Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 168
Aerospace students lands third consecutive top 10
An unmanned, radio-controlled aircraft designed and built by Mississippi State students is landing a third consecutive top-10 finish in an international test of aerospace engineering skills. Headed by aerospace engineering majors Erin Wahlers of Gulfport and Viva Austin of Tylertown, the 23-member university team finished No. 8 overall in recent annual competition sponsored by the…
Guan Named Outstanding International Graduating Student
Yanlin Guan, an international student, who will be graduating May 10 is being honored for both his academic and personal achievements while at Mississippi State. He is one of three international students being honored as Outstanding International Graduating Students. Guan, a doctoral degree student in electrical engineering, is native of the People’s Republic of China….
Biological engineering major wins NSF Fellowship
Mississippi State University biological engineering major Jennifer A. Woodfield of Birmingham, Ala., is receiving a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship worth $96,000 over three years. “She is the only student from Mississippi State to receive this award and one of only two from universities in Mississippi,” said department head Jerome A. Gilbert, noting…
MSU students named new NSF computer security scholars
Mississippi State University is receiving more than $1 million for scholarships and other support for students training to meet the nation’s critical need for computer security and information assurance professionals. University juniors Ben A. Hubbard of Louisville and Jason E. Free of Muscle Shoals, Ala., senior Cleveland V. Johnson of Canton and graduate student Jeffrey…
Mississippi State moves closer to top 50 national research ranking
Mississippi State University continues its rise among the nation’s universities recognized for research strengths. In data recently posted by the National Science Foundation at https://www.nsf.gov/, the university shows gains in overall science and engineering research expenditures and holds a top 10 spot in agricultural research expenditures. [From the NSF main page, follow these links: “science…
MSU officials to receive national briefing on computer security
Mississippi State is among some two dozen universities invited to a Washington, D.C., briefing next week on the nation’s information infrastructure. The National Security Agency-sponsored meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday [Sept. 11 and 12] will focus on the role of higher education in assuring information systems protection. Robert A. Altenkirch, vice president for research, and…
MSU student to be featured in national TV commercial
Maxine Jones came to Mississippi State University two years ago with a plan to become a chemical engineer. Halfway to that goal, she recently completed something never anticipated: a starring television role. Beginning in early August, the Franklin County junior will be featured in a TV advertisement promoting Wal-Mart’s Competitive Edge Scholarship program. The 30-second…
College of Engineering enters top research ranks
Mississippi State’s College of Engineering now ranks among the nation’s top 50 engineering research schools, based on research spending. Figures released recently by the American Society for Engineering Education show the university’s engineering research expenditures for 1997-98 totaled more than $21 million, a 10 percent increase over the previous year. MSU now is 49th on…