ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ cuts ribbon on automated composite stitching cell
On Monday [April 13], Mississippi State President Mark E. Keenum, fourth from left, participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the university’s automated composite stitching cell. Installed in ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ’s Advanced Composites Institute, the integrated industrial system is the first commissioned, U.S.-based automated structure of its kind. Pictured, from left, are ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ’s Wayne Huberty, ACI associate director; Jim Martin, associate vice president for Corporate Engagement and Economic Development; Scott Willard, interim vice president for Research and Economic Development; Keenum; and Chris Bounds, ACI director; Inteva Products President and CEO Gerard Roose; Appalachian Regional Commission Director of Mississippi Andrea Rose; and ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ’s Crisler Herndon, ACI assistant director. (Photo by Beth Wynn)