Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 168
New position latest highlight in engineer’s career
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State civil engineer can add yet another major entry to an already impressive résumé: chair of the American Society for Testing and Materials’ Committee on Road and Paving Materials. In his new role, Thomas D. White, head of the university’s civil engineering department, will help oversee the creation and evolution of standards…
Mechanical engineering professor receives donation for research
Assistant professor in mechanical engineering Keith Walters recently accepted a generous donation from Fluent, Inc., to support his research on turbulence modeling and CFD. Fluent donated $25,000 cash to Walters, and the company has also donated a sizable license for use of its software. Fluent is the leading provider of commercial CFD-related software. The donation…
Mechanical engineering students win AFS scholarships
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Five Mississippi State mechanical engineering majors are receiving scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,000 from the American Foundry Society, an international organization of about 13,000 members in 47 countries. The Foundry Educational Foundation Scholarships are awarded to students with demonstrated interest in the metal casting industry and the society, which includes 48 local chapters…
MSU graduate engineering student wins fellowship worth $17,500
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A talented Mississippi State graduate student in mechanical engineering is receiving a 2006-07 Mississippi Space Grant Consortium fellowship worth $17,500. The award went to Justin M. Crapps of Florence, Ala., a graduate research assistant at the university’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems. Last May, he received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, magna cum…
Horstemeyer new fellow of national society
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State mechanical engineering professor Mark F. Horstemeyer is a newly appointed fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Recognizing his significant achievements in the field, the designation brings to 16 the number of faculty members within the university’s Bagley College of Engineering who are fellows in their respective professional societies. “I am…
MSU engineering student honored by international society
A Mississippi State graduate student in industrial and systems engineering is the winner of an international professional society’s 2006 Student Award for Excellence. Kandace C. Noah of Houston, Texas, who is working on a master’s degree in the university’s Bagley College of Engineering, will receive the award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers during the…
Noel Schulz named to editorial board of global organization
A Mississippi State faculty member is serving a three-year term on an editorial board that reviews and approves media policies for the global Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Noel Schulz, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the university, recently was elected to the IEEE Press Board during a meeting of the…
Greenwood joins executive committee of study-abroad consortium
Mississippi State industrial engineering professor Allen Greenwood is a newly elected member of the Global Engineering Education Exchange’s executive committee. “Global E3 is a great organization and I look forward to working with them to enhance the study-abroad opportunities for engineering students,” said Greenwood, who also is coordinator of international programs for the university’s Bagley…
MSU engineering student’s research paper wins recognition
A Mississippi State chemical engineering doctoral student from Cordova, Tenn., is being recognized by a national organization for his research paper on alternative energy sources. In May, Darrell L. Sparks will receive the 2006 Outstanding Student Abstract Award of the American Oil Chemists Society. His report is titled “Modeling the Solubility of Oleic, Pelargonic and…
CAVS director at MSU receives Japanese society’s research award
The director of Mississippi State’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems is the recipient of a prestigious international research award from a society in Japan. Rand German received the Award for Distinguished Achievement in Research from the Japan Society for Powder and Powder Metallurgy during a recent formal ceremony in the East China Sea coastal city…