Engineering Administrators Visit Bay Area Alumni

Time in Silicon Valley yields connections, information

Many talented University of Mississippi engineering graduates work in high-tech fields, including a number in the Silicon Valley area. Recently, leaders of the School of Engineering visited these alumni to bring them news from campus and to make mutually beneficial connections. Dean Alex Cheng and Ramanarayanan “Vish” Viswanathan, chair and professor of electrical engineering, accompaniedRead the story …

Engineering Students Welcome New, Future Students

Colton Singleton and Rodrick 'Leo' Rogers served as orientation leaders for incoming freshmen

While many University of Mississippi engineering students headed home for the summer to take on jobs or traveled for vacation, Colton Singleton and Rodrick “Leo” Rogers remained in Oxford to support programs led by the Office of Admissions and the Office of Outreach and Continuing Programs. Both Singleton and Rogers hold leadership roles within programsRead the story …

Ryan Holmes Heads Dungan Engineering in Brookhaven

CE alumnus oversees projects, scheduling, business development and client management

As a child, Ryan Holmes decided early on that he would become a dentist But, the University of Mississippi graduate’s choice changed during a summer internship for Dungan Engineering. “I realized that I wanted to follow in my father’s steps and become a civil engineer,” said the Columbia native. “It was very hard work, butRead the story …

Brenda Prager Practices What She Teaches

New assistant professor of chemical engineering excels, inspires others to do so

Brenda Prager is many things, but an underachiever is not among them. A three-time honors graduate of the University of Melbourne in Australia, she previously held positions as a research scientist at Kodak Australia, a research fellow at the Australian Pulp and Paper Industry and in the chemical engineering department of Monash University. Prager alsoRead the story …