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Horstemeyer receives MSU Powe Award
Dr. Mark Horstemeyer, a professor in mechanical engineering, has received the 2008 Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award which annually recognizes faculty researchers making important contributions to the economic welfare or cultural growth of the university, state and nation. Dr. Horstemeyer, team leader for computational manufacturing and design, stands with Dr. Kirk Schulz, vice president…
MSU SAE Team earned 14th place
The MSU Motorsports Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) formula race car team, supported mainly by Mechanical Engineering (ME) students, recently earned 14th place in the recent Virginia International Raceway (VIR) collegiate competition. The MSU team earned 5th place in the design phase of the competition. The team leader Jonathan Rudd, ME student, oversaw the systems…
Student selected as recipient the NASA/MSSGC Fellowship
Nicole Wolgemuth, a new graduate student in mechanical engineering, has been selected to receive the NASA/Mississippi Space Grant Consortium Fellowship (MSSGC) starting Fall 08 semester. The total amount of this scholarship is $17,000.
Adebiyi was recipient of Nigeria Award
Dr. George Adebiyi , a professor in mechanical engineering, was recipient of the Fellowship of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Nigeria Award (May 17th, 2008) in appreciation of Outstanding Service to the Polytechnic, to Nigeria, and to the World.
Emplaincourt earns Advising Award
Mary C. Emplaincourt, an Instructor and the undergraduate program coordinator in the Mechanical Engineering Department, was recognized this year for sixteen years of outstanding advising when she was awarded the 2008 Faculty Recipient Irvin Atly Jefcoat Excellence in Advising Award by MSU. As one nominator said, “Chris is a passionate advocate for her students and…
ME students win Fellowship
Justin Crapps, a graduate student in mechanical engineering, has been selected (again) to receive the NASA/Mississippi Space Grant Consortium Fellowship (MSSGC) starting Fall 08 semester. The total amount of this scholarship is $17,000. Ratessiea Lett, a senior mechanical engineering major, has been selected to receive the NASA/Mississippi Space Grant Consortium Fellowship (MSSGC) starting Fall 08…
Horstemeyer receives SAE Award
Dr. Mark Horstemeyer, a professor in mechanical engineering, has been selected to receive a 2008 Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE) Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award. The award will be presented during the SAE 2008 World Congress and Exposition in Detroit, Michigan.
Professors win Best Paper Award
Congratulations go to Kalyan K. Srinivasan, Pedro J. Mago, Gregory J. Zdaniuk, Louay M. Chamra, and K. Clark Midkiff for winning the 2007 Best Paper Award titled “Improving the Efficiency of the Advanced Injection Low Pilot Ignited Natural Gas Engine Using Organic Rankine Cycles” in the track Energy Systems Miniaturization, Micro and Nano Scale Energy…
Professors appointed as Fellows
Recap on Fellows appointed: – 2006/2007 ASME Fellows named from the MSU Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Glenn Steele B.K. Hodge John Berry Mark Horstemeyer Douglas Bammann – 2006 ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education) Fellow named from the MSU Dept. of Mechanical Engineering B.K. Hodge STARKVILLE, Miss – As Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE)…
Professor and students won Best Paper Award
Prof. Sergio Felicelli and his students Enrique Escobar (now graduated) and Claudio Pita won the 2007 Best Paper Award from the American Foundry Society. Their paper “Simulation of Hydrogen Porosity during Solidification” was presented at the 111th Metalcasting Congress, held in Houston, TX, on May 15-18, 2007.