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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.
ME Graduate Students won the BCoE publication student award in Spring 2014.
Congratulations to Christopher Barrett (Advisor: Dr. El Kadiri), Kyle Johnson (right) (Advisor: Dr. Horstemeyer), and Joseph Carpenter (left) (Advisor: Dr. Mago) who won the BCoE publication student award in Spring 2014.
ME Undergraduate Students received awards at the Bagley Undergraduate Research Poster Competition
Congratulations to James Tobermann, Jonathan Pegues, and Lawrence Levert , ME undergraduate students, who won awards at the first Bagley Undergraduate Research Poster Competition. James Tobermann, Distinguished (Certificate + $300); Poster title: Optimization of a Dual-CHP System Based on Monthly Power-to-Heat Ratio; Advisors: Dr. Alta Knizley and Pedro Mago. Jonathan Pegues, Meritorious (Certificate + $200);…
PhD student Christopher Barrett received the 2014 BCoE Graduate Student Research Award
Congratulations to Christopher D. Barrett, who has been selected to receive the 2014 Graduate Student Research Award by the Bagley College of Engineering. He was recognized at the annual Research Award Banquet on May 1, 2014. He has also won the publication graduate student award in 2013. Christopher D. Barrett is working under Dr. Haitham…
PhD student Mahmood Mamivand was recognized as the BCoE most distinguished graduate scholar of 2013
Congratulations to Mahmood Mamivand who was recognized as the BC0E most distinguished graduate scholar of 2013. He is working under Dr. Haitham El Kadiri on phase field simulations of phase transformation occurring in vital nuclear materials.
ME Ph.D. Students received awards in Poster Competition
Mahmood Mamivand received a superior award and Kyle Johnson received a distinguished award in the BCOE Spring 2014 Graduate Research Poster Competition.
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…