A Message from the DeanWelcome to our first publication of Dimensions, an annual report of the research that is taking place in the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University. The main purpose of this publication is to highlight some of the fascinating and life-changing research that our faculty are involved in.

The importance of quality research is sometimes hard to quantify, but when years of research and long hours of testing and analysis yield results that improve our national security, provide a more efficient and less-evasive diabetes test, or enhance an aortic valve that increases the blood flow to a child’s heart . . . it is all worthwhile.

Throughout this magazine, we will highlight some of the research activities that have taken place within our engineering departments and research centers over the past year. We will also introduce you to our faculty and detail some of their most interesting findings.

Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering takes its responsibility as a research institution extremely seriously. We realize that as a land grant institution we have an obligation to help our state and our nation improve on every frontier, and when called upon we have always been up to the challenge.

At the same time we realize that research at its finest comes through collaboration, when reach-ing across disciplines, institutions and industry to find the best solution to the challenges the world throws our way. We enjoy the relationships that have been formed over the years through team efforts with other colleagues, and we know that as long as the world continues to change there will be opportunities to make our environment more efficient, more effective, in a word . . . better.

Kirk H. Schulz, Ph.D.Earnest W. and Mary AnnDeavenport Jr. Chair and Dean Bagley College of Engineering Mississippi State University

There are people who will always come up with reasons why you can’t do what you want to do. Ignore them.

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Roger L. King, Ph.D., P.E.Associate Dean for Researchand Graduate StudiesBagley College of Engineering Mississippi State University

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”WinstonChurchill

Dimensions is the Bagley College of Engineering’s annual exercise to stop and reflect on how our research enterprise is contributing to the body of knowledge, to the economic development of the state of Mississippi, to our sponsors, students and alumni, and finally, to ourselves. In this inaugural publication we define our research infrastructure through which our research is conducted–academic departments, research centers, and laboratories–and more importantly, we recognize the people who conduct the research and produce the results. The college recently defined eight interdisciplinary research focus areas (or clusters)-Advanced Elec-tronic Systems, Computational Engineering, Energy and the Environment, Enterprise Systems, Human Factors and Systems, Information Sciences, Materials, and 21st Century Transportation Systems. It is around these eight clusters that we anticipate investing college resources in line with our strategic plan. In the Feature Articles section of this issue of Dimensions we will report research results from half of our research clusters: Guardian Angel Overhead (21st Century Transportation Systems), An Unlikely Source of Fuel and Power through the Storm (Energy and the Environment), Taking a Byte Out of Crime (Information Sciences), and Turning a Corner, The Future of Automotives (Computational Engineering).

In the last few pages of Dimensions we also provide the requisite statistics–number of graduate stu-dents, research expenditures, research sponsors, etc. However, although numbers and rankings are important among the academic community, the most important objective we hope to convey through Dimensions is recognition of the more than 200 Bagley College of Engineering faculty and staff who make our research endeavors successful. We encourage our readers to contact any of our faculty or research staff to learn more about their specific research contributions. They are always happy to talk about their research.

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Table of ContentsResearchHighlights..............................................................................3GuardianAngelOverhead...................................................................5AnUnlikelySourceofFuel...................................................................7TurningaCorner,theFutureofAutomotives...............................9PowerthroughtheStorm..................................................................11TakingaByteOutofCrime...............................................................13AerospaceEngineering......................................................................15Agriculture&BiologicalEngineering...............................................17DaveC.SwalmSchoolofChemicalEngineering.......................19CivilEngineering...................................................................................21ComputerScienceandEngineering..............................................23ElectricalandComputerEngineering...........................................25IndustrialandSystemsEngineering..............................................27MechanicalEngineering....................................................................29ResearchCenters&Labs............................................................31-49CollegeProfile..................................................................................51-52ResearchSponsors..............................................................................53Dean’sDevelopmentCouncil..........................................................55LeadershipTeam..................................................................................56

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AcademicDepartmentsAerospaceEngineering

AgriculturalandBiologicalEngineering

DaveC.SwalmSchoolofChemicalEngineering

CivilEngineering

ComputerScienceandEngineering

ElectricalandComputerEngineering

IndustrialandSystemsEngineering

MechanicalEngineering

ResearchCentersandLaboratoriesHighPerformanceComputingCollaboratory(HPC2)

CenterforAdvancedVehicularSystems(CAVS)

ComputationalSimulationandDesignCenter(SimCenter)

CenterforDoDProgrammingEnvironmentTraining(PET)

InstituteforCleanEnergyTechnology(ICET)

RaspetFlightResearchLaboratory

CenterforComputerSecurityResearch(CCSR)

NationalCenterforIntermodalTransportation(NCIT)

HighVoltageLaboratory

Visualization,Analysis,andImagingLaboratory(VAIL)

Micro-Cooling,Heating,PowerLaboratory

SoutheastCHPApplicationCenter&MSU’sMicro-CHPandBioFuelCenter

MSUTransportationResearchCenter

ConstructionMaterialsResearchCenter(CMRC)

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2005 Research HighlightsThe department of industrial and systems engineering in conjunction with MSU’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems is conducting research to address the transporta-tion disruptions often caused by natural disasters and acts of terrorism. This project is guided by the American Truck-ing Associations and the Office of Domestic Preparedness of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Industrial and systems engineering professors Mingzhou Jin, Burak Eksioglu and John Usher are researching solutions and new methodologies that will resolve routing problems and mini-mize bottlenecks to freight flow. The issues associated with congested roadways during times of emergency were clearly demonstrated during the 2005 hurricane season. Keeping freight flowing and passengers moving is critical for the na-tional economy and homeland security. James N. Warnock, assistant professor in agricultural and biological engineering, is currently researching how me-chanical forces can influence changes in the biology of the aortic heart valve at the molecular and cellular levels and how this pertains to the pathogenesis of valve disease. Experimental studies are being conducted to determine the relationship between disease progression and risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes and smoking. His work has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Heart Valve Disease and is the first report to show a direct link between pressure and disease progression. Further research studies are examining the effect of cyclic strain on valve cells; the preliminary results have been encouraging. The Department of Defense has notified Mississippi State University that the second of the five option years of the DoD Programming Environment & Training (PET) contract will be exercised. The PET contract, executed by MSU’s ERC, HPC2 provides high-level support to users of the DoD high performance computer centers. MSU is the

prime contractor for a coalition of 10 universities and two companies in this effort that was competitively awarded in 2001 as an eight-year, $108 million award. This award was the largest competitive award to a university in the history of DoD.

The MSU-led PET team has assisted DoD with analysis related to the Predator, the Pentagon retrofit following the 9/11 impact, protection of buildings from terrorist attacks, battlefield event modeling, vehicle and weapons systems, and ocean and atmospheric forecasting. MSU’s leadership part-ner in the PET effort is the Ohio Supercomputer Center. Others involved in the project include Ohio State Univer-sity, University of Texas, University of Tennessee, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Hawaii, Jackson State University, Computer Sciences Corp., and SAIC.

The Computational Simulation and Design Center (SimCenter) has joined efforts with the New York-based company JarvikHeart, Inc., the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Mississippi Medical Center to develop next-generation cardiovascular devices using advanced computational fluid dynamics technolo-gies. The SimCenter has NIH funding to design pediatric artificial heart devices and also has been awarded a three-year NSF sponsored project to develop models of flow-in-duced blood damage for this class of medical devices. The combined outcomes of these research efforts will be critical for sustained future innovation in cardiovascular prosthesis design and analysis. Priscilla Hill, an assistant professor in the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, has won a 2005 NSF Faculty Early CAREER Development Award to support research and education in the field of particle technol-ogy. Hill, who will receive $400,000 over a five-year period,

is the first member of MSU’s chemical engineering faculty to receive the major honor. Hill received the award for her research on “A Multi-scale Approach to Particle Breakage in Stirred Vessels and Its Integration into Education.” Her re-search is expected to lead to simulation tools that can be used in designing chemical processes containing particulates. Pro-cess applications span a range of industries that include fertil-izer, food, chemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical. Ralph Sinno, professor of civil engineering, has devel-oped an innovative electromagnetic testing system for in-vestigating hurricane level uplift wind forces on flat roofs. Previously, such tests were conducted only in wind tunnels with 1:50 scaled models. Sinno’s research involves real-size, full-scale testing. Uplift hurricane wind forces in real life are known to be unsteady and nonuniform with high frequen-cies. Simulation in time and space of high velocity wind forces on full scale roofs has never been done before, and it is an important step in understanding destructive effects of hurricanes on a widely used type of building. This research has provided information to building lode authorities that will allow them to modify, create and design stronger new buildings in the Gulf Coast. Three researchers from the university’s Institute for Clean Energy and Technology (ICET) are members of a re-gional team seeking the best ways to capture and isolate gases that could contribute to global climate change. Jeff Linder, Chuji Wang and F-X Han are researching ways to slow global warming by reducing atmospheric green-house gas emissions caused primarily by the expanding use of fossil fuels for energy. The Cavity Ring-Down Spec-troscopy technology can measure isotopic concentrations of carbon dioxide stored in deep geological reservoirs and pin-point any leaks. The Southeast partnership—representing Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, North

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Carolina, Virginia, Texas and South Carolina—will pinpoint carbon dioxide sources and sinks, as well as transport require-ments, for the nine states and enter the data into a geographi-cal information system database. An outreach plan then will be developed to help identify and implement regional CO2 sequestration measures. Wen L. Li, associate professor of mechanical engineering, has received a three-year award for $240,000 from the Na-tional Science Foundation to fund his research efforts in Modeling the Vibrations and Energy Flows in Complex Dynamic Systems. Allen P. Boyle a computer science and biochemistry graduate and Tonya W. Stone a mechanical engineering graduate received a 2005 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship worth $120,000 for three years of work toward a doctorate. Boyle began the bioin-formatics and genome technology doctoral program at Duke University in the Fall of 2005. Stone is pursuing her doc-torate in the Bagley College of Engineering. Her research topic is “Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Develop Constitutive Relations for Metal Powder Compaction.” She plans to extend her research to include the sintering process in powder metallurgy, and to “bridge the gap between the nanoscale and macroscale.” She is also working on multi-scale modeling of a powder metals.

Mississippi State is using advanced engineering technolo-gies to help Northrop Grumman Ship Systems streamline the production flow of its hurricane-battered shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. University researchers are refocusing their post-Hurricane Katrina effort to help the U.S. shipbuilder redesign and regenerate its facilities and operations. Using part of $1 million in funding from the U.S. Office of Na-val Research, researchers from MSU’s industrial and systems engineering department and Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems are building and analyzing 3-D simulation models of shipyard operations. The models will be used to visualize product flow and evaluate investment alternatives.

James L. Martin, Kelly Gene Cook professor in civil en-gineering, was recently named diplomat of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers. As an AAWRE diplomat, he is considered a leading water resource authority in academia. In 2005, Martin was also recognized as a Fel-low of the Amercian Society of Civil Engineers. Randall M. German, Ph.D., director of the Center for Ad-vanced Vehicular Systems, received the prestigious Award for Distinguished Achievement in Research from the Ja-pan Society for Powder and Powder Metallurgy during a formal ceremony in the East China Sea coastal city of Hamamatsu. He also lectured at the society’s invitation-only seminar on the topic, “Establishment of the Scientific Underpinnings in Powder Injection Molding and Liquid Phase Sintering.”

Clifford E. George, professor of chemical engineering, has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for his exemplary service and prac-tice in the field of chemical engineering. Those nominated must also have served at member grade within the society for at least 10 years and have at least 25 years of experience in the profession.

The National Center for Intermodal Transportation—an academic partnership between the University of Denver and Mississippi State University—received a $2.4 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transporta-tion for transportation research and education projects over the next four years. The center is a major national resource for research, educational and technology transfer activities involving intermodal transportation.

Engineers at the Institute for Clean Energy Technology (formerly known as DIAL) have developed a new inven-tion to test the structural integrity of bridges and other structures made of concrete. The Automatic Chain Drag System—formerly called Hollow Deck—was developed sev-eral years ago as a portable monitor for ensuring the safety of

concrete bridge decks. Since then, it’s been tested thorough-ly by the Mississippi Department of Transportation. The device is now being licensed to Excelerate Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., which has acquired worldwide rights to commercialize the MSU-patented technology. The ACDS can dramatically reduce the time required to inspect bridges, increase the ac-curacy of inspections, and make our nation’s highway infra-structure safer.

Research engineers in the Bagley College’s Computational Simulation and Design Center (SimCenter) are playing a vital role in the development of a global ballistic mis-sile defense shield aimed at protecting America and its al-lies from nuclear attack. While the Northrop Grumman Corporation is leading a national effort to develop and test land-based Kinetic Energy Interceptors for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, university engineers are helping to deter-mine effective ways of launching the defensive missiles at sea. Under a $200,000 contract recently approved by Norththrop Grumman’s Mission Systems sector, MSU’s SimCenter will use its expertise in computational fluid dynamics to help the global defense company prepare the $4 billion KEI system for future deployment aboard ships and submarines.

Using computational fluid dynamics technology developed at the university center, researchers can predict the behavior of the KEI missile and its rocket exhaust during the initial launch sequence from a ship or other sea-based platform. The sea-based scenario is very different than launching from a ground platform because the ship is rolling and pitching along with the sea. The interceptors—with a top speed of more than 12,000 miles per hour—are designed to track in-coming missile threats and destroy them with a non-explo-sive kinetic energy warhead. A team of the nation’s leading defense companies, led by Northrop Grumman, has initiated a $4 billion development and test program aimed at produc-ing 10 interceptors over the next eight years. MSU’s contract for this calendar year is to help Northrop Grumman eventu-ally prepare the system for deployment at sea.

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As demands on U.S. military continue to increase, the need for more efficient equipment and technol-ogy becomes more imperative. Now more than ever soldiers are combating unconventional enemy forces, and they are depending heavily on cutting-edge technology to guide them. Researchers at Mis-sissippi State University are working to help soldiers enhance their combat tactics through technology.

Calvin Walker, a research associate at the Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, and Anthony J. Vizzini, Bill and Carolyn Cobb Chair and head of the aero-space engineering department, are researching ways to modify the traditional unmanned aerial vehicles in an effort to aid soldiers in combat and further the advancement of military technology. The Guardian Angel UAV that is being developed at Mississippi State University will provide soldiers some valuable assistance while on the battlefield.

