Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 96
Mississippi State set to compete in EcoCAR Mobility Challenge
Mississippi State University has been invited for the fifth consecutive time to participate in the nation’s premier automotive engineering competition.
Student Counseling Center, Tau Beta Pi offer resources to engineering students
Engineering is a very stressful and difficult program, so finding ways to alleviate that stress and to combat that difficulty is important. One of the keys to success in college is to know when you need help, whether it be emotional or academic, and get that help as soon as possible. There are so many…
Society of Petroleum Engineers offers a variety of opportunities to MSU students
There are many opportunities for students all over Mississippi State University’s campus. One of these include the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), whose mission includes providing opportunities for professionals to improve their technical and professional competence in the oil and gas industry. Mississippi State’s chapter of SPE does just this for its members. This organization…
Babski-Reeves selected to lead national ergonomics organization
Bagley College of Engineering associate dean Kari Babski-Reeves has been elected as president of the board of directors for the Board of Certified Professional Ergonomists. Babski-Reeves will serve a one-year term as president after having been elected by the board to lead the organization. She recently completed a one-year term as board secretary and is…
Link: The risk of ‘cascading’ natural disasters is on the rise
Civil and environmental engineering associate professor Farshid Vahedifard co-authored a story in The Conversation about how natural disasters can make future disasters worse.
Bagley recognizes 11 faculty members with endowed positions
Eleven faculty members from six different departments who hold endowed positions were recently recognized by the Bagley College of Engineering. Five were honored with endowed chairs while six hold endowed professorships. Additionally, five of the positions went to female faculty. Related: See photos from the DAC dinner. “We have an outstanding group of faculty within…
Our People: Ben Armour
Growing up as the youngest of 12 siblings, family has naturally had a strong influence on Ben Armour. And with a dad and several siblings who are engineers, it’s probably not all that surprising that the native of Laurel chose to enroll in Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering.
Scottish engineering firm renews multi-million dollar software donation
For the second time in two years, Scotland-based engineering firm Petroleum Experts (Petex) has donated more than $1.4 million worth of software to the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University. Petroleum Experts made their first software donation to Mississippi State in the fall of 2016. “We are extremely grateful to Petroleum Experts…
Vahedifard outlines a risk framework to consider how natural hazards cascade with a domino effect to worsen disasters
A Mississippi State endowed faculty member says that while the U.S. is seeing a spike in the occurrence of natural hazards, such as wildfire and drought, increased impacts are being felt around the world from events that compound on one another, causing a cascading effect.
Eleven MSU students join prestigious Presidential Scholars group
Eleven freshmen, including eight Bagley students, are beginning their academic careers at Mississippi State with the university’s Presidential Scholar designation.