Alumni Spotlight | Bagley College of Engineering
Mississippi State sweeps top honors at ASCE Mississippi Section meeting
Contact: Chris Whitaker STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State alumnus Jesse Doyle was named Engineer of the Year at the 2026 American Society of Civil Engineers Mississippi Section meeting held Sept. 9-11 at ERDCWERX in Vicksburg. MSU earned a clean sweep as Ziai Li was awarded Young Engineer of the Year, and junior Kennedy Harper received the Civil…
MSU Alumni Association set to celebrate 2026 Alumni Fellows during Oklahoma game weekend
BCoE Emerging Leader 2026: Hagan D. Walker
Congratulations to our 2026 Emerging Leader! Hagan Walker is co-founder and CEO of The Glo Companies, a Starkville-based company that began as a classroom project at Mississippi State University. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from MSU’s Bagley College of Engineering in December 2015, Walker turned down an offer from Tesla Motors…
BCoE Distinguished Fellows 2026: Terrance Roshad West
Congratulations to our 2026 Distinguished Fellows! Over the last few days, we have highlighted each new Fellow. Dr. Terrance Roshad West is a distinguished engineer and leader based in Madison, Alabama. He currently serves as the Chief of the Missile Science and Technology (S&T) Division for the US Army DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC)….
BCoE Distinguished Fellows 2026: Stephanie Franks Roveda
Congratulations to our 2026 Distinguished Fellows! Over the last few days, we have highlighted each new Fellow. After graduating from MSU with a degree in chemical engineering, Stephanie joined Chevron at the Pascagoula, MS, refinery as a process engineer. She enjoyed 32+ years with Chevron and elected to retire recently to pursue new opportunities. Stephanie…
BCoE Distinguished Fellows 2026: John Thomas Robertson
Congratulations to our 2026 Distinguished Fellows! Over the next few days, we will be highlighting each new Fellow. Sunflower County native John Thomas Robertson graduated from MSU in 2009 with a degree in biological engineering and earned his Juris Doctor at the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2013. Upon graduating from law school,…
BCoE Distinguished Fellows 2026: Muthukumarappan “Kumar” Ramurthy
Congratulations to our 2026 Distinguished Fellows! Over the next few days, we will be highlighting each new Fellow. Dr. Muthukumarappan “Kumar” Ramurthy is a Strategic Energy Executive and Technology Founder with over 25 years of experience driving multi-billion dollar outcomes through technical innovation across the U.S. unconventional oil and gas sector. His career spans technical,…