Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 166
MSU Mechanical Engineering Students Place 3rd in National Competition
Mississippi State’s student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering is a third-place finisher in national competition sponsored by the professional organization. The university group, which includes more than 100 mechanical engineering majors, recently earned the ranking in ASME’s annual Ingersoll-Rand Inter-Regional awards competition, which recognizes outstanding activities and leadership. The achievement represented the…
Canton native, major MSU donor receives national volunteer honor
March 9, 2005 A Mississippi State alumnus and retired industry executive is being recognized by a national education support organization for his extensive volunteer efforts on behalf of the university. Canton native Hunter W. Henry Jr. recently received the Bill Franklin Volunteer of the Year Award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of…
NASA recognizes MSU pair for aircraft engine research success
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Two Mississippi State scientists are receiving national recognition from NASA for devising computer software that is saving aircraft engine manufacturers millions of dollars in new engine developments. Professors Jenping Chen and J. Mark Janus of the university’s ERC/Computational Simulation and Design Center won NASA’s 2004 Software of the Year Award in their research category…
MSU’s Thompson Elected Fellow of National Aeronautics Institute
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Longtime Mississippi State aerospace engineering professor Joe F. Thompson is a newly elected Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. A William L. Giles Distinguished Professor in Aerospace Engineering, the Grenada native and university alumnus will be inducted formally during the AIAA’s annual Fellows Dinner and awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., next…
MSU’s Thompson Elected Fellow of National Aeronautics Institute
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Longtime Mississippi State aerospace engineering professor Joe F. Thompson is a newly elected Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. A William L. Giles Distinguished Professor in Aerospace Engineering, the Grenada native and university alumnus will be inducted formally during the AIAA’s annual Fellows Dinner and awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., next…
Vizzini Elected Fellow of American Society for Composites
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State aerospace engineering department head Tony Vizzini is a new Fellow of the American Society for Composites. An expert in composite structures who became university department leader in August 2003, Vizzini has been a member of the ASC since 1987. He earlier served the organization as membership secretary for two years and currently…
MSU Engineering Student Receives ASME’s Gracik Scholarship
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State senior is among 18 national recipients of a 2004 John and Elsa Gracik Scholarship from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Justin M. Crapps, a mechanical engineering major from Florence, Ala., was awarded the $1,500 scholarship during the recent ASME annual summer meeting. He is an MSU Dean’s Scholar and the…
MSU Among Nation’s Top 25 in Engineering Research
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State now ranks 24th among the nation’s universities in engineering research and development expenditures, according to a new report from the National Science Foundation. MSU climbed from 32nd in engineering research in the previous edition of the NSF publication, “Academic Research and Development Expenditures.” The report released July 30 is based on data…
MSU-Developed Humidity Sensors Successfully Tested at Smithsonian
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State research unit is using some tools of the future—fiber optic humidity sensors—to help preserve the nation’s past. The university’s Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory—known as DIAL—recently completed a detailed evaluation of the performance of four moisture sensors that underwent long-term testing at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History. Developed by…
Reese Selected for National Academic Advising Award
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State computer science and engineering professor Donna S. Reese is receiving a national award for university faculty academic advising. Reese will formally accept the Outstanding Advising Award of the National Academic Advising Association in October during the organization’s 2004 meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to teaching and research responsibilities, Reese serves as…