For instance, soldiers traveling on foot will rely on the unmanned aerial vehicle to record any obstacles that the soldier might encounter. Most UAV models are delicate and difficult to configure to suit different combat environments. The develop-ment of a smaller, “backpackable” unmanned aerial vehicle is something the foot soldier will be able to carry into the combat arena. This new UAV would have the ability to be launched into the field like a

surveillance camera to provide an overhead view of the surrounding area.

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Vizzini explains, “With specific sensor pack-ages, this UAV would be able to locate specific threats, such as personnel, explosive devices, and nuclear, biological or chemical threats.”

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MSU researchers determined that the key to the new vehicle design is the fuselage. Traditional UAV design has a fuselage that is enclosed much like that of an airplane, with the payload being inside the fuselage. With the new conceptual design that has been developed at the Raspet Lab, instead of having a fuselage shell researchers are designing a beam that would run down the fuselage as a replacement, allowing the instrumentation to be placed on the outside of the fuselage rather than the inside.

“With the new design, the sleekness of the vehicle is lost as well as some airtime, but we feel this compromise will generate a design that will provide more information to the soldier in the field,” Vizzini said. “The soldier could configure the aircraft as he or she sees fit at that moment in time; that benefit outweighs the detriment of less time in the air.”

Another feature of the backpackable UAV is its sturdiness. The lightweight UAV models are flimsy, so their usefulness is limited by how carefully they must be handled. The design for the backpackable UAV would have to be sturdy enough so as not to hinder its capabilities.

Researchers are in the process of completing a conceptual prototype for the UAV, which demon-strates the weight and handling characteristics of the design. The prototype is not to the “backpackable” stage yet, but once an efficient design is complete, researchers will begin working on how to break apart the vehicle and reassemble it–steps that are not necessary at this stage.

MSU is collaborating on this project with Mississippi Science and Engineering Technology in Corinth, Mississippi. Vizzini hopes the concep-tual model will reveal other uses and applications for the Guardian Angel UAV.

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An Unlikely Source of FuelTodd French and Rafael Hernandez, both assistant profes-sors in the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University, have something to smile about, and their enthusiasm is contagious especially to business and government leaders alike. Just what are they smiling about? Well, the answer is simple: sludge, the solid waste generated during the wastewater treatment process. For most, this term doesn’t exactly invoke a pleasant reac-tion; however, when you hear about what they are doing with this form of biomass, you’ll ask, “Why hasn’t someone thought of this before?”

When French and Hernandez began researching a cost-effective way to produce biodiesel in 2003, they never imagined their journey would lead them to the local sewage treatment plant. Fortunately, it did, and they have since discovered a promising biofuel feedstock that could signifi-cantly diminish reliance on petroleum. With this form of biomass, French and Hernandez have found that sludge oil could yield up to 1 billion gallons of biodiesel fuel. This is a breakthrough in biodiesel production because utilization of all current feedstock would only yield 500 million gallons.

Biomass is any organic material produced by an organism that has not been transformed by geological processes, as opposed to a product such as petroleum or coal that has been in the ground for millions of years. It is used to cre-ate biofuels, such as biodiesel and ethanol, as well as other

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specialty products. Researchers have been studying biodiesel—a fuel that is biodegradable and non-toxic, with fewer emissions than petroleum-based diesel—for years. It performs as well as diesel and seems to be the best candidate to replace fossil fuels as a fuel source for transportation fleets.

For many years, researchers have been conducting studies using soybeans, vegetable oils, animal fats and other raw materials; however, the amount of biodiesel produced from these sources has been relatively low in comparison to the 1 billion gallons per year that could be produced from sludge. Can you imagine the worldwide impact? Biodiesel produced from sludge could solve some of the major energy concerns facing our nation and world today.

nThe impact of French and Hernandez’s work seems to be far-reaching due to the overall benefits of their process.

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“The fact is,” French explains, “the disposal of sludge is already a problem, and most treatment plants oper-ate with a deficit budget.” He further explains how this process seems to be a perfect fit for all involved. It produces no additional costs for the treatment plants and could actually provide a supplemental income for the facilities. Currently, many treatment plants recycle only a small fraction of the sludge into fertilizer and other products, with the rest being either incinerated or deposited in landfills.

“This is, by far, one of the least expensive forms of biomass,” Hernandez says. “Also, it does not require large amounts of land or water, as would be the case if we were to produce the same yield of biodiesel from plants such as soybeans.”

The global demand for biodiesel production seems to be increasing rapidly. Biodiesel, although currently more expensive than traditional diesel, is available at some fuel stations and many transportation fleets are using it as a fuel additive. Biodiesel can be used in current diesel engines with little to no modification; therefore, few changes to infrastructure would be needed to incorporate the use of this fuel on a larger scale. Furthermore, new regulations in the petro-leum industry will soon require fuel companies to lower the amount of sulfur content in their product. “Biodiesel is being marketed as an additive to en-hance the lubricity of ultra-low sulfur diesel because biodiesel has a higher lubricity and the biodiesel/die-sel blend makes the engine run smoother,” Hernandez says.

“The impact of this research affects not only the oil industry, but it could also be considered a matter of national security,” French says, referring to the United States’ dependency on foreign sources of oil.

The on-going efforts to produce an efficient, cost-ef-fective biofuel at Mississippi State University include researchers from various disciplines and departments. Faculty in the plant and soil sciences (Brian Bald-win), agricultural and biological engineering (Sandun Fernando, William Batchelor, and Mr. Eugene

Columbus), chemistry (Tingyu Li), biochemistry (Dwaine Braasch and Zhaohua Peng), and food sci-ence nutrition and health promotion (Juan Silva) de-partments are collaborating to increase the number of byproducts and amount of biodiesel produced from various forms of biomass. The MSU Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems has provided the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering with the instrumen-tation necessary to test the quality of the biodiesel generated from non-conventional oil sources.

Currently, French, Hernandez, Mark Zappi (former MSU professor), Darrell Sparks,and Stephen Dufreche have a U.S. Patent pending on their newly-developed process to create EPA-registered biodiesel from sludge. They are also working to license this technology to private companies, which they ul-timately hope will distribute it to other countries, including Europe, India and China.

With resourceful, innovative and environmentally conscientious engineers such as these, Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering will continue to confront challenging world issues with quality research.

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The issue of military safety is hitting close to home these days. In February 2005, Mississippi National Guardsmen Spc. Joseph Andrew “Drew” Rahaim, 22, of Laurel, and Sgt. Timothy Osbey, 29, of Mag-nolia, died in Iraq when their Humvee overturned into a canal after the roadway collapsed.

Researchers and engineers at Mississippi State University’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems are exploring ways to keep incidents such as these from happening. Over the years, MSU and CAVS have developed a strong relationship with a number of military agencies through research and design efforts that continue to focus on improvements in military systems—making them work better, improving war-fighter safety and enhancing overall system efficiencies. Opportunities in this area of research are growing due to the use of advanced design tools and methods as well as the discovery of innovative ways to use materials.

Mark Horstemeyer, professor of mechanical engi-neering and CAVS Chair, explained the problem. “Right now the biggest problem with the military is armor. They were worried about bullets going through the Humvee, so they added armor on the exterior of the vehicle to stop bullets.” Horstemeyer said that while adding extra armor to the vehicle’s exterior does stop bullets from penetrating the

vehicle, it creates a dynamic imbalance because of the increased weight. The heavier vehicle’s ma-neuverability becomes limited, which presents the challenge of how to design lightweight armor for the Humvee while considering penetration mechan-ics, all in an effort to improve the performance of vehicles in crashes.

The military is not the only arena in need of increased vehicle safety. The number one leading cause of death in the country from ages 3 to 33 is car crashes. Furthermore, Mississippi is rated second per capita in car accidents. Researchers at CAVS are developing the tools to create and simulate new materials and evaluate their performance in vehicle designs to make safer and more reliable vehicles for both consumer and military applications.

Vehicles of the future are being designed in the virtual world, on computer screens and in 3D environments using computational tools that are employed at CAVS. “The idea of the car of the fu-ture is that it will be designed and assembled on the computer first, long before it’s ever made of physi-cal parts,” Horstemeyer said. His research areas of interest include solid mechanics, fracture, damage evolution and microstructure-property constitutive modeling of materials.

Computational modeling mainly focuses on simu-lation of product design and the manufacturing process. Recent projects at CAVS include fatigue testing of components, crash simulations and part redesign using new materials for various vehicle manufacturers. The goal of computational modeling is to yield lighter-weight, stronger alloys along with quality improvements involved in manufacturing.

n“If we want to manufacture a car bumper virtually, we use our material database and simulate the manufacturing steps to figure out the best steps to use. Then we design the bum-per with the best scenario,” said Paul Wang, manager of computational manufacturing and design thrust at CAVS.

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Wang said that through computational modeling, researchers can simulate car crashes at both low and high speeds and determine how the materials used in the car manufacturing will react to the impact. They can also study the behaviors of different ma-terials at various degrees of thickness; for example, researchers can study the cooling rate of different thicknesses of metals.

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In the pursuit of developing the new simulation capabilities, CAVS researchers are starting at the atomic level to build up better material models while incorporating physics, math, and a combina-tion of mechanical, civil and aerospace engineering. Horstemeyer is pursuing various funding avenues to support the efforts needed for multi-scale model-ing of different materials and processes. Research-ers in this task include not only faculty but also both undergraduate and graduate students. The groundwork that Horstemeyer and researchers at CAVS are establishing is paving the way to safer, more efficient methods of transportation.

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In the early morning of August 29, 2005, the most destruc-tive hurricane in United States history made landfall on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina was an extremely large category 3 hurricane with winds of 125 mph. The impact of the hurricane was felt most by the states of Loui-siana, Mississippi and Alabama. The storm surge breached the levee system that protected New Orleans, causing heavy flooding and mass destruction. The hurricane resulted in the loss of 302,000 homes, $125 billion in damages, 2.7 million power outages, and 1,604 deaths with about 1,840 people still unaccounted for. Amidst all the destruction however, the hurricane shed some light upon the advantages to having an on-site Cooling, Heating and Power (CHP) system.

The effects of the hurricane were far-reaching, even into some of the northern most counties of Mississippi. About 160 miles north of the Gulf Coast in the capitol city of Jackson, the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center remained operational even though the lights had gone out all around them. The uninterrupted power supply was a result of the CHP system that had been instated in the hospital in 1991 to reduce energy costs. For more than 15 years, the efficient system has saved the facility an average of $737,879 annu-ally in electrical, gas and maintenance costs.

The independence provided by the CHP system allowed the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center (MBMC) to continue

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operation through the storm relatively unaffected. As soon as power reliability became a factor, MBMC performed a load shed, switched off of the power grid, and continued operation in CHP-only mode.

Associate professor in mechanical engineering and director of MSU’s Micro-CHP and Biofuel Center Louay Chamra states, “MBMC was the only hospital in the Jackson metro area to remain nearly 100 per-cent operational for 52 hours.” He explained that the staff at MBMC was able to assist in the disaster relief by taking in patients from around the area including patients from Biloxi Regional Medical Center.

“MBMC was also able to provide cancer treatments for patients who were displaced by the disaster. Ap-proximately 46 cancer patients were treated during this time,” continued Chamra.

The advantages of the CHP system at MBMC were felt throughout the area as the power reliability situa-tion was being addressed.

“The CHP system at MBMC was successful in its early years and has continued to be successful even after almost 15 years in operation,” said Chamra, whose expertise lies in heat transfer enhancement, two-phase flow and energy and process equipment.

Chamra said that the success of the system became very apparent in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and is a result of several factors. The MBMC power house staff consistently monitors the system and maintains its components in order to maximize the average online efficiency. The MBMC staff was also able to negotiate utilities contracts, which include very low gas rates and no penalty for switching on and off the power grid. The human element, along with the staff’s philosophy of continuous improve-ment, makes an improved system all the more ef-ficient in meeting the hospital’s needs.

nUnder the leadership of Dr. Louay Chamra, facul-ty and students in the Bagley College of Engineer-ing are focusing on the benefits of combined heat and power technologies and how they offer solu-tions to high energy costs, environmental degrada-tion, electricity grid congestion and blackouts, the need for stable and economical energy to support vibrant economies and energy emergencies.

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The CHP technology would provide increased energy efficiency through the use of distributed electric and thermal energy delivery systems at or near end-user sites, promoting energy reliability and self-sufficiency

for many industrial and agricultural applications. The Center at Mississippi State focuses on developing and optimizing CHP systems suitable for agricul-tural, residential and small commercial facilities.

Architecture and engineering students are working together to transform a new facility for the Center into a self-sustaining and energy efficient building using a CHP system. “Collaboration is key, and it is intriguing to watch the students apply their own strengths and skills in this project,” said Chamra of the nearly completed facility.

Students are not the only ones drawing on each other’s strengths; colleagues from across the 128-year old land grant institution have joined forces to address some of nation’s most pressing energy needs. Faculty from the biological, chemical and mechani-cal engineering departments along with the Missis-sippi Agicultural and Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES) are researching and providing unique solutions to the United States’ energy crisis.

Although our energy challenges span nationwide, the solution to these problems begin on the local and re-gional levels—as displayed at the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center during Hurricane Katrina.

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In an era where technology is becoming omnipresent, the abuse of technology is also becoming more and more prevalent. Our dependence on technology has led to an increased vulnerability to cyber offenders such as computer hackers, sexual predators and identity thieves. At Missis-sippi State University, the department of computer science and engineering is working to combat cyber crimes through the Center for Computer Security Research.

In 2004, Wes McGrew, a computer science major at Mis-sissippi State University, noticed abnormal activities on his computer. After becoming suspicious, McGrew installed special software on his computer and learned that a hacker had invaded a recently added computer in the university network before security patches had been installed on it.

McGrew investigated a little further and located and con-fronted the hacker in an Internet Relay chat room. With the help of a staff member within the computer science and engineering department, Keri Chisolm, who located the hacker at another institution, the two were able to report and stop the cyber offender. The pair did all of this by using cyber-investigative techniques they learned through the Center for Computer Security Research at MSU.

“Wes McGrew, Keri Chisolm, and others from our Cen-ter for Computer Security Research found activity on the network that didn’t seem right, investigated using tools

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we provided, and tracked the hacker down,” said Ray Vaughn, director of the CCSR and Billie J. Ball profes-sor of computer science and engineering.

