OXFORD, Miss. – After more than 40 years, Sam S.Y. Wang retired from the University of Mississippi as F.A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering. Yacoub “Jacob” Najjar and Ramanarayanan “Vish” Viswanathan started at UM as the chairs and professors of civil and electricalRead the story …
UM Nanomaterials Research Helping Improve National Infrastructure
Resilient, lightweight substances have applications in national defense, space exploration efforts
March 25, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Imagine seeing metal-penetrating bullets stopped by a substance less than an inch thick, but stronger than steel. Visualize a bomb explosion inside a building, but the blast is practically neutralized by flexible outer walls that contain the spread of debris. These are just two examples of the groundbreaking research under way inRead the story …
UM nanomaterials research helping to improve national infrastructure
February 27, 2013 by
Imagine seeing metal-penetrating bullets stopped by a substance less than an inch thick but stronger than steel. Visualize a bomb explosion inside a building, but the blast is practically neutralized by flexible outer walls that contain the spread of debris. These are just two examples of the groundbreaking research under way in the University ofRead the story …
Engineers Without Borders work in Togo, Africa, subject of School of Journalism documentary
February 27, 2013 by
When members of the University of Mississippi chapter of Engineers Without Borders visited Togo last August, their work to help improve the infrastructure of the impoverished African nation was filmed by UM journalism faculty and students. Their endeavors are the subject of a documentary being entered in competitions, available for public viewing and possibly aRead the story …