Background Image Alternative Text: MSU building construction science group in PPE pose in front of their summer build
Background Image Alternative Text: MSU building construction science group in PPE pose in front of their summer build

MSU building construction science majors erect modular fabrication shop

The students were part of MSU Assistant Professor Mohsen Garshasby’s first-year summer session studio—a fast-paced, compact option available to incoming BCS majors.

MSU building construction science group gathers for photo in PPE in front of summer buildTwenty-four Mississippi State building construction science students spent their summer designing and constructing a building that will serve as a modular fabrication shop for their department during upcoming renovations on campus.

The students were part of MSU Assistant Professor Mohsen Garshasby’s first-year summer session studio—a fast-paced, compact option available to incoming BCS majors. The course included a lecture, or technical, portion that went hand-in-hand with the building, or fabrication.

building construction science students work on the inside metal piece of a roof trussStudio A, which was taught in June, focused on drawings, construction documents, blueprints, design process and building materials. Fabrication work included the foundation and framing up to the sheathing aspect of the building. In July, Studio B’s classroom focus was building systems—wall, roof and floor systems—as well as doors, windows and interior finishes. Also included was insulation, cladding systems and roof work.

The structure is providing an additional hands-on project for students in this semester’s mechanical electrical class, who are running electrical wire and potentially plumbing to finalize the shop.

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Students in the course include:

BRANDON—Walker D. Floyd, junior

CANTON—Erin F. McInnis, junior

CAPE CORAL, Florida—Samantha A. Kral, sophomore

CLEVELAND—William A. Havens, junior

CORINTH—Warner A. Michael, junior

DECATUR—Griffin L. Bailey, senior and John G. Hollingsworth, sophomore

FLOWOOD—Silas L. Clark, sophomore

GULFPORT—Matthew D. Christensen, sophomore and Yates Q. Symmes, sophomore

HATTIESBURG—Ryan H. Boleware, junior

HERNANDO—Zach A. Dennie, senior and Tyler M. Pearson, senior

HOUSTON—Gavin W. Caples, senior

MADISON—James R. Wooten, sophomore

MEDINA, Tennessee—Jenna P. Nunnery, sophomore

NATCHEZ—Ayden E. Rojo, senior

NICEVILLE, Florida—Nathan D. Rauch, sophomore

OLIVE BRANCH—Jace C. Dixon, sophomore and Nicholas T. Henry, junior

RIDGELAND—Cole R. Mullen, sophomore

STARKVILLE—William “Will” A. Barefield, sophomore

WEST POINT—Edward “Cameron” Dill, senior

WILSONVILLE, Alabama—Levi J. Watkins, junior

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