The CCSR was established at MSU in 2001 as a focal point for the information assurance effort of several de-partmental faculty members; however, the computer se-curity program actually began in 1998. In 2001 MSU gained national recognition for its efforts in computer security when the National Security Agency designated MSU as a Center of Academic Excellence in Informa-tion Assurance Education, making it one of only 26 in the United States at that time. Other research spon-sors for the center have included the National Science Foundation, the Army Research Laboratory, the Navy and the Missile Defense Agency, among others.

The CCSR is providing vital training for local and state law enforcement official by addressing ways to thwart cyber crime attempts through the Forensics Training Center. The FTC offers free classes to officials regard-ing the understanding of cyber crime, forensic tools and techniques, and forensic investigations. The FTC is part of a Department of Justice grant to MSU in support of the center’s overall Cyber Crime Initiative. The FTC also includes the Cyber Crime Fusion Center in Jack-son, which works with the state attorney general, the Secret Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“Our goal is to increase the capability of state and local law enforcement to prosecute computer crimes,” said Dave Dampier, assistant professor in computer science and engineering and the associate director of the CCSR. Dampier specializes in computer forensics, software engineering, software evolution, software slicing, merg-ing and integration, and rapid prototyping. He has also

worked with the National Defense University and the Army Research Laboratory and now oversees the FTC.

The FTC comes at a time when it is most needed. A growing need has emerged for law enforcement to be trained in how to deal with cyber crimes.

n“Computer crime is on the rise, whereas, we are see-ing a decline in other crimes,” Dampier said. “Police officers need to be trained to deal with that, and they’re not, for the most part.”

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In addition to offering its two classes, “Introduction to Cyber Crime” and “Forensics Tools and Techniques,” each of which is three days long, the FTC can provide the same training at remote sites as well. To date, 40 officers have been trained through the program. One current research project deals with modeling support, in which researchers use software engineering modeling to improve investigations. As for the students’ involve-ment, Dampier said their biggest task is evaluating the effectiveness of different tools and techniques used for cyber investigations.

“These tools allow us to look at hard drives at the physi-cal level,” Dampier said. “For example, we could look at files on the hard drive that have been deleted.”

Other research projects include using fingerprint match-ing tools to match digital images and exploring the ef-fectiveness of disk wiping tools. Through these projects, Dampier said they have discovered that disk wiping tools are not necessarily 100 percent effective; that is,

though they work as they’re advertised, they will not erase everything on the disk when they are used. Re-searchers have also discovered it is possible with software to match images that have been significantly altered; the software can match an altered image with the original copy of that image.

The FTC is also working with the National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law at the University of Missis-sippi Law School to educate law enforcement officers and trial court judges on search and seizure of comput-ers. They will offer these courses this summer for the first time in Oxford. “We have asked them to partici-pate because, as a law school, they have the resources and background to teach these subjects,” he added.

The FTC is available to assist law enforcement agencies investigate computer crimes and has actually recently helped the Starkville sheriff’s department with a cyber crime case. Also, several law enforcement officers have handled computer crimes since completing the forensics training program.

“The FTC is enhancing MSU’s national and interna-tional reputation,” Dampier said. “I serve on an inter-national working group on digital forensics and have established a research collaboration with researchers in Kyoto, Japan.” Dampier’s research is focused on trying to build better ways to conduct investigations.

The center is also on the verge of expansion as it is working to build a new lab. In addition, it soon will be expanding its course offerings significantly to include 12 different classes by next year. The efforts that Vaughn and Dampier are making through the CCSR will help train law enforcement to take a byte out of crime.

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The department of aerospace engineering emphasizes analytical and com-munication skills, along with engineering design to prepare students to en-ter the engineering workplace. The program focuses on the analysis, design, testing and prediction of performance of aircraft, missiles and spacecraft, which operate in the earth’s atmosphere, outer space or in a fluid medium. Areas of study include aerodynamics, astrodynamics, flight mechanics, propulsion, stability and control, structures, composite materials and multidisciplinary design.

The department is home to the Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, the largest university flight lab of its kind in the nation. The Raspet Lab, known nationally for its accomplishments in unconventional aircraft de-sign and operation, gives students a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience with different aircrafts.

Bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees are offered in aerospace engineer-ing. The department has also recently changed the curriculum to provide separate upper-level programs for aeronautics and astronautics. In Fall 2005, the department enrolled 165 undergraduates and 23 graduate students. Students can be a part of various student organizations, includ-ing the Glider Club, Sigma Gamma Tau, and the August Raspet Student Branch of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Faculty members within the department include Fellows from the Ameri-can Society for Composites, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the American Society for Testing and Materials. De-partmental research is focused in the following areas: aerodynamics, flight mechanics and structural mechanics of aircraft; mechanical properties of advanced composite and metallic materials; and performance of compo-nents in tension, compression, and fatigue loading.

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FacultyDavid Bridges, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:experimentalfluidmechanics,vortexflows,separatedflows,stablityandtransition.

Pasquele Cinnella, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity).Researchinterests:computation-alfluiddynamics,hypersonicgasdynamics,lowspeedfluidmechanics,gridgeneration.

J. Mark Janus, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:computationalfluiddynamics,aerodynamics,turbomachinery.

Keith Koenig, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:separatedflows,experimentalfluidmechanics,propulsion.

Thomas Lacy, Jr., Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:computationalsolidmechanics,compositematerials,fractureanddamagemechanics.

James C. Newman, III, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity).Researchinterests:multidisciplinarydesignoptimiza-tion,computationalfluid-structureinterac-tion,sensitivityanalysis,aeroelasticity.

James C. Newman, Jr., Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity).ResearchInterests:agingaircraft,materials,structures,fatigueandfracturemechanics.

Carrie D. Olsen, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofTexas-Austin).Researchinterests:orbitalmechanics/astrodynam-ics,spacemissionanalysisandplanning,ascent/entrytrajectorydesignandperfor-manceanalysis,spacecraft/groundmissionoperations.

Gregory D. Olsen, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofTexas-Austin).Researchinterests:spacecraftandaircraftdesign,hypervelocityimpactphenomena,spaceenvironmentsandeffects,fracturemechanicsandfatiguesurvivability.

Masoud Rais-Rohani, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,VirginiaPolytechtenicInstituteandStateUniversity).Researchinterests:aircraftstructures,designoptimization.

Rani Sullivan, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:engineeringmechanics,compositestructures.

David Thompson, Ph.D.,AssociateProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,IowaStateUniversity).Researchinterests:aircrafticing,vortexflows,meshgenerationandfeaturemining.

Joe F. Thompson, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:computationalfluiddynamics,gridgenerationandaerodynamics.

Anthony J. Vizzini, Ph.D.,BillandCarolynCobbChair,ProfessorandHead,(Ph.D.,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:integrityofcompositestructures,crashworthiness,affordablemanufacturingofcompositematerials.

ResearchandAssociatedFacultyThomas E. Edwards, Ph.D.,ResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofIllinois).Researchinterests:aerodynamics,flightmechanics,guidanceandcontrol,flighttestengineering.

Thomas E. Hannigan,Instructor,(M.S.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:aerodynamics,flightmechanics.

David L. Lawrence,ResearchProfessorandDirector,RaspetFlightResearchLaboratory,(M.S.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:management,flighttestengineer-ingandlowspeedaerodynamics.

“Never has it been more important to this nation to strive in aerospace educa-tion and research. We must control the skies, monitor the ground, and explore the outer reaches of our confined space to strengthen our society.”

AnthonyJ.VizziniBillandCarolynCobbChairandDepartmentHeadAerospaceEngineering

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Agricultural & Biological EngineeringThe department of agricultural and biological engineering provides an opportunity for students to prepare for careers in biomedical engineering, medicine, environmental engineering, and agriculture and natural resources. With research labs in biomaterials and tissue engineering, envi-ronmental engineering water quality, cotton ginning, and precision agriculture, students not only get excellent teach-ing in the classrooms but hands-on experience as well.

The agricultural & biological engineering department at Mississippi State was the first in the country to offer a degree program in biological engineering—beginning in 1968. It now offers bachelor’s degrees in biological engineering and agricultural engineering technology and business, master’s degrees in biological engineering, doctoral degrees in engineering, and both master’s and doctoral degrees in biomedical engineering. In Fall 2005, the department enrolled 178 undergraduate and ten graduate students. The department is involved in several organizations, including Agricultural Engineering Tech-nology and Business, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, the Institute of Biological Engi-neering and the Society for Biomaterials. Ninety percent of pre-med students in the department are accepted into medical school. The faculty includes one Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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FacultyWilliam D. Batchelor, Ph.D.,ProfessorandHead,(Ph.D.,UniversityofGeorgia).Researchinterest:cropgrowthmodeling.

Thomas P. Cathcart, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMaryland).Researchinterest:environmentalandaquacul-turalengineering,waterquality,con-structivewetlands,bestmanagementpracticesforstormwateranderosionmanagement,restorationofnaturalsystems,sustainabledesignandregen-erativeapproaches,coastalengineeringforbeacherosionprevention,wetlandsmitigation.

Steven H. Elder, Ph.D.,AssociatePro-fessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMichigan).Researchinterests:mechanobiologyandtissueengineering.

Sandun D. Fernando, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofNebraska-Lincoln).Researchinterests:bioenergy,hydrogenapplicationsinfuelcells,biomaterialsandbiolubricants,industrialapplicationsofagriculturalcommodities.

Jonathan W. Pote, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofArkansas).Researchinterests:waterquality,environmentalengineering,constructedwetlands,aquaculturalengineering.

David B. Smith, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMissouri).Researchinterests:machinerydesignanddevel-opment,pesticideapplicationincludingpestcontrol,spraydrift,spraydeposi-tion,Granularmaterialsapplication,mathematicalmodeling.

S.D. Filip To, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Re-searchinterests:biomedical,biologicalandagriculturalareasfocusingonsen-sors,automation,embeddedsystems,andsignalanalysis;harvesting,soilandentomology;signalanalysisfordetermi-nationofpharmacologicaleffects,heartratevariabilityandultrasoundimaging.

James Warnock, Ph.D.,AssistantProfes-sor,Ph.D.,UniversityofBirmingham,UK).Researchinterests:tissueengineering,cardiovascularmechanobiology,andfunctionalgenomics.

ResearchandAssociatedFacultyJames A. Blair,ResearchAssociateIII/In-structor,(M.S.,MississippiStateUniver-sity).Researchinterests:landsurveyingandremotesensing,buildingconstruc-tiontechniques,machinerydesignforagriculture.

Jimmy A. Bonner, Ph.D.,AssociateExtensionProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:farmagriculturalsystems,waterquality,environmentalengineeringrelatedtoagriculturalwastemanagement,pesti-cidecontainerdisposal.

Eugene P. Columbus,SeniorResearchAssociate/Engineer,(M.S.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:alternativeagriculturalcrops,cottonginningsystems,biomass-basedenergy,evaluationofhandlingandprocessingkenaf,seedconditioning.

Jerome A. Gilbert, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessorandProvostforAcademicAffairs,(Ph.D.,DukeUniversity).Researchinterests:orthopedicbiomechanics,animalmodelsfororthopedicandcardiovasculardiseases,biomaterials,biomass-basedenergy.

James Thomas,ExtensionProfessor,(M.S.,UniversityofArkansas).Researchinterests:irrigationforagriculturalproduction,farmstructures,waterqual-ity,animalwastemanagement,poultrywatersupplyandremotesensing.

M. Herbert Wilcutt,ExtensionProfes-sor,(M.S.,AuburnUniversity).Researchinterests:agrabilityservicesfordisabledfarmersandruralcitizens,machinerydesign,cottonginningsystemsandfarmsafety.

“The fields of bio-logical and biomedical engineering are on the verge of unleashing the powers of biology to enable a better life for mankind by creating better medical devices, developing renewable energy sources, and managing our ecosys-tems more effectively.”

WilliamD.BatchelorDepartmentHeadAgricultural&BiologicalEngineering

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Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical EngineeringHoused in the Swalm Engineering Building, the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering prepares graduates to make long-lasting impacts on the advancement of the physical sciences. The school incorporates into its pro-gram the economical aspects, environmental issues, ethics, health and safety issues, product and process design, and professionalism in the field of chemical engineering in order to offer a well-rounded curriculum.

The chemical engineering department offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering. The department enrolled 171 undergraduate and 29 gradu-ate students in the chemical engineering program for Fall 2005. The department is involved in organizations including the Society of Plastics Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the National Organiza-tion of the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, and the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry. The faculty includes two Fellows of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Research within the Swalm School of Chemical Engineer-ing is heavily focused on the following areas: evaluation of aging properties of red blood cells through dielectropho-retic characterization; and examinination of the effects of sulfur dioxide exposure to cerium oxide.

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FacultyR. Mark Bricka, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,PurdueUniversity).Researchinter-ests:environmentalremediation,electroki-netics,chemicalextraction,stabilization/so-lidification,wastetreatment,heavymetalscontaminatedsoilandgasification.

Bill B. Elmore, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessorandHunterHenryChair,(Ph.D.,UniversityofArkansas).Researchinterests:renewablefuelsandbioremediation,andmicroreactortechnologies.

Clifford E. George, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:industrialbiotechnol-ogy,industrialapplicationsofmicrowavepower/heatingandelectrochemistry,processcontrol,chemicalplant/oilrefineryoperationsandsafety.

Rafael Hernandez, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:inte-gratedremediationtechnologies,chemi-cal/physicaltreatmentprocesses,environ-mentalcatalysis,biofuelsandco-products.

Priscilla J. Hill, Ph.D.,AssistantProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMassachusetts).Researchinterests:crystallization,processdesign,andsolidsprocessing.

Adrienne R. Minerick,AssistantProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofNotreDame).Researchinterests:electrokineticsepara-tionsofbiofluids,andmedicaldiagnosticmicrodevicedevelopment.

Rudy E. Rogers, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofAlabama).Researchinterests:naturalgasstorageandtransport,forma-tionratesinoceansediments,CO2seques-tering,andnaturalgasproductionfromseabedhydrates.

Hossein Toghiani, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMissouri-Columbia).Researchinterests:compositematerials,catalysis,fuelcells,andthermo-dynamicsofliquidmixtures.

Rebecca K. Toghiani, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMissouri-Columbia).Researchinterests:thermo-dynamicsandseparations.

