Awards | Bagley College of Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering team “YongOptimization” ranks first in competition

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Mississippi State University group YongOptimization has placed first in the Grid Optimization (GO) Challenge 3 Competition. The third of four challenges, Challenge 3, focused on multiperiod dynamic markets, including advisory models for extreme weather events, day-ahead markets, and real-time markets with an extended look-ahead. These problems included active bid-in demand and topology optimization. During the…

December 6, 2023


Letter from the Dean: December 2023

Dear Faculty, Staff, Students and Friends of the Bagley College of Engineering: As we prepare for this week’s commencement ceremonies, I reflect on a truly outstanding semester at Mississippi State University. I continue to be amazed by the work being done by our students, alumni, staff and faculty. Here are a few of our most…

December 1, 2023


Bagley College of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering hosts senior showcase, announces winners

An assistive technology system for wheelchairs, a hands-free automatic attic temperature regulator, and a self-propelled acquisition robot all took top prizes at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Design Showcase. The showcase, which occurs in the fall and spring semesters, featured twenty teams from the department’s Capstone Design I and Capstone Design II…

November 29, 2023


Neel-Schaffer’s Jennifer Sloan Ziegler, CEE alum, wins national Young Engineer Award from ASCE

Neel-Schaffer’s Jennifer Sloan Ziegler, CEE alum, wins national Young Engineer Award from ASCE

November 7, 2023


Department of Computer Science and Engineering Associate Professor receives NSF CAREER award

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Maxwell Young, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER award. “Dr. Young is a brilliant young professor, and this award confirmed how highly recognized is his research in the scientific community,” Shahram Rahimi, department head and professor of the Department of Computer Science…

October 11, 2023


Three MSU undergraduates receive exclusive Phi Kappa Phi Pioneer Award

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October 4, 2023


Three Volunteers Receive Service Awards

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September 23, 2023


INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine names BCoE Summer Bridge Program a 2023 Inspiring Program in STEM

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August 22, 2023


Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering associate professor wins Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers early career award

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Wenmeng “Meg” Tian, a Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering associate professor, was recently awarded the Manufacturing and Design Division Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. “I was very honored to receive this award,” Tian said. “We have a lot of industrial engineering professors, young professors who are talented…

August 16, 2023


Mississippi State University aerospace engineering teams place in IT FLIES Flight Simulation competition

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Two teams of students from Mississippi State University’s Department of Aerospace Engineering’s aircraft design classes placed in the 2023 IT FLIES Flight Simulation Competition. The competition, hosted by Merlin Flight Simulation Group, was held at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, this past April. Merlin Flight Simulation Group organizes a unique Aircraft Design and…

August 14, 2023