Out of 22 students from across the university to be given the 2011 Spirit of State Award, Nibeer Dewan, a junior in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is recognized as having made exceptional personal contributions to student life at Mississippi State. Nibeer has been involved in Mississippi State activities from the moment he…
The Bagley College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Awards are $10,000 project awards to recognize outstanding contributions of both academic and research faculty with an emphasis on economic impact in the State of Mississippi. The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering faculty winners are Dr. Kari Babski-Reeves, Dr. Ming Jin, and Dr. Sandra Eksioglu.
The StatePride Awards are one-time $2,500 financial awards. The awards recognize outstanding performance in keeping with the university’s tri-fold mission of teaching, research and service. The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering faculty winners are Dr. Kari Babski-Reeves, Dr. Sandra Eksioglu, Dr. Ming Jin, and Dr. John Usher.
Mississippi State University’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems Extension office is being recognized nationally for its work with a Clay County manufacturing facility. The project, officially titled “The Role of MSU’s CAVS Extension in Supporting Rapid Commercialization at Navistar Defense’s Plant in West Point, MS,” is a finalist in the University Economic Development Association’s 2010…
Ambarish Acharya is the winner of the INFORMS Judith Leibman Award for his efforts on behalf of the Mississippi State Student Chapter. He was presented the award during the INFORMS Annual Conference in November 2010 in Austin, Texas. The Judith Liebman Award recognizes outstanding student volunteers who have been “moving spirits” in their universities, their…
Industrial and Systems Engineering student Missie Smith was honored with the Bagley College of Engineering Outstanding ISE Senior Award. Other ISE students honored as top seniors were: Brittany Kolb, Glenda Young, Ginny Sewall, Colleen Hughes, Justin Criddle, Anna Campbell, and Paige Draper.
ISE’s Dr. Lesley Strawderman and Laura Ruff received the 2010 Best Paper Award from the Industrial Engineering Division of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). The title of their paper is “Improving Industrial Engineering Career Efficacy through Introductory Course Design.” The award was presented at the ASEE annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
Carl Morris and Harun Pirim both won second place in their divisions of the poster competition at the 2010 INFORMS Regional Conference. The title of Carl’s award winning research is “A Semi-Markov Decision Process for Transshipment of Critical, slow-moving Medical Goods.” The title of Harun’s award winning research is “A Novel Integer Programming Model for…
Congratulations are in order for Ambarish Acharya, Sheryl Kinard and Lucas Simmons. They received the following awards at the BCoE Annual Picnic: – Lucas Simmons, a field engineer for CAVS-Extention and a graduate student in industrial and systems engineering, received the Service Award. – Sheryl Kinard, accountant for Raspet Flight Laboratory, the department of aerospace…
Industrial and Systems Engineering students, Abby Lammons and McNeill Williford, competed nationally in 2010 to win Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honor Society National Awards. McNeill was honored with The John L. Imhoff Scholarship Award, which the society awards to a single student. Abby was one of eight students nationally to win the society’s Award…