Media - Part 222
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…