The MSU student chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) will receive formal recognition at the HFES national meeting to be held in Boston, MA October 22-26, 2012 for their activities in 2011. The national office awards student chapters different levels of recognition depending upon a number of factors including activity, and they…
The fall unofficial enrollment numbers are in, and ISE continues to expand both its undergraduate and graduate programs. Our total enrollment grew this fall by 5.62% compared to the university’s 3.97% increase. The fall ISE enrollment numbers are 178 B.S., 33 M.S., and 52 Ph.D., for a total of 263 students. Good thing, this economy…
Halston Hales, a senior in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is one of six undergraduate students that have earned a place in the 2011 Bagley College of Engineering’s Student Hall of Fame. In his role as the Student Association’s attorney general, Halston Hales helped establish the Dawghouse Deals program, a campus-wide garage sale…
Mary “Ginny” Sewall, a senior in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has earned a scholarship for the 2011-12 academic year from the world’s largest engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi. Ginny has maintained a 4.0 GPA during her time at Mississippi State and was recently named Most Outstanding Senior from MSU by the…
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…
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.
By Bonnie Coblentz MSU Ag Communications MISSISSIPPI STATE – Mississippi State University engineering students helped analyze work flow and equipment performance to document the need for new animal cage washing facilities, which were paid for by a federal grant of nearly $300,000. Lucy Senter, director of Laboratory Animal Resources and the university veterinarian for MSU,…
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…
Out of 22 students from across the university to be recognized with the 2010 Spirit of State Award, Swati Desai, a senior in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is said to have “played a major role in promoting diversity at MSU.” As a freshman, she founded Nach, an Indian dance group that has…