David Aune (BSEE 77) has accumulated more than 25 years of management experience. He has led customer-service and marketing operations at large companies, but he said he especially enjoys mentoring startups. “The hardest and also most gratifying achievements have been working in several startup businesses,” said Aune, an instructor in the Leavey School of Business’Read the story …
School of Pharmacy Expands Residency Programs
Residencies offer recent graduates experience in practice settings
September 20, 2017 by
JACKSON, Miss. – For recent pharmacy graduates looking to continue their education, the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy has expanded its residency program to five positions, with three focused in community pharmacy and two in ambulatory, or outpatient, care. The expansion is partly due to an increased demand for residency opportunities. In 2017, 69Read the story …
Calling All Connections
Alumni, constituents asked to submit suggestions for 2017-18 Ole Miss Engineer
September 1, 2017 by
Engineering friends, I have had the privilege of serving as one of the editors the past few years and more recently as editor-in-chief of Ole Miss Engineer magazine. We are gearing up for the 2017-18 edition now. I so enjoy collecting great articles to share with our alumni, friends, prospective and current students, visitors andRead the story …
Engineering Students Enjoy Summer Internships
Prospective employers provide employment, training to four from UM
September 1, 2017 by
Professional development is vital to the preparation of future engineers. Students who graduate with some type of internship experience are more likely to gain employment upon graduation than those who do not, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Many students receive employment offers directly from their internship employers. This past summer, severalRead the story …
UM Engineering Faculty Collaborates on Deep-Space Communications
Team includes researchers at Jackson State University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
September 1, 2017 by
Three University of Mississippi engineering professors are collaborating with colleagues at Jackson State University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to improve communications with deep-space probes and, perhaps even, manned missions. Lei Cao, Ramanarayanan Viswanathan and John Daigle, all professors of electrical engineering, are working with researchers at Jackson State University and the Jet Propulsion LaboratoryRead the story …
UM, Jackson Prep Offer Pre-Engineering Course
Marni Kendricks and Marsha Hobbs co-teach Engineering 100
September 1, 2017 by
Marsha Hobbs had been teaching physics and engineering courses at Jackson Preparatory School for two decades when she decided it was time for a change: not where she taught or what she taught, but how she taught. “I just thought it was time for a 21st-century approach,” said Hobbs, who holds degrees in physics andRead the story …
Catherine Grace Norris: Muzungu from Mississippi
UM geology and geological engineering graduate joins Peace Corps, works in Zambia
July 25, 2017 by
It’s a long way from the Grove, but Zambia is going to be home now for Catherine Grace Norris (BSGE 16). Norris took her “still warm” diploma around the world to find relevance and reward in her major. She is working with strangers who have become her closest friends overnight, literally. The night is aRead the story …
Valuable Lessons from a Candy Bar
Assistant professor demonstrates practical applications of chemical engineering to freshmen
July 25, 2017 by
Chemical engineering students enrolled in Ch E 101: Introduction to Chemical Engineering were required midway through the semester to use their cooking expertise to prepare a Snickers bar. Why, you might ask? After observing the strengths and pitfalls of carefully preparing caramel dispersed with roasted peanuts, and mixing nougat to the correct consistency with aRead the story …
UM Engineering Science Ph.D. Continues Research at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Mamun Miah studying earthquake hazard simulations, risk assessments
June 29, 2017 by
From the suburbs of his native Dhaka, Bangladesh, to the Energy Geosciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, Mamun Miah has been on an incredible journey. And the faculty, courses and programs of the University of Mississippi School of Engineering have played an important role in his career path. “During my undergraduate study,Read the story …
Inoka Widanagamage Joins Geological Engineering
Newest assistant professor brings teaching excellence, research expertise to department
June 29, 2017 by
Inoka Widanagamage has been fascinated by geology as long as she can remember and wanted to share her fascination with others interested in the subject. As the newest faculty member in the University of Mississippi’s Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, she is fulfilling her passion by teaching class and conducting research. “I found this position throughRead the story …