The Mississippi State chapter of Tau Beta Pi, an honor society for engineering students, recently inducted 24 new members into its ranks. Open to all engineering concentrations, Tau Beta Pi is the oldest universal engineering honor society and the second-oldest honor society in the United States. Tau Beta Pi chapter advisor and assistant professor of…
Mississippi State alumnus Doug Marchant and his wife, Gloria, have established an endowed department head chair in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. “I am appreciative of the vision that Doug and Gloria Marchant have in endowing the department head’s chair in computer science & engineering,” said Jason Keith, Dean of the Bagley College…
The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning recently approved the name change of Mississippi State University’s Biosystems Engineering, previously known as Biological Engineering. The new Biosystems Engineering program, housed in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, is focused on science, calculus and physics-based problem-solving in biological systems associated with agricultural and natural resource applications. This…
Fifty-two groundbreaking projects were presented during the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Design Showcase this week. The showcase, which occurs in the fall and spring semesters, featured teams from the department’s Foundations in Design, Capstone Design I and Capstone Design II classes. Students in these courses used their knowledge and skills to incorporate appropriate…