The College of Engineering’s Technology Engineering (TechE) program will soon have a new home in Wilson Hall at Michigan State University.

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams or FRIB at Michigan State University today marked the inauguration of the K500 Chip Testing Facility or KSEE, expanding U.S. capacity for radiation effects testing of advanced microelectronics used in spaceflight, defense, wireless communications, and autonomous systems.

Diamond is more than just a gemstone; it is the hardest natural substance on Earth with exceptional qualities for improving semiconductors — the materials used in electronics, electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies.

Michigan State University announced a transformative $50 million commitment from the Leinweber Foundation to establish the Leinweber Center for Engineering and Digital Innovation, a landmark investment that will accelerate MSU’s leadership in education, research and workforce development across Michigan and beyond.

The Michigan State University College of Engineering has recognized 18 faculty and staff members for excellence in service and distinguished contributions.

The Michigan State University College of Engineering celebrated Design Day for 650 students, including 370 graduating seniors, on Dec. 5, 2025, in the Engineering Building.

David Hickey, a researcher at Michigan State University, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering (CMSE) celebrated its 10th anniversary by hosting the Workshop on Frontiers in Computational Science and Engineering alongside the 5th Annual Data Science Student Conference Aug. 18-20, 2025.

A Michigan State University Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering has been selected to receive the 2025 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Award for outstanding achievements in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

The Michigan State University Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) welcomed Cheri Deng as its new department chairperson and the Tom and Lupe Izzo Endowed Professor of Biomedical Engineering on July 1.

The governor plans to meet with companies in Michigan’s growth industries, including mobility, defense, clean energy, healthcare and MedTech, and cybersecurity

Eight distinguished alumni of the Michigan State University College of Engineering were honored with 2025 Alumni Awards on Saturday, May 3, at MSU’s Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center. MSU Engineering also recognized a high school educator whose noteworthy efforts to teach technical education and computer science reflect positively on MSU and the College of Engineering.

The 2025 Engineering Graduate Research Symposium at Michigan State University (MSU) is set for Thursday, May 8, in the Engineering Building. The 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. event showcases the work of graduate students from across all college units. It is free and open to the public.

Michigan State University will host advanced degree and undergraduate commencement ceremonies for 1,046 College of Engineering graduates during the weekend of May 2-4, 2025. All events are in the Breslin Student Events Center, 534 Birch Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824.

Interim Dean of the Michigan State University College of Engineering and MSU Research Foundation Professor, John Papapolymerou, received the prestigious Rudolf Henning Distinguished Mentoring Award at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON).

The Michigan State University College of Engineering officially introduced its new Technology Engineering, or TechE, undergraduate degree program to media, industry partners and the campus community at an April 17 event held in the MSU STEM Teaching and Learning Facility.

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has inducted Christopher H. Contag, Ph.D., the James and Kathleen Cornelius Chair in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Microbiology, Genetics & Immunology; and director of the Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU), into its College of Fellows.

Georgios Pappas embraced a unique opportunity that changed his life. He was the first to graduate with degrees from the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Engineering and the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) as a result of a dual Ph.D. program agreement between the institutions.

Michigan State University’s College of Engineering welcomed seven faculty in Spring 2025. Interim Dean of Engineering John Papapolymerou said that these additions will help the growing student body become innovative and solution oriented.

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The Michigan State University College of Engineering celebrated Engineering Design Day on Dec. 6, 2024. The event, now in its 31st year, showcased student projects from the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

Michigan State University will host advanced degree and baccalaureate Commencement ceremonies for more than 390 College of Engineering students this weekend at the Breslin Center.

The PoliMOVE-MSU Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) racing team and the College of Engineering’s Technology Engineering program (TechE) have been awarded $200K by the DENSO North America Foundation (DNAF).

In the Michigan State University College of Engineering, the secret to training practice-ready engineers lies in experiential learning. An excellent example of how that "practice” plays out beyond the classroom is the MSU Baja Racing team. This 60-person, student-run group is challenged to design and hand build an off-road vehicle that will survive the severe punishment of rough terrain and in some competitions, water.

The College of Engineering at Michigan State University is a top producer of practice-ready talent for Michigan and beyond due in large part to a deeply rooted commitment to collaborating with industry and government.

Three researchers in the Michigan State University College of Engineering have received National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program awards and will advance their research efforts with a combined $1.7 million over the next five years.

Engineering research at Michigan State University prioritizes areas bolstering Michigan’s economy and advancing the state’s engineering and digital innovation professions.

For Peter Savolainen, Michigan’s roadways demand earnest, ongoing attention. The chair of Michigan State University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an MSU Research Foundation Professor, Savolainen has been a prominent figure in the state’s efforts to reduce traffic-related crashes, injuries and fatalities.

