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Askari selected to receive a SEC visiting faculty travel grant
Congratulations to Dr. Omid Askari, who has been selected to receive a Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Grant. Dr. Askari will be visiting the Mechanical Engineering (ME) Department and Petersen Research Group (PRG) at Texas A&M University this fall. During his visit, Dr. Askari will meet with faculty, researchers, and students in the ME…
2019-2020 ME Student Ambassadors Announced
Congratulations to the newest members of the Mechanical Engineering Ambassadors program! Student Ambassadors play an important role at the ME department, working on recruiting efforts, hosting tours to prospective students and visitors, and representing the department at important activities and events. The new members are: Madison Eichelberger (junior) Ashton Brown (senior) Belle Failla (senior) Ben Jones…
ME Undergraduate Student presented a paper at the 2019 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum
Jacob Easley, a mechanical engineering student, presented a paper at the 2019 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum held in Indianapolis, IN from August 19-22, 2019. The paper was entitled “Additive Manufacturing of Propellant Tank and Structural Supports of CubeSat Cold Gas Propulsion System.” Jacob has been involved in research at the Center for Advanced Vehicular…
Dr. Yucheng Liu promoted to full professor
Congratulations to Dr. Yucheng Liu, who was promoted to full professor effective Fall 2019. Dr. Liu holds the Jack Hatcher Chair in Engineering Entrepreneurship. Dr. Liu’s research has focused on the areas of multiscale material modeling and simulation, high strain rate performance of materials, vehicle systems design and analysis, and hydropower and wave energy technology. He has published more…
Dr. Heejin Cho awarded tenure
Congratulations to Dr. Heejin Cho, who was awarded tenure effective Fall 2019. Dr. Cho holds the TVA Professorship in Energy Systems and the Environment and serves as Associate Director of Graduate Research in the Institute of Clean Energy Technology (ICET). Dr. Cho’s research is primarily focused on the field of energy and the environment, specifically designing and…
ME Department welcomes three new faculty this Fall
The ME department is pleased to welcome Assistant Professor Prashant Singh, Instructor Morgan Green, and Associate Professor Youssef Hammi. Dr. Prashant Singh joined the ME department at Mississippi State University in Fall 2019. He received his B.Tech from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (India) in 2012, his M.S. from Arizona State University, Tempe AZ in 2014 and…
ME graduate students and faculty won an award at the ASME International Energy Sustainability Conference
A paper authored by ME graduate students, Byeongho Yu & Dongsu Kim, and ME professors Heejin Cho and Pedro Mago, has been selected to receive the 2nd Place Best Paper Award from the Advanced Energy Division & Solar Energy Division at the 2019 ASME International Conference on Energy Sustainability held in Bellevue, Washington. The title…
ME staff received award from BCoE
Congratulations to our business coordinator Meredith Betts who was selected to receive the 2019 Bagley College of Engineering Outstanding Support Staff Award.
Liu received a Teaching Improvement and Innovation Small Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Yucheng Liu who was selected to receive a Teaching Improvement and Innovation Small Grant from the MSU Center for Teaching and Learning. The title of his project is “Implementation of MATLAB and Simulink into Vibrations and Controls Class.” Dr. Liu’s efforts of improving the classroom experience for our mechanical engineering students have…