OXFORD, Miss. – Five Oxford residents are among 59 University of Mississippi students to receive a 2013 Taylor Medal, the university’s highest academic award. The outstanding students were recognized recently during the 70th annual Honors Convocation at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. They are seniors Jacqueline Grace Boyce, Samuel Liyang Di,Read the story …
Elsherbeni and Glisson first to win new ACES awards
April 30, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi electrical engineering professors were named the first winners of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society’s new annual awards to recognize technical and service achievements. The award winners were announced at the 29th annual ACES Conference in Monterey, Calif. Atef Z. Elsherbeni received the ACES Technical Achievement Award, which recognizesRead the story …
Recent civil engineering graduate starting own consulting firm
April 30, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Chas Smithers (BSCE 04) credits the School of Engineering with preparing him to earn his master’s degree from Georgia Tech and setting him on the fast track to owning and operating his own consulting firm. “I enjoyed Georgia Tech, but Ole Miss is always where my heart will be,” said Smithers, aRead the story …
State engineering society’s Outstanding Senior Award presented to UM mechanical engineering major
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OXFORD, Miss. – William Walker Wroe was happy when he learned he’d been nominated for the University of Mississippi School of Engineering’s annual Senior Leadership Award and the Mississippi Engineering Society’s Outstanding Senior Award. When the Austin, Texas, native learned he’d won both honors, he was elated. “Receiving the Mississippi Engineering Society’s award for seniorRead the story …