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ME faculty recognized at the MSU’s annual research awards banquet

Congratulations to Dr. Tonya Stone and Dr. Yucheng Liu who were recognized at the MSU’s Annual Research Awards Banquet as Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science Research Program Mentors for Fall 2017/Spring 2018. In addition, Dr. Yucheng Liu was recognized with the faculty research award for the Bagley College of Engineering. More information about the…

April 19, 2018


ME Master’s distance program ranked among top 10 for educational value

Our Master’s in Mechanical Engineering is ranked No. 6 in the 2018 Best Online Colleges for Value rankings recently released by the SR Education Group. SR Education Group, an education research publisher founded in 2004, analyzed accredited online schools across the nation, taking into consideration academic strength factors along with manually researched tuition rates in…

April 16, 2018


ME faculty and staff received awards from BCoE

Congratulations to mechanical engineering Profs. Alta Knizley, Mark Horstemeyer, and Yucheng Liu and our business manager Dianne Phillips for winning four of the eight 2018 Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE) Awards!!

April 13, 2018


ME senior inducted into the BCoE Student Hall of Fame

Brandon Bogle, a mechanical engineering senior, was inducted into the Bagley College of Engineeirng Student Hall of Fame. Brandon has been a Presidential and Dean Scholar for three straight years and served as president of Theta Tau professional engineering fraternity in 2017. He’s also served as a research intern at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory….

April 10, 2018


ME department kickoffs the “Impact of Engineering Week”

The ME department kickoffs this week, April 9 – April 13, the “Impact of Engineering Week” in order to promote awareness and an understanding of the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. During this week all ME undergraduate classes will highlight the role and effect of engineering solutions on…

April 10, 2018


Karen Fili named 2018 BCoE Distinguished Fellow

Congratulations to Karen Fili who was named 2018 Bagley College of Engineering Distinguished Fellow. Karen Fili received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1985.  She has more than 30 years of experience in the field of nuclear engineering. Most recently, she served as the site vice president of operational readiness at Southern Company’s Vogtle…

April 3, 2018


ME faculty recognized for outstanding teaching, research, and service achievements

ME faculty members were recognized for their outstanding achievements in teaching, research, and service during the ME Advisory Board meeting on March 23rd.  The awards included: Junior Faculty Outstanding Research Award, Senior Faculty Outstanding Research Award, Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, and Outstanding Faculty Service Award.  These faculty awards were established by the ME department to…

March 28, 2018


ME student selected as the National Co-op Student of the Year by the CEED Division of the ASEE

Christopher Gomes was selected as the National Co-op Student of the Year by the Cooperative Education and Experiential Division of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). Christopher is a Senior in the Mechanical Engineering Department from Madison, Alabama. He  competed three co-op rotations with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center where he worked in several…

March 14, 2018


Chen selected to receive the ASEE-SE Section New Faculty Researcher Award

A mechanical engineering faculty member has gained recognition for his research efforts by a national organization. ME assistant professor Lei Chen has been selected to receive the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section’s New Faculty Researcher Award, and was presented with the award at the ASEE-SE conference in March in Daytona Beach, FL. Chen…

March 7, 2018


Marcum named as recipient of Exxon Mobil Endowed Professorship

Dave Marcum, professor of mechanical engineering, has been named as the recipient of the Exxon Mobil Endowed Professorship. Since joining Mississippi State University in 1991, Dr. Marcum has served in a variety of director positions within the university’s research sector, leading MSU’s NSF Engineering Research Center and the Computational Simulation and Design Center. He is…

March 7, 2018