Media - Part 221
MSU student to be featured in national TV commercial
Maxine Jones came to Mississippi State University two years ago with a plan to become a chemical engineer. Halfway to that goal, she recently completed something never anticipated: a starring television role. Beginning in early August, the Franklin County junior will be featured in a TV advertisement promoting Wal-Mart’s Competitive Edge Scholarship program. The 30-second…
MSU expanding presence at Stennis Space Center
In ceremonies today, Mississippi State President Malcolm Portera and other officials formally launched an expansion of the university’s research and education programs at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. The newly designated Engineering Research Center-Stennis is designed to build on MSU’s internationally recognized expertise in high-end computing technologies and enhance the school’s research contributions…
Engineering overseas study mixes education, culture
Engineering with a “veddy” English accent is on the travel card for 15 Mississippi State University students. The group of mostly senior engineering majors leaves July 3 for four weeks of classes in Great Britain and two weeks of independent travel in Europe as part of the MSU College of Engineering’s Study Abroad Program. Their…
1999 Outstanding Seniors
Aerospace Engineering Carolyn Dear with Dr. John McWhorter Agricultural & Biological Engineering Mike Mitchell with Dr. Jerry Gilbert Chemical Engineering Brady Bagwell with Dr. Atla Jefcoat Civil Engineering Seng “Mike” Voon with Dr. Harry Cole Computer Engineering James Bell Photo Not Available Computer Science Joshua Kilpatrick with Dr. Donna Reese Electrical Engineering Melissa Spencer with…
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…