MSU engineering students place third in national competition

Contact: Phil Hearn

Justin M. Crapps of Florence, Ala., c, and Joseph Matthew "Matt" Jones, r, of Clinton, both senior mechanical engineering majors at Mississippi State, display an award just presented by Kirk Schulz, dean of the Bagley College of Engineering. MSU's student section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering was a third-place finisher in national competition sponsored by the organization. Jones is the current ASME section president, while Crapps is the immediate past president and current coordinator of the student group's Ingersoll-Rand Inter-regional awards competition.
Justin M. Crapps of Florence, Ala., c, and Joseph Matthew "Matt" Jones, r, of Clinton, both senior mechanical engineering majors at Mississippi State, display an award just presented by Kirk Schulz, dean of the Bagley College of Engineering. MSU's student section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering was a third-place finisher in national competition sponsored by the organization. Jones is the current ASME section president, while Crapps is the immediate past president and current coordinator of the student group's Ingersoll-Rand Inter-regional awards competition.

STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississippi State's student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering is a third-place finisher in national competition sponsored by the professional organization.

The university group, which includes more than 100 mechanical engineering majors, recently earned the ranking in ASME's annual Ingersoll-Rand Inter-Regional awards competition, which recognizes outstanding activities and leadership.

The achievement represented the MSU group's first national award after frequently winning the Region XI competition, which includes about 30 Southeastern universities. Only two--North Carolina State and Virginia Tech--scored higher than MSU in the national competition.

Current ASME section officers include chairman Matt Jones, a senior from Clinton; vice chair Jennifer L. Inghram, a sophomore from Birmingham, Ala.; secretary Jeremy L. Mowry, a senior from West Point; treasurer Walter D. McDuffie, also a senior from Clinton; and Ingersoll-Rand coordinator Justin M. Crapps, a senior from Florence, Ala.

For more information, contact Julie Lemons, advancement coordinator, Bagley College of Engineering, at (662) 325-8098 or jlemons@engr.msstate.edu.

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LOCAL EDITORS: Jones is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jones; Inghram, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Inghram [ZIP 35216]; Mowry, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Mowry; McDuffie, the son of Jackson residents Walter McNary [39209] and Celeste McDuffie [39204]; and Crapps, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kerwin Crapps.