrical engineering, is native of the People’s Republic of China….
Engineering professor added to Columbia investigation efforts
In the wake of the Feb. 1 loss of the space shuttle Columbia, a Mississippi State professor is helping investigators analyze the impact of falling foam debris on the space vehicle’s ceramic-tiled underbelly. Mark F. Horstemeyer, who holds the university’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems Chair (endowed professorship) in Solid Mechanics, recently was asked to…
ECE team rolls from behind to win Southeastern Region
A team of six Mississippi State engineering students is the winner of a regional competition to design and construct a robot capable of maneuvering and performing specific tasks in a maze. All seniors, the university team recently battled from behind to take first place ahead of 25 other groups at the annual Region 3 SeCon…
Biological engineering major wins NSF Fellowship
Mississippi State University biological engineering major Jennifer A. Woodfield of Birmingham, Ala., is receiving a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship worth $96,000 over three years. “She is the only student from Mississippi State to receive this award and one of only two from universities in Mississippi,” said department head Jerome A. Gilbert, noting…
Mississippi State computer scientist in ‘Top 40 Under 40’
Mississippi State computer scientist is among 40 young professionals being honored by the Mississippi Business Journal. Associate professor Anthony Skjellum is a selection for the publication’s 2002 “Top 40 Under 40” group of honorees. In addition to his teaching and research duties at MSU, Skjellum is president and chief executive officer of MPI Software Technology…