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Mechanical Engineering establishes seminar series for undergraduates
STARKVILLE, Miss. – This fall, Bagley College of Engineering’s mechanical engineering department will introduce a series of seminars for undergraduate students. The series opener will take place on Friday, September 9, at 2 p.m., in Hand 1100. In the initial seminar, 1994 Mississippi State mechanical engineering graduate Chris Ewing will share the details of his…
ME Ph.D. student wins prestigious scholarship
Bagley College of Engineering Ph.D. candidate Mohammad “MJ.” Mahtabi has been chosen as one of three recipients of the 2016 International Graduate Scholarship from the American Society for Testing and Materials. The ASTM announcement states that “Mahtabi … will use the scholarship to study the mechanical and fatigue behavior of nickel-titanium alloys (Nitinol), which are used in aerospace…
ME Faculty Selected to Receive a SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Lei Chen who was selected to receive a Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Grant. Dr. Chen’s proposal was one of eight proposals funded for this academic year from all colleges on our campus. Dr. Chen will be visiting the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Georgia this December to enhance the research collaboration on…
ME Faculty Received Funding from NSF
Congratulations to Dr. Lei Chen, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, who received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), CBET-Energy for Sustainability program to develop one approach to increase the capacity of lithium ion batteries. Dr. Chen is collaborating on this research project with Dr. Likun Zhu and Dr. Yongzhu Fu from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and…
ME Ph.D. Student Received the 2016 SMART Scholarship
Congratulations to Andrew Bowman, a ME Ph.D. student, who was awarded a scholarship under the Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense Education Program. Andrew has been working under the supervision of Dr. Mark Horstemeyer on “Multiscale Modeling of Polyethylene using the Modified Embedded Atom Method (MEAM) Potential.” The SMART Scholarship Program has been established by the…
ME Ph.D. student was awarded the NASA/MSSGC Fellowship
Congratulations to Mary Wilson who was awarded the NASA/Mississippi Space Grant Consortium (MSSGC) 2016-2017 Graduate Research Fellowship. Mary is a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student working with Dr. Rogelio Luck on transient simulation, control, and uncertainty analysis of the thermal response of buildings.
Knizley selected to receive the 2015 ME Outstanding Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. Alta Knizley who was selected to receive the 2015 Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award. This new award was implemented by the ME Department to recognize a faculty member who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to excellence in teaching, advancing the educational mission of the ME Department, and incorporating innovation in undergraduate and/or graduate teaching. This award was open…
Liu selected to receive the 2015 ME Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award
Congratulations to Dr. Yucheng Liu, ME Associate Professor, who was selected to receive the Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award. This new award was instituted by the Mechanical Engineering Department to recognize exceptionally influential research accomplishments by its senior faculty. The ME Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award was open to all the associate and full professors in the ME department. More…
Cho selected to receive the 2015 ME Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award
Congratulations to Dr. Heejin Cho, ME Assistant Professor, who was selected to receive the Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award. This new award was instituted by the Mechanical Engineering Department to recognize exceptionally influential research accomplishments by its junior faculty. The ME Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award was open to all the assistant professors in the ME…
Luck selected to receive the 2015 BCoE Career Award
Congratulations to Dr. Rogelio Luck who was selected to receive the 2015 Career Award from the Bagley College of Engineering. A well-deserved award in recognition of all his contributions to the Mechanical Engineering department, the Bagley College of Engineering, and Mississippi State University. The career award is presented each year to a faculty member, with more…