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Raspet's TigerShark carries a complex camera payload as it flies above the Mississippi Pearl River in Leake County to capture images of its banks. Raspet's Tiger is operating as a chase aircraft for this UAS operation.

River Mapping Advances Improvements in Flood Warnings and Mitigation

October 16, 2023 - Research led by the Northern Gulf Institute (NGI), a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institute, that simulates existing river conditions using data-driven models supported ...
From left to right, those participating in the MSU/USDA Graduate Summer Research Experience program include Bini Dahal, North Carolina State University; Lyem Ningthou, University of California, Berkeley; Ramyasri Veerapaneni, Ahmed Alam, Ian Sartorio, Hafez Ahmad, all of MSU; Nargis Mirzaie, University of Massachusetts Amherst; and Tamanna Rashme, MSU. Photo by David Ammon

MSU's Geosystems Research Institute, USDA Give Grad Students, Undergrads Dynamic Research Experiences

October 3, 2023 - Students in all levels of higher education—at Mississippi State and other universities across the country—are advancing as researchers in various disciplines after benefitting from two separate ...
Nicholas Fitzkee, professor in the Department of Chemistry, is the recipient of the 2023 Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award, MSU's top research honor.

Mississippi State University Celebrated Excellence in Research and Innovation with its Annual Research Awards Celebration

September 28, 2023 - Among the top 100 research universities nationally, MSU's robust research and development programs are known for advancing scientific fields, impacting lives and providing world-class learning opportunities ...
Reuben Burch

MSU's Burch Moves to ORED as Associate Vice President

August 25, 2023 - Mississippi State University's Reuben Burch, a distinguished faculty member in the Bagley College of Engineering, is taking on a new role as associate vice president for research. The promotion moves ...
Narcisa Pricope

Pricope Joins MSU as Associate Vice President for Research

August 25, 2023 - Narcisa Pricope, a decorated geography and geospatial science professor , is joining Mississippi State as an associate vice president for research. Pricope will join the leadership team in MSU's Office ...
July 22 – 28, 2023 Shelf-wide Hypoxia Monitoring Cruise. Image from the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia2 website.

2023 Hypoxia Monitoring Results Featured in Press Releases and Media Event

August 8, 2023 - Scientists completed and published results from their 2023 annual survey expedition that monitors hypoxia or low oxygen in the northern Gulf of Mexico adjacent to the Mississippi River. The National Oceanic ...
David Pittman, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center director, and Patti Duett, associate director for MSU's Institute for Systems Engineering Research (ISER), unveil her induction photo for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees. Photo submitted.

ISER's Duett Inducted into ERDC's Waterways Experiment Station Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees

August 7, 2023 - A Mississippi State University staff member was recently celebrated for her years of service to the federal government. Patti Duett, associate director for MSU's Institute for Systems Engineering Research, ...
Associate Clinical Professor George Trawick, MSU cybersecurity program coordinator, looks on as computer science major Matthew Morgan of Hattiesburg works in Butler Hall's cybersecurity lab. Photo by Grace Cockrell

MSU's CCI and CSE Continues Support of Federal Cyber Workforce with $4.1 million in new NSF CyberCorps Funding

August 1, 2023 - Mississippi State University has a longstanding history of sending Bulldogs to the front lines of federal cybersecurity efforts, and that tradition will continue as MSU receives $4.1 million over five ...
NGI and NCEI participants at the GOMA All Hands include (Top L to R) Clint Edrington and Angela Sallis speaking with an ESRI representative during the Tools Cafe Ebenezer Nyadjro sharing information with a meeting attendee. (Bottom L to R) Ebenezer Nyadjro, Angela Sallis, Julie Bosch, Jonathan Jackson, Sharon Mesick, and Clint Edrington gather at the NOAA display.

NGI and NOAA Partners at 2023 GOMA All Hands Meeting

July 20, 2023 - More than 450 people representing state and federal agencies, academia, non-profits, and industry gathered in Austin, TX for the Gulf of Mexico Alliance (GOMA) All Hands meeting June 26-29, 2023. Of those ...
: A month after an EF-4 tornado hit Rolling Fork, Miss., the intersection of Locus Street and Robert Morganfield Way is blocked off from traffic, Wednesday, April 26, 2023.  Photo by Barbara Gauntt, Clarion Ledger

MSU's Dyer Offers Expertise on Why Mississippi is Seeing More Tornadoes, Hail and Flooding

July 7, 2023 - 'You get stronger cold fronts coming down and they cause stronger storms. So, we're getting more of these extremes.' Blinding rain, hail, tornadoes and periods of bitter cold in Mississippi; if you feel ...