Keisha B. Walters, Ph.D.,AssistantProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,ClemsonUniversity).Researchinterests:polymersurfaceandbiopolymerengineering,stimuli-responsivepolymers,andmicrosensortechnologies.

Mark G. White, Ph.D.,EarnestW.DeavenportJr.ChairandDirector,(Ph.D.,RiceUniversity).Researchinterests:homogeneouscatalysis,reactionkinetics,andbiosurfacechemistry.

Kirk H. Schulz, Ph.D.,Professor,DeanandEarnestW.andMaryAnnDeavenportJr.Chair,(Ph.D.,VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity).Researchinterests:surfacescience,catalysis,andelectronicmaterials.

ResearchandAssociatedFacultyKaiwen Liang,PostDoctoralAssociate,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Re-searchinterests:cyanateestercompositepercursorsforimprovedcarbon,carbonmaterials,synthesistcharacter,rationmaterials,analyticaltestingandcharacter-ization.

W. Todd French, Ph.D.,AssistantRe-searchProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:appliedmicrobiology,bioremediation,industrialmicrobiology,andmicrobialenhancedoilrecovery.

“The faculty of the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering seek to engage students at the graduate and undergraduate level in a learning experience that will serve these students for life-long careers that will be purposeful and fulfilling. This formal education is di-rected towards the realiza-tion that the learning activ-ity initiated at Mississippi State University continues throughout the professional lifetime of our graduates. The education of graduate students also involves the paradigm of discovery into unknown areas of science/engineering that leads to the development of new and useful technologies.”

Dr.MarkG.WhiteEarnestW.DeavenportJr.ChairandDirectorSwalmSchoolofChemicalEngineering

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Civil EngineeringThe civil engineering department provides students, both un-dergraduate and graduate, with the opportunity to learn about designing bridges and other structures, surveying, and water resources, among others. Considerable amounts of research are being done through civil engineering to assist in the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005.

The civil engineering department offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, with emphases in environmental and water resources engineering, surveying, transportation, construction materials and structural engineering. In Fall 2005, the depart-ment enrolled 252 undergraduates and sixteen graduate students.

Students may focus their studies on one of four areas: environ-mental engineering and water resources; materials, geotechnical and transportation engineering; structural engineering; and con-struction engineering and management. They receive instruction in both professional and technical aspects of civil engineering, and they have many opportunities to attend professional confer-ences and workshops on the state, regional and national levels through the MSU student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Through the ASCE, students compete in various events related to civil engineering and are also involved in community service projects. The faculty includes four Fellows of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Research interests within the depart-ment include: environmental and water resources management, materials, structural systems, and transportation systems.

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FacultyHarry A. Cole, Ph.D., P.E.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofFlorida.)Researchinterests:teachingmethodsandmaterialsinstructuralengineering,softwaredevelopmentandapplicationincivilengineering,andLRFD-basedbridgeanalysisanddesign.

Christopher D. Eamon, Ph.D., P.E.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMichigan).Researchinterests:finiteele-mentanalysis,reliabilityofstructures,andbridgestructures.

Philip M. Gullett, Ph.D.,AssistantProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofCalifornia-Davis).Researchinterests:appliedsolidmechan-ics,constitutivemodelingofalloys.

Benjamin S. Magbanua, Jr., Ph.D., P.E.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,VanderbiltUniversity).Researchinterests:biologicaltreatmentandbioremediationprocesses,biotreatmentprocessmodeling,microbialecologyofcontaminatedandengineeredsystems.

Dr. James L. Martin, Ph.D., P.E.,ProfessorandKellyGeneCookSr.Chair,(Ph.D.,TexasA&MUniversity).Researchinterests:wa-terqualitymodelingandenvironmentalsoftwaredevelopment.

William H. McAnally, Ph.D., P.E.,Associ-ateProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofFlorida).Researchinterests:sedimentationengi-neering,estuarinehydraulics,andwater-bornetransportation.

Ralph R. Sinno, Ph.D., P.E.,Professor,(Ph.D.,TexasA&MUniversity.)Researchinterests:comprehensiveanalysisanddesignofcivilengineeringstructuralsystems,experimentalstressanalysis,andconstructionmanagement.

Dennis D. Truax, Ph.D., P.E.,Professor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:waterandwastewatermanagementsystems,appli-cationofremotesensingtoenvironmentalmanagement.

Thomas D. White, Ph.D., P.E.,ConstructionandMaterialsChairandHead,(Ph.D.,PurdueUniversity).Researchinterests:constructionmaterials,pave-mentdesign,evaluation,maintenanceandmanagement,acceleratedpavementtesting,andfiniteelementanalysis.

Li Zhang, Ph.D., P.E.,AssistantProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,VirginiaPolytechnicInstitute&StateUniversity).Researchinterests:transportationsystemanalysis,trafficmodeling,trafficoperations,distributedtrafficsimulation,trafficcontrolalgo-rithms,operationsresearchanddynamictrafficassignment.

ResearchandAssociatedFacultyHerbert A. King, P.E.,Instructor,(M.S.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterest:geomatics.

“Civil Engineering deals with design and construction of infra-structure that affects quality of life and economic development in the state and region. This has never been more apparent than in efforts to rebuild the Gulf Coast and restart its economy. Civil engineers will be at the forefront of adoption and implementation of building codes, plan-ning and design that has become a national

challenge.”

ThomasD.WhiteConstructionandMaterialsChairandDepartmentHeadCivilEngineering

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Computer Science andEngineeringThe MSU Center for Computer Security Research, part of the department of computer science and engineering, is a National Security Administration-certified center that focuses its research on information security, computer crimes and sensor data. The depart-ment provides scholarships for students interested in this program and gives them the opportunity to work with establishments such as the NSA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for hands-on experience.

The Forensics Training Center, part of the Center for Computer Security Research, trains law enforcement officers to investigate computers in criminal cases and fight cyber crimes. The computer science and engineering department offers bachelor’s degrees in computer science and in software engineering, master’s degrees in sci-ence, and doctoral degrees in philosophy. For fall 2005, 130 under-graduates were enrolled in computer science, and 51 were enrolled in software engineering. Sixty-one graduate students were enrolled in computer science. Students can participate in the Association for Computing Machinery and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.

The major research thrusts associated with the department of com-puter science and engineering are as follows: artificial intelligence, genetic algorithms, neural networks, data mining, automated plan-ning, machine learning techniques, computer crime and computer forensics, intelligent fusion of sensor data, intrusion detection, high performance computing, information and scientific visualization, and virtual reality.

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FacultyEdward B. Allen, Ph.D.,AssociateProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,FloridaAtlanticUniversity).Researchinterests:softwaremetrics,em-piricalsoftwareengineering,no-surprisessoftwaredevelopment,andassuranceofsoftwareforcriticalapplications.

Ioana Banicescu, Ph.D.,AssociateProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,PolytechnicUniversity-NewYork).Researchinterests:parallelalgo-rithmsandscientificcomputing.

Julian E. Boggess, Ph.D.,AssociateProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofIllinois).Researchinterests:cognitivescience,neuralnetworks,computationallinguistics,andgeneticalgorithms.

Susan M. Bridges, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofAlabama-Huntsville).Researchinterests:machinelearning,knowledgediscoveryanddatamining,fuzzylogic,andapplicationsincomputersecurityandbioinformatics.

Jeff Carver, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMaryland).Researchinterests:softwareengineering,softwareprocessimprovement,empiricalstudies,humanstudies,softwarearchitecture,andsoftwareengineeringforhighperfor-mancecomputing.

David A. Dampier, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,U.S.NavalPostgraduateSchool).Researchinterests:softwareen-gineering,formalmethods,andsoftwareevolution,prototyping.

Yoginder Dandass, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:real-timesystems,operatingsystems,andparallelanddistributedprocessing.

Eric A. Hansen, Ph.D.,AssociateProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMassachusettsatAmherst).Researchinterests:artificialintelligence,planningandreasoningunderuncertainty,andresource-boundedcomputing.

Julia E. Hodges, Ph.D.,ProfessorandHead,(Ph.D.,UniversityofSouthwesternLouisiana).Researchinterests:documentunderstanding,informationextraction,knowledgediscoveryanddatamining.

T.J. Jankun-Kelly, Ph.D.,AssistantProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofCalifornia-Davis).Researchinterests:informationandscien-tificvisualization,structuredvisualizationenvironments,visualizationinterfaces,andWeb-basedinterfaces.

Edward B. Luke, Ph.D.,AssistantProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:parallelalgorithmsandscientificcomputing.

Thomas Philip, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:softwareengineering,real-timesystems,softwaredesign,andsoftwaretesting.

Mahalingam Ramkumar, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,NewJerseyInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:informationsecurity,sensorandadhocnetworks,mediasecurityanddatahiding,andsteganalysis.

Donna S. Reese, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,TexasA&MUniversity).Researchinter-ests:parallelprocessing,microprocessors,computerarchitecture,object-orientedprogramming,instructionaltechnology.

J. Edward Swan II, Ph.D.,AssociateProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,OhioStateUniversity).Researchinterests:augmentedandvirtualreality,computergraphics,empiricalmethods,sci-entificvisualizationandvolumegraphics,andhumancomputerinteraction.

Rayford B. Vaughn, Jr.,Ph.D.,BillieJ.BallProfessorandCCSRDirector,(Ph.D.,KansasStateUniversity).Researchinterests:soft-wareengineeringandcomputersecurity.

ResearchandAssociatedFacultyTomasz Haupt, Ph.D.,ResearchEngineer,(Ph.D.,InstituteofNuclearPhysics,Krakow,Poland).Researchinterests:Java,JavaEE,metacomputing,Webtechnologies,seam-lessaccesstoremoteresources,security,Webportals,JSP,distributedobjectsandcomponents,CORBA,EJB,parallelanddistributedcomputing,Fortran,Fortran90,HPF,andMPI.

Lisa Henderson,Instructor,(M.S.,Missis-sippiStateUniversity).Researchinterest:computerliteracy.

Mahmood Hossain,Instructor,(M.S.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:machinelearninganddatamining.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is dedicated to excellence in our research areas and to incorporating that excellence into our academic pro-grams in ways that further enhance the learning experiences of our students.

JuliaE.HodgesDepartmentHeadComputerScienceandEngineering

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Electrical & Computer EngineeringThe department offers degrees in electrical and computer engineering at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels. Students can focus their studies in one of the following areas: telecommunications systems, electromagnetics feedback control systems, microelectronics, electric power systems, signal processing and computing systems. The department also offers off-campus graduate courses through Continuing Education.

During the fall of 2005, the department enrolled 174 undergraduates in com-puter engineering and 194 in electrical engineering. Twenty-two graduate stu-dents were enrolled in computer engineering, and 94 were enrolled in electrical engineering.

The department houses the MSU High Voltage Laboratory, a non-industrial in-dependent lab used for high voltage engineering. This lab is home to educational activities, research and testing, and it is used by manufacturers and other organiza-tions and agencies. The High Voltage Lab is the largest of its kind among universi-ties in the United States.

Faculty members are key researchers for MSU’s part of the Electric Ship Research and Development Consortium, which is sponsored by the Office of Naval Re-search. The faculty is partnering with researchers from other institutes including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. Naval Academy and the University of Texas at Austin to work on the next generation of electrical power systems for U.S. Navy ships, including improvements to reconfiguration, survivability and fight-through capabilities.

The primary research areas which faculty are involved with include: lightning protection, emerging materials, semiconductor prototyping, telecommunications and information technology.

FacultyJ.W. Bruce, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofNevadaLasVegas).Researchinterests:digitalsignalprocessing,microelectronicsandVLSIdesign,analogandmixed-signalintegratedcircuitdesign.

Lori M. Bruce, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofAlabama-Huntsville).Researchinterests:wavelets,remotesensing,patternrecognition,digitalimageprocessing,anddigitalsignalprocessing.

Yul Chu, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofBritishColumbia).Researchinterests:highperformancecomputerarchitectures,cachememoryarchitectures,embeddedsystems,parallelprocessing,microarchitectures,wirelessterminals,net-workprocessors,telematics,digitaldesign,andclusterandhigh-availablearchitectures.

Justin S. Davis, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology).Re-searchinterests:digitaltestingsystems,faulttolerantcomputing,andreconfigurablelogicsystems.

J. Patrick Donohoe, Ph.D., P.E.,Professor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMississippi).Researchinterests:computationalelectromagnetics,electromagneticcompatibility,electromag-neticpropertiesofcompositematerials,andlightningprotection.

Jenny Q. Du, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMaryland).Researchinterests:neuralnetworks,super-resolution,datacompression,patternrecogni-tion,andremotesensingimageanalysis.

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Randolph F. Follett, Ph.D., P.E.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:systemsimulation,digitalcontrolsystems,sonarsignalprocessing,andcomputer-aidedcontrolsystemsanalysisanddesign.

James E. Fowler, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,OhioStateUniversity).Researchinter-ests:datacompression,andimageandvideocommunications.

Herbert L. Ginn, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,LouisianaStateUniversity).Researchinterests:powerqualityandpowerelectroniccircuits.

Stanislaw Grzybowski, Ph.D.,Professor,(Dr.Hab.,WroclawTechnicalUniversity,Poland,andPh.D.,WarsawTechnicalUniversity,Poland).Researchinterests:powersystems,highvoltageengineering,polymerhighvoltagecablesandpolymerinsulators,andlightningprotectionofelectricpowersystemsandotherobjects.

James C. Harden, Ph.D., ProfessorandHead,(Ph.D.,TexasA&MUniversity).Researchinterests:multicomputerdesign,self-timedlogicdesign,bus-basedreal-timeembeddedsystems,andhardwareassistedhybridperfor-mancemonitoring.

Bryan A. Jones, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,ClemsonUniversity).Researchinterests: ro-botics, real-time control system implementa-tion, rapid prototyping for real-time systems,andmodelingandanalysisofmechatronicsys-tems.

Roger L. King, Ph.D., P.E.,GilesDistinguishedProfessorandAssociateDeanforResearchandGraduateStudies,(Ph.D.,UniversityofWales-UnitedKingdom).Researchinterests:remotesensing,signalprocessingandintelligentsystems.

Yaroslav Koshka, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofSouthFlorida).Researchin-terests:semiconductormaterialsanddevices,elecctricalandopticalpropertiesofdefectsinsemiconductors,defectengineeringandchar-acterization,devicesimulation,andmathemat-icalmodelingforsemiconductorprocessing.

