Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 159
Engineering students design, build, soar above competition
Mississippi State students engineer another successful year at the Unmanned Air Systems Competition through teamwork and autonomous flight. The 10-member student team, named Xipiter, placed second overall at the eighth annual student Unmanned Air Systems Competition by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. They rose above 21 other peer institutions such as Embry-Riddle Aeronautical…
Bagley College of Engineering student team rockets to success
The Mississippi State Space Cowboys, an undergraduate student rocket design team, recently placed second in NASA’s University Student Launch Initiative. The annual rocketry challenge designed by NASA is a national competition created to motivate and excite the next generation of tech-savvy, “sky-minded” American engineers and scientists. “The stipulation for the competition is to build a…
Year two EcoCAR finals heat up in Ariz., Calif.
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State’s automotive design team is burning up the competition at this year’s EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge competition. Sponsored by General Motors and the Department of Energy, the three-year competition ask 16 competitively selected university teams to re-engineer a sport utility vehicle to reduce emissions and improve fuel economy while maintaining consumer…
Rajala Named Phi Kappa Phi Scholar
BATON ROUGE, LA— Dr. Sarah A. Rajala has been selected by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi as the 2010-2012 Phi Kappa Phi Scholar for her accomplishments in research, teaching, administration and public service. Rajala is professor and dean of engineering at Mississippi State University and holds the Earnest W. and Mary Ann Deavenport…
Auto-design team to compete in Michigan
STARKVILLE, Miss. – While other students hit the educational brakes to enjoy some summer fun, a group of Mississippi State engineers prepares to put the pedal to the metal as it tests its custom-built formula-one style race car against international competitors. MSU’s team will compete in the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) Collegiate Design…
National organization helps fund students’ further education
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Economic woes will not prevent three Mississippi State students from pursuing engineering degrees. Each Bagley College of Engineering student has earned financial support from the world’s largest engineering honor society. Tau Beta Pi has awarded a $2,000 scholarship to Michael Barton, a senior in aerospace engineering. William Cleveland, aerospace and computer engineering,…
Rajala receives WEPAN Educator’s Award
The Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) Educator Award honors an engineering educator for exceptional achievement in increasing the participation and retention of women in engineering. The award was presented Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at the NAMEPA/WEPAN National Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. For thirty years, Dr. Sarah A. Rajala has served as a faculty member…
Ph.D. candidate earns prestige from National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) selects Ratessiea “Tessa” Lett, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, to receive one of the highly coveted and competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship awards. Lett’s graduate level effort in advancing research in the area of “Solidification Defects in Castings” has earned her the right to become a member of a…
Yuan earns prestigious award
“Explanation, Decision Making and Learning in Graphical Models” is the research project that may help distance-learning students improve comprehension and enhance interactive learning while taking online classes. Changhe Yuan, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has been awarded one of the highly competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grants. The five-year $455,233 funding…
Student-built robot powers through design competition
STARKVILLE, Miss. —A team of eight Bagley College of Engineering seniors earned its place in the sun with a third-place finish at a solar-powered robot competition. The renewable energy-themed IEEE Southeastern region hardware competition took place in Charlotte, N.C. Each participating team was asked to create a self-navigating robot. Using no on-board stored energy sources,…