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Knizley and Green received funding from NASA/MSSGC
Congratulations to Dr. Alta Knizley, ME Assistant Clinical Professor, and Morgan Green, ME Instructor, who were awarded a grant from the Mississippi Space Grant Consortium (MSSGC) Student Led STEM Activities Program in support of ME student organization, the Mechanical Engineering Ladies Organization (MELO). These funds will be used to support two MELO outreach events in the…
Mechanical engineering unveils new student leadership suite
Mississippi State University’s department of mechanical engineering officially unveiled its new student leadership suite on Monday, September 16. Created thanks to a $250,000 donation from GTI, the new Edward “Eddie” Johnston Student Leadership Suite provides meeting and presentation space for mechanical engineering student leaders from groups such as the ME Ambassadors, the American Society of…
Tonya Stone selected to participate in the 2019 Symposium: Engineering A World of Difference: Policy and Practice
Congratulations to Dr. Tonya Stone, Associate Professor and Dr. Oswald Rendon-Herrero Diversity Professorship, who has been selected to participate in the 2019 Symposium: Engineering a World of Difference: Policy and Practice to be held on September 18-21 at Harvard University. This symposium is sponsored by the NSF Broadening Participation in Engineering Program, and it is the 11th…
Liu presented invited lectures to several universities in China
This summer, Dr. Yucheng Liu visited three higher education and research institutions in China, the School of Aeronautics at Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in Xi’an, the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, and Yulin Normal University in Yulin. The NPU’s School of Aeronautics ranks No. 1 among all aerospace, aeronautical,…
Askari selected to receive a SEC visiting faculty travel grant
Congratulations to Dr. Omid Askari, who has been selected to receive a Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Grant. Dr. Askari will be visiting the Mechanical Engineering (ME) Department and Petersen Research Group (PRG) at Texas A&M University this fall. During his visit, Dr. Askari will meet with faculty, researchers, and students in the ME…
2019-2020 ME Student Ambassadors Announced
Congratulations to the newest members of the Mechanical Engineering Ambassadors program! Student Ambassadors play an important role at the ME department, working on recruiting efforts, hosting tours to prospective students and visitors, and representing the department at important activities and events. The new members are: Madison Eichelberger (junior) Ashton Brown (senior) Belle Failla (senior) Ben Jones…
ME Undergraduate Student presented a paper at the 2019 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum
Jacob Easley, a mechanical engineering student, presented a paper at the 2019 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum held in Indianapolis, IN from August 19-22, 2019. The paper was entitled “Additive Manufacturing of Propellant Tank and Structural Supports of CubeSat Cold Gas Propulsion System.” Jacob has been involved in research at the Center for Advanced Vehicular…
Dr. Yucheng Liu promoted to full professor
Congratulations to Dr. Yucheng Liu, who was promoted to full professor effective Fall 2019. Dr. Liu holds the Jack Hatcher Chair in Engineering Entrepreneurship. Dr. Liu’s research has focused on the areas of multiscale material modeling and simulation, high strain rate performance of materials, vehicle systems design and analysis, and hydropower and wave energy technology. He has published more…