Content about Research

I read with great interest a recent editorial in the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that applauded the cooperative research efforts by Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi. While competition often brings out the best in opponents in a football stadium, at The University of Southern Mississippi we also know that it is collaboration that produces the most significant results in the research laboratories and fields.

Denis Wiesenburg serves as the Vice President for Research at The University of Southern Mississippi. A Pascagoula, Miss., native, Wiesenburg spent seven years teaching in Alaska before returning to his home state. Recently, Wiesenburg took a few moments to reflect on his current responsibilities and outside interests in a question-and-answer format.

Q: What is your hometown and educational background?

The Mississippi Polymer Institute at The University of Southern Mississippi has teamed up with Mississippi State University’s Space Cowboys rocket team to produce 3D printed parts for its rocket build.

For the past year, the rocket team students have worked with MPI to engineer these rocket parts, which has allowed the team to successfully launch their rocket as planned. MPI is honored to be involved with such an exciting aerospace engineering program.

Representatives from six different European countries spent three days touring the Mississippi Polymer Institute and related facilities at The University of Southern Mississippi earlier this month as part of a clean technology project.

The Department of Marine Science and Center for Gulf Studies at The University of Southern Mississippi has announced the inauguration of the “Denis and Jean Wiesenburg Distinguished Lecture in Ocean Science.”

The lecture series kicks off with a presentation by Dr. John O. Dabiri, professor of Aeronautics and Engineering at Caltech. Dabiri will deliver a lecture titled, “Do Swimming Animals Mix the Ocean?” at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 22 at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center.

The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS⁴) at The University of Southern Mississippi recently hosted a training session for 14 individuals from China on March 23-25 in New York City.  

The delegation consisted of venue managers from key facilities in China. NCS⁴ Director Lou Marciani, and Mark Zhang, a subject matter expert from Delaware State University, taught courses in Sport Facility Management.

Dr. Scott Piland, associate professor in the School of Human Performance and Recreation, recently visited Camp Shelby to speak at an event held in conjunction with Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness month.  

A group of more than 100 soldiers, support staff, and medical officers of the Medical Task Force Shelby (MTFS), listened to Piland speak on the topic of “Head Protection: Playing Field to Battlefield.”