Alumni Spotlight | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 2
BCoE Distinguished Fellows 2026: Matthew “Matt” Craig Hillyer
Congratulations to our 2026 Distinguished Fellows! Over the next few days, we will be highlighting each new Fellow. Matt Hillyer serves as Vice President of Manufacturing and Engineering for Taylor Machine Works, Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Mississippi. In this role, he provides strategic leadership across engineering, manufacturing engineering, operations, and supply chain functions, supporting the…
BCoE Distinguished Fellows 2026: Christine E. Cuicchi
Congratulations to our 2026 Distinguished Fellows! Over the next few days, we will be highlighting each new Fellow. Christine E. Cuicchi is a distinguished leader in high-performance computing (HPC) with a career spanning 29 years in the Department of Defense (DoD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP). Ms. Cuicchi earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace…
BCoE Distinguished Fellows 2026: William Bradley “Brad” Clark
Congratulations to our 2026 Distinguished Fellows! Over the next few days, we will be highlighting each new Fellow. Brad Clark volleys between his home in McComb, Mississippi and Starkville and Claiborne County, MS. He is the owner of Clark Construction, Inc. of MS in McComb. He graduated from MSU in 1985 with a B.S. in…
BCoE Distinguished Fellows 2026: Kari Babski-Reeves
Congratulations to our 2026 Distinguished Fellows! Over the next few days, we will be highlighting each new Fellow. Dr. Kari Babski-Reeves is currently the Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Tennessee. She is a proud three-time industrial engineering MSU alumna. She began her academic career in the Grado Department of Industrial and…
MSU VIDEO: Alumnus Matt Ramsey, Artemis II Manager, visits Mississippi State University Foundation
Empowering Innovation: One BCoE graduate’s journey in engineering
With a heart full of ambition and a mind driven by curiosity, recent Ph.D. graduate Aulora Williams has carved a career that reflects both her personal experiences and professional aspirations. The Biloxi native immersed herself in the world of mechanical engineering early on at Mississippi State University’s Engineering on the Coast campus, where her passion…
ME alum Christopher L. Ewing: MSU Alumni Association celebrates 2025 Alumni Fellows during mid-Sept. game weekend
Alumni Spotlight: Herbert Johnson
In 1985, Mississippi State’s former National Alumnus of the Year Herbert Johnson sat in his garage in Houston, Texas, and founded HVJ Associates, a Texas-based public infrastructure engineering company. “I’ve always had a natural inclination towards business,” Johnson said. “I wanted to be the boss of my career, take responsibility, create wealth and position myself…