Points of Pride
Research
MSU researchers attracted $151 million in external funding for FY 2007-08.
Professor H. Michael Barnes of the Forest and Wildlife Research Center is a Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science.
The professional honor recognizes his work in wood preservation and durability, wood treatment, and treatment effects on wood properties.
A Mississippi State research administrator is joining the board of directors for a national research and education coalition that helps provide university funding in science and engineering. Sandra H. Harpole of West Point recently was appointed to a three-year term on the governing body for the Coalition of EPSCoR/IDeA, which includes 23 states, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands. She is associate vice president for research and a physics professor.
Mississippi State holds more than 175 patents, ranging from the technology for acoustical test structures to a vaccine for channel catfish.
A Mississippi State engineering professor is a recent selection for the Boeing Co.'s prestigious Welliver Faculty Fellowship Program. Aerospace engineer Masoud Rais-Rohani is among 10 international researchers asked to review projects being planned by the world's largest aerospace and defense corporation.
William Anthony Hay is a newly elected Fellow of Britain's Royal Historical Society. An associate professor, Hay joined the university's history department in 2003 as an assistant professor. Founded in 1868 with a charter from Queen Victoria, the RHS is considered the leading organization in Great Britain promoting the professional study of the past. Its 3,000 Fellows are elected on the basis of their original contributions to historical scholarship and include scholars from around the world.
Mississippi State's inclusion in a highly competitive federal partnership now allows university researchers to focus more on research and less on administrative "red tape." Membership in the Federal Demonstration Partnership enables campus scientists to streamline administrative steps associated with federally sponsored research. MSU joins 33 other leading research institutions as new members of a group representing 120 national institutions. It is the only Mississippi institution of higher learning holding FDP membership in the cooperative initiative with 10 federal agencies.
The Charles H. Templeton Sr. Music Museum features 192 self-playing instruments, some 12,000 recordings and more than 22,000 pieces of sheet music. The musical collection of the late Starkville businessman and 1949 MSU graduate is displayed on the fourth floor of Mitchell Memorial Library.A Mississippi State business college leader is a Fellow of the Marketing Management Association. Brian Engelland, head of the university's department of marketing, quantitative analysis and business law, is the 20th member of the international organization to receive the high honor. He was recognized for his consistent scholarly research and continuing service to the profession.
H. Michael Barnes of the Forest and Wildlife Research Center is a new Fellow of the Society of Wood Science and Technology. Barnes received the honor by the professional organization for his work in wood preservation and durability, wood treatment and treatment effects on wood properties.
The head of Mississippi State's academic programs in engineering and the director of the university's Social Science Research Center were honored with the highest professional recognitions of the world's largest general scientific society. Sarah A. Rajala, dean of the Bagley College of Engineering, and Arthur G. Cosby recently were elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
A team leader at the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems is the 2008 selection for the university's Ralph E. Powe Excellence Award. Mark F. Horstemeyer, leader of CAVS' computational manufacturing and design group and a mechanical engineering professor, was recognized for the significant impact of his research on the economic welfare of the nation, state and university.
Correspondence, photographs, books, memorabilia, and other documents related to the military career and presidency of Ulysses S. Grant now are being housed at Mississippi State. Through an agreement signed recently with the Ulysses S. Grant Association, the university's Mitchell Memorial Library has become the official host of the Grant papers.
Mississippi State ranks 58th among all U.S. public universities in research and development expenditures, with more than $206 million recorded for FY 07. The university ranks 34th in engineering and fifth in agricultural sciences.
