MSU Bagley College of Engineering celebrates annual research achievements

As the MSU Bagley College of Engineering begins to wind down another calendar year, the college is recognizing several of its faculty, staff and student achievements.

"As a land-grant major research university, our mission is to promote and advance knowledge for the sake of improving human life. I am proud of the hard work and dedication of the faculty, staff and students who have been recognized by the Office of Research and Economic Development with these awards," Jason Keith, dean of the Bagley College of Engineering, said.

Honorees for 2022 include:

Ralph E Powe Research Excellence Award — Robert Moorhead, ECE/GRI

• Robert Moorhead has been truly prolific in his research career, participating in over $300M in research funding and revolutionizing his field in the area of image processing and precision agriculture. Moorhead is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Geosystems Research Institute.

Emerging Research Scholar Award — Bo Tang, assistant professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Bo Tang is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and has received two CAREER awards with research interests in the area of machine learning in the area of cyber-physical systems.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award — Reuben Burch, associate professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Reuben Burch is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and is an associate director at CAVS. His research and innovation in wearable sensors for human performance assessment have led to new research avenues, most notably in the area of athlete engineering.

Patents recognized

• Greg Burgreen, associate research professor, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems "Extracorporeal ambulator assist lung."
• Haitham El Kadiri, professor and department head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Wil Whittington, assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, "System to control an actuator."

Graduate Research Ambassador

• Christian Zamiela, Industrial and Systems Engineering

Finalists for Awards

• Wenmeng (Meg) Tian, assistant professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering — Emerging Research Scholar Award Finalist
• Heejin Cho, Department of Mechanical Engineering — Mid-Career Research Scholar Award Finalist
• Vuk Marojevic, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering — Mid-Career Research Scholar Award Finalist

NSF CAREER award (Faculty Early Career Development Program)

• Ted Dickel, assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Mehmet Kurum, associate professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Dong Meng, assistant professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
• Max Young, associate professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

2022 UG Research Symposium Winners

• Reese Dunne, mechanical engineering
• Sophie Jones, biomedical engineering
• Ashutosh Kumar Shah, mechanical engineering
• Satsha Burden, aerospace engineering
• Minjae Cho, mechanical engineering
• Devin Foeller, aerospace engineering
• Katelyn Woodard, chemical engineering
• Timothy Wunrow, industrial and systems engineering

 3MT Runner Up

• Satsha Burden, aerospace engineering

Theta Tau Tomorrow Builder Award

• Ashutosh Shah, mechanical engineering

Graduate Symposium Winners

• Tingjun Lei, electrical and computer engineering
• Chiranjibi Shah, electrical and computer engineering
• Sanju Maharjan, civil and environmental engineering
• Adam Parsons, mechanical engineering
• Shawn Hatcher, mechanical engineering
• Abdur Rahman, industrial and systems engineering
• Genwei Chen, chemical engineering
• Akansha Jain, electrical and computer engineering
• Sabyasachi Biswas, electrical and computer engineering
• Mahathir Mohammad Bappy, industrial and systems engineering
• Madhubhashini Lakdusinghe, chemical engineering
• Lorena Chavarro-Chaux, civil and environmental engineering
• Subodh Poudel, civil and environmental
• Reese Dunne, mechanical engineering
• Jin Yang, electrical and computer engineering
• Anh Vo, biomedical engineering
• Ayantha Senanayaka, industrial and systems engineering
• William Downs, mechanical engineering
• Lichang Zhu, mechanical engineering
• Javier Mendez Monroy, civil and environmental engineering

Recognitions

2021-2022 Donald Zacharias Faculty Leadership Program

• Heejin Cho, associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

COI Review Committee

• Lesley Strawderman, professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

FRAC

• John McGinley, senior research engineer, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
• Andy Perkins, professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• Tonya Stone, associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

IRB

• Reuben Burch, associate professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

MSMS Mentors

• Chaomin Luo, associate professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Adam Jones, assistant professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• Sudip Mittal, assistant professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Seminar Series Presenter

• Lesley Strawderman, professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering