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Interview with MDOT’s Newly Appointed Executive Director
Brian Albert Broom, of the Clarion-Ledger Interviewed with Melinda L. McGrath, Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Congratulations on your appointment. Tell us about your background. I’m a professional engineer and earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Mississippi State University in 1985. I began my engineering career in Jackson with…
Ergon Endows Fellowship at Mississippi State
Starkville, Miss. – At a January ceremony, Mississippi-based Ergon Asphalt and Emulsions Inc. (EAE) announced the establishment of a fellowship in Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE). The Ergon Asphalt and Emulsions Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship in Construction Materials will annually support a civil engineering doctoral student studying under Isaac Howard, an assistant professor and…
Three MDOT Engineers Newly Appointed
•Nick Altobelli of Brandon has been appointed state bridge engineer. He recently served as assistant state bridge engineer. He has worked at MDOT for 22 years and is a certified public manager. He has served as design section engineer, senior design section engineer, assistant state bridge engineer and MDOT Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program…
Student Receives Honor from National Civil Engineering Society
Reston, Va.— Andrew Odenthal, a civil engineering student at Mississippi State University, was recently named a New Face of Civil Engineering by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) through its first annual New Faces of Civil Engineering – College Edition program. Odenthal is one of only 10 students nationwide who are being recognized for…
States of Disaster
The states in the southeastern part of the country have many names, but from the Volunteer to the Bayou, the Magnolia to the Yellowhammer, recently they’ve all simply been called states of disaster. This spring, the region was inundated by unprecedented weather events that caused widespread devastation. Snowmelt from a record-breaking blizzard in the Northeast…
Profile: Christopher Harper
When Christopher Harper applied for the Walt Disney World College program as a traditional student in the 1990s, little did he know what opportunities would follow. But Harper enjoyed working in the theme park so much, he auditioned for other experiences within the entertainment industry. He auditioned with VEE Corporation, which produces Broadway style shows…
Southern Nuclear names new chief nuclear officer
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Southern Nuclear Chairman, President and CEO Stephen Kuczynski announced today that Danny G. Bost has been elected chief nuclear officer, effective Oct. 17. Bost will be the executive responsible for the overall performance of Southern Nuclear’s six operating plants. Bost will replace Jeff Gasser who has held the position since 2004. Gasser…
Ramirez Wins NGI Annual Conference Poster Competition
John J. Ramirez-Avila won first place in the Northern Gulf Institute’s (NGI) Annual Conference Poster Competition. Ramirez-Avila’s poster titled “Assessment and prediction of streambank erosion rates in the Town Creek watershed” provides a synopsis of the final results of his doctoral research performed within the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department (CEE). 22 graduate research posters…
Water demand to exceed supply as warming increases
It takes so much water to make everything we produce and own. The hidden use of water is known as virtual water. Nearly 90 percent of the consumption of the world’s fresh water supply is used for producing food and energy. You might not realize this but it takes 1.5 tonnes of water to make…
Ramirez Paper
Doctoral student, John J. Ramirez-Avila was awarded first place in the ASCE EWRI Student Technical Paper Competition for his paper titled, “Suspended Sediment Transport in a Southeastern Plains Watershed. His paper was presented at the EWRI World Congress meeting in Providence, RI in May.