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Dr. Schneider received funding from NASA
Dr. Judy Schneider received funding for two projects expected to help NASA achieve its long-term space mission, as well as enhance commercial partnerships and technological innovation on Earth. The grants was awarded through the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center Cooperative Agreement program. Congratulations Dr. Schneider!! For more information please click here
ME undergraduate student presented a paper at international conference
James Tobermann, a senior undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering, presented a paper entitled “Optimization of a D-CHP System based on Monthly Power to Heat Ratio” at the ASME 2014 8th International Conference on Energy Sustainability in Boston, MA. James has been working with Dr. Knizley, his undergraduate research advisor, and Dr. Mago on modeling and simulation of Combined…
Three ME freshman were selected to receive the 2014 Dow Summer Bridge Scholarship
Congratulations to Spencer Thompson, Phillip Alex Young, and Jeffrey Ehondor who were selected to receive the 2014 Dow Summer Bridge Scholarship. Six scholarships were awarded this year and ME students received three of them. Thanks to Dow Chemical for their continuous support! For more information about the BCoE Summer Bridge Program click here.
ME undergraduate student awarded the Shaw Industries Achievement Scholarship
Congratulations to Daron Chandler, a junior in mechanical engineering, who was awarded the Shaw Industries Achievement Scholarship.
Dr. Krishnan promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
Congratulations to Dr. Sundar Krishnan, who was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective Fall 2014. Dr. Krishnan’s research is focused on experimental and computational investigations of advanced low temperature combustion concepts and renewable alternative fuels for improving fuel conversion efficiencies and power densities of future internal combustion (IC) engines, while simultaneously reducing pollutant emissions. He…
Chevron supports Mechanical Engineering Program
Chevron is giving $450,000, distributed over three years, as part of a $1,080,000 gift to the college of engineering, to support the development of the Chevron Thermal-Fluids Laboratory – a new undergraduate lab for the ME department. This laboratory will help future ME graduates and Co-op students be better prepared to tackle thermal/fluid processes and equipment encountered…
ME Department welcomes new faculty member
The mechanical engineering department welcomes Yucheng Liu who will be joining the faculty ranks in fall 2014 as an associate professor. Liu received his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Louisville in 2005 and continued his post doctoral work at the same university until he joined the department of mechanical engineering at the…
Dr. Cho presented a seminar at Beijing University of Technology in Beijing, China
Dr. Heejin Cho, an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was invited to present a seminar to faculty and students at Beijing University of Technology in Beijing, China on May 27-29, 2014. Dr. Cho presented his current research and discussed potential collaboration with MSU on energy and environmental research projects.
Dr. Schneider receives a TMS travel award
Dr. Judy Schneider has been awarded a TMS (The Mineral, metals, and materials society) travel award to attend their first TMS Summit on Creating and Sustaining Diversity in the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Professions (DMMM1) to be held July 29–31, 2014 in Washington DC. Congrats, Dr. Schneider!
ME Ph.D. student was awarded the NASA/MSSGC Fellowship
Congratulations to Kyle Johnson who was awarded the NASA/Mississippi Space Grant Consortium (MSSGC) Fellowship. Kyle is a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student working with Dr. Mark Horstemeyer on the multi-objective design optimization of a football helmet.