Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 127
Miss. State students craft ‘Car of the Future’
When Mississippi State University and Clinton Body Shop teamed up to create the “Car of the Future,” engineered to get 100 miles to the gallon, they both had their individual missions.
MSU student to show app at Apple WWDC
STARKVILLE – While running an errand in Starkville, Terence Williams received a life-changing email from Apple Inc. He applied for Apple’s 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference attendance scholarship months earlier with no expectations of getting the $1,700 attendance fee waived and being one of the 350 winners. Every year, Apple hosts the five-day conference in San…
Mississippi State celebrates research success with annual banquet
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Sixty Mississippi State students, faculty and staff are 2016 selections for exceptional research and leadership honors. MSU President Mark E. Keenum welcomed honorees, their guests and senior administrators to a campus awards luncheon Thursday [April 28] in the Hunter Henry Center’s Hal and Linda Parker Ballroom.
Eight faculty, staff members receive major MSU honors
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Two longtime Mississippi State researchers and administrators are receiving the university’s highest faculty recognition. Richard L. Brown and Alan I. Marcus formally were named William L. Giles Distinguished Professors during Tuesday’s [April 26] 2015-16 Faculty Awards and Recognition Program.
Mississippi State’s 3MT winner goes global
The winner of the Office of the Graduate School’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at Mississippi State has gone global. Piyush Porwal, a master’s student studying mechanical engineering, was named grand champion of the university’s most recent 3MT competition, and is now featured on the University of Queensland’s global showcase. Queensland founded and manages the…
NSBE chapter at Mississippi State earns national awards
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers recently won three awards at the organization’s national conference in Boston, Massachusetts. The chapter was one of six to earn NSBE Chapter of the Year honors among 120 medium-sized chapters nationwide. Further, MSU student Jamel Alexander was one of two recipients of the Mike…
Two Bagley students receive national fellowships
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Two Bagley College students received full fellowships from a national consortium to pursue continued education in engineering. Both Maya Luster and Fantasi Curry received full GEM fellowships applicable to the graduate school of their choosing. The fellowship will go cover the expense of their education and place them in two internships over…
MSU Society of Scholars adds 21 spring-semester members
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Twenty-one Mississippi State seniors are new members of the university’s prestigious Society of Scholars in the Arts and Sciences. Each semester, the honor organization recognizes top students in all academic majors who have demonstrated the highest standards of scholastic excellence while pursuing a broad exposure to courses in the arts, sciences and humanities.
BCoE Student Spotlight: Jamel Alexander
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Bagley College of Engineering’s Jamel Alexander has been riding the fast track to success during his time at MSU. Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Alexander’s early dreams were to become a physicist. After earning a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana’s Xavier University and a master’s degree in applied physics from the University of…
Bagley faculty member, students honored by President’s Commission on the Status of Women
STARKVILLE, Miss. – The national President’s Commission on the Status of Women recognized both Bagley students and a faculty member at this year’s awards reception. Honorees were formally recognized at MSU’s 2016 President’s Commission on the Status of Women Awards Reception on April 6 in Griffis Hall. Assistant clinical professor Sarah Lee, who also serves…