Event | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 7
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…
Enrique Sosa to Keynote 2004 MSU Hunter Henry Lectureship
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Former Amoco and Dow executive Enrique J. Sosa will discuss his 35-year career in the chemical industry during a Feb. 19 program at Mississippi State. Sosa will keynote the Hunter Henry Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, a public event to begin at 3:30 p.m. in the George Eastman Auditorium of the university’s Swalm School of…
Harrell to Launch Pritchard Speaker Series
STARKVILLE, Miss.–An expert in simulation and systems design will discuss evolving applications of the technology in the field of industrial engineering Monday [Dec. 1] as Mississippi State’s first Robert Pritchard Distinguished Speaker. Charles Harrell, an associate professor of manufacturing engineering technology at Brigham Young University, will speak at 1:30 p.m. in the Mitchell Memorial Library…
MSU flight research lab to be designated national soaring landmark
University Relations News Bureau (662) 325-3442 Contact: Phil Hearn Oct. 10, 2003 STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory will be designated as a National Landmark of Soaring Nov. 1 to recognize a half-century of motorless flight history and some of the gliding pioneers who made it possible. Glider pilots and builders from MSU and…
High-flying technologies focus of MSU forum
A variety of programs based around space-based technologies will be spotlighted Thursday [May 2] during the second annual Remote Sensing Research Forum at Mississippi State. The public event begins at 1 p.m. in the university’s Bost Extension Center auditorium. Remote sensing refers to the use of satellites or airplanes to collect images that reveal ground…
MSU to observe National Engineers Week
College of Engineering faculty and students at Mississippi State are joining their academic and professional colleagues in other states Feb. 19-23 for observance of National Engineers Week. Activities at the Starkville university will range from presentations by nationally recognized leaders in the field to a series of competitive student events. “‘Turning Ideas into Reality’ is…