Three University of Mississippi School of Engineering alumni were honored for their hard work, service and humanitarianism during the annual engineering awards banquet in April. Albert L. Hilliard, IT/OT services program manager at ExxonMobil, was presented the Engineer of Distinction Award. Jeff W. Rish III, retired from federal service as technical program manager at theRead the story …
3 Alumni Honored with Engineering Awards
Albert Hilliard, Jeff Rish III and Catherine Grace Norris received recognition at awards banquet
April 26, 2018 by
NCCHE Software System Provides Real-Time Solutions during Floods
Cutting-edge technology used to predict flows and estimate consequences when dams, levees fail
March 26, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A cutting-edge software program developed by scientists at the University of Mississippi is proving beneficial in dam- and levee-breach flood predictions and preparations across the country. Researchers at UM’s National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering created DSS-WISE Lite, a web-based, automated and fully geographic information systems-integrated, two-dimensional dam- and levee-break floodRead the story …
UM Professor’s Research Highlighted in Ship Technology Publication
Waheed Uddin shares insights into how infrastructure improvements can protect ports during coastal disasters
February 22, 2018 by
A University of Mississippi civil engineering professor’s research about how infrastructure improvements can help protect ports from the effects of coastal disasters such as hurricanes and tsunamis was featured in a technology publication recently. Waheed Uddin, director of UM’s Center for Advanced Infrastructure Technology, was featured in a story appearing in the digital magazine ShipRead the story …
UM Professor Leads Dinosaur Track Preservation Project
Findings from discovery and digital reconstruction of trackway site result in journal article
February 12, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi geologist’s collaboration with researchers at the University of Arkansas has yielded the discovery and digital preservation of the first tracks of carnivorous dinosaurs ever found in Arkansas. Brian Platt, assistant professor of geology and geological engineering at UM, was lead author of “LiDAR-based characterization and conservation of theRead the story …
Taiho Yeom Joins Mechanical Engineering Faculty
Assistant professor specializes in thermal-fluid sciences
December 6, 2017 by
Taiho Yeom, the newest faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, said the University of Mississippi is the right fit for him. “Like most of others applying for jobs, I found the position from job searching online websites and immediately realized that I would nicely fit into the position based on my career andRead the story …
Matthew Morrison Wins Excellence in Academic Advising Award
Assistant professor of electrical engineering recognized for support of students
September 26, 2017 by
Over the past three years, Matthew Morrison has advised, encouraged and lent a compassionate ear to hundreds of students at the University of Mississippi. Now they’re putting him up for awards – and he’s winning. Morrison, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has been honored with one of UM’s 2017 Academic Advising Network’s Excellence in AdvisingRead the story …
UM Engineering Faculty Collaborates on Deep-Space Communications
Team includes researchers at Jackson State University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
September 1, 2017 by
Three University of Mississippi engineering professors are collaborating with colleagues at Jackson State University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to improve communications with deep-space probes and, perhaps even, manned missions. Lei Cao, Ramanarayanan Viswanathan and John Daigle, all professors of electrical engineering, are working with researchers at Jackson State University and the Jet Propulsion LaboratoryRead the story …
University Community Mourns Paul Tobin Maginnis
Retired professor, chair helped build Department of Computer and Information Science
June 24, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Paul Tobin Maginnis, a professor emeritus who served as interim chair and helped build the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Mississippi, died June 14 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. He was 70. A private graveside service was held June 16 at Oxford Memorial Cemetery. FormerRead the story …