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5.13.2024
Engineering Senior Design Project Wins Second Place in National Competition for Solutions for Injured Veterans and First
Responders
A team of UD engineering seniors took home second place at the inaugural Quality of Life Plus National Design Competition. The UD team designed a lower-limb socket for a prosthetic that mitigates heat and moisture and improves the quality of life for injured veterans and first responders.
5.2.2024
University of Dayton Students Light up Fourth Graders’ Interest in
Engineering
University of Dayton engineering students worked on a project for Stingley Elementary School to reduce cafeteria noise, offering hands-on learning and sparking excitement about college and engineering among fourth graders.
4.30.2024
Shrinking UD's Carbon Footprint —
Overnight
University of Dayton students recognize that the future of the planet is in all of our hands. That’s why it was so fitting that four undergraduates had front-row seats at the news conference in Kettering Labs on Earth Day at which a plan was announced to bring carbon-free power to the entire campus and student neighborhoods.
4.25.2024
UD Researchers Find Unique Results in Testing Turbulence Strength During Total Solar
Eclipse
Researchers observed unexpected atmospheric effects in a set of measurements that are difficult to make, given a small portion of the U.S. with total solar eclipse, lack of currently available instruments and an appropriately equipped testing site.
4.24.2024
Flyer Pitch prizes go to better disease detection, Black health, fatherless
girls
The University of Dayton’s Flyer Pitch awarded top prizes from among 100 applicants to a new rapid test to detect disease among farm animals and crops; a social enterprise to promote better health for Black Americans; and a nonprofit dedicated to helping fatherless teen girls.
4.23.2024
HSI Green Office Program off to a sustainable start with pilot
phase
Five UD offices participated in the Green Office Program, filling out self-assessments participating in dialogue.
4.18.2024
Senior Mechanical Engineering Students Design UAV System for Capstone
Project
At the start of the spring semester, senior mechanical engineering students John Faetanini, Ben Parlett, Sam Gepperth and Grant Newland were tasked with designing a UAV system for The Corps, a contract engineering firm, as their senior design project.
4.18.2024
7 Questions with Dr. Sharon
Bommer
We asked Dr. Sharon Bommer, associate professor in the Department of Engineering Management, Systems and Technology, about her background and research.
4.18.2024
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Recognized as American Society of Biomechanics
Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Kim Bigelow was awarded the status of Fellow in the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB). She will be recognized at the annual ASB conference in August.
4.18.2024
New Space Research Master's Exchange Program with U.K. University
University of Dayton School of Engineering master’s students now have the opportunity to conduct space research thanks to a new exchange program with the University of Leicester, U.K. (UL).