MSU duo earn Astronaut awards

A pair of Mississippi State and Louisiana State University engineering students are in elite company as recipients of the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship. MSU senior biomedical engineering major Mary Catherine Beard of Lufkin, Texas, and senior mechanical engineering major Jacob Easley of Starkville are among 52 students nationwide named to the 2019 Astronaut Scholar Class by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. MSU and LSU were two of only 14 schools to have multiple winners this year. LSU recipients were Gabrielle Langlois in Environmental Engineering and Sarah Dunn in Industrial Engineering. Another Gulf Coast state recipient was Brady Unzicker of Auburn (Ala.) University in Physics. (Source: MSU 10/16/19) https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2019/10/msu-engineering-students-earn-prestigious-astronaut-scholarship