STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State civil engineering students have returned to the top with a recent win at the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ Deep South Traffic Bowl. The event involves teams of three students competing in a Jeopardy-style challenge with questions based on transportation and traffic-related topics. The winning teams receive scholarships. Since 2006, the MSU team…
STARKVILLE, Miss.— Two Mississippi State University employees are on a mission to transform how students engage with mathematics. On Sunday mornings, Shanti Bhushan (Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering) and Santhana Boopalan (Postdoctoral Associate in Comparative Biomedical Sciences) began tutoring to boost their children’s and their friends’ children’s math skills. Two years later, this initiative evolved…
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Khaoula Kamal fights for the people that aren’t thought about. Born in Morocco, the senior biomedical engineering major said her family moved to the U.S. when she was young because her father believed they would have a better life and more opportunities there. “My father prioritized education. He was a teacher in Morocco, but…
For the Mississippi State University Formula SAE team, the 2023-2024 competition season marked a significant achievement. After years of consistent progress, the team achieved its best-ever finish, placing 17th out of 120 teams—a remarkable accomplishment that leaves the team eager to build on its success. “We couldn’t believe it when we saw the scores,” recalled…