Outreach | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 3
Bagley hosts BEST Robotics competition
Link: The Bagley College of Engineering hosted 23 Mississippi schools as part of the Mississippi BEST Robotics competition this weekend. http://www.starkvilledailynews.com/content/starkville-schools-score-big-robotics-competition
Registration for summer engineering academies is now open
Parents hoping to sneak some educational content into their children’s summer fun have several options thanks to the Summer Engineering Academies offered by Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering.
Bagley to expand robotics program through Toyota USA Foundation grant
With a $175,000 grant from Toyota USA Foundation, Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering plans to expand its outreach to middle and high school students throughout Mississippi via the Boosting Engineering Science and Technology (BEST) Robotics program. The program currently serves 25 teams at local school and aims to expand to 30 teams this…
Led by NSPE members, Mississippi State University students provide clean water in Zambia
Volunteers from the Mississippi State University chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA step onto a largely rural and undeveloped stretch of African terrain. Despite the 17-hour flight and being far removed from all the familiar amenities of home, they are excited. The chapter has returned once again, hopeful in their plans to aid the Simwatachela Chiefdom….
MSU Engineers Without Borders completes implementation of 9 water wells in Zambia
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders has completed the implementation of nine water wells in Simwatacheula, Zambia, providing sources of clean drinking water to approximately 10,000 people in rural communities.
MSU hosts Mississippi BEST Robotics Competition
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) — The Mississippi State football team may have had the weekend off, but there was still a huge competition on campus today. The Humphrey Coliseum was filled with robots Saturday Morning. “Today we’re having our MSU Best Robotics Competition. We’re so exited. It’s game day. These kids have been preparing for 6…
MSU researchers awarded NSF grant to encourage women in computing
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will allow researchers from Mississippi State University to encourage young women to enter science-based computing fields. A proposal submitted by MSU Computer Science and Engineering Assistant Clinical Professor Sarah Lee and Bagley College of Engineering Director of Educational Outreach and Support
Bulldog Bytes inspires K-12 Students to pursue computing
Thomas Weaver recognizes the positive impact a knowledgeable mentor can have on a student’s life. Having received encouragement from his father, 1985 computer science alumnus Bill Weaver, to pursue a degree in computer science at Mississippi State, he now looks for ways to inspire the next generation. This past summer, the sophomore shared his knowledge…
MSU program gives teachers new science tools
STARKVILLE, Miss. (MSU Press Release) – A program led by faculty members in Mississippi State University’s Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering is providing area science teachers with an expanded knowledge of polymer science to take back to their schools this fall. From July 11 through July 22, nine area middle and high school science teachers are…