Undergraduate | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 2
Bagley College of Engineering Office of Diversity and Inclusion reflects on another successful Summer Bridge Program
Another successful Summer Bridge Program has come to an end, and participants of the program have entered their freshman year already ahead of many of their peers. The month-long program, sponsored by Ergon, Inc., a Jackson, Mississippi-based company that provides specialty products and services to essential industries worldwide, allows future Bulldog Engineers to take the…
Student Spotlight: Britain Steele
Not many students can say they found their future career while falling from the skies, but Britain Steele can. “My best friend suggested a spontaneous skydiving trip, and I thought it could be fun,” Britain said. “I remember sitting in the cockpit with the pilot, looking down 14,000 feet, and being pushed out of the…
Mississippi State University aerospace engineering teams place in IT FLIES Flight Simulation competition
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…
Letter from the Dean: August 2023
Dear Faculty, Staff, Students and Friends of the Bagley College of Engineering: As we get ready for the start of an exciting fall semester, I wanted to take a moment and send out a few updates about the college: Read about the student awards received at the American Society of Civil Engineers Gulf Coast Symposium…
MSU Bagley College of Engineering honors faculty, staff and students with annual achievement awards
This past semester the MSU Bagley College of Engineering honored eight members of its faculty, staff and students. These annual awards recognize faculty and staff for their accomplishments in the college’s eight departments and multiple research centers. This year’s award recipients are as follows: BCoE Career Winner—Dr. Lesley Strawderman, International Paper Chair, professor, Department of Industrial and…
Student Spotlight: Jenna Oetting
For Mississippi State student Jenna Oetting, time is valuable. It is also strictly scheduled. That’s because the senior is a unique combination of engineering student and student-athlete. Like most traditional students, Oetting attends class five days a week, but while many have part-time jobs outside of school, she practices with the track and field team…
Bagley College of Engineering students place in the 2023 American Society of Civil Engineers Gulf Coast Symposium
Concrete cornhole, steel bridge aesthetics and surveying were just a few of the competitions Mississippi State University civil engineering students placed in at the 2023 American Society of Civil Engineers Gulf Coast Symposium. The symposium, held at the University of South Alabama on March 9-11, allowed students to develop their leadership skills further while engaging…
Mississippi State student organizations hold annual Catalpa Creek Stream Cleanup
The Catalpa Creek Watershed is cleaner thanks to numerous organizations participating in the creek’s annual cleanup this past March. Once a year student organizations come together to remove garbage from the creek. The Bagley College of Engineering student group Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), spearheaded the cleanup with support from CHEVRON and the Bagley…
Student Spotlight: Yasmin Chambers
Mississippi State student Yasmin Chambers understands the importance of hard work and challenging herself. An athlete all her life, the computer engineering major is now applying those same fundamentals to her education and her military career. “I had offers to play basketball in college, but as a senior in high school, I was burnt out…