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BCoE teams end year with success, plan for next competitions
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Hoping to build on last year’s successes, many Bagley College of Engineering design teams look to start the fall semester with new members and fresh ideas. Starting tomorrow, August 27, these teams will begin holding interest meetings for students—both engineering and, in many cases, non-engineering majors—who would like to join their efforts…
MSU team places first in timber bridge competition
STARKVILLE, Miss. ⎯ Winning any competition is a great success for any university team, but when two of Mississippi State’s colleges are able to work together and share resources for one project, it is the true win for Mississippi State University. A Bagley college of Engineering team of civil engineers won the 2013 American Society…
Sloan Ziegler earns place on Capitol Hill
STARKVILLE, Miss.— A Bagley College of Engineering doctoral candidate has earned a fellowship that will take her to Capitol Hill. Jennifer Sloan Ziegler has earned a 2014 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. She is one of 10 in the group of 50 that will serve as a legislative…
ASCE Concrete Canoe National Competition
The concrete canoe is now on display in the Walker foyer. I have attached two photos of the canoe team taken at the awards banquet Saturday night. Here is a link to the NY Times article on the competition. As they put it, at the National Concrete Canoe Competition engineering students raced aboard vessels they…
Emergency Evacuations Task Force
Dr. Li Zhang, associate professor in Civil Engineering, has been appointed to a national task force for emergency preparedness. Dr. Zhang will serve a nearly three-year term on the task force for emergency evacuations of the Transportation Research Board, a division of the National Research Council. The 26-member task force focuses on preparing for emergency evacuations…
2013 National Timber Bridge Design Competition
Team Members: Brian Bullock, Hunter Hudson, John Dodds, Rae Ann Otts, Landon Byars, Lando Shepherd, Nathan Green , John Mullins, Mark Barry, Patrick Kuykendall and Josh Hancock The Team gives a Special Thank You to: Dr. Rubin Shmulsky ( rshmulsky@cfr.msstate.edu ). Dr. Shmulsky is head of the Forest Products section of Mississippi State and graciously donated his time, materials, and his complete array of laboratory testing…
Three Bagley College students earn 2013 Spirt of State honors
Three Bagley College of Engineering students have earned recognition for their contributes to Mississippi State and the Starkville community. The annual Spirit of State Awards honor students who have made a positive impact on their classmates and campus community. Recipients are nominated for the award by faculty, staff, or fellow students.
Four faculty earn ‘distinguished’ status from Bagley College
Four Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE) faculty members have become the newest members the college’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers. Amy Barton, Isaac Howard, Pedro Mago, and James Martin have been inducted into the college’s prestigious society. The four inductees were selected based on nomination letters written by students and colleagues. These letters highlighted the faculty…
Five faculty earn endowed postions within Bagley College
Five faculty members have earned new endowed professorship and chair positions in the Bagley College of Engineering. Jenny Du, Isaac L. Howard, Jonathan W. Pote, David S. Thompson Hossein Toghiani formally accepted these positions April 23 at the Faculty Excellence Dinner.
2013 Spirit of State Award
The university‘s premier student award, the ‘Spirit of State’ award, recognizes exceptional personal contributions to student life at Mississippi State. Students from all MSU campuses, freshmen to graduate, may be nominated for this Student Affairs recognition. The ‘Spirit of State’ Award formally honors those students who have excelled in campus involvement, service to the university,…