Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 157

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…

April 9, 2012


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…

March 29, 2012


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.

March 1, 2012


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…

February 23, 2012


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…

January 18, 2012


Student receives honor from national civil engineering society

Reston, Va.— Andrew Odenthal, a civil engineering student at Mississippi State University, was recently named a New Face of Civil Engineering by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) through its first annual New Faces of Civil Engineering – College Edition program. Odenthal is one of only 10 students nationwide who are being recognized for…

January 4, 2012


Lacy named Fellow of ASME

STARKVILLE, Miss. – A Mississippi State professor teaching and conducting research in mechanical engineering now holds the highest honor in an international society. Thomas E. Lacy Jr., Ph.D., P.E., of the Bagley College of Engineering, was recently bestowed the rank of Fellow by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Lacy joins 24 other Fellows…

December 13, 2011


AT&T supporting BCoE diversity programs

STARKVILLE, Miss. — A national telecommunications company will help boost diversity programs within Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE). During a Nov. 2 reception in the university’s Grisham Room, C.D. Smith of AT&T Inc. presented a $10,000 check to Sarah Rajala, dean of the BCoE. Angie Verdell, director of the college’s diversity programs and…

December 13, 2011


MSU technology licensed for global energy market

STARKVILLE, Miss.–An innovative wastewater technology developed at Mississippi State is entering the international energy market as part of a licensing agreement with a Canadian company.

November 29, 2011


Warnock among selections for national engineering symposium

STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State biomedical engineering faculty member recognized for his problem-based teaching methods will participate next month in a special National Academy of Engineering symposium.

October 18, 2011