February, 2021 - Electrical & Computer Engineering - Bagley College of Engineering

ECE Student Wins IEEE PES Scholarship

Jackson Mohundro, a Senior Electrical Engineering major from Columbia, Tennessee, has been awarded a scholarship from IEEE’s Power and Energy Society. IEEE, or the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is the world’s largest professional organization for the advancement of technology with over 419,000 members in over 160 countries. After graduating in May, Jackson will…

February 26, 2021


Thesis Defense Announcement for Nicholas Smith — 03/16/2021 at 1:00 PM

Dear Faculty, Graduate and Undergraduate Students, You are cordially invited to my M.S. dissertation defense. Candidate: Nicholas Smith Degree: M.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering Dissertation Title: Radio Frequency Dataset Construction for Device and Location Fingerprinting Date and time: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 1:00 PM Venue: On-line Meeting via Webex (https://msstate.webex.com/meet/bt1071) Committee: Dr. Bo Tang Assistant…

February 26, 2021


ECE Student Wins MES Scholarship

Kaitlyn Jackson, a junior from Moss Point, was recently awarded a scholarship from the Mississippi Engineering Society (MES). Since 2005, MES, which is part of the National Society of Professional Engineers, has awarded over $200,000 to qualified undergraduate students enrolled in an ABET-EAC accredited engineering curriculum at colleges of engineering in Mississippi. This year, 10…

February 26, 2021


Thesis Defense Announcement for Will Carroll — 03/12/2021 at 1:00 PM

Faculty and Students, You are cordially invited to my thesis defense. Title: Design and Validation of an Improved Wearable Foot-Ankle Motion Capture Device using Soft Robotic Sensors When: Friday, March 12th at 1:00 p.m. Where: Webex: https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=mfe79f98b0037a234e41c9312c358105e Meeting number (access code): 120 341 8228 Meeting password: UHus9Vr Candidate: Will Carroll Degree: Masters, Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee: Dr….

February 24, 2021


Congratulations for Outstanding Instruction

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE) at Mississippi State University would like to recognize our professors, instructors, and teaching assistants who received high marks on their Fall 2020 student evaluations. “With classes being a mixture of face-to-face and virtual, we weren’t sure what to expect. But ECE  instructors continue to go above and beyond…

February 24, 2021


Thesis Defense Announcement for Mia Scheider — 03/15/2021 at 9:00 AM

Faculty and Students, You are cordially invited to my thesis defense. Title: Automating Precision Drone Landing and Battery Exchange When: Monday, March 15th at 9:00 a.m. Where: Webex (https://msstate.webex.com/meet/mk1530) Candidate: Mia Scheider Degree: Masters, Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee: Dr. Mehmet Kurum (Major Professor ) Dr. Ali Gurbuz (Committee Member) Dr. Umar Iqbal (Committee Member) Abstract: As drones…

February 24, 2021


ECE Seminar Series – Ms. Jane Moorhead and collaborators to discuss Persistent Monitoring of Waterborne Biochemical Agents Using an Unmanned Surface Vehicle

ECE Research Seminar – Friday, March 5th at 1:00PM Virtual Event on Webex – Click here for Webex link                                                                         …

February 24, 2021


Thesis Defense Announcement for Preston Peranich — 03/02/2021 at 3:00 PM

Faculty and Students, You are cordially invited to my thesis defense. Title: Implementation of UAS-based P-band signals of opportunity receiver for root-zone soil moisture retrieval When: Tuesday, March 2nd at 3:00 p.m. Where: Webex (https://msstate.webex.com/meet/mk1530) Candidate: Preston Peranich Degree: Masters, Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee: Dr. John Ball (Major Professor ) Dr. Mehmet Kurum (Co-Major Professor) Dr. Ali…

February 22, 2021


Lee selected for IEEE Young Professional Executive Committee

Sydney Lee, a Senior from Diamondhead, was recently selected as treasurer for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Mississippi Section Young Professionals (IEEE YP) Affinity Group Executive Committee. Lee is currently pursuing her bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering at Mississippi State University’s Engineering on the Coast campus. “Being a young professional can be scary since…

February 10, 2021


ECE Distinguished Lecture – Dr. Monisha Ghosh

The Spectrum Sharing Future: Technology and Policy Challenges March 12, 2021 at 2pm (Virtual Event*) Monisha Ghosh Chief Technology Officer Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

February 8, 2021