Introductory Course in Nuclear Engineering Receives Funding, Scheduled for Fall 2009

Faculty specialist spent five years with Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Elizabeth Ervin OXFORD, Miss. – With global efforts intensifying to find alternatives to fossil fuels, the University of Mississippi is pointing students toward career opportunities in nuclear engineering. With funds from a Nuclear Regulatory Commission education grant, UM’s Department of Civil Engineering has created theRead the story …

Civil Engineer, Research Group Spotlighted in December Issue of EMI Online Newsletter

Alex Cheng OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi civil engineering research group is featured in the December issue of the Engineering Mechanics Institute’s online newsletter. The Nano-Infrastructure Research Group, which applies recent developments in nanotechnology to the more traditional areas of civil engineering, was reported as one of the first in the nation toRead the story …

Aberdeen Freshman is Inaugural Walker Memorial Scholar

OXFORD, Miss. – A Monroe County native is the inaugural recipient of a new engineering scholarship at the University of Mississippi. William Anthony Peoples of Aberdeen has been awarded the John Henry Walker and Lillie Mae Sanders Walker Memorial Scholarship. UM alumnus Henry Allen Walker of Southaven endowed the award as a tribute to hisRead the story …

New Chair of Mechanical Engineering Is ‘Research-Driven and Student-Focused’

Arunachalam Rajendran (second from left), new chair of mechanical engineering at the University of Mississippi, tours one of the new ME labs with (from left) graduate student Brahmananda Pramanik of India, Lucas Ainsworth of Meridian and associate professor Tyrus McCarty. UM photo by Nathan Latil. OXFORD, Miss. – As the chief scientist in the U.S.Read the story …