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MSU Formula SAE prepares for 2015 Season
STARKVILLE, Miss. – After countless hours in the fabrication and mechanics labs, an eager Mississippi State University Formula Society of Automotive Engineers team plans to make a name for itself in this year’s international competition at the Michigan International Speedway. As the world’s largest collegiate design competition, the May 13-16 event pits more than 120…
Schneider Contributes to Final Report of TMS Diversity Summit
Judy Schneider, Coleman and Whiteside Professor of Mechanical Engineering, received a competitive travel grant from The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Women in Materials Science and Engineering Committee (funded by the TMS Foundation) to attend Diversity in the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Professions (DMMM1). The final report and toolkit from that summit, organized by…
Horstemeyer earns SEC Achievement Award
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A Bagley College of Engineering professor received a regional award for his commitment to teaching, research and scholarship. Mark F. Horstemeyer, a professor and the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems chair in computational solid mechanics, has earned the 2015 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award for Mississippi State University. Horstemeyer is one…
4 ME Ph.D. Students Won Awards at Graduate Research Symposium
Gabe Monroe, Jamal Alexander, Amanda Sterling, and Rakish Shrestha won awards at the 13th Annual Graduate Research Symposium at MSU. Gabe Monroe: 2nd place in the Physics and Computations Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering Oral Presentation Division: “Energy harvesting via ferrofluidic induction.” Jamal Alexander: 3rd place in the Physics and Computations Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering Oral Presentation Division: “Possible Smart…
Researchers Lab-to-Fab Work could Create U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance
Lab-to-fab describes the work two CAVS researchers are conducting to help an emerging technology move from the laboratory to a production environment. Additive manufacturing (AM), more commonly known as 3-D printing, is mainly used to create three-dimensional prototypes from a digital blue print for engineers and designers. Researchers Scott Thompson and Nima Shamsaei are trying…
Mechanical Engineering ranked 80th in US News & World Report Rankings
The Mechanical Engineering Department is now ranked 80th in the latest US News & World Report rankings of engineering graduate programs!!! Last year our department ranked 109 so we have significantly improved our ranking. This large leap in the rankings reflects our significant efforts in promoting our department and it is a clear indication that we…
Daniewicz earns ASTM top honors
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A Bagley College professor received top honors from one of the world’s largest standards-developing organizations. Steve Daniewicz, a mechanical engineering professor, now ranks as a Fellow and holds an Award of Merit with ASTM International. “We are proud of Dr. Daniewicz’s leadership in ASTM. His efforts have brought additional visibility to his…
ME Department in the top 35 of the NSF R&D Expenditures Ranking
The National Science Foundation, in a report released this month, ranked our Mechanical Engineering department as 33rd in research expenditures among all Mechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S. “I am very proud of all the hard work of our faculty, researchers, students, staff and everyone involved in our research program,” Dr. Mago said.
Mike McDaniel named BCoE Alumni of the Year
Congratulations to Mike McDaniel who was named Bagley College of Engineering Alumni of the Year. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1979. McDaniel was named a Bagley College Distinguished Fellow in 2012 and currently serves on the college’s advisory board, as well as the advisory board of the Mechanical Engineering Department.
Seven ME undergraduate students selected to participate in the Spring 2015 BCoE URP
Congratulations to Narayan Bhandari, Tanner Cauthen, Ben Rutherford, Drew Williams, Shelton Matthews, Kevin Muse, and Sam Cox who were selected to participate in the Spring 2015 Bagley College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Program under the guidance of Dr. El Kadiri (Narayan), Dr. Shamsaei (Ben & Tanner), Dr. Srinivasan (Drew), Dr. Thompson (Shelton & Kevin), and…