Dr. Kalyan Srinivasan, an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been elected to serve as Assistant Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division (ICED). In his leadership role, Dr. Srinivasan will maintain and support the requirements of the committee, organize ICED conferences and maintain and upgrade the ICED operating…
On Wednesday, Nov. 19, ME 1111 students presented their proposals for a semester-long service-learning project. Working in conjunction with the Center for the Advancement of Service-Learning Excellence (CASLE), ME 1111 freshmen students spent the Fall 2104 semester developing engineering design project proposals and ideas to meet several different needs in our community. Community partners from…
Congratulations to Mukti Patel, a ME Ph.D. student, who was named the Grand Champion at MSU’s 3MT competition on Thursday, Nov. 20. Her research talk was on “Designing Third Generation Steel for Future Ground Vehicles.” She will advance to a Southeastern Conference competition. Also, congratulations to Aamir Sohail, a ME Master student, who was selected as…
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the Thermal-Fluid Sciences. The applicant’s research should complement the related research expertise in the Department, which includes combustion engines, computational fluid dynamics, energy systems design, and thermal management. It is anticipated that the initial appointments will be made…
Thermal-Fluid Sciences Computational modeling for integrated thermal, fluid, and structural processes
Mississippi State’s team was awarded the “Most Multidisciplinary Design” Award for the 2014 International Field-Reversible Thermal Connector (RevCon) Challenge sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Seven universities were there, including: Donghua University; National Tsing Hua University; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Maryland; University of Missouri, and the Georgia Institute of…
This fall’s freshmen ME 1111 class has been active in several projects within our community that help promote project management, teamwork, innovation, problem-solving, and communication skill-sets, among other things. Most of this year’s projects have several groups of students submitting competitive proposals for creative design within budgetary and safety constraints. The ME 1111 student groups are…
The ME department is proud to present the Mechanical Engineering Ladies Organization. MELO has been recently formed and organized following the initiative of a group of female faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students, with the enthusiastic support from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University. MELO seeks to help retain women in ME,…