News | Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Mississippi State University - Part 21
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…
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…
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…
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,…
The 2009 IBE Regional Student Conference at Mississippi State University was a Success!!!
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…
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…
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…