Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 179
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…
MSU chemical engineering student wins national scholarship
A Mississippi State chemical engineering student from Clinton is among 15 winners of a national honor recognizing both academic achievement and involvement in profession-related student activities. Senior John Curtis Reed, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Reed, will receive the $1,000 Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer National Scholarship Award in November during the…
MSU engineers provide technological spark for military projects
Mississippi State research engineers are using their expertise in power electronics to provide some technological spark for America’s war-fighting capabilities on land and at sea. Two defense-related research initiatives guided at the university by electrical and computer engineering professor Marshall Molen are helping the U.S. Navy plan a new generation of all-electric warships and assisting…
ME senior wins Tau Beta Pi scholarship
A Mississippi State mechanical engineering major from Decatur, Ala., is among 38 nationwide recipients of prestigious 2003-2004 Tau Beta Pi Senior Scholarships. Harold S. Thompson III, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Thompson Jr., is a President’s Scholar at the university. Founded at Lehigh University in 1885, Tau Beta Pi is the world’s largest…
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…