Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 155
BCoE teams end year with success, plan for next competitions
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Hoping to build on last year’s successes, many Bagley College of Engineering design teams look to start the fall semester with new members and fresh ideas. Starting tomorrow, August 27, these teams will begin holding interest meetings for students—both engineering and, in many cases, non-engineering majors—who would like to join their efforts…
MSU team places first in timber bridge competition
STARKVILLE, Miss. ⎯ Winning any competition is a great success for any university team, but when two of Mississippi State’s colleges are able to work together and share resources for one project, it is the true win for Mississippi State University. A Bagley college of Engineering team of civil engineers won the 2013 American Society…
Grad student receives French Fellowship
STARKVILLE, Miss. — A Bagley College of Engineering graduate student has become the first Mississippi State student to earn a prestigious fellowship from the French Embassy. Kristopher McKenzie is one of 40 from across the country to earn the 2014 Chateaubriand Fellowship. The only recipient from Mississippi and one of only 18 engineering students in…
Sloan Ziegler earns place on Capitol Hill
STARKVILLE, Miss.— A Bagley College of Engineering doctoral candidate has earned a fellowship that will take her to Capitol Hill. Jennifer Sloan Ziegler has earned a 2014 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. She is one of 10 in the group of 50 that will serve as a legislative…
Green to lead professional engineers
STARKVILLE, Miss.– The Bagley College of Engineering’s undergraduate coordinator will lead a society of professional engineers for the next year. On July 20, Robert Green was installed as president of the National Society of Professional Engineers during its annual conference in Washington, D.C. Elected to the position by his fellow society members, he has served…
Chemical engineering director earns innovative education award
STARKVILLE, Miss.– A Bagley College of Engineering professor has earned a national award for innovative teaching.Jason Keith, a professor and director of the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, has received the David Himmelblau Award for a decade of work in developing hydrogen fuel cell and energy education modules.This award is sponsored by the…
Bammann adds new Fellow honor to career achievements
STARKVILLE, Miss.— A Bagley College of Engineering mechanical engineering professor will receive the highest grade of membership from the Society of Engineering Science. Douglas Bammann will be named a Fellow during the organization’s 50th annual technical meeting at Brown University July 28-31. He is the only member to earn the honor this year. The rank…
MSU Space Cowboys excel at national competition
STARKVILLE, Miss.— The Mississippi State University Space Cowboys rocket team impressed judges at this year’s NASA’s University Student Launch Initiative (USLI) competition. The Space Cowboys placed fifth out of 25 teams from across the nation. The team also won the Design Review Award for the best combination of written reviews and formal presentations during competition….
MSU team wins IT FLIES competition
A team of undergraduate aerospace engineering majors won the international 2013 IT FLIES Annual Aircraft and Handling USA Flight Simulation Competition. The first place finish earned the five-member team $1,000 and a year’s free membership in the Royal Aeronautical Society. Nine teams from the United States and the United Kingdom competed in the April 13…
Zhang named to national research board task force
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A Bagley College of Engineering faculty member has been appointed to a national task force for emergency preparedness. Li Zhang, an associate professor in civil engineering, will serve a nearly three-year term on the task force for emergency evacuations of the Transportation Research Board, a division of the National Research Council. The…