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ME graduate students and faculty won best paper award at a conference
A paper authored by ME graduate students Amanda Sterling and Brian Torries, and ME Professors Nima Shamsaei, Scott Thompson, and Steve Daniewicz, has been recognized as one of the Best Papers for the 2015 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium – An Additive Manufacturing Conference held in Austin, TX from August 10-12. The title of the paper…
ME Faculty Receive Research Funding from NSF
Dr. Scott Thompson, along with Dr. Nima Shamsaei, both Assistant Professors in Mechanical Engineering, and Dr. Oliver Myers from Clemson University, have received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate: “Energy Harvesting via Thermo-Piezoelectric Transduction.” The project comes out of the National Science Foundation’s Energy, Power, Control and Networks program. This collaborative research project…
Knizley and Spayde Revolutionizing ME Freshman Experience
Mechanical Engineering Instructors Dr. Alta Knizley and Dustin Spayde have been doing an outstanding job working with our mechanical engineering freshman. Dr. Alta Knizley’s and Dustin Spayde’s Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Course is changing the way our freshmen prepare for successful college careers, perceive community responsibility, and are welcomed into the Mechanical Engineering Bulldog Pack….
Stone selected to participate in the 2015 Symposium: 21st Century Mindsets & Strategies for Career Advancement
Congratulations to Dr. Tonya Stone, Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor, who was selected to participate in the 2015 Symposium: 21st Century Mindsets & Strategies for Career Advancement to be held in Arlington, VA & Washington, DC from September 23rd to the 26th, 2015. This symposium is sponsored by the NSF Broadening Participation in Engineering Program and it is…
Three ME Faculty received promotion
Congratulations to Dr. Keith Walters who was promoted to the rank of Full Professor, and to Dr. Richard Patton and Dr. Haitham El Kadiri who were promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. All the promotions are effective Fall 2015.
ME welcomes new faculty members
The Mechanical Engineering department welcomes Dr. Lei Chen and Dr. Shanti Bhushan who joined the faculty ranks in Fall 2015 as Assistant Professors. Lei Chen received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Materials Processing Engineering from Huazhong University of Science & Technology in China, in 2005 and 2007, respectively. Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical…
ME Faculty and graduate students presented their research at the 26th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium
Dr. Shamsaei, Dr. Thompson, and graduate students Aref Yadollahi (Ph.D.), Mohammad Masoomi (Ph.D.), Garrett Marshall (Ph.D.), and Brian Torries (M.S.) presented five papers with their research on Additive Manufacturing at the 26th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium held in Austin, TX from August 10-12. The Mechanical Engineering Department was very well represented at the conference and…
ME students presented posters at Energy Symposium
Harrison Warren (left), ME undergraduate student, and Blake Brown (right), ME graduate student, presented posters at the JCESR Symposium on “Challenges and Opportunities for Advances in Grid-Tied Energy Storage in the Southeast” held at the Mill, the new MSU Conference Center. Both of them did an excellent job presenting their posters and representing the Mechanical…
Tammy Coleman named the Best in State presenter at the ADVISING 2015: G.U.L.F. Conference.
Congratulations to Tammy Coleman, our Academic Coordinator, who was named the Best in State presenter at the ADVISING 2015: G.U.L.F. – Going to Unprecedented Limits in our Field Conference, sponsored by NACADA. Tammy did a splendid job presenting her work in “Proactive Advising Strategies for Freshmen Success!” The conference was held in Orange Beach, AL on…
August MSU symposium to highlight future of energy storage
Office of Public Affairs News Bureau (662) 325-3442 Contact: Zack Plair July 15, 2015 STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State officials say the university is positioned to help shape the future of energy storage in the Southeast region. A conference on campus next month will help frame the conversation for what the region’s future holds, they added. MSU, in…