Contact: Phil Hearn
Two Mississippi State graduate students in electrical and computer engineering were among nine finalists selected to make oral presentations this summer during an international paper competition.
Abhinav Mathur and Vinod Ramnath, both from India, recently shared the results of their research projects in the final round of the International Student Prize Paper Competition. Mathur is a doctoral student, while Ramnath is seeking a master's degree.
Held this year in Toulouse, France, the student challenge is an annual event of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society. Each finalist received a travel grant to the scientific gathering, which was attended by nearly 1,500 professionals, students and others from around the world.
Two other U.S. finalists represented the universities of Michigan and Massachusetts. Italy had two in the select group; England, Australia and China, one each.
Mathur and Ramnath were advised in their investigations by Lori Mann Bruce and Roger King of Mississippi State's department of electrical and computer engineering. Their graduate projects were funded through the university's GeoResources Institute.
Bruce is an associate professor in the department; King, a Giles Distinguished Professor. Bruce also serves on the faculty of the GeoResources Institute, where King is associate research director.
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