Event | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 7
National Academy of Engineering Member to Address Engineering Faculty and Students
Dr. Paul E. Torgersen, President Emeritus of Virginia Tech and member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), will present our inaugural NAE Lecture on September 22, 2005 at 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Swalm Auditorium. Dr. Torgersen will speak on “Technology and the Quality of Life”. Engineering faculty, staff and students will have…
First MSU ‘Engineering Day’ to precede Georgia game Sept. 24
Mississippi State’s inaugural “Engineering Day” Sept. 24 will feature a variety of student design projects, displays and informational booths preceding the Bulldogs’ home football game against Georgia. Activities representing each academic discipline of the university’s Bagley College of Engineering will begin at 3 p.m. on the historic Drill Field in front of McCain Hall. Engineering…
Challenge X Panel Addresses Critical Energy Issues
April 15, 2005 A panel of business, government and university experts will examine possible transportation solutions to the nation’s critical energy problems Thursday [April 21] during a Challenge X discussion forum at Mississippi State. The 3-5 p.m. public meeting in the Parker Ballroom of the university’s Hunter Henry Center is sponsored by a team of…
Vizzini inaugural holder of MSU’s Cobb Chair in Engineering
March 31, 2005 Mississippi State aerospace engineering department head Anthony J. “Tony” Vizzini is the inaugural holder of the Bill and Carolyn Cobb Chair in Engineering. The chair recently was established in the university’s Bagley College of Engineering by the Dallas, Texas, couple, whose business provides international petroleum engineering and geological consulting services. A reception…
Mooney will deliver MSU’s Hunter Henry Lecture Tuesday
February 25, 2005 E.J. “Ted” Mooney, former chairman and chief executive officer of Nalco Chemical Co., will be the featured speaker Tuesday [March 1] for the 2005 Hunter Henry Lectureship in Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State. Sponsored by the university’s Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, the fourth annual public program begins at in…
Workshop to Bolster Minority Graduate Students in Engineering
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Minority students will be encouraged to pursue graduate degrees in engineering during a workshop scheduled on the Mississippi State campus Friday [Nov. 19]. The workshop, “Empowering Undergraduate Students for the Pursuit of Graduate Education,” will be held 10-11:15 a.m. in the Dunn Conference Room, 235 McCain Hall. The university’s Bagley College of Engineering and…
MSU Holds Computer Security Sessions for Minority Students, Faculty
STARKVILLE, Miss.–A computer security training program next week at Mississippi State is expected to attract more than 30 mostly minority college and high school students and faculty from nine institutions of learning. Hosted by the university’s Center for Computer Security Research and funded by the National Science Foundation, the Information Assurance Workshop Wednesday and Thursday…
MSU summer programs link young women to engineering careers
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Two programs designed to attract young women to engineering careers are scheduled on the Mississippi State campus this summer. Women in Action, a residential program for seventh- and eighth-graders, features four-day sessions June 9-12 and July 21-24. WISE Women, a July 11-17 residential program for females in grades 9-11, includes, among others, the “Cinderella…
Minority Students Will Take a Look at MSU Engineering Programs
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Minority high school students from across the state will gather at Mississippi State this summer for a week-long look at the university’s wide array of engineering programs. The June 13-19 University Familiarization Program for Minorities in Engineering provides hands-on activities, laboratory investigations and classroom presentations designed to help the young scholars better understand and…
Former Seiko CEO to Discuss Nanotechnology
STARKVILLE, Miss.–The recently retired former leader of Seiko Corp. will discuss the growing importance of nanotechnology in the creation of new industries during a May 3 visit to Mississippi State. Dr. Reinosuke Hara, the longtime president and chief executive officer of the Japanese watch-manufacturing company, will address MSU science and engineering faculty. To begin at…