Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 174
$441,000 grant approved for ISE research at MSU
The Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Department at Mississippi State University is being awarded a $441,000 grant to fund research on a new security prototype system for barge networks. The grant was sponsored through the United States Department of Homeland Security to help develop monitoring systems for hazardous cargo movement on barges. The research is…
CAVS professor keynote speaker for Powder Metallurgy Conference in Spain
In July 2006, Spain held the first ever Spanish Metallurgy Conference in Madrid at the University of Carlos III de Madrid and at Santander. In attendance was Bagley College of Engineering researcher and CAVS Director, Randall German. The conference was broken into two different conferences, one at Santander for graduate students, faculty and new researchers,…
AIChE receives Outstanding Chapter Award
The MSU chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers was selected as the 2005-2006 Outstanding AIChE Chapter. MSU is one of only 15 chemical engineering programs in the U.S. to receive the honor. The award was initiated in 1970, and since that time has been awarded to MSU’s chapter 16 times. The 2005-2006 announcement…
ASEE recognizes two MSU engineering departments
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) recently published its annual listing of top engineering programs in the United States. Among the top 30% was the MSU Department of Industrial and System Engineering. MSU was recognized after graduating 34 students from ISE during the 2004-2005 academic period. This rate trumped such competition as: Arizona, Auburn,…
North American Power Symposium set to make local appearance
Mississippi State University has been chosen as the site of the 2009 North American Power Symposium. The university was chosen due to campus-wide support of the program and direct support from the VP of Research Office, Dean’s Office and Electrical and Computer Engineering department. The symposium will bring between 150-200 power engineering faculty and students…
BCoE doctoral student recognized internationally as IEEE paper contest winner
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State doctoral student in electrical and computer engineering is receiving international recognition from the world’s leading professional, nonprofit organization in the field. Sarika Khushalani, a native of Nagpur City, India, won first place among some 200 entries in the recent student paper competition of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. She…
Civil Engineering’s ASCE chapter earns national recognition for service and excellence
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State’s student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers is nationally ranked for overall excellence and has been cited for its service in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The university chapter won the Zone II Vice President’s Award, placing it among the ASCE’s top five chapters in the nation. The national professional…
Raspet’s Lawrence new international test pilots society fellow
STARKVILLE, Miss.–David L. Lawrence, director of Mississippi State’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, is a new Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. An MSU aerospace research professor whose earlier career in the industry spanned more than 35 years, Lawrence becomes part of an elite group of only 150 SETP Fellows worldwide. The society works…
Student engineers finish third in national Challenge X event
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A team of Mississippi State engineering students that developed a diesel-electric hybrid automobile capable of getting 35 miles-per-gallon finished third in the 2006 national Challenge X competition. The nine-member university group is among 17 teams from institutions across the country re-engineering 2005 Chevrolet Equinox sport utility vehicles to minimize energy consumption, emissions and greenhouse…
Recent MSU civil engineering graduate receives $10,000 fellowship
New Mississippi State civil engineering graduate Kyle A. Frazier of Madison is receiving a nationally prestigious $10,000 fellowship to pursue advanced studies in his chosen field. A summa cum laude graduate who completed his university studies last month with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average, Frazier is one of only 35 engineering majors nationwide to receive…