January, 2016 - Richard A. Rula School of Civil & Environmental Engineering - Bagley College of Engineering

Congratulations to those CE Students who made the Dean or President’s List (Fall 15)

Dean’s List Fall 2015 Bridget Abadie Hannah Ainsworth Anna Baglan Eliza Bigham Daniel Blackburn Alexander Bohannon Arman Borazjani Jessica Bullock Hunter Card Jay Coleman Brandon Crane Bennett Douglas Jonathan Drannan Lemuel Dunn Charles Easley Harris Ellsworth Amber Frederick Jeremy Fuller Tyler Hassell Stewart Inman Dylan Jenkins Claire Kendall Caleb LaCombe Jing Liao Victoria Malley Dylan Miley…

January 20, 2016


MEC Blueprint Mississippi Report Calls for $375 Million Annually to Address Mississippi’s Deteriorating Roads and Bridges

An investment of an additional $375 million annually is needed to address the most vital road and bridge needs in Mississippi at the state and local level, according to a report released Friday, Dec. 18 by the MEC Blueprint Mississippi Transportation Infrastructure Task Force. MEC also announced the formation of ‘Excelerate Mississippi’, a program designed to…

January 4, 2016


First Long-Term Highway Bill in a Decade Signed into Law

On December 5, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act into law. The conference report was approved overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives by a vote of 359-65 and an equally impressive tally of 83-16 in the Senate. A comprehensive five year/$305 billion surface transportation authorization, this law is the culmination of…

January 4, 2016