Awards & Recognition | Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Mississippi State University - Part 11

Warnock among selections for national engineering symposium

A Mississippi State biomedical engineering faculty member recognized for his problem-based teaching methods will participate next month in a special National Academy of Engineering symposium. James Warnock, an associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering in the university’s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering, is among 65 selected to attend the Nov. 13-16 Frontiers of…

October 18, 2011


NATO includes MSU engineering research in conference

A Mississippi State biomedical engineering researcher focused on decreasing amputations and other leg injuries to soldiers in IED-attacked vehicles will present her findings next week at a NATO conference in Canada. Lakiesha N. Williams, an assistant professor of biological engineering at the university, will address NATO’s Research and Technology Organization during a Monday-Wednesday [Oct. 3-5]…

September 30, 2011


BCoE women earn scholarships from national honor society

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Two women from Bagley College of Engineering have earned scholarships from the world’s largest engineering honor society. Tau Beta Pi has awarded $2,000 scholarships to both Mary Rougeau and Mary “Ginny” Sewall for the 2011-12 academic year. The two were among 158 students selected from a pool of more than 370 applicants from across…

April 13, 2011


University recognizes four ‘outstanding’ members of the BCoE family

Women from the Bagley College of Engineering received half of this year’s Mississippi State Outstanding Women Awards during the 33rd annual President’s Commission on the Status of Women awards ceremony. The BCoE’s honorees include: Michele Anderson, Outstanding Professional Woman; Lori Mann Bruce, Outstanding Executive/Administrative/Managerial Woman; Thelma Neal, Outstanding Service/Maintenance Woman; and Rachel Wheeler, Outstanding Graduate…

April 7, 2011


National organization helps fund students’ further education

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Economic woes will not prevent three Mississippi State students from pursuing engineering degrees. Each Bagley College of Engineering student has earned financial support from the world’s largest engineering honor society. Tau Beta Pi has awarded a $2,000 scholarship to Michael Barton, a senior in aerospace engineering. William Cleveland, aerospace and computer engineering,…

May 4, 2010


Undergraduate enhancement projects earn students national acclaim

Efforts to enhance their undergraduate experience have earned some Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE) students national acclaim. Two student teams placed in the national Engineering Education Service Center’s (EESC) 2009 Engineering Curriculum Contest using projects they developed for the BCoE’s technical writing course. A first for the EESC, the competition challenged teams to develop hands-on…

June 10, 2009


Wheatley received 2009 Jimmy Lee Dodd Scholarship

Kaitlin Wheatley, a BE senior, a member of the MSU women volley ball team, is the newest recipient of the Jimmy Lee Dodd Scholar Athlete scholarship. This is a prestigious scholarship because it is given only to student athletes with exceptional scholastic performance. The Jimmy Lee Dodd Scholarship is a special scholarship given to distinguish…

May 6, 2009


Graduate Students Won Awards

Scott Metzler, BME phD student under Dr. Warnock was the Winner of the 7th Graduate Students Research Symposium’s Best Oral Competetion in Physical Sciences. A recognition from the graduate school at Mississippi State to out standing student performance. His presentation was entitled “A Novel ex vivo Bioreactor with Live Cell Imaging Analysis for Characterizing the…

April 21, 2009


Undergraduates Students Won Awards

Caleb Dulaney and Sam Pote were the 3rd place winners in poster presentation at The First Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium April 21, 2009, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. in the Foster Ballroom of the Colvard Student Union This event was open to all MSU undergraduates, The award was given by the Phi Kappa Phi honor society…

April 21, 2009


BCoE students receive Spirit of State honors

Many Mississippi State students possess a special, can-do attitude. This appears especially prevalent among those in the Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE), as five engineering majors received recognition as 2009 Spirit of State award winners. Since its establishment in 2006, Spirit of State awards have served as the university’s highest student service honors. The awards…

April 21, 2009