Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 108

Mississippi State graduate student wins grant from NASA

A Mississippi State University graduate student was one of 54 students from across the country to win the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) Program, which awards each winner a $45,000 grant. Orhan Eroglu, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, won the NESSF award for his research on extending the impact of…

August 21, 2018


Mississippi State to offer new graduate-level military engineering concentration

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Recognized as one of the top universities in the nation for military-connected students, Mississippi State University is adding to that reputation by launching a new concentration in military engineering for its master of engineering program. The master of engineering concentration will be a multidisciplinary degree program that offers students flexibility as part…

August 17, 2018


Engineering alumnus earns prominent award from NASA

Mississippi State University alumnus Eric Cranford was one of just six people to earn a prestigious Space Flight Awareness Silver Snoopy award from NASA’s Stennis Space Center. Cranford, a 2010 graduate in civil engineering from Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering, was recognized for outstanding support to rocket engine testing. He currently serves as the…

August 15, 2018


Truax earns certification from national organization

Dennis Truax, the head of the civil and environmental engineering department in Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering, was recently named a Board Certified Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer (D.WRE) of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE). The AAWRE is a subsidiary of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). AAWRE’s Board Certification program…

August 14, 2018


Two Bagley graduate students earn Research Assistantship awards

Two Bagley College of Engineering students earned the 2018 Graduate Research Assistantship award by the Office of the Graduate School. Shahriar Shahrokhabadi won the award for Ph.D. students while James Williams won the award for masters-level students. Both are pursuing degrees in civil and environmental engineering. “These awards reflect the individual’s success and commitment to…

August 10, 2018


MSU’s first Astronaut Scholar grateful for prestigious award

As Mississippi State University’s first Astronaut Scholarship recipient and one of only 50 across the U.S. this year, senior civil engineering major Phong C. Ly of Brandon feels like the luckiest guy in the universe.

August 6, 2018


Our People: Kendrick Addison

For Kendrick Addison, summers at Mississippi State are not too different from the rest of the academic year. Addison has enrolled during the summer terms throughout his college career because he values the opportunity to focus his undivided attention on one course at a time.

August 6, 2018


Herb Johnson promotes diversity through endowments

August 1, 2018


Bagley students fare well at local hackathon

A group of computer science students from Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering recently participated in Hack the Future: Between Earth and Sky, a local hackathon sponsored by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Jesse Ables, a graduate student in cyber security from Flora, Mississippi, was part of the second-place team that developed a…

July 31, 2018


Bagley alumna tapped for SWE chapter leadership position

Civil & environmental engineering alumna Victoria Malley was recently named to the Executive Committee of the Greater New Orleans chapter of the Society of Women Engineers. Malley will serve as president of the organization for the coming fiscal year. She is a 2017 graduate of Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering and currently serves…

July 30, 2018