A University of Mississippi professor has been awarded a National Science Foundation fellowship to advance his innovative research. Brian Platt, assistant professor of geology and geological engineering, was awarded funding through a foundation program that provides opportunities for young university investigators to boost their research abilities via extended collaborative visits to research centers across theRead the story …

Like most Dallas Cowboys’ fans, Adam Vonder Haar meticulously follows the team’s stats, players and strategies. Unlike most fans, however, he gets paid to do so. That’s because the University of Mississippi electrical engineering alumnus (BSEE 14) is a football research analyst for the NFL franchise. Vonder Haar’s responsibilities range from scouting and personnel decisionsRead the story …

Increasing student engagement and enhancing the student experience have been two of the main goals of the 2019-20 Engineering Student Body Leadership Council officers. The student leaders came in prepared to build upon current programs and work to create new opportunities to increase visibility of the organization and the School of Engineering. Officers of theRead the story …

Sakib Hasan, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Mississippi, has always loved academic challenges. As a high school student, he competed with applicants from schools in a country of more than 170 million people for admission to one of its top universities. “My goal was to get into Bangladesh University of EngineeringRead the story …

The lives and service of two University of Mississippi engineering alumni killed during the Vietnam War will not be forgotten, thanks to a new engineering scholarship exclusively for veterans and recently established by one of their classmates. The Henry Dennis Babers and Phillips H. Izard Engineering Scholarship for Veterans was established with a generous donationRead the story …