global engineering leadership | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 3
Younan to lead department of electrical and computer engineering
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State alumnus, Dr. Nicolas H. Younan, is being named the department head of electrical and computer engineering (ECE), and he also will carry the James Worth Bagley Endowed Chair. Younan served as interim department head when Dr. Sarah Rajala was promoted to dean of the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering…
For university president leadership is easy as ‘Pi’
Having reflected the ideals and values of Tau Beta Pi throughout his career, Mississippi State University President Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong has earned the national honor society’s highest professional honor. The group, which rates as the world’s largest professional engineering organization, recently honored him as the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus. The award was established to honor…
Recent MSU civil engineering graduate receives $10,000 fellowship
New Mississippi State civil engineering graduate Kyle A. Frazier of Madison is receiving a nationally prestigious $10,000 fellowship to pursue advanced studies in his chosen field. A summa cum laude graduate who completed his university studies last month with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average, Frazier is one of only 35 engineering majors nationwide to receive…
Aerospace engineering students score in regional competition
Nearly a dozen Mississippi State engineering students are 2006 award winners in a Southeast regional competition of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The aerospace engineering majors were among more than 180 students from 112 universities participating in the AIAA’s recent 57th annual Southeastern Regional Student Conference held on the MSU campus. “The people…
Noel Schulz named to editorial board of global organization
A Mississippi State faculty member is serving a three-year term on an editorial board that reviews and approves media policies for the global Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Noel Schulz, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the university, recently was elected to the IEEE Press Board during a meeting of the…
MSU Names Wing of McCain Hall to Honor Retiring Engineering Dean
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State is naming a wing of the Bagley College of Engineering’s oldest building, McCain Hall, in honor of retiring dean A. Wayne Bennett and his wife. The second-floor, north section of the recently refurbished building was named the Wayne and Shirley Bennett Enhancements Wing of McCain Hall following a unanimous vote of the…
Student Spotlight: Ellie Saget
Ellie Saget is continuing what might be considered a family tradition at Mississippi State University. A junior majoring in biomedical engineering, Saget grew up in Hurley, Mississippi, in a family full of MSU engineers. Her father Brad earned a mechanical engineering degree in 1992 while her grandfather graduated in 1968 with a degree in electrical…
Student Spotlight: Kailey Clinton
Kailey Clinton represents what it means to be a Mississippi State fan through and through. Just a few weeks after her birth, Clinton was in attendance at MSU’s 1999 Homecoming game, decked out in maroon and white. “I like to tell people I came out the womb as a proud Bulldog,” Clinton said. A senior…
Bagley student is one of four Society of Petroleum Engineers members to win Tau Beta Pi scholarship
Mississippi State University senior Ritabrata Santra was recently selected as a Tau Beta Pi Scholar for the 2018-19 academic year. A petroleum engineering major in the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Santra is one of only four members of the Society of Petroleum Engineers to receive the recognition, which comes with a $2,000 cash scholarship…
New minor open to students this fall
STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Bagley College of Engineering will soon introduce new academic opportunities to undergraduate students. The Global Engineering Leadership (GEL) minor allows the BCoE to educate future engineers on the culture of other countries and how to be a part of collaborations that span the globe. Designed to enhance students’ knowledge of engineering…