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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 Student Selected for Jim Henry Swain Endowed Scholarship
Congratulations to Katye Lauren Miller of CEE being selected for the Jim Henry Swain Endowed Scholarship from several applicants.
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…
Statewide water association names McAnally president during November conference
STARKVILLE, Miss. – William H. McAnally will officially take the helm of the Mississippi Water Resources Association during a meeting in Biloxi, Miss. The associate director of Mississippi State University’s Geosystems Research Institute and fellow of the Northern Gulf Institute will be sworn in Nov. 9, the final day of the organization’s annual conference.
Truax selected for leadership in national, state engineering organizations
STARKVILLE, Miss. – The head of civil and environmental engineering in the Bagley College of Engineering now sits on the executive boards of two engineering organizations. Dennis D. Truax was installed as assistant treasurer of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at an October meeting. He became secretary of the Mississippi Board of Licensure…
MSU’s Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium 2012
Three CEE undergraduate students (Georgene Elizabeth Grant, Rae Ann Otts and Rachel Jacobs) presented their research posters on “Ultrasonic Assisted Waste Cooking Oil Conversion Into Biodiesel” and “Evaluation of Design Alternatives for Innovative Commercial Catfish Ponds” at the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium 2012 hosted by the Shackouls Honors College in collaboration with NSF-funded undergraduate research…
New US 82 Mississippi River Bridge was Recognized as One of the World’s Most Innovative Projects of the Year
The new US 82 Mississippi River Bridge was recently recognized as one of the world’s most innovative projects of the year by the American Council of Engineering Companies. Called the “Academy Awards of the engineering industry,” the Engineering Excellence Awards bring together over 600 industry and government leaders annually to recognize the best achievements of…
Best Jobs 2012: Civil Engineer
Civil engineering is a profession that offers plenty of visual payoff. Take a look around, and you’ll see the work of civil engineers everywhere – from buildings and bridges to roads and reservoirs. “To create things, to actually see them being built … it’s very rewarding to see the results of what you saw on…
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…
Golden Triangle Regional Solid Waste Management Authority Receives National Award
Each year, EPA recognizes the latest accomplishments of landfill methane partners who have reduced emissions of methane and created renewable energy. The Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) acknowledges it’s Partners for excellence in innovation and creativity, success in promoting project development and achieving environmental and economic benefits. On January 18, 2012, partners accepted awards at…