Georgios Y. Lazarou, Ph.D.,AssistantProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofKansas).Researchinterests:networkmodeling,telecommunica-tions,high-speednetworks,andintegratedcommunicationsnetworks.

Michael S. Mazzola, Ph.D., P.E.,Professor,(Ph.D.,OldDominionUniversity).Researchinterests:powerelectronicsandhighvoltageengineering.

G. Marshall Molen, Ph.D., P.E.,ErgonDistin-guishedProfessor,(Ph.D.,TexasTechUniver-sity).Researchinterests:highvoltage,pulsedpower,andhighenergylasers.

Robert J. Moorhead, II, Ph.D.,BillieJ.BallProfessor,(Ph.D.,NorthCarolinaStateUniver-sity).Researchinterests:scientificvisualization,digitalimageprocessingandenvironmentvisualization.

Joseph Picone, Ph.D., P.E.,Professor,(Ph.D.,Illi-noisInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:speechprocessinganddigitalsignalprocessing.

Robert B. Reese, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,TexasA&MUniversity).Researchinter-ests:asychronousdesign,VLSICADframe-works,andhigh-levelsystemsynthesis.

Noel N. Schulz, Ph.D.,TVAProfessorinPowerSystemsEngineering,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMinnesota).Researchinterests:Applicationofcomputers,includingintelligentsystems,tosolveproblemsinpowersystemsoperations.

Erdem Topsakal, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,IstanbulTechnicalUniversity).Researchinterests:computationalelectromagnetics,antennas,analysisanddesign,frequencyselec-tivesurfacesandvolumes,electromagneticinterfaceandcoupling,andEMapplicationsinmedicine.

Raymond S. Winton, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,DukeUniversity).Researchinterests:optoelec-tronicsandmicroelectronics.

Nicholas H. Younan, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,OhioUniversity).Researchinterests:ra-darsignalprocessing,digitalsignalprocessing,computationalelectromagnetics,andsignaldetectionandestimation.

ResearchandAssociatedFacultyWenzhong Gao, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchPro-fessor,(Ph.D.,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:powersystems,modelingandsimulations,intelligentsystemapplicationsinpowerengineering,electricandhybridelec-tricpropulsionsystems,electricmachinery.

Jane Moorhead,Instructor,(M.S.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:assemblylanguage,computerorganization,micropro-cessorarchitecture,anddigitallogicandVHDLdesign.

Anurag K. Srivastava, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,IllinoisInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:powersystemmodeling,electricshippowersystem,realtimesimulation,controlsystems,artificialintelli-gence,andenergypolicy.

Pavel Trnk,PostDoctoralAssociate,(Ph.D.,Uni-versityofWestBohemian).Researchinterest:dischargesininsulationfluids.

“Our department continues to be suc-cessful in collaborating with others across the university in support of remote sensing and image analysis to ben-efit farmers, national security and industry. Faculty members have also been successful in developing new silicon carbide semiconductor technology for power electronics industry emerging in Starkville and energy systems for the Navy’s electric ship initiative.”

JamesC.HardenDepartmentHeadElectricalandComputerEngineering

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Industrial & Systems EngineeringIndustrial and systems engineering is concerned with designing and improving systems that make products or provide services. Students of the department of industrial and systems engineering learn how to design, improve and control systems of people, materi-als, information, equipment, energy and capital to increase quality, safety and profitabil-ity. Innovative design is the hallmark of industrial and systems engineering.

The industrial and systems engineering education affords graduates outstanding opportunities. In addition to traditional industrial enterprises, graduates are employed by a variety of organizations including amusement parks, healthcare facilities, telecom-munications, airlines, software companies, insurance companies, and governments. It is no surprise that the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that of the more than 18 fields of engineering in the United States, our field is among the top three employed. Industrial and systems engineers are prime benefactors of society.

Our students are among the best and brightest, and the department has a long history of graduating top caliber engineers who are highly sought after. The department offers both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial engineering and a doctor of philosophy specializing in industrial and systems engineering. Graduate courses offered through distance education allow students to earn graduate degrees regardless of their location in the United States. The department enrolled 115 undergraduate students, 21 master’s students and 16 doctoral students for the fall 2005 semester. The doctoral student enrollment has increased 35 percent since 2003.

The department has an active industrial and systems engineering research program. Sponsored research has been performed for such agencies as the National Sci-ence Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Air Force Research Laboratory, Office of Naval Research, U.S. Department of Transportation, and such local entities as Mississippi Department of Transportation, FedEx, Nissan, Northrop Grumman, Tecumseh Products, and Whirlpool. The faculty has authored textbooks, research journal articles, and software that are used worldwide.

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FacultyRoyce O. Bowden, Ph.D.,ProfessorandHead,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:systemssimulationmodeling,analysisandoptimizationandmachinelearning.

Larry G. Brown, Ph.D.,ProfessorandHeadEmeritus,(Ph.D.,UniversityofArkan-sas).Researchinterests:appliedopera-tions,researchsimulation,optimization,andstatistics.

Stanley F. Bullington, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,AuburnUniversity).Researchinter-ests:managementsystemsengineering,designandcontrolofproductionsystems,supplychainmanagement,andqualitymanagement.

Burak Eksioglu, Ph.D.,AssistantProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofFlorida).Researchinterests:logisticsandsupplychainman-agement,operationsresearch,networkalgorithms,andheuristicoptimization.

Allen G. Greenwood, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,VirginiaPolytechnicandStateUniversity).Researchinterests:designandanalysisofproductionandprojectsystems;simulationandoptimizationmodeling;projectmanagement;andman-agementsystemsengineering.

Mingzhou Jin, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,LehighUniversity).Researchinter-ests:operationsresearch,supplychainmanagement,mathematicalprogram-ming,andlogisticsandtransportation.

William N. Smyer, Ph.D.,AssociateProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,AuburnUniversity).Researchinterests:qualityengineering,designofindustrialsystems,andinstructionaltechnology.

John M. Usher, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,LouisianaStateUniversity).Researchinterests:designandanalysisofproductionsystems,applicationofartificialintelligenceofmanufacturing,manufacturinganddesignautomation,anddatabasedesignanddevelopment.

ResearchandAssociatedFacultySandra Eksioglu, Ph.D.,AssistantRe-searchProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofFlorida).Researchinterests:supplychainoptimization,operationsresearch,andnetworkoptimization.

“Breakthrough innovations in systems design and improve-ment are critical for America’s service and manufacturing industries. Industrial and systems engineers and the profession’s research are enabling enterprises to thrive in the global economy.”RoyceO.Bowden,DepartmentHeadIndustrialandSystemsEngineering

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Mechanical EngineeringThe department of mechanical engineering focuses its undergradu-ate program on energy and mechanical systems, and students are provided with both technical and theoretical education to prepare them for a successful career. Graduate students are able to earn de-grees in all of the major areas of mechanical engineering and spend quality time conducting research.

The mechanical engineering department offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering and enrolled 411 undergraduate and 47 graduate students for the fall 2005 semes-ter. Students can be involved in the following organizations: the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Auto-motive Engineers, the American Foundry Society, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers, Pi Tau Sigma, and Tau Beta Pi. The faculty includes Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society for Metals International, and the American Powder Metallurgy Institute International.

The research areas that the department focuses on includes computational fluid dynamics, energy systems, and materials/solid mechanics.

Current research projects in the heat transfer/fluid mechanics area include the following: computational fluid dynamics, heat ex-changer design, heat transfer enhancement, energy conservation, thermal and fluid systems modeling, advanced HVAC Technology, and uncertainty analysis. Current projects in the area of mechanical systems/materials are as follows: computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing, finite element analysis, metal casting technol-ogy, surface coatings, friction stir welding, and composite materials.

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FacultyGeorge A. Adebiyi, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofManchester).Researchinterests:heattransfer,thermodynamics,andthermalmodelingandanalysis.

John T. Berry, Ph.D.,E.P.ColemanProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofBirmingham,UK).Researchinterests:manufacturingpro-cesses,materialsindesign,andproductrealization.

Bruce L. Cain, Ph.D.,AssociateProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofIllinois).Researchinterests:manufacturingsystems,plasma-surfaceinteractions,surfaceandthinfilmphysics,andexperimentaltechniques.

Louay M. Chamra, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity).Researchinterests:heattransferenhancement,two-phaseflow,andenergyandprocessequipment.

Steven R. Daniewicz, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,OhioStateUniversity).Researchinter-ests:fracturemechanicsandfatigue.

Sergio Felicelli, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofArizona).Researchinterests:solidificationmodeling,computationalmechanics,andheatandmasstransfer.

Randall W. German, Ph.D.,CAVSProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofCalifornia-Davis).Researchinterests:materialsprocessing,powdermetalology,sintering,andceramics.

B. Keith Hodge, Ph.D.,TVAProfessorinEnergySystemsandtheEnvironment,(Ph.D.,UniversityofAlabama).Researchinterests:thermal/fluidsciences,computersimulationandenergysystemsdesign.

Mark F. Horstemeyer, Ph.D.,CAVSProfessor,(Ph.D.,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:multi-scalematerialsmodeling,computationalsolidmechanics,anddamage/fracturemechanics.

Wen L. Li, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofKentucky-Lexington).Researchinterests:dynamicsystems,acoustics,noiseandvibrationcontrolandnumericalmethods.

Rogelio Luck, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity).Researchinterests:controltheory,dynamicsystemsautomatedmanufactur-ing,andfailuredetectionandisolation.

Pedro Mago, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofFlorida).Researchinterests:thermodynamics,heatandmasstransfer,thermalsystemdesignandoptimization,refrigeration,andHVAC.

David L. Marcum, Ph.D.,BillieJ.BallPro-fessor,(Ph.D.,PurdueUniversity).Researchinterests:computationalfluiddynamicsandnumericalgridgeneration.

Richard Patton, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,StevensInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:machinedesign,controlsanddynamics.

Judy Schneider, Ph.D.,AssociateProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofCalifornia-Davis).Researchinterests:mechanicalproper-tiesofmaterials,materialscharacteriza-tion,andextremeoperationofstructuralmaterials.

W. Glenn Steele, Ph.D., P.E.,ShackoulsProfessorandHead,(Ph.D.,NorthCaro-linaStateUniversity).Researchinterests:uncertaintyanalysis,experimentaltech-niques,heattransfer,andenergysystems.

Keith Walters, Ph.D.,AssistantProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,ClemsonUniversity).Researchinterests:computationalfluiddynamics,computationalheattransfer,turbulencemodeling,andturbomachinery.

ResearchandAssociatedFacultyMary C. Emplaincourt,Instructor,(M.S.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:engineeringeconomy,produc-tionmanagement,workmethods,andmanufacturingprocesses.

“Two key areas of na-

tional importance are

energy availability and

innovative designs for

manufactured prod-

ucts. The mechanical

engineering research is

focused on the design of

efficient, cost-effective,

safe, and reliable energy

systems and products.”

W.GlennSteeleBobbyShackoulsProfessorandDepartmentHeadMechanicalEngineering

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High Performance Computing Collaboratory

Mission

The HPC2 at Mississippi State University is a coalition of member centers and groups that share a common core objective of advancing the state-of-the-art in computational science and engineering using high-performance computing, a common approach to research that embraces a multi-disciplinary, team-oriented concept, and a commitment to a full partnership between education, research and service. The mission is to serve the university, state, and nation through excellence in computational science and engineering.

The HPC2 is comprised of five independent centers with the common charac-teristics of a multi-disciplinary, team-oriented effort that is strategically involved in the application and advancement of computational science and engineering using high-performance computing.

The first three centers fall under the administration of the BCOE.

n Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS)n Center for DoD Programming Environment and Training (PET)n Computational Simulation and Design Center (SimCenter)n GeoResources Institute (GRI)n Center for Computational Sciences (CCS)

A common thread of research at the HPC2 is computational simulation of physi-cal phenomena, but this exists in a rich fabric of high technology that ranges from software engineering to submarine propulsion, from load balancing in par-allel computing to visualization and interpretation of remotely sensed data, for computational geometry to algorithm development.

ContactHPC2

WilliamB.(Trey)Breckinridge,IIIBox9627MississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-8278Fax:(662)325-7692

E-mail:info@hpc.msstate.edu

www.hpc.msstate.edu

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Center for DoD Programming Environment Training (PET)

Mission

The mission of PET is to bring university research results and expertise to bear in collab-orative assistance and training for DoD users as part of the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP).

This research component of the DoD HPCMP is a bold and innovative university/industry/govern-ment effort to provide the essential user support and mode of capability enhancement necessary to address the variety of research and develop-ment demands arising from the science and technology programs supporting DoD’s weapons development and warfighting support systems.

The DoD High Performance Computing Mod-ernization Program includes four Major Shared Resource Centers (supercomputing) centers:

n ERDC - Army Engineering Research & Development Center Vicksburg, MSn ASC - Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center Dayton, OHn ARL - Army Research Laboratory Aberdeen, MDn NAVO - Navy Oceanographic Office Stennis Space Center - MS

ResearchandAssociatedFacultyGeorge W. Heburn, Ph.D.,ResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,FloridaStateUniversity).Researchinterests:oceanogra-phy,highperformancecomputing.

Robert J. Moorehead, II, Ph.D.,BillieJ.BallProfessor,(Ph.D.,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity).Researchinterests:scientificvisualization,digitalimageprocessionandenvironmentvisualization.

Rhonda Vickery, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterest:scientificvisualization.

Rich Schumeryer, Ph.D.,AssociateResearchProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofDelaware).Researchinterests:scientificvisualization.

Nathan Prewitt, Ph.D.,AssociateResearchProfessor(Ph.D.,UniversityofFlorida).Researchinterest:computa-tionalfluiddynamics.

Joe F. Thompson, Ph.D.,Professor&PETDirector,(Ph.D.,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology).Researchinter-ests:computationalfluiddynamics,gridgenerationandaerodynamics.

Hugh J. Thornbugh, Ph.D.,ResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofCincinnati).Researchinterest:computa-tionalfluiddynamics.

Richard Weed, Ph.D.,AssociateResearchProfessor(Ph.D.,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterest:computationalstructuralmechanics.

