STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State University will lead a major research and development project for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after a rigorous and highly competitive review process. The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has selected Mississippi as the new base of operations for small unmanned aircraft systems…
Every farmer inherits a farming philosophy, but age-old practices aren’t sustainable in today’s modern ag economy. As we approach Earth Day (April 22), I wanted to share how smart farming solutions in Mississippi are leading to even smarter natural resource savings. Agriculture uses 70% of the world’s freshwater, but around…
OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI April 18, 2017 – Graphene, the strongest and thinnest material in the world, got a boost today with the launch of the National Graphene Association™. Often called the “wonder material” of the 21st century, Graphene will eventually find its way into almost every field and will affect many…
STARKVILLE, MS – 24 April 2017 – Camgian, a leading provider of advanced sensing and information processing systems, today announced that it has been included in the list of 2017 “Cool Vendors” in the recent IoT Edge Computing[1] report by Gartner, Inc. Gartner is a world leading information technology research…
The University of Southern Mississippi’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Hattiesburg will join forces with the Gulf Coast center to conduct a series of Business 101 workshops in May. The SBDC programs are designed to assist small businesses and entrepreneurs with education and training opportunities for development of business…
The Entrepreneur Center @ Mississippi Development Authority continues its 2017 Spring Webinar Series on Tuesday, April 25 at noon with a presentation on Business Modeling by Entrepreneur Center director Joe Donovan. The webinar series is designed to help both aspiring and existing entrepreneurs boost their business profile in communities around…
The Entrepreneur Center @ Mississippi Development Authority continues its 2017 Spring Webinar Series on Tuesday, April 18 at noon with a presentation by our expert panel on Financing. The webinar series is designed to help both aspiring and existing entrepreneurs boost their business profile in communities around the state of…
The Houston High School Solar Car Race Team from Houston, Mississippi, traveled to Washington, D.C., recently for the premier of the IMAX film Dream Big: Engineering Our World. The team and its solar car Sundancer, a 16-foot-long vehicle engineered by the students, are featured in the film. Additionally, Sundancer was…
Susan Walley, a senior polymer science major at The University of Southern Mississippi, and recent University graduate Kristen Van de Voorde have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. The fellowships cover three years of funding. Students receive a $34,000 stipend every year as well as a $12,000…
Gene Chambliss first became interested in remote controlled aircraft about 35 years ago when his parents bought him a gas-powered, remote controlled Cessna 172. “After that I was pretty much hooked on remote control aircraft of one type or another,” Chambliss said. “When I was a kid, my friends and…