On Sunday, 5 November 2023, the Mississippi State University Space Cowboys conducted their first hybrid test fire in over six years at the newly built test pad in Starr Forrest just outside of Starkville, MS. This was a procedural test of the contrails hybrid rocket motor and included validating the steps from past experiences and…
MSU mechanical engineering assistant professor Like Li has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the Tennessee Valley Authority to design, develop and demonstrate a lab-scale thermal energy storage reactor. “This is an excellent opportunity for my research group to design, build up, and test a kW-scale packed-bed chemical reactor in our lab,” Li said. “We…
A group of students participating in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering’s senior design course hopes to make the world more colorful for those with colorblindness. An estimated 300 million people worldwide live with colorblindness, including Mississippi State electrical engineer major Zach Scarbrough. Together with his group members Cameron Bass, Xen Gaerlan, Joe Kennedy…