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Srinivasan selected for Central States Section of the Combustion Institute board
Dr. Kalyan Srinivasan, associate professor in mechanical engineering, has been selected as new member of the Board of Advisors of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute.
Mago elevated to grade of Fellow in international organization
STARKVILLE, Miss. – An endowed professor in the Bagley College of Engineering will receive the highest membership honor from an international organization. Pedro Mago, the Tennessee Valley Authority professor of mechanical engineering, has been selected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The rank of Fellow is the highest grade of…
Fatigue, fracture mechanics research to save lives
Every day, people drive cars, fly in airplanes or ride bicycles. Every day, dangerous accidents involving these transportation devices occur as a result of fatigue. Nima Shamsaei wants to prevent these accidents. Years ago, Shamsaei’s father, a former fighter pilot, told him about the risk of fatigue failure in airplanes. Today, as an assistant professor…
Freshmen earn awards for service-learning projects
More than 150 mechanical engineering freshmen put their education into action as part of the introduction to mechanical engineering class. Called service-learning, this aspect of the class asked students to develop proposals for and implement projects that would help the community through mechanical engineering and the students at Mississippi State. The projects include, developing an…
ME Faculty Member Wins Best Technical Paper Award
Dave Marcum and Frederic Alauzet were awarded the “Best Technical Paper Award” at the 22nd International Meshing Roundtable held in Orlando recently. The paper entitled, “A Closed Advancing-layer Method With Changing Topology Mesh Movement for Viscous Mesh Generation” was judged on factors that included Originality, Technical Quality, Impact, Relevance to the IMR, and Presentation. Dr. Marcum…
Kadiri receives NSF funding
Haitham El Kadiri, an assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering, has received funding from the National Science Foundation through the Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer Our Future Projects program. Kadiri serves as co-principal investigator, while working alongside researchers from Georgia Tech and the University of Virginia. Their project, “Multi-Scale Modeling and Characterization…
Latham receives the BCoE Outstanding Professional Staff Award
Victor Latham, engineering shop supervisor in mechanical engineering, received the 2013 Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE) Outstanding Professional Staff Award. He has been with the university for 19 years. He was honored at the BCoE faculty and staff annual appreciation picnic on April 26, 2013.
Thompson received the 2013 Schilling Special Teaching Award
Scott M. Thompson, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, received the 2013 Schilling Special Teaching Award from the MSU Office of the Provost. The Ottilie Schilling Special Teaching Projects Program provides financial support to encourage new ideas for improving undergraduate instruction and learning.
ME Student featured in “Our People”
David Francis, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering, is featured in “Our People” on the MSU webpage. To read the story: http://www.msstate.edu/web/people/detail.php?id=305