Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 138
Inaugural design competition introduces freshmen to engineering
STARKVILLE, Miss. – More than 80 Mississippi State freshmen kicked off their college careers as part of a new Bagley College of Engineering competition. The Engineering Freshman Experience (EFX) Design Competition was introduced by the BCoE as a part of the 2014 Dawg Daze, an annual event hosted by the MSU Student Association. Although geared…
Graduate student attends international laureate forum
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A doctoral candidate in the computer science and engineering department participated in an international mathematics and computer science laureate forum featuring academic leaders in the fields. Srishti Srivastava was selected to participate in the second annual Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany. She is one of the 200 applicants chosen from around the…
Marchant gift encourages females in cyber study
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State University is working to generate more interest in the field of computer security for female students as a possible career path. Over the next few years, the university will implement a plan to increase the female population in engineering by collaborating with the National Science Foundation.
Student gains personal growth from studying abroad
STARKVILLE, Miss. – How many people can say they’ve been to two continents, six countries, and 27 cities in one summer? Emily Mealins, a junior double majoring in civil engineering and Spanish, was able to do just that and more during her summer abroad in Alcala de Henares, Spain. “I think, sometimes, we don’t realize…
Mississippi State student interns at genomic research institute
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Mississippi State senior Anna Florence was one of the standout applicants to be selected for the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology BioTrain internship program. Florence lives in Huntsville, Ala. but enjoys attending school in Starkville, Mississippi. “It’s a very neat community of people that are just nice and supportive of where you’re headed,”…
BCoE partners with Entergy to develop new software
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A team of Bagley College engineers helped develop computer software that saves time, money and energy for a national utility company. As part of its university research program, Entergy Corp. joined a team of Mississippi State students and researchers to develop the Relay Settings Automation (RSA) program. With this software, a process…
MSU team Xipiter soars above competitors at UAS competition
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A Mississippi State University student team reached the top ten during an international student unmanned air system competition. MSU’s Team Xipiter surpassed 26 of the 36 registered teams to clinch 10th place overall during the 12th annual Student Unmanned Air System Competition hosted by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)…
Petroleum alumnus named to Medical Properties Trust board of directors
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Paul Sparks, an Entergen executive and 1984 petroleum engineering graduate from Mississippi State, has been named to the board of directors for Medical Properties Trust.
NASA funds two new Mississippi State engineering proposals
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State is receiving funding for two proposals expected to help NASA achieve its long-term space mission, as well as enhance commercial partnerships and technological innovation on Earth.
ChE alumnus named Zeon Chemical CEO
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Industry veteran Bob Barlow has been named president and CEO of Zeon Chemicals L.P., effective Jan. 1. The company announced the move on Sept. 2.