the gearbox of a Honda CR250M Elsinore as senior design teammates, from left, Connor
Miller, Hunter Klutz and Brenten Rodgers work in the background. The team’s project
will be one of 47 presented Friday during the 22nd annual Allen School of Engineering
and Computing Design Expo. (Photo by Dean Orewiler)
With projects that have application in areas including education, medicine and industry,
Trine University’s 22nd annual Allen School of Engineering and Computing Design Expo
will offer members of the public the chance to see the knowledge and skills of Trine
University students on display.
Held from 1-3 p.m. Friday, April 26, in the MTI Center, the free expo will feature
47 senior design projects from the Allen School of Engineering and Computing.
Those who attend can learn more from Trine’s student engineers and computer scientists
about the processes they used to create and, in many cases, implement their design
projects.
“This year’s projects offer new innovations and solutions in a wide variety of areas,”
said Bill Barry, Ph.D., dean of the Allen School of Engineering and Computing. “Our
seniors and their advisors have been working hard throughout the year. We’re proud
to demonstrate the quality of a Trine education and the ingenuity of our students
to the community.”
Several of this year’s senior design projects have already received coverage in local
media, including BabbleBot, an AI-based application to help students learn how to read, and a device to help pediatric surgeons implant rods in broken femurs more easily. Several, such as the steel bridge designed by three senior civil engineering students,
have won top awards in competition this spring.
Industrial partners for the expo are: American Foundry Society; Anthony Wayne Scout
Reservation; American Institute of Steel Construction; Christina Boggs; Brandon Cathy;
City of Angola; City of Bryan, Ohio; Carmeuse; Linda Conant; Lori Daulton; Dexter
Group; DuPont; ETA Engineering; Shawn Floyd and family; Foundry Education Foundation;
Gobel Financial, Inc.; Godfrey Marine; Jim Hauguel; Hendrickson; Indiana Space Grant
Consortium; Industrial Contracting and Engineering; Mike Landis; Naval Surface Warfare
Center – Crane Division; Nidec; Noble Trails, Inc.; Northstar Bluescope Steel; Nucor;
OrthoPediatrics; Parkview Health; Alecia Pfefferkorn; Pfizer; Pokagon State Park;
POLYWOOD; Replica Motorcycle Parts; Quality of Life Plus; Jennifer Robinson; Mandi
Robinson; Root9 Hop Farm; Steel Dynamics; Steuben County Highway Department; Trine
innovation1; Trine University – Department of Biomedical Engineering; Trine University
– Department of Design Engineering Technology; Trine University – Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering; Trine University – Mechanical Engineering Cast Metal Advisory
Board; United States Environmental Protection Agency; US Goalball; Mary Waller; Laura
Wenger; and Cheryl Wilson.
The university invites area businesses and organizations to submit projects for senior-level
business, engineering, and/or computing students to complete during the 2024-25 school
year. For more information, contact Jason Blume, assistant vice president, Trine innovation1,
at 260-665-4265 or [email protected].
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