ContactCenterforDoDProgrammingEnvironmentandTraining

Director:JoeF.ThompsonBox9627MississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-7299Fax:(662)325-7692

E-mail:joe@hpc.msstate.edu

www.hpc.msstate.edu/pet

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Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems

Mission

The Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems will be the primary Southeastern academic resource for solutions and innovations in complex interdisciplinary fields, such as those characteristic to the automotive and transportation industries.

CAVS is an interdisciplinary center. It provides engineering, research, development and tech-nology transfer teams focused on complex problems, such as those encountered in technologies designed to improve human mobility. The development efforts provide short-term solutions rel-evant to regional manufacturers while the core research builds longer-term knowledge needed for sustained economic development. At the same time students gain valuable project experience that complements their formal classroom learning.

The overall goal for CAVS is to develop superior computational, engineering, manufacturing, design, and information technologies relevant to Mississippi industries. This is accomplished by bringing to bear world-class technologists and technologies to solve complex problems. The output provides sustainable regional competitive advantages. To be successful, CAVS maintains a portfo-lio of short-term and long-term projects to create a succession of increasingly more vital outputs, ranging from students with enhanced project management skills to commercialization of the intel-lectual products.

ContactCenterforAdvancedVehicularSystemsDirector:RandallM.German,Ph.D.Box5405MississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-5431Fax:(662)325-5433

E-mail:info@cavs.msstate.edu

www.cavs.msstate.edu

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ResearchFacultyJulie Baca, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:humancomputerinteraction,spokenlanguageinterfaces,andmobilecomputing.

Hongbing Fang, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,PurdueUniversity).Researchinterests:computationalmechanicsanddesignoptimization.

Youssef Hammi, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofTroyes-Troyes,France).Researchinterests:computationalmechanics,constitutivemodeling,continuummechanics,plasticity,damagemechanics,finiteelementanaly-sis,andmetal-formingprocesses.

Tomasz Haupt, Ph.D.,AssociateResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,InstituteofNuclearPhysics-Krakow,Poland).Researchinter-ests:gridportals,gridandWebcomputing,highperformanceanddistributedcomputing,scientificvisualizations,simulationenvironments,andadaptivehighperformanceapplications.

Haitham El Kadiri, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,EcoleDesMinesDeParis-Paris,France).Researchinterests:non-equilibriumthermodynamics,explicitmaterialssciencemodeling,diffusion-kinetics,surfacestressanalyses,selectiveoxidationandinducedstrains/stresseswithcon-tinuummechanicsapproach,thermalbarriercoatings(TBC),transformationinprotectivealuminalayers,structure-propertyrelationship,viscoplasticity,finiteelementanalysis,joining,andlaserweldinganddeposition.

Gary McFadyen, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,TexasA&MUniversity).Researchinterests:rehabilitationengi-neering,workplaceergonomics,andhumanphysiology.

C. Dean Norman, Ph.D.,ResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofTexasatAustin).Researchinterests:non-linearsolidmechanics,constitutivemodel,development,andstructuraldynamics.

Soeng Jin Park, Ph.D.,AssociateResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,POSTECH-Pohang,Korea).Researchinterests:materialprocessingincludingmetalandceramicpowdersandpolymer,developmentofmodelingtoobtainmaterialpropertiesforsimulation,NumericalanalysisincludingFDM,FEM,andBEM,sensitivityanalysisandoptimizationforpart,mold,andprocessingdesign.

Gabriel P. Potirniche, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,EcoleDesMinesDeParis).Researchinterests:multiscalemodelingofplasticityanddamagebehaviorinmetals,fatigueandfracture,constitutivemodelingofmetallicalloys,atomisticsimulations,crystalplasticity,anisotropiclargescaleplasticity,finiteelementmethod,solidmechanics,andstressanalysis.

Junxiao Wu, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,Geor-giaInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:developmentandapplicationofadvancedcomputationalfluiddynamicstechniquesintheareasofaerospace,groundvehicle,andenergysystems;anddevelopmentandapplicationofefficientandaccuratemulti-scaleandmulti-disciplinarymodelingtech-niquesforcomponent,andmateriallevelstudies.

Yibin Xue, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:fatigueandfractureofmetalsandcompositesbasedonmicrostructure-propertyrelations,inadjunctionwiththestatisticalanalysestoperformdamageandlifepredictionsanddurabilityandreliabilityevaluations;developmentofconstitutivematerialmodelsusingmicromechanics-basedsimulationandexperi-ments,inadjunctionwiththefabricationandevaluationofcompositesandlayerstructures,andmechanicsandproper-tiesevaluationsofwoods.

ResearchandAssociatedFacultyYoungkeun Hwang, Ph.D.,PostDoctoralAssociate,(Ph.D.,WichitaStateUniversity).Researchinterests:durabilityanddamagetoleranceanalysis,compositematerials,experimentalmechanics,andfiniteelementanalysis.

Sungho Kim, Ph.D.,PostDoctoralAssociate,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:solvingtheatomisticproblemsusingdensityfunctionaltheoryandcalculation,andmoleculardynamicsimulationmethod.

Young Lee, Ph.D., PostDoctoralAssociate,(Ph.D.,YonseiUniversity).Researchinterest:fuelcells.

Qingyun Liu, Ph.D.,PostDoctoralAssociate,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:modelingandsimulationinfuelcell,thermalstructure/flowsystem,CFDandheattrans-fer,multidisciplinarymodelcoupling,andsystemintegration.

Paul Martin, Ph.D.,ResearchEngineer,(Ph.D.,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign).Researchinterests:semicon-ductormaterialscharacterization,semiconductordevicemanufacturing,semiconductoryieldanalysisandoptimiza-tion,semiconductordevicepackaging,semiconductordevicereliability,statisticalprocesscontrol,andfactoryautomation.

Hongjoo Rhee, Ph.D.,PostDoctoralAssociate,(Ph.D.,MichiganStateUniversity).Researchinterests:computationalmanufacturinganddesign.

Reza Shahbuzian-Yassar, Ph.D.,PostDoctoralAssociate,(Ph.D.,WashingtonStateUniversity).Researchinterests:areasofmicrostructure-propertiesrelationshipsofmaterialsandthinfilms,particularly,usingelectronmicroscopy(TEM,SEMandEBSD)andthermalanalysis(DSC)tostudythephasetransformation,crystallographyandsolidstateprecipitationkinetics,relationshipsbetweenflowstressandmicrostructureparametersusingstatisticalmethods,crystalplasticityandartificialneuralnetworkmodels,andmultiscalemodelingofre-crystallizationbehaviorofaerospacematerialsduringmetalformingprocess.

Liang Wang, Ph.D.,PostDoctoralAssociate,(Ph.D.,UniversityofIowa).Researchinterests:materialprocessmodelingincast-ingandwelding,heattransfer,solidification,CFD,andfiniteelementanalysis.

Lidong Wang, Ph.D.,PostDoctoralAssociate,(Ph.D.,TennesseeTechnologicalUniversity).Researchinterests:computationalmanufacturinganddesign.

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Computational Simulation and Design Center (SimCenter)

Mission

The SimCenter’s mission is to serve Mississippi State University, government and industry through research and development of advanced computational modeling, simulation and design of physical systems to solve real world problems. As a result of the SimCenter’s appli-cation-driven team-oriented approach to basic and applied research on complex industrially-relevant engineering problems, they have:

Improved overall vehicle performance and reduced design cycle time and cost; generated critical knowledge on the behavior and capabilities of missiles, aircraft, engines and other physical systems; analyzed the behavior and performance of engineering systems under adverse or catastrophic conditions; and developed high-fidelity simulation tools and pro-vided comprehensive training in their usage.

The SimCenter substantive areas of expertise include: high-resolution dynamic simulation of complex flow fields for real-world physical systems; computational simulation software systems; multi-disciplinary optimization and sensitivity analysis; geometric modeling and high-quality grid generation for complex configurations; data reduction, analysis and visual presentation of computed flow fields; and computational engineering education and training.

ContactERCSimCenterDirector:DavidL.Marcum,Ph.D.Box9627MississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-3193Fax:(662)325-7692

E-mail:marcum@hpc.msstate.edu

www.hpc.msstate.edu/simcenter

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Faculty

David Marcum, Ph.D.,DirectorSimCenterBillieJ.BallProfessorofMechanicalEngineering,(Ph.D.,PurdueUniversity).ResearchInterests:com-putationalfluiddynamics,fluidmechanics,gridgeneration,andnumericalmethods.

Pasquale Cinnella, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity).Researchinterests:computationalfluiddynamics,physicalgasdynamics,andpropulsion.

J. Mark Janus, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,GeneralEngineering,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:rotatingma-chineryflowanalysis,computationalfluiddynamics,andalgorithmdevelopment.

James Newman III, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity).Researchinterests:multidisciplinaryanalysisandcomputationaldesignoptimization,sensitivityanalysis,anduncertaintyanalysis.

David Thompson, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,IowaStateUniversity).Researchinterests:meshgen-eration,featuredetection,vortexdominatedflows,aircrafticing,andcomputationalfluiddynamics.

Edward Luke, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:parallelalgorithms,andscientificcomputing.

Thomas Lacy, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:computationalsolidmechanics,compositematerials,andfracture,anddamagemechanics.

D. Keith Walters, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,ClemsonUniversity).Researchinterests:computation-alfluiddynamics,computationalheattransfer,turbu-lencemodeling,aerodynamics,andturbomachinery.

ResearchandAssociatedFaculty

W. Glenn Steele, Ph.D.,ProfessorandHead,Me-chanicalEngineering,(Ph.D.,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity).Researchinterests:uncertaintyanalysis,experimentaltechniques,heattransfer,andenergysystems.

James C. Newman, Jr., Ph.D.,ProfessorAerospaceEngineering,(Ph.D.,VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity).Researchinterests:fatigueandfracture,materials,andaircraftstructures.

Montgomery Hughson, Ph.D.,DeputyDirectorandAssociateResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:computationalfluiddynamics,gasdynamics,andaerodynamics.

Gregory W. Burgreen, Ph.D.,AssociateResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,OldDominionUniversity).Researchinterests:biofluidsimulationanddesign,andblooddamagemodeling.

Chunhua Sheng, Ph.D.,AssociateResearchProfes-sor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:computationalfluiddynamics,aerodynam-ics,andhydrodynamics.

Eric Blades, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:computationalfluiddynamics,unsteadyaerodynamics,aeroelasticity,gridgeneration,andalgorithmdevelopment.

Rajendran Mohanraj, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:computationalfluiddynamics,propulsion,nanoscale,andmesoscalesimulations.

Michael G. Remotigue, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:meshgeneration,computationalgeometry,solidmodeling,cadtomeshalgorithmsandprocedures,graphicaluserinterfaces,andcomputationalfluiddynamics.

Xiaoling Tong, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofDelaware).Researchinterests:computationalfluiddynamics,andchemicallyreactingflow.

Xiao Wang, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterest:computationalfluiddynamics,andturbomachineryflow.

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Institute for Clean Energy Technology (ICET)

Mission

The Institute for Clean Energy and Technology is playing an increasing role in the devel-opment of clean energy systems and its technology is serving as a catalyst for economic advancement in the state. The center was initially begun in 1980 and was known as the Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory (DIAL) until recently when its name was changed to ICET. The institute’s mission is to improve effectiveness and competitive-ness by employing modern diagnostic techniques to monitor, control and optimize pro-cesses, thereby improving process understanding while minimizing environmental impact. ICET is expanding its efforts to provide direct instrumentation support to benefit gov-ernment agencies and environmental, heating, chemical and petroleum industries. This transfer of technology broadens the base of DOE’s and MSU’s investment in research and development.

ICET supports DOE’s waste management and environmental remediation technologies. This cooperative effort will help solve mutual problems and establish the basis for future international research partnerships.

Research thrusts within this center include:n Characterizationn Processing Engineering and Developmentn Production and Storagen Environmental Mediation

ContactICETInterimDirector:RogerL.King,Ph.D.,P.E.205ResearchBlvd.Starkville,MS39759

Phone:(662)325-2189Fax:(662)325-8573

E-mail:rking@engr.msstate.edu

www.icet.msstate.edu

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FacultyJohn Luthe, Ph.D.,AssociateResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofWisconsin).Researchinterests:computationaltechniquesfordataanalysis,opticalparticlesizingnumericalmethods,modelingatmo-spherictransmissionmolecularspectrumeffects,andnetworkdistributeddataacquisition.

Olin Perry Norton, Ph.D.,AssociateResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:fluidmechanics,heatandmasstransfer,andcombustion.

J.P. Singh, Ph.D.,ResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,BanarasHinduUniversity,India).Researchinterests:opticalandlaserdiagnostics,opticalfiberbiomedicalsensor,andlaserspectroscopy.

Yi Su, Ph.D.,AssociateResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,WayneStateUniversity).Researchinterests:environmentsecurityandsensing,bioavailabilitystudyandphytoremediationofheavymetalcontaminants,spectralimagingandstereovision,andappliedspectroscopy.

Shiquan Tao, Ph.D.,AssociateResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,HiroshimaUniversity).ResearchInterests:sensortechniques,opticalspectroscopy,andnanomaterial.

Chuji Wang, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofScienceandTechnology,China).Researchinterests:laserspectroscopy,plasma,fiberoptics,andbiomedicalengineering.

Charles Waggoner, Ph.D.,DeputyDirectorandAssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:airfiltration,combustion,byprod-ucts,andaerosolchemistry.

ResearchandAssociatedFacultySteven L. Alderman, Ph.D.,ResearchAssociateII,(Ph.D.,LouisianaStateUniversity).Researchinterests:combustiongeneratedpollutantformation,aerosolmeasurement,andaerosolfiltertesting.

R. Mark Bricka, Ph.D., P.E.,AssociateProfessorChemi-calEngineering,(Ph.D.,PurdueUniversity).Researchinterests:environmentalremediation,heavymetals,alternativefuels,andsysgas,pyrolysis.

Haiquan Guo, Ph.D.,PostdoctoralAssociate,(Ph.D.,CityUniversityofNewYork).Researchinterest:opticalfibersensorinvestigation.

Fengxiang X. Han, Ph.D.,AssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,HebrewUniversityofJerusalem,Israel).Re-searchinterests:environmentalchemistryoftraceele-ments;heavymetalsandradionuclides;remediationofcontaminatedenvironmentswater,soil,andwastes;andcarbonsequestration.

Jeffrey S. Lindner, Ph.D.,ResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:thermodynamics,nuclearwasteprocessing,diagnosticinstrumentation,andcarbonsequestration.

