Dr. Nuwan Wijewardane, originally from Sri Lanka (a beautiful tropical island in the Indian Ocean), envisioned his future career as an academic from the time he started his undergraduate career at University of Peradeniya, working on a B.S. in Agricultural Technology and Management while he tutored his classmates. Fueled by the desire to learn more…
Dr. Yuzhen Lu’s broad educational background synthesizes agricultural science and engineering. Originally from China, he earned a B.S in Facility Agriculture from Northwest A&F University, M.S. in Plant Nutrition from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Ph.D. in Biosystems Engineering from Michigan State University. Before arriving at Mississippi State, Dr. Lu worked as a…
The Department of English provides a program designed to streamline the composition program and to enhance the academic experience of our strongest first-year students. The program: Students with ACT English sub-scores of 28 or higher may side-step EN 1103, Composition I, and enroll in EN 1173, Accelerated Composition II. Those students earning a C or…
The Mississippi State University chapter of the IBE has successfully hosted the second IBE Regional Student Conference on the campus of Mississippi State University. The conference was well attended by 80 students, the programs and the food were excellent! There were three concurrent sessions in Bio-energy, Biomedical Engineering, and Environmental Engineering. All sessions were well…