Newsroom | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 99

Two Bagley graduate students earn Research Assistantship awards

Two Bagley College of Engineering students earned the 2018 Graduate Research Assistantship award by the Office of the Graduate School. Shahriar Shahrokhabadi won the award for Ph.D. students while James Williams won the award for masters-level students. Both are pursuing degrees in civil and environmental engineering. “These awards reflect the individual’s success and commitment to…

August 10, 2018


MSU’s first Astronaut Scholar grateful for prestigious award

As Mississippi State University’s first Astronaut Scholarship recipient and one of only 50 across the U.S. this year, senior civil engineering major Phong C. Ly of Brandon feels like the luckiest guy in the universe.

August 6, 2018


Our People: Kendrick Addison

For Kendrick Addison, summers at Mississippi State are not too different from the rest of the academic year. Addison has enrolled during the summer terms throughout his college career because he values the opportunity to focus his undivided attention on one course at a time.

August 6, 2018


Herb Johnson promotes diversity through endowments

August 1, 2018


Bagley students fare well at local hackathon

A group of computer science students from Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering recently participated in Hack the Future: Between Earth and Sky, a local hackathon sponsored by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Jesse Ables, a graduate student in cyber security from Flora, Mississippi, was part of the second-place team that developed a…

July 31, 2018


Bagley alumna tapped for SWE chapter leadership position

Civil & environmental engineering alumna Victoria Malley was recently named to the Executive Committee of the Greater New Orleans chapter of the Society of Women Engineers. Malley will serve as president of the organization for the coming fiscal year. She is a 2017 graduate of Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering and currently serves…

July 30, 2018


Brocato named Fellow of ASEE

John Brocato, the program coordinator for the Shackouls Technical Communication program in the Bagley College of Engineering, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education. Brocato was one of just 11 engineering educators from the across the country to be selected as a 2018 ASEE Fellow. ASEE Fellows are recognized for…

July 30, 2018


Transformative opportunities endure through memorial endowment

In 2000, Sydney Cate Jr. created the Sydney L. Cate Endowed Scholarship in the MSU James Worth Bagley College of Engineering. Memorializing his father, Sydney L. Cate Sr., a 1917 Mississippi A&M engineering alumnus, the award ensures promising students are afforded the opportunity to study engineering at his father’s alma mater.

July 27, 2018


Research, support and economic drive: 15 years in, CAVS continues to help Mississippi manufacturing thrive

In 2001, Mississippi officials saw a chance to secure the state’s first automotive manufacturing plant—a major investment from Nissan that would create billions of dollars in economic impact. They turned to the state’s leading research university to help make it a reality.

July 26, 2018


A Bulldog through and through: Exxon Mobil Canada leader cherishes close ties to alma mater

A 14-hour time difference in Malaysia didn’t stop her from staying up late to watch Dak Prescott lead the Bulldogs in a historic rise to No. 1 in 2014. Being more than 2,700 miles away in Canada didn’t stop her from tuning in as Coach Vic Schaefer led women’s hoops to a record-breaking, undefeated regular…

July 26, 2018