Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 165
MSU, Denver share $2+m for transportation research, education
STARKVILLE, Miss.–The National Center for Intermodal Transportation–an academic partnership between the University of Denver and Mississippi State University–is receiving a $2.4 million federal grant. NCIT officials said the funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation will be equally shared by both institutions for transportation research and education projects over the next four years. “We have…
MSU graduate nation’s top aerospace engineering student for 2005
August 15, 2005 Recent Mississippi State graduate Angela M. Spence of Brandon is receiving this year’s Sigma Gamma Tau/Ammon S. Andes Award, which recognizes the top U.S. university aerospace engineering major. Spence, who received her May degree summa cum laude, was chosen from among regional winners of the aerospace engineering honor society’s annual undergraduate awards…
NSF award worth $400,000 to MSU engineering professor
July 26, 2005 A Mississippi State chemical engineering professor is receiving $400,000 over five years as a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for junior faculty members nationwide. Priscilla Hill, an assistant professor in the university’s Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, has won a 2005 NSF Faculty Early Career Development…
MSU engineering graduate wins $2,000 national grant
June 22, 2005 Mississippi State mechanical engineering student Justin M. Crapps is among a select group winning a prestigious $2,000 Rothermel national grant. The annual Marjorie Roy Rothermel Graduate Scholarships of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Auxiliary recognize outstanding scholastic achievement and excellent character among students in the field. “You have earned the distinction…
Challenge X Team Brings Home Awards
June 20, 2005 A team of Mississippi State University students redesigning a sports utility vehicle recently took home several awards and the keys to a new 2005 Chevrolet Equinox last week at the Challenge X Year One competition. Mississippi State is one of 17 universities from across North America competing to redesign the vehicle for…
MSU Ranks High in African-American Engineering Grads
June 13, 2005 Mississippi State ranks among the top 15 in the nation in awarding bachelor’s degrees in both engineering and education to African-Americans, according to Black Issues in Higher Education. Based on the most current figures from 2004 published in the national magazine’s June 2 edition, the university is 11th in awarding education degrees…
MSU engineering students set for national Challenge X competition
June 2, 2005 Teams of engineering majors from Mississippi State and 16 other top North American universities will compete Sunday through Wednesday [June 5-8] in a national event that could significantly alter the future design of automobiles and other vehicles. Students from the United States and Canada are re-engineering a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox, a crossover…
Alan Boyle receives $120,000 NSF fellowship
May 12, 2005 A Mississippi State computer science and biochemistry graduate from Starkville is receiving a 2005 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship worth $120,000 for three years of work toward a doctorate. Alan P. Boyle received degrees, both summa cum laude, in computer science engineering and biochemistry/molecular biology during the university’s May 7 commencement….
Starkville native gets research fellowship
Tonya Stone May 6, 2005 A Mississippi State graduate student in mechanical engineering is receiving a 2005 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship worth more than $120,000 over three years of work toward a doctorate. Tonya W. Stone, a Starkville native and mother of three, is among nearly 1,000 national winners of the NSF fellowship,…
Biological engineering major at MSU chosen for NIH internship
April 6, 2005 Mississippi State biological engineering major Katherine E. Sinele of Flora is among 16 students from across the country selected to participate in a prestigious summer intern program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. A senior concentrating in biomedical engineering studies, Sinele was chosen from among 135 applicants from 59 colleges and…