‘Dr. Vish’ Named Outstanding Engineering Faculty of the Year

Electrical engineering chair and professor admired by students and colleagues

Every year, the University of Mississippi School of Engineering and the UM Alumni Association select an “Outstanding Engineering Faculty” member, based on his or her teaching, research and service. The highest honor the engineering school presents to its faculty, the award includes a $2,000 cash prize. And the award this year goes to Ramanarayanan Viswanathan,Read the story …

Edward Woo Wows at Work

Alumnus acts as pharmacy-information technology liaison at Vanderbilt Medical Center

Edward Woo specializes in the practice of creating, storing, finding, manipulating and sharing information, otherwise known as informatics, within the field of pharmacy. The University of Mississippi electrical engineering and pharmacy alumnus (BSEE 03, BSPh 05, PharmD 07) began his informatics and pharmacy career shortly after earning his electrical engineering degree. He started as aRead the story …

UM Engineering Students Take Top Honors at Regional Design Competitions

Chemical and mechanical engineering teams defeat opponents from rival universities

OXFORD, Miss. – Three teams of University of Mississippi engineering students took top honors at two separate regional competitions recently. At Tennessee Technical University, two teams of UM mechanical engineering students placed first and second in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Student Design Competition April 21-23. The UM teams won over teams from 47Read the story …

UM School of Engineering Honors Alumni, Faculty and Students

Annual awards recognize recipients' achievements, service

OXFORD, Miss. – Successful University of Mississippi School of Engineering alumni, faculty and students received their due Thursday (April 20) during the school’s 2017 Honors Banquet. The annual awards were presented by Dean Alex Cheng and others at the Inn at Ole Miss. Alumni recipients are Karen Comer Matthews (BSCE 85), president and CEO ofRead the story …