A world-renowned scholar in the field of mechanical metallurgy has been selected as the new department head for mechanical engineering within Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering. Haitham El Kadiri will assume the position of department head and PACCAR Chair pending approval of the State Board of Trustees, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. He…
Meghan Nguyen, a native of Ocean Springs, MS, is a senior Chemical Engineering major who is currently completing her second work term with Dow Chemical in Freeport, TX. How have you grown as a student through your Co-op Experience? Being a ChemE Co-op student enhanced my education at MSU by providing me industry experience and…

Schedule A Visit • Apply Now Summer is HERE! This year is flying by and Fall 2021 will be here before we know it. For our Fall 2021 incoming freshmen and transfer students, we are ecstatic to be seeing you during orientation and look forward to welcoming you home in August! For our Fall 2021 rising…
One of Jonathan Cheeks’ main goals when he enrolled at Mississippi State was to find ways to be of service to others. Getting involved with the National Society of Black Engineers was a natural first step for the electrical engineering major.
A total of 124 Mississippi State students and one faculty member are new inductees of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the organization has announced.
A senior chemical engineering major in the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering and the Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College at Mississippi State University is receiving the Humanity in Action Fellowship.

Mississippi State faculty member Dennis D. Truax has added a pair of awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers to his impressive collection of honors and accolades. Truax, the director of the Richard A. Rula School of Civil & Environmental Engineering in MSU’s Bagley College of Engineering, has been recognized at both the national…
A Mississippi State University project examining the role of culture in encouraging women to pursue engineering fields is being highlighted this week [May 11-18] as part of the National Science Foundation-funded 2021 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) for All Video Showcase.

A 1979 petroleum engineering graduate, Joffrey R. “Jay” Pryor is vice president of Business Development for Chevron Corporation. Before assuming his current position in 2006, Pryor served as chairman and CEO of Chevron Nigeria Ltd. and was responsible for directing the company’s oil and gas operations in West Africa.
Southern Company and Mississippi State University are proud to announce a new collaboration that will expand the energy company’s use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to map critical infrastructure, assess weather-related damage and conduct routine utility inspections.