David L. Monts, Ph.D.,ProfessorofPhysics,(Ph.D.,ColumbiaUniversity).Researchinterests:appliedapplicationsofatomicandmolecularspectroscopy,applicationsofdiffusereflectancespectroscopyandspectralimagingtoremotesensing,laser-inducedfluorescencespectrometry,emissionspectroscopy,andopticalpyrometry.

Ronald A. Palmer, Ph.D.,SeniorResearchAssociate,(Ph.D.,UniversityofFlorida).Researchinterests:glassscienceandengineering,vitrificationofradioactivewaste,immobilizationofradioactivewaste,high-tem-peraturematerials,fractureofbrittlematerials,andhistoryofscienceandtechnology.

Laura T. Smith, Ph.D.,ResearchAssociateIII,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:airsensitiveinorganicsynthesis,identificationofinorganiccompoundsusingX-raycrystallography,UV-VIS,IR,NMR,SEMandPLM,separationofsolidscompounds,nuclearwasteremediation,andthermodynamicmodeling.

Rebecca K. Toghiani, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessorChemicalEngineering,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMissouri-Columbia).Researchinterests:thermodynamicsandseparation.

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Center for Computer Security Research

Mission

The MSU CCSR has been nationally certified continuously since 2001 as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE/IAE). The center charter and its current ac-tivities can be found at http://www.security.msstate.edu. The CCSR is a James Worth Bagley College of Engineering Research Center administratively located within the Department of computer sci-ence and engineering.

The CCSR is primarily interested in informa-tion assurance research but maintains an active outreach focus. Faculty and staff often work with K-12 students, community colleges and various government and industrial groups in the area of information assurance awareness and education. The CCSR incorporates a very strong computer forensics capability and routinely works with fed-eral, state and local law enforcement agencies in the teaching and practicing of computer forensics techniques. The Forensics Training Center of the CCSR involves MSU students in active work with law enforcement.

FacultyRayford B. Vaughn, Jr.,Ph.D.,BillieJ.BallProfessorandCCSRDirector,(Ph.D.,KansasStateUniversity).Researchinterests:softwareengineeringandcomputersecurity.

David Dampier, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessorandDirec-toroftheForensicsTrainingCenter,(Ph.D.,U.S.NavalPostgraduateSchool).Researchinterests:softwareengineeringandcomputerforensics.

Edward Allen, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,Florida-AtlanicUniversity).Researchinterests:-softwareengineering.

Kirk Arnett, Ph.D.,ProfessorofInformationSystems,(Ph.D.,MissisippiStateUniversity).Researchinterest:businessinformationsystemssecurity.

Susan Bridges, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofAlabama-Huntsville).Researchinterests:artificialintel-ligence.

Jeff Carver, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMaryland).Researchinterest:softwareengineering.

Yogi Dandass, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,Missis-sippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:highperfor-mancecomputing,networks,andrealtimesystems.

T.J. Jankun-Kelly, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofCalifornia).Researchinterest:visualiza-tion/graphics.

Mahalingham Ramkumar, Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,NewJerseyInstituteofTechnology).Researchinterests:adhocnetworksecurityandcryptography,steganography.

J. Edward Swan, II, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,OhioStateUniversity).Researchinterests:virtualrealityandvisualization/graphics.

Merrill Warkentin, Ph.D.,ProfessorofManagementInformationSystems,(Ph.D.,UniversityofNebraska-Lincoln).Researchinterests:securityintheworkplace,e-commercesecurity,andhumancomputerinterface.

Peter Wood, Ph.D.,ProfessorofSociology,(Ph.D.,Van-derbiltUniversity).Researchinterest:criminaljustice.

ContactCenterforComputerSecurityResearchDirector:RayfordB.VaughnJr.P.O.Box9637MississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-7450Fax:(662)325-8997fax

E-mail:vaughn@cse.msstate.edu

www.security.cse.msstate.edu

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Visualization, Analysis and Imaging Laboratory (VAIL)

MissionTo advance the state of the art and practice in scientific visualization, information visualization, visual analysis, and image processing for the computational sciences.

VAIL’s vision is based on the concept that a fundamental goal of visualization is to enable and enhance human comprehension of complex phenomena. Although the field of computational engineering is capable of solving many real-world problems, visualizing these computed datasets for optimal human understanding remains a challenge. To seek better solutions to this problem, a cross-disciplinary group of scientists and engineers has been formed. VAIL includes electrical engineers, computer engineers, cognitive scientists, computer scientists, computational engi-neers, and cognitive engineers with expertise and interest in visualization algorithms and systems, virtual environments, level-of-detail representations, hierarchical data structures, progressive cod-ing/rendering, wavelet coding/analysis/rendering, computational cognitive science, and optimiz-ing human learning and performance.

Application areas of expertise and interest include the geosciences, fluid dynamics, medicine, bioinformatics, and human cognitive processes.

Many of VAIL’s projects are cooperative efforts with personnel in the other centers within the ERC, the university, and the other major research universities within Mississippi.

ContactVAILDirector:RobertM.Moorhead,II,Ph.D.Box9627MississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-2850Fax:(662)325-1838

E-mail:rjm@hpc.msstate.edu

www.hpc.msstate.edu/vail

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National Center for Intermodal Transportation

Mission

The Logistics & Transportation Laboratory of the department of industrial and systems Engineering houses the National Center for Intermodal Transportation (NCIT). The NCIT was founded in 1998 as a University Transportation Center sponsored by the United States Department of Transportation. NCIT is a major national resource for educational, research, and technology transfer activities involving intermodal transportation. The NCIT and its studies is a collaborative partnership between two universities, the University of Denver and Mississippi State University, and multiple disciplines within each university including business, law, engineering and science. It is a full and equal partnership in every sense of the word so the administration and resources of the center are shared equally.

The NCIT educational programs instruct and inform students about an intermodal trans-portation system from the pre-collegiate level to the professional level. By working with and connecting to both the public and the private sectors, NCIT conducts basic and applied research in areas of concern to the intermodal industry and to scholars in the field. In addi-tion, NCIT has an active program of technology transfer to infuse these findings and results in the transportation community.

The collaboration and the commitment of the two universities to NCIT and its mission and goals are resulting in significant contributions to the body of knowledge of intermodal transportation and to the public awareness and information of the benefits of an integrated system for the movement of both passenger and freight for the 21st Century.

ContactNationalCenterforIntermodalTransportationMSUDirector:RoyceO.BowdenP.O.Box9542MississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-7623Fax:(662)325-7618

E-mail:bowden@ise.msstate.edu

www.ise.msstate.edu/ncit

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Raspet Flight Research Laboratory

Mission

The Raspet Flight Research Laboratory (RFRL) is one of the premier university flight re-search facilities in the country. Established at Mississippi State University more than 50 years ago, this aeronautical research laboratory possesses a rich heritage in full-scale flight vehicle development and test, advanced composites development and fabrication, computer-con-trolled manufacturing, and testing of prototype composite systems. The RFRL has recent, demonstrated expertise in the design, build, and test of composite vehicles including, a full scale prototype of a twin jet executive class aircraft. This project addressed all aspects design-ing, fabricating, and testing of an advanced composite prototype aircraft.

The mission of RFRL is to provide Mississippi State University and the country with lead-ing-edge innovation and proof-of-concept research in flight testing, composite structures development, and rapid prototyping while facilitating the educational goals of the university as a superior training ground and research facility for university students at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

The vision of RFRL is to establish the laboratory as an innovative, world-class flight research facility that can effectively meet the diverse needs of the government/commercial customer and students and faculty alike.

With its long history of flight research and fleet of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, along with the full complement of composite structure development/fabrication equipment and a com-plete instrumentation suite for flight testing, Raspet provides a complete development and testing facility.

Current research at RFRL focuses on the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The Ultra Light UAV Sensor Platform (ULSP) is a revolutionary new UAV being developed for the U.S. Army. This high altitude, long endurance sensor platform will provide improved capabilities for the Army’s theater communications mission. This new class of vehicle will be manufactured from all carbon composite materials using fabrication processes being devel-oped at the laboratory. In addition, innovative new on-board power storage techniques will be used to increase the on-station communication/surveillance time for the ULSP.

ContactRaspetFlightResearchLaboratoryDirector:DavidLawrenceP.O.BoxAMississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-3274Fax:(662)324-3864

E-mail:lawrence@raspet.msstate.edu

www.ae.msstate.edu/rfrl

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High Voltage Laboratory

Mission

The Mississippi State University High Voltage Laboratory serves as an independent, non-industrial, university center for high voltage engineering. The mission of the laboratory includes the follow-ing: research, evaluation/testing and education activities.

The specific objectives of this program are to provide:

n A center for high voltage engineering and dielectrics research and education n An independent, non-industrial evaluation/test center for use by utilities, manufacturers and other organizations and agencies n A center for short courses and seminars in high voltage engineering

The principal objective of the high voltage facility is to provide the necessary environment for a basic academic program associated with high voltage engineering, as well as meet the research and testing needs of the industry. First viewed as an integral part of our national high voltage technol-ogy structure, the High Voltage Center serves as a means of strengthening the U.S. position in this specialized, technical area.

The High Voltage Laboratory is a 900 sq. ft. facility located in Simrall Electrical Engineering Building. It has the capacity to perform impulse tests at three million volts and AC tests at one million volts. This is the largest independent, high voltage laboratory in the United States.

ContactHighVoltageLaboratoryDirector:StanislawGrzybowskiBox9571MississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-2148Fax:(662)325-2298

E-mail:stangrzy@ece.msstate.edu

www.ece.msstate.edu/hvl

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Southeast CHP Application Center and MSU’s CHP and BioFuel Center

Mission

The Southeast CHP Applilcation Center was established in 2004 for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Its mission is to provide application assistance, technology information and educational support in the southeastern United States to reduce perceived risks byCooling, Heating, and Power (CHP) which is a promising technology for increased energy efficiency through the use of distributed electric and thermal energy delivery systems at or near end-user sites. CHP systems would promote energy reliability and self-sufficiency for many industrial and agricultural applications.

In a joint effort among mechanical engineering, chemical Engineering, and Mississippi Agricul-tural and Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES) a new demonstration site called Micro Cool-ing, Heating, and Power (Micro-CHP) and Bio-Fuel Center has been established at Mississippi State University. This Center will add new capabilities for the development and optimal use of CHP packages for energy conservation, efficiency and reliability. The Center will develop CHP systems suitable for agricultural, residential and small commercial buildings. In addition, the center will develop and validate design tools for CHP applications and educate the public on the benefits of CHP systems.

ContactMicro-CHPDirector:LouayM.Chamra,Ph.D.Box9552MississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-0618Fax:(662)325-7223

E-mail:chamra@me.msstate.edu

www.chpcenterse.orghttp://microchp.msstate.edu

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MSU Transportation Research Center

Mission

The Mississippi State University Transportation Research Center was established in October 1997 as a partnership between the Mississippi Department of Transportation and MSU. The purpose of the center is to provide efficient point of contact for solicitation, evaluation, execu-tion and administration of selected research and technology development efforts or services to be performed at MSU or other universities in the state for MDOT. The center was also cre-ated to promote and advance the transporation industry within the state of Mississippi and to provide educational opportunities for MDOT personnel in order to advance their professional standing as related to formal advanced degrees, professional engineering registration and/or professional advancement. The TRC is housed and administered within the MSU department of civil engineering. Research through the center is being conducted at Mississippi State Uni-versity, the University of Mississippi, the University of Southern Mississippi, and Jackson State University.

Current research projects being conducted include: n Pavement materials, design, construction and evaluationn Transportation issues including intermodal policy planning and design, accident detection, seat belt use, user costs and training in bridge design.

ContactTransportationResearchCenterDirector:ThomasD.White,Ph.D.,P.E.P.O.Box9546235WalkerEngineeringBldg.MississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-3050Fax:(662)325-7189

E-mail:tdwhite@engr.msstate.edu

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MSU Industrial Assessment Center

Mission

The MSU Industrial Assessment Center’s primary purpose is to help serve the energy, waste, and productivity needs of small and medium-sized manufacturing facilities within a geographic radius of about150 miles from MSU. The IAC program provides industrial assessments that make recommendations for more efficient use of energy, improved waste management, and enhanced production by analyzing the operating characteristics of the facility.

Each assessment consists of a site visit to obtain information on the facility, energy-con-suming processes, waste generation and handling practices, and production methods. The center provides assessment reports that identify and recommend specific actions to conserve energy, reduce costs and waste generation and improve production methods. Implementation costs and payback periods are estimated for each recommendation.

MSU IAC industrial assessments are prepared by students under the close supervision of a mechanical engineering faculty member to provide undergraduate engineering students with experiences in industrial assessments and energy and waste conservation. The IAC program is administered by Rutgers University and is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

ContactMSUIndustrialAssessmentCenterDirector:B.KeithHodgeP.O.BoxMEMississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-7315Fax:(662)325-7223

E-mail:hodge@me.msstate.edu

www.me.msstate.edu/IAC/iac.html

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Renewable Chemicals and Fuels Lab

Mission

The mission of this departmental laboratory is to provide students with a state-of-the-art setting for hands-on research and development experience related with renewable fuels and chemicals, and sup-port governmental and industrial entities with the development of production technologies, prepara-tion of policy, and commercialization efforts.

The Renewable Chemicals and Fuel Lab in the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering fo-cuses on both basic and applied research and development. Most traditional academic research and development involves long-term projects, whereas research partnerships with industry are typically short-term projects. One important component of the lab’s mission is to promote industrial growth through the optimization of chemical and biochemical manufacturing processes. The research associ-ated with this laboratory is concentrated in the following areas: biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas, value-added chemicals from renewable feedstocks, bioabsorbents and green diesel.

Contact:RenewableChemicalsandFuelsLabDirector:RafaelHernadezSwalmBuilding,Room348MississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-0790

E-mail:rhernandez@che.msstate.edu

FacultyRafael Hernandez, Ph.D.,DirectorandAssistantProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Re-searchinterests:integratedremediationtechnologies,chemical/physicaltreatmentprocesses,environmentalcatalysis,biofuelsandco-products.

W. Todd French, Ph.D.,Co-DirectorandAssistantResearchProfessor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:appliedmicrobiology,bioremedia-tion,industrialmicrobiology,andmicrobialenhancedoilrecovery.

