Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 147
MSU Xipiter earns top ten finish in international competition
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Mississippi State University’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS) team landed in the top ten at an international competition. Team Xipiter finished tenth overall out of 26 teams that were able to fly during the two-day Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s (AUVSI) student competition. The team finished sixth in flight and placed tenth…
Student rocketry team captures success in NASA competition
STARKVILLE—Mississippi State’s Space Cowboys rocketry team blasted past the competition in this year’s NASA-sponsored University Student Launch Initiative (USLI). The team finished second overall out of a field of 40 teams. It also earned the Best Science Mission Directorate Payload Award and an honorable mention for their education engagement activities. “Over the last several years,…
Mississippi State design team builds ‘formula’ for success
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Mississippi State University’s Formula team earned a personal-best finish in a collegiate competition at the Michigan International Speedway. The team placed 34th in a field of 109 teams, from four continents, in an annual design competition sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers International. A three-day event, the competition tests each team’s…
Computer science senior earns NSF fellowship
STARKVILLE, Miss. – An exceptional undergraduate performance has earned a national fellowship for a computer science senior. The National Science Foundation has selected Jonathan Harper for an annual $30,000 graduate research fellowship, which he will receive for the next three years. An additional annual award supplement of more than $10,000 will cover the cost of…
Walters earns national award for chemical engineering education
Starkville, Miss. – A member of Mississippi State University’s chemical engineering faculty will be honored this summer by a national engineering education organization. Keisha B. Walters, an associate professor, will receive the Raymond W. Fahien Award from the American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Chemical Engineering Division at its June conference in San Antonio, Texas….
Aerospace senior selected for internship in Washington, D.C.
Starkville, Miss. – A Mississippi State University engineering student becomes the first student from the Magnolia State selected for a prestigious summer internship in the nation’s capitol. Michael Barton, a senior in aerospace engineering, has been selected from a nation-wide pool of applicants for a Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Internship with the National Research…
Electrical engineer receives highly competitive NSF junior faculty award
STARKVILLE, Miss. – An electrical engineer at Mississippi State University has earned a top research-funding award from one of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious programs. Yong Fu, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, received an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, which includes a five-year, $400,000 grant to fund his research…
MSU selected to lead national transportation research
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State is the lead institution for a $3.5 million federal grant to help fund a center of excellence for transportation research.
MSU engineer earns top NSF early career award
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A member of Mississippi State University’s engineering faculty will receive research funding from one of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious programs. Pan Li, an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering, earned a 2012 NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. Beginning in August, the five-year, $450,000 grant will help fund…
Williams named ‘Emerging Scholar’ by national magazine
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State alumnus and faculty member is an Emerging Scholar of 2012 according to a national magazine for higher education. Byron Williams, assistant professor of computer science, is one of 12 academics included in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education’s 2012 Top “Under 40” Emerging Scholars list. First published in 2002, the magazine’s list…