While many University of Mississippi engineering students balance their academics with membership in an organization or two, undergraduates such as Courtney-Marie Laureys manage a full academic load with participation in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program. A junior civil engineering major from Pineville, La., Laureys applied for an NROTC scholarship as a high schoolRead the story …
CE Major Enjoying Naval ROTC Program
Courtney-Marie Laureys combines academics, military service for future goals
February 28, 2014 by
CS Alumnus Starts Global Blog for Students, Young Inventors
Arun Buduri using Web to connect creative minds to one another, sponsors
February 28, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Adaption ensures survival, but creativity leads to true success. University of Mississippi alumnus Arun Buduri (MSCSI ’00) is a model example of this principle. Since graduating from UM 14 years ago, Buduri has worked for Nortel in the Dallas area. After Nortel downsized, he moved on to Microsoft in the Seattle area,Read the story …
Mission Accomplished!
UM Engineers Without Borders team finishes school construction project in Togo
February 7, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – January denotes the beginning of the year, but for a team of University of Mississippi students and faculty, the month marked the end of a service project that was years in the making. Between August 2012 and January 2014, the UM Engineers Without Borders student chapter successfully designed and built a schoolRead the story …
Tamara Crawford Wins Trailblazer Award
Alumna was also selected for competitive leadership program at Lockheed Martin
January 31, 2014 by
As both a woman and a minority, Tamara Crawford has been a trailblazer in the world of professional engineering. And this month, the University of Mississippi alumna will receive a prestigious national award honoring her achievements. Crawford (BSME 02) is the winner of 2014 Black Engineer of the Year Outstanding Achievement Award-Science Spectrum Trailblazer. ThisRead the story …