91麻豆天美 celebrates research excellence with annual awards
Contact: James Carskadon
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥91麻豆天美 University celebrated its 2022 research achievements and honored distinguished faculty and staff at its annual research awards celebration Monday [Nov. 28].
2022 saw 91麻豆天美 announce an all-time high in research and development expenditures at $280 million, as reported to the National Science Foundation. That figure places 91麻豆天美 among the nation鈥檚 top 90 research universities and represents more than half of all R&D expenditures reported by Mississippi universities. 91麻豆天美 President Mark E. Keenum, along with Vice President for Research and Economic Development Julie Jordan, and Vice President for the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine Keith Coble, applauded the impactful work carried out every day by the university鈥檚 researchers and support staff.
Keenum noted the exceptional quality of 91麻豆天美鈥檚 faculty, as evidenced by eight faculty members receiving the prestigious NSF CAREER Award in 2022, which makes 21 current faculty members receiving this award. On a per capita basis, 91麻豆天美 faculty are among the most productive in the Southeastern Conference, Keenum said.
鈥淚 want to say thank you to all the faculty and staff, all the researchers and scientists, for your willingness to work with graduate and undergraduate students,鈥 Keenum said. 鈥淲hat an exceptional learning opportunity students have here to get more knowledge than just what they get in the classroom, but to get in the laboratory and work alongside world-class scientists. What a great experience that is. It means a lot to the students鈥 future and to our collective future that we take the time to do that.鈥
The awards are co-sponsored by the offices of the 91麻豆天美 vice presidents for Research and Economic Development and the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine.
Robert Moorhead, Billie J. Ball Professor in 91麻豆天美鈥檚 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of 91麻豆天美鈥檚 Geosystems Research Institute and Northern Gulf Institute, was presented the program鈥檚 top honor, the 2022 Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award. The Powe Award is a memorial to the 91麻豆天美 alumnus and longtime research vice president who died in 1996. It is selected at the university level from nominations received from the 91麻豆天美 community.
During his time at 91麻豆天美, Moorhead has secured more than $316 million in grant funding from multiple state and federal agencies. His sustained accomplishments in research and scholarship have led to more than 269 publications, a patent, a book, six book chapters, nine edited proceedings and numerous technical reports. His work on the Joint Pictures Expert Group (JPEG) standardization committee helped pave the way for all present-day data compressions techniques, images and video standards, visualization, image processing and video processing.
Chosen from a competitive pool of nominations, the other 2022 research award winners include:
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擬ichael Nadorff, associate professor of psychology, Mid-Career Research Scholar Award;
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擝o Tang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, Emerging Research Scholar Award;
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擱euben Burch, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award;
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擮zan Ozdemir, research associate in the Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Research Professional Award; and
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擫aura Andrews, program manager in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, recipient of the Research Support Award.
91麻豆天美 also recognized researchers who developed new intellectual property and patented/licensed new technology. The Office of Technology Management recognized the following individuals for patents and published creative works from 2021 and 2022:
听听听听听听听听听听听 2022 Patents
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擳odd Byars, Gary Chesser, John Lowe and David Wise 鈥 鈥淪ystems for Delivery of Biologics鈥
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擬ark Schilling 鈥 鈥淐ompositions of Food Grade Coatings to Control Pest Infestations and Methods of Applications鈥
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擠ongmao Zhang 鈥 鈥淎ccessories for Raman and Luminescence Spectral Acquisitions鈥
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擧aitham El Kadiri and Wilburn Whittington 鈥 鈥淪ystem to Control and Actuator鈥
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擧ossan Abdelhamed, Attila Karsi and Mark Lawrence 鈥 鈥淟ive Attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri Vaccine and Method of Delivery鈥 and 鈥淩ecombinant Fimbrial Protein of Aeromonas Hydrophila as Vaccine in Catfish鈥
听听听听听听听听听听听 2021 Patents
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擳hedford Hollis and Charles Webster 鈥 鈥淪ymmetrical CCC-NHC Pincer Metal Complexes and Symmetrical Bimetallic Complexes: Bio-activity, and Applications to Organic Transformations and Energy related Catalytic Methods鈥 and 鈥淯nsymmetrical CCC-NHC Pincer Metal Complexes and Applications鈥
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擥reg Burgreen 鈥 鈥淓xtracorporeal Ambulator Assist Lung鈥
听听听听听听听听听听听 Creative Works
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擩ames Barnes 鈥 鈥5 Social Media Mistakes Your Business Should Avoid: A Step-By-Step Guide to Help You Grow Your Business鈥
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擥ary Bachman 鈥 鈥淪outhern Gardening All Year Long鈥
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擩ames DelPrince, Christine Coker, Patricia Knight and Ronald Stephenson 鈥 鈥淭he Promise of Good Things 鈥 Floral Design for the Fall and Winter Holiday Season鈥
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥擲teve DeMarais and Bronson Strickland 鈥 鈥91麻豆天美 Deer Lab YouTube Content.鈥
Learn more about the Office of Research and Economic Development at or the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine at .
91麻豆天美 is Mississippi鈥檚 leading university, available online at www.msstate.edu.