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Dr. Krishnan promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
Congratulations to Dr. Sundar Krishnan, who was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective Fall 2014. Dr. Krishnan’s research is focused on experimental and computational investigations of advanced low temperature combustion concepts and renewable alternative fuels for improving fuel conversion efficiencies and power densities of future internal combustion (IC) engines, while simultaneously reducing pollutant emissions. He…
Chevron supports Mechanical Engineering Program
Chevron is giving $450,000, distributed over three years, as part of a $1,080,000 gift to the college of engineering, to support the development of the Chevron Thermal-Fluids Laboratory – a new undergraduate lab for the ME department. This laboratory will help future ME graduates and Co-op students be better prepared to tackle thermal/fluid processes and equipment encountered…
ME Department welcomes new faculty member
The mechanical engineering department welcomes Yucheng Liu who will be joining the faculty ranks in fall 2014 as an associate professor. Liu received his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Louisville in 2005 and continued his post doctoral work at the same university until he joined the department of mechanical engineering at the…
Dr. Cho presented a seminar at Beijing University of Technology in Beijing, China
Dr. Heejin Cho, an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was invited to present a seminar to faculty and students at Beijing University of Technology in Beijing, China on May 27-29, 2014. Dr. Cho presented his current research and discussed potential collaboration with MSU on energy and environmental research projects.
Dr. Schneider receives a TMS travel award
Dr. Judy Schneider has been awarded a TMS (The Mineral, metals, and materials society) travel award to attend their first TMS Summit on Creating and Sustaining Diversity in the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Professions (DMMM1) to be held July 29–31, 2014 in Washington DC. Congrats, Dr. Schneider!
ME Ph.D. student was awarded the NASA/MSSGC Fellowship
Congratulations to Kyle Johnson who was awarded the NASA/Mississippi Space Grant Consortium (MSSGC) Fellowship. Kyle is a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student working with Dr. Mark Horstemeyer on the multi-objective design optimization of a football helmet.
Mago to serve as head of mechanical engineering department
STARKVILLE, Miss. – After more than a decade at Mississippi State, an endowed professor will take the helm of the Bagley College of Engineering’s largest department. Pedro Mago, the Tennessee Valley Authority professor of mechanical engineering, begins his term as head of the department July 1. “Dr. Mago has been highly successful during his career…
Dr. Scott Thompson received funding from NSF
Dr. Scott Thompson, an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, in collaboration with Dr. Keisha Walters, an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, has received $350,000 over three years from the National Science Foundation to investigate: “Electricity Generation and Enhanced Heat Transfer via Pulsating Ferro-Nanofluid”. The award is funded from the Thermal Transport Processes program which is part of…
Four ME incoming freshman were selected to receive the first Toyota-Haley Barbour Scholarships
Matthew Murphy, Jose Contreras, Elizabeth Whitehurst, and Madelyn Davis were selected to receive the first Toyota-Haley Barbour Scholarships. Congratulations to all of them. For more information visit: http://www.msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php?id=6678
Two ME Ph.D. students were awarded the NASA/MSSGC Fellowship
Congratulations to Emily Ledbury and Thomas McIntyre who were awarded the NASA/Mississippi Space Grant Consortium (MSSGC) Fellowship. Emily is a Ph.D. student working with Dr. Mago on the area of renewable energy and Thomas is a Ph.D. Student working with Dr. Stone on modeling powder metallurgy consolidation processes.