News | Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Mississippi State University - Part 18
Assistant professor succeeds at work-life balance
Lakiesha Williams’s ambitious mindset takes her on many adventures. She explores new ideas, helps support a family, teaches classes, serves in her community, and travels the world. She juggles many things and handles them with ease. But with everything she does, there’s one common theme — changing lives. A New Orleans native, Williams attended Louisiana…
Nigerian finds ‘American dream’ at Mississippi State
With graduation in sight and job offers waiting on the other side, senior biological engineering student Adesola Oje can safely say she’s come a long way since her first day in Starkville, which started with tears of uncertainty. “I cried my first day because I had this American dream in my head. I thought I…
MSU and Regions Bank honor superior faculty
Mississippi State University’s Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine recently honored five faculty members with the Regions Bank-DAFVM Superior Faculty Awards in a new program designed to highlight exemplary work in five key areas. James Warnock, associate professor of biomedical engineering program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, received the Teaching Award…
MSU student wins regional microscopy award
Groundbreaking research by a Mississippi State University student has garnered prestigious recognition from the Southeastern Microscopy Society. For biomedical engineering doctoral candidate Sourav Patnaik, winning the 2013 Ruska Award is additional confirmation to move forward with his work examining a reproductive disorder affecting hundreds of thousands of women around the world.
Three Bagley College students earn 2013 Spirit of State honors
Three Bagley College of Engineering students have earned recognition for their contributes to Mississippi State and the Starkville community. The annual Spirit of State Awards honor students who have made a positive impact on their classmates and campus community. Recipients are nominated for the award by faculty, staff, or fellow students. This year’s BCoE honorees…
Five faculty earn endowed positions within Bagley College
Five faculty members have earned new endowed professorship and chair positions in the Bagley College of Engineering. Jenny Du, Isaac L. Howard, Jonathan W. Pote, David S. Thompson Hossein Toghiani formally accepted these positions April 23 at the Faculty Excellence Dinner. There are 17 endowed chair positions and 14 endowed professorships within the BCoE, each…
BCoE honors alumni for distinguished engineering careers
Business leaders, public servants and decorated retirees were among the 10 alumni recognized during the Bagley College of Engineering’s annual Distinguished Fellows ceremony this month. “We are extremely proud of these alumni and what they have been able to accomplish in their careers,” said Jerry Gilbert, acting dean of the college of engineering, provost and…
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…
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]…
Two-for-One English Credit
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…