Michigan State University Dean Leo C. Kempel’s last day as dean in the College of Engineering will be Sept. 30, 2024, after more than a decade.

John Papapolymerou will be recommended to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees to serve as the interim dean of MSU’s College of Engineering, effective Oct. 1, 2024. Pending board approval, he will succeed Leo Kempel, who has served as dean since 2014.

Nelson Sepulveda has been named interim chairperson of the Michigan State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) beginning July 1, 2024.

A distinguished electrical engineer at Michigan State University, whose professionalism and drive helped establish a comprehensive research program in the College of Engineering, is being remembered with a new fund to help Spartan students.

Michigan State University will build on its 60-year track record in accelerator-based nuclear physics leadership by refurbishing the history-making K500 cyclotron and installing it as the heart of a new chip-testing facility for next-generation semiconductor devices.

An award-winning professor of electrical and computer engineering, whose advancements of large antenna arrays recently earned him an international Fellow honor, has joined the Michigan State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).

Michigan State University will be sending its expertise to space thanks to the development of a new Space Electronics Center. MSU’s College of Engineering and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, will be at the forefront of the design and testing of devices and systems for space applications at this new center.

Jeffrey Nanzer of Michigan State University will advance mobile millimeter wave networks as a Google Research Scholar, a select effort by Google to fund world-class research conducted by early-career professors.

After 42 years of steadfast and dedicated support to MSU, Pauline Vandyke is preparing to say good-bye to the green and white. The administrative assistant/supervisor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) will retire at the end of 2021.

Yiming Deng of Michigan State University has been named a 2021 Fellow of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), the world's largest technical society for nondestructive testing professionals.

A researcher at Michigan State University will use a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to improve the design of electric motors and generators using 3D printing technologies - and a little inspiration from spiders.

Leo Kempel, dean of the Michigan State University College of Engineering, has been named the Dennis P. Nyquist Endowed Professor in Electromagnetics. The endowed faculty position is in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, one of the college's largest academic units.

After this week's events in Washington, D.C., the leadership of the College of Engineering wanted to reach out to our community to remind everyone about the culture and climate necessary in our College to ensure we accomplish our goal of engineering a healthier, safer, and more sustainable world.

Graduating Spartans - congratulations! While in-person celebrations are cancelled in December 2020, the College of Engineering is recognizing the accomplishments of its 350 undergraduate, master's and PhD graduates and sharing special words and messages at the Engineering Virtual Commencement Celebration.

Peng Zhang of Michigan State University will receive the 2020 Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) Early Achievement Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Only one award is presented internationally each year.

Xiaobo Tan has been named the Richard M. Hong Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering in the Michigan State University College of Engineering.

Peng Zhang of the Michigan State University College of Engineering will advance research on high-power microwaves after receiving a prestigious 2020 Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award from the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR).

The College of Engineering is part of MSU's growing efforts to address the shortage of critical medical supplies in communities due to the novel coronavirus.

Jeffrey Nanzer of Michigan State University has been awarded a highly competitive Director's Fellowship from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Nanzer is the Dennis P. Nyquist assistant professor in MSU's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (opens in new window) (ECE).

Fraunhofer USA was established 25 years ago as a legally independent international Fraunhofer affiliate and has been collaborating with Michigan State University for the past 15 years in a productive and mutally beneficial partnership.

Michigan State University in East Lansing is working with two other universities to develop a freshwater recovery system to extract clean irrigation water from hydraulic fracking wastewater.

The Michigan State University College of Engineering has launched its first two online master's degree programs. The new online M.S. in electrical engineering and M.S. in mechanical engineering enable students in these disciplines to reap the benefits of an MSU engineering education without having to relocate to East Lansing.

The race is on to create cheap materials to store energy for the U.S power grid, said Mechanical Engineering Department Chair James Klausner. MSU is sharing a $2 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

Michigan State University signed a dual Ph.D. agreement with the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) for the preparation and training of engineers at both academic institutions during ceremonies on Sept. 28 in Greece. All eight of MSU's engineering and computer science departments are included in the agreement.

John Papapolymerou, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE);, recently accepted $50,000 from two Spartans in the Dallas area to support the David A. and Michele M. Pahl Endowed Student Award Fund in ECE.

A Minnesota couple known for helping students cultivate an interest in math and science has committed $750,000 to support graduate students in electrical and computer engineering at Michigan State University.

Jeffrey A. Nanzer of the Michigan State University College of Engineering will use a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to develop dynamic antenna arrays for radar and remote sensing.