Hossein Toghiani, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,UniversityofMissouri–Columbia).Researchinterests:compositematerials,catalysis,fuelcells,andthermodynamicsofliquidmixtures.

Clifford E. George, Ph.D.,Professor,(Ph.D.,MississippiStateUniversity).Researchinterests:industrialbiotechnology,industrialapplicationsofmicrowavepower/heatingandelectrochemistry,processcontrol,andchemicalplant/oilrefineryoperationsandsafety.

Bill B. Elmore, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessorandHunterHenryChair,(Ph.D.,UniversityofArkansas).Researchinterests:renewablefuelsandbioremediation,andmicroreactortechnologies.

R. Mark Bricka, Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,(Ph.D.,PurdueUniversity).Researchinterests:environmentalremediation,electrokinetics,chemicalextraction,sta-bilization/solidification,wastetreatment,heavymetalscontaminatedsoil,andgasification.

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MSU Fatigue and Fracture Laboratory

Mission

The MSU Fatigue and Fracture Laboratory was developed to address the needs of the state and nation on critical fatigue and fracture research and testing for current and future aircraft, rotorcraft, spacecraft, naval and automotive vehicles. A variety of materials (aluminum alloys, titanium alloys and steels) are being tested for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR). These tests and analysis programs are developing new threshold testing methods and material databases for rotorcraft damage-tolerance analyses and for two aging naval aircraft.

Testing Facilities include:

n 25 Kip Servo-hydraulic fatigue machinen Four 5.5 Kip Servo-hydraulic machinesn Four automated crack-monitoring systemsn Small-crack monitoring system on loan from NASA Langley and the FAA.

Industry and Government Contributors:

n FAA-W. J. Hughes Technical Centern Office of Naval Research (ONR)n Alcoan Lockheed-Martin-Georgian NASA Marshall Space Flight Centern NASA Langley Research Centern Instron Corporationn Delta Airlines

ContactFatigueandFractureLaboratoryDirector:JamesC.NewmanJr.WalkerEngineeringBuildingMississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-3623Fax:(662)325-7730

E-mail:j.c.newman.jr@ae.msstate.edu

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Construction Materials Research Center (CMRC)

MissionThe Mission of the Construction and Materials Research Center within the department of civil engineering in MSU’s Bagley College of Engineering is to provide university and continuing education related to construction materials with a goal of improving transportation infrastruc-ture quality in the state, region and nation through study and research focused on materials, equipment and processes. Materials used in infrastructure construction include soils, aggregates, stabilizers, asphalt binders, cement, fly ash, hot mix asphalt (HMA), portland cement concrete (PCC), metals, wood, and composites. Quality of these materials when used in products and construction depends on a number of factors such as proper choice of materials, their design, quality control procedures, equipment and construction processes.

Recent research projects conducted by the center include cooperation with a laboratory equip-ment vendor to develop devices for evaluating tack coat applications and stripping potential of hot mix asphalts. Both projects were funded by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). Current projects underway include field evaluation of asphalt open-graded friction courses and performance of asphalt and concrete pavement subdrainage systems and determina-tion of HMA laboratory dynamic modulus. These projects are also funded by MDOT. Addition-ally, as part of a study regarding Hurricane Katrina damage, infrastructure and material perfor-mance is discussed in a project funded by the RMC (Ready Mix Concrete) Research Foundation and the Mississippi Concrete Industries Association.

The benefits of open-graded friction courses include better wet weather skid resistance, better night-time centerline and edge stripping visibility, reduced traffic spray, reduced traffic noise and lower pavement temperature. A test section is being constructed on Mississippi I-55 and a multi-year evaluation is planned. The MDOT has been using pavement subdrainage systems for new construction of asphalt and concrete pavements for several years. A benefit associated with pavement subdrainage is that water does not accumulate in the pavement structure and founda-tion. Water affects the structure and foundation strengths leading to reduced performance and increased maintenance.

A study is also being completed on the effects of the storm surge and winds during Hurricane Katrina. Structural and material performance was observed and performance assessed. A study was conducted post-Hurricane Katrina to address building code development and to evaluate conditions and the proposed building codes which will be vital for the rebuilding efforts on the Gulf Coast.

ContactConstructionMaterialsResearchCenterDirector:ThomasD.White,Ph.D.,P.E.P.O.Box9546235WalkerEngineeringBldg.MississippiState,MS39762

Phone:(662)325-3050Fax:(662)325-7189

E-mail:tdwhite@engr.msstate.edu

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DegreeProgramsAerospaceEngineeringBiologicalEngineeringBiomedicalEngineering*ChemicalEngineeringCivilEngineeringComputerScienceComputationalEngineering*ComputerEngineeringElectricalEngineeringIndustrialEngineeringMechanicalEngineeringSoftwareEngineering

*graduatedegreeonly

CertificateProgramsEntrepreneurshipCertificateMaterialsCertificateSixSigmaCertificateSoftwareEngineeringCertificate

ResearchClustersAdvancedElectronicSystemsComputationalEngineeringEnergyandtheEnvironmentEnterpriseSystemsHumanFactorsandSystemsInformationSciencesMaterials21stCenturyTransportationSystems

UNDERGRADUATEMAJORSFall2005Enrollment=1850

ASE=AerospaceEngineering..................................165

BE=BiologicalEngineering.........................................178

ChE=ChemicalEngineering......................................171

CE=CivilEngineering.................................................252

CS=ComputerScience..............................................130

SE=SoftwareEngineering.............................................51

CPE=ComputerEnineering......................................174

EE=ElectricalEngineering........................................194

IE=IndustrialEngineering..........................................115

ME=MechanicalEngineering..................................411

UD=Undeclared.................................................................9

Bagley College of Engineering Profile

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GRADUATEMAJORSFall2005Enrollment=402

AE=AerospaceEngineering..................................23

BE=BiologicalEngineering........................................10

BE=BiomedicalEngineering...................................16

ChE=ChemicalEngineering.......................................29

CE=CivilEngineering..................................................16

CME=ComputationalEngineering.....................21

CPE=ComputerEngineering....................................22

CS=ComputerScience.............................................61

EE=ElectricalEngineering......................................94

EP=EngineeringPhysics.............................................26

IE=IndustrialEngineering.........................................37

ME=MechanicalEngineering.................................47

Basedon2005NationalScienceFoundationResearchandExpendituresRankingsbasedonFY03data.

STUDENTSFall2005Enrollment=2,252

UndergraduateWomen................................312

UndergradateMen.......................................1538

Master’sWomen.................................................42

Master’sMen.....................................................176

DoctoralWomen................................................34

DoctoralMen....................................................150

GRADUATESSpring2005=498

B.S...........................................................................345M.S. ........................................................................139Ph.D.........................................................................14

FACULTYTenureandTenureTrack................................102

ResearchProfessors.............................................36(non-tenuretrack)

OtherFaculty........................................................72(ResearchAssociate,PostDoctoral,etc.)

FellowsofProfessionalSocieties...................15

EndowedChairs/ProfessionalPositions.....23

ETHNICITYENROLLMENTWhite...................................................................76%

African-American...............................................10%

International...................................................... 10%

Other.........................................................................4%

2005 Expenditures and Awards

$55M

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39th

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*DataBasedonMainCampusEnrollmentReportings

AirForceResearchLaboratoryAllTechAmericanAssociationofStateHighway&TransportationOfficialsAmericanEurocopter,LLCAmericanIronandSteelInstituteAppliedResources,Inc.ArmyNationalAutomotiveASHRAE,Inc.ATAEngineeringATMOSEnergyAugustaSystemsAuroraFlightScienceCorporationBattelleBellHelicopterTextron,Inc.BoeingCompanyCadenceDesignSystems,Inc.CAEC,LLCCreare,Inc.CytecCorporationDepartmentofDefenseEducationActivityDEPSCoR(DOD)EcolePolytechniqueMontrealEntergyServices,Inc.ESIGroupEvaHeartMedicalUSA,IncFederalAviationAdministrationGenevaAerospace,Inc.Geo-Centers,Inc.GoldenTriangleRegionalAirportGulfCoastHazardousSubstanceResearchCenterHughesAssociatesHypercompEngineeringLightningTechnologies,Inc.

LockheedMartinAeronauticalSystemsLosAlamosNationalLaboratoryMichaelBaker,Inc.MiltecCorporationMississippiDeparatmentofMarineResourcesMississippiDepartmentofEnvironmentalQualityMississippiDepartmentofTransportationMississippiDevelopmentAuthorityMississippiEthanolMississippiInstituteofHigherLearningMississippiTechnologyAllianceNASAGlennResearchCenterNASALangleyResearchCenterNASAMarshallSpaceFlightCenterNASAStennisSpaceCenterNationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministrationNationalInstituteofHealthNationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnologyNationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministrationNationalScienceFoundationNationalSecurityAgencyNorthropGrummanMissionSystemsNorthropGrummanShipSystemsOakRidgeAssociatedUniversitiesOakRidgeNationalLaboratoryOceanSystemsEngineeringGroupOfficeofNavalResearchPPGIndustries,Inc.S&KTechnologies,Inc.SandiaNationalLaboratory(DOE)SatCon,Inc.SeemannComposites,Inc.SemiSouthLaboratories,LLC

SentelCorporationSmallBusinessAdministrationSmithWarnerInternationalSouthCarolinaResearchAuthoritySouthernStatesEnergyBoardSynopsys,Inc.TennesseeValleyAuthorityTetraResearchCorpTetraTech,Inc.ThoratecCorporationU.S.AgencyforInternationalDevelopmentU.S.ArmyCorpsofEngineering,NewOrleansDistrictU.S.ArmyResearchOfficeU.S.ArmySpaceandMissileDefenseCommandU.S.DepartmentforAgricultureU.S.DepartmentofArmyAberdeenTestCenterU.S.DepartmentofArmyCorpofEngineersU.S.DepartmentofArmyResearchLaboratoryU.S.DepartmentofArmyWaterwaysExp.StationU.S.DepartmentofCommerceU.S.DepartmentofDefenseU.S.DepartmentofEnergyU.S.DepartmentofHomelandSecurityU.S.DepartmentofJusticeU.S.DepartmentofLaborU.S.DepartmentofTransportationU.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgencyU.S.FishandWildlifeServiceU.S.ForestServicesU.S.GeologicalSurveyU.S.NavalOceongraphicOfficeWestarCorporation

Research Sponsors

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James W. BagleyExecutiveChairmanoftheBoardLamResearchCorporation

Fred W. BaileyPresident(retired)BailScoBlades&Casting

William B. BerryVicePresidentConocoPhillips

C. Dorman BlainePresidentBlaineConstructionCompany

C. Glendon BradleyCEO(retired)CIBAVision

D. Hines Brannan, Jr.(Chair)ManagingPartner(retired)Accenture

Fred Parker BurkePresidentandCEO(retired)CentralPharmacyServices,Inc.

William M. CobbPresidentWilliamM.Cobb&Associates

Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr.ChairmanandCEO(retired)EastmanChemicalCompany

Henry W. FaulknerPresidentAdvancedSalesInstitute,Inc.

Michael H. ForsterSeniorPartnerInternetCapitalGroup

Carl Ray FurrExecutiveVicePresident(retired)EngineeringAssociates/Pickering

Frank F. GallaherExecutiveVicePresident(retired)EntergyServices,Inc.

A.P. “Jack” HatcherChairmanandCEO(retired)Robertson-Ceco

Hunter W. HenryPresident(retired)DowChemical

Matthew L. Holleman, IIIChairmanandCEO(retired)MississippiValleyGas

Herbert V. JohnsonPresidentHVJAssociates,Inc.

Rodger L. JohnsonPresidentandCEOKnology,Inc.

Vess L. JohnsonPresidentandCEONascentric

Elton R. KingPresident(retired)BellSouth

William W. (Bill) LamptonPresident-AsphaltGroupsErgon,Inc.

Steve A. LindsayVicePresidentofMarketingLamResearchCorporation

Douglas J. MarchantCEOandGeneralManagerUHSManagement

Terry J. MoranPartnerMoran,Seymour&Associates

Franklin T. MyersSeniorVicePresidentCooperCameronCorp.

Mark M. Seymour, Sr.PartnerMoran,Seymour&Associates

Bobby S. ShackoulsPresidentandCEO(retired)BurlingtonResources,Inc.

Dave C. SwalmChairmanandCEO(retired)TexasOlefins

Gerald W. ThamesManagingDirectorLehmanBrothers

James T. WhitePresidentH.C.PriceCo.

Danny J. WindhamPresidentAdtran,Inc.

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AdministrationEarnestW.andMaryAnnDeavenport,Jr.ChairandDeanKirk H. Schulz, Ph.D.

AssociateDeanforResearchandGraduateStudiesRoger L. King, Ph.D., P.E.

AssociateDeanforAcademicsandAdministrationDonna S. Reese, Ph.D.

AssistantDeanofDiversityandStudentDevelopmentTommy J. Stevenson, Ph.D.

DirectorandJackHatcherChairinEngineeringEntrepreneurshipGerald C. Nelson

UndergraduateCoordinatorRobert A. Green

AssistantDirectorofDevelopmentF. Ryan Little

TechnicalCommunicationsCoordinatorJohn W. Brocato

BusinessManagerCarol J. Martin

PublicationsCoordinatorJulie M. Lemons

K-12OutreachCoordinatorEmma E. Seiler

ComputerSupportSpecialistFuquiang (John) Ye

DepartmentHeadsAerospaceEngineeringAnthony J. Vizzini, Ph.D.vizzini@ae.msstate.edu(662)325-3623

AgriculturalandBiologicalEngineeringWilliam D. Batchelor, Ph.D.batchelor@abe.msstate.edu(662)325-3280

DaveC.SwalmSchoolofChemicalEngineeringMark G. White, Ph.D.white@che.msstate.edu(662)325-2480

CivilEngineeringThomas D. White, Ph.D., P.E.tdwhite@ce.msstate.edu(662)325-3050

ComputerScienceandEngineeringJulia E. Hodges, Ph.D.hodges@cse.msstate.edu(662)325-3912

ElectricalandComputerEngineeringJames C. Harden, Ph.D.harden@ece.msstate.edu(662)325-3667

IndustrialandSystemsEngineeringRoyce O. Bowdenbowden@ise.msstate.edu(662)325-7623

MechanicalEngineeringW. Glenn Steele, Ph.D.steele@me.msstate.edu(662)325-3260

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