Alumni - Richard A. Rula School of Civil & Environmental Engineering - Bagley College of Engineering - Page 5
BCoE honors alumni for distinguished engineering careers
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Business leaders, public servants and decorated retirees were among the 10 alumni recognized during the Bagley College of Engineering’s annual Distinguished Fellows ceremony this month.
Joey Windham CEE Alumnus BS in ’03 and MS in ’10
Joey Windham (B.S. ’03, M.S. ’10-CE) was selected as chief of the modeling branch of the Modeling, Mapping and Consequences Production Center of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’ Vicksburg District. He will serve as senior techical reviewer for all hydrologic and hydraulic engineering products produced by the unit. He has been with the district…
CEE Alumnus Receives Professional Engineering Award
Ernest H. Randall, Jr., P.E. Presdient and CEO of Randall and Associates, an Engineering and Real Estate Consulting Firm, was honored by the Preston Trail Chapter of TSPE at a Luncheon in September 2012. The Award was presented for Randall’s longtime leadership and contributions to the professional Engineering Society and his outstanding Civic activities. He…
CEE Alumnus’ Project Receives National Award from CMAA
Gwinnett County Department of Water Recourses contracted with CH2M HILL and two other engineering firms to do construction management for a $250,000,000 upgrade to one of their treatment plants. Jeff Maxcy of CH2M Hill and 2 other engineering firms receive a National Award from Construction Management Association of America in the category of “Infrastructure Project…
Seasoned engineer designs company her way
When Jocelyn Pritchett told her father what she wanted to do with her life, she remembers the flash of panic in his eyes. As a girl growing up in Bellefontaine, a small town in Webster County between Grenada and Starkville, Pritchett spent a chunk of her childhood shadowing her father, a surveyor for the state…
Interview with MDOT’s Newly Appointed Executive Director
Brian Albert Broom, of the Clarion-Ledger Interviewed with Melinda L. McGrath, Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Congratulations on your appointment. Tell us about your background. I’m a professional engineer and earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Mississippi State University in 1985. I began my engineering career in Jackson with…
Ergon Endows Fellowship at Mississippi State
Starkville, Miss. – At a January ceremony, Mississippi-based Ergon Asphalt and Emulsions Inc. (EAE) announced the establishment of a fellowship in Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE). The Ergon Asphalt and Emulsions Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship in Construction Materials will annually support a civil engineering doctoral student studying under Isaac Howard, an assistant professor and…
Three MDOT Engineers Newly Appointed
•Nick Altobelli of Brandon has been appointed state bridge engineer. He recently served as assistant state bridge engineer. He has worked at MDOT for 22 years and is a certified public manager. He has served as design section engineer, senior design section engineer, assistant state bridge engineer and MDOT Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program…
Southern Nuclear names new chief nuclear officer
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Southern Nuclear Chairman, President and CEO Stephen Kuczynski announced today that Danny G. Bost has been elected chief nuclear officer, effective Oct. 17. Bost will be the executive responsible for the overall performance of Southern Nuclear’s six operating plants. Bost will replace Jeff Gasser who has held the position since 2004. Gasser…
2010 Hall of Fame
Eight students were inducted into the 2010 Bagley College of Engineering Student Hall of Fame in April. Two of the eight students were civil engineering students. Stephen Dix, a May 2010 graduate from Gulfport, MS, was involved in many activities while enrolled at MSU. Stephen was involved in Tau Beta Pi and Chi Epsilon, both student honor…