After more than 35 years in the aerospace industry, a return to Mississippi State has been a rewarding change of pace for Rob Wolz. Now an instructor in the Bagley College of Engineering’s aerospace engineering department, Wolz didn’t always envision teaching as a career path. Growing up in southern Illinois near St. Louis, Wolz had...Continue reading
Ask most Mississippi State football fans to rank their all-time favorite Bulldog wins and the 1996 victory over Alabama is likely to be high on the list. For Reuben Burch, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering in the Bagley College of Engineering, that game is a big reason why he ultimately chose to...Continue reading
It’s fair to say that Mississippi State was not exactly on Philippe Schicker’s radar when he started what he calls his American Adventure. A native of Hamburg, Germany, Schicker spent a year as an exchange student at Claremont High School in Claremont, California. He enjoyed it so much he spent the next two years back...Continue reading
“Do you know what you’re going to major in?” That simple phrase could very well be the question that incoming freshmen most often hear as they begin university life. For senior industrial engineering major Caroline Bearden, though, it took a few years and a few false starts before she was finally able to answer the...Continue reading
Growing up as the youngest of 12 siblings, family has naturally had a strong influence on Ben Armour. And with a dad and several siblings who are engineers, it’s probably not all that surprising that the native of Laurel chose to enroll in Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering. “I wouldn’t be majoring in chemical...Continue reading
With a final check of his instrument panel, Mississippi State aerospace engineering graduate student Zachary Doucet gently pulled back on the control stick to lift his aircraft off the ground. As the airplane sailed through the air, he spent a few minutes getting used to the controls before banking left to see how the plane...Continue reading