Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 171
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…
MSU Student Selected for National Science Foundation Fellowship
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State electrical engineering student is the winner of a 2004 National Science Foundation graduate fellowship and will begin developing a research project this summer. Doctoral student John E. Ball is among approximately 900 selected for the highly competitive three-year awards, which fund research and education in most fields of science and engineering….
MSU Administrator Being Honored for ‘Uncertainty Analysis’ Work
STARKVILLE, Miss.–The head of Mississippi State’s mechanical engineering department is receiving a prestigious national award for his contributions in experimental uncertainty analysis, which measures the “goodness” of a test result. W. Glenn Steele, also one of the university’s William L. Giles Distinguished Professors, will receive a 2004 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ground Testing…
MSU computer science doctoral student wins Cisco scholarship
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State computer science doctoral student from China is receiving a $2,500 scholarship that recognizes significant contributions in the field of information security. Wei Li, a 30-year-old student in the university’s department of computer science and engineering, is among only four students nationally receiving the Cisco Systems Information Assurance Scholarship for the 2004…
MSU Engineering Faculty Member Named to International Post
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Noel N. Schulz of Mississippi State is the new secretary of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power Engineering Society. The associate professor of electrical and computer engineering will serve a two-year term on both the PES governing board and executive committee in her role as secretary. She has taught in the Bagley…
MSU biomedical engineering student will intern in nation’s capital
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A Mississippi State biomedical engineering graduate student will intern with the National Academies in Washington, D.C., next semester in a program designed to smooth the transition from academia to professional life. Kori V. Brabham of McComb, a 25-year-old master’s degree student in the university’s department of agricultural and biological engineering, will perform the internship…
Two MSU ‘fellows’ bound for Capitol Hill
Two senior engineering majors at Mississippi State will serve this fall in the Washington, D.C., offices of Mississippi Senators Thad Cochran and Trent Lott. Otho Barnes of Bassfield and Walter L. Williamson of Jackson have been named Dorman Blaine Congressional Fellows by the university’s Bagley College of Engineering. Both are scheduled to graduate next summer….
MSU flight research lab to be designated national soaring landmark
University Relations News Bureau (662) 325-3442 Contact: Phil Hearn Oct. 10, 2003 STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory will be designated as a National Landmark of Soaring Nov. 1 to recognize a half-century of motorless flight history and some of the gliding pioneers who made it possible. Glider pilots and builders from MSU and…