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ME students and faculty win award at the 2014 DARPA RevCon competition
Mississippi State’s team was awarded the “Most Multidisciplinary Design” Award for the 2014 International Field-Reversible Thermal Connector (RevCon) Challenge sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Seven universities were there, including: Donghua University; National Tsing Hua University; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Maryland; University of Missouri, and the Georgia Institute of…
Freshmen Students Presenting Service-Learning Projects on November 19th
This fall’s freshmen ME 1111 class has been active in several projects within our community that help promote project management, teamwork, innovation, problem-solving, and communication skill-sets, among other things. Most of this year’s projects have several groups of students submitting competitive proposals for creative design within budgetary and safety constraints. The ME 1111 student groups are…
The MSU Mechanical Engineering Ladies Organization (MELO) is Promoting Female Success in ME
The ME department is proud to present the Mechanical Engineering Ladies Organization. MELO has been recently formed and organized following the initiative of a group of female faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students, with the enthusiastic support from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University. MELO seeks to help retain women in ME,…
Congratulations to Rob Hunter who was named 2014 MSU Alumni Fellow
Robert D. “Rob” Hunter received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1973. After that he earned a doctor of law degree from Cornell University. He is now a senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for Altec Inc., a global provider of products and services for the electric utility, telecommunications and contracting industries. Hunter…
ME freshman student participated in the Greenpower Race held in the UK
Matthew Tidwell, a Mechanical Engineering freshman, is a member of Team USA, an electric race car team from the Huntsville Center for Technology (HTC) in Huntsville, AL. He has been a part of this team since his junior year in high school. He helped design and build the car and competed in the Greenpower Race…
ME students to compete in final round of DARPA RevCon Challenge
A team of Mechanical Engineering students advised by Dr. Scott Thompson has qualified as one of seven teams to compete in the final round of the 2014 International Field-Reversible Thermal Connector (RevCon) Challenge sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The team will travel to the University of Missouri in October to demonstrate…
ME Student featured in “Our People”
Jacquelyn Schodlbauer, a mechanical engineering junior from Mobile, AL, is featured in “Our People” on the MSU webpage. Click here to read the story
Dr. Horstemeyer featured on this month’s Infinite Impact video from the BCoE
Congratulations to Dr. Mark Horstemeyer, whose research on helmet construction and safety was featured on this month’s Infinite Impact video from the Bagley College of Engineering. Dr. Horstemeyer is working to redesign football helmets that better disseminate impact pulses in order to reduce concussions and the resulting brain damage that can occur from multiple concussions….
Four ME undergraduate students selected to participate in the Fall 2014 Bagley Undergraduate Research Program
Congratulations to Paritosh Muley, James Tobermann, Tanner Cauthen, and William Prater who were selected to participate in the Fall 2014 Bagley Undergraduate Research Program under the guidance of Dr. Krishnan, Dr. Knizley, Dr. Shamsaei, and Dr. Thompson. This program will provide financial support to all of them to actively participate in research projects. Congrats to all of…
Service-Learning projects begin in Intro to ME!
As this year’s Mechanical Engineering freshmen prepare for their Fall 2014 service-learning projects, let’s take a look at the highlights from last year’s projects. With the help of the Center for the Advancement of Service-Learning Excellence (CASLE), 160+ ME freshmen students worked with five different community partners to help enhance Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics…