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Engineering April 25, 2023
'2023-2024 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools Rankings' includes 11 UD schools, programs
Eleven University of Dayton schools and programs are listed among the '2023-2024 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools Rankings.' The School of Engineering graduate program tied for 37th overall, No. 1 among Catholic colleges and universities, second among Ohio colleges and universities, and ahead of Ivy League schools Yale, Brown University and Dartmouth College.  
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Engineering April 19, 2023
University of Dayton research-industry partnership seeks answers to precision agriculture
Chemical and hardware manufacturers are seeking University of Dayton-industry research to examine whether drones are the answer to precision agriculture.
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Engineering April 19, 2023
Interested in creating a tech startup? UD has a technical entrepreneurship minor for you
University of Dayton students aspiring to create a tech startup can get a jump on their goal with a technical entrepreneurship minor. Based in the UD School of Engineering, and designed with the College of Arts and Sciences, the four-class sequence is open to all students and begins in fall 2023.
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Engineering April 12, 2023
Raising the Curtain
Three UD civil engineering co-op students are helping to raise the curtain on the magnificent Roger Glass Center for the Arts.
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Engineering February 16, 2023
In changing economic times, record 98% of graduates report getting off on right foot toward career success

Searching for a job can be difficult amid lingering effects from the pandemic, increased competition and current economic uncertainty. Through it all, recent University of Dayton graduates report a record 98% success rate and 10.5% jump in average salary.

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Engineering February 14, 2023
5 Questions with CJ Levy '23

University of Dayton mechanical engineering technology major, CJ Levy '23, from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, was planning to spend last summer in Dayton. But . . .

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Engineering February 01, 2023
An engineer in theater: “To thine own self be true.”

Nicholas Rollin felt split in two. As a mechanical engineering major, he was invested in his studies, but he also wanted to explore his love for technical theater. Instead of having to pick, Rollin found wholeness at UD.

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Engineering January 20, 2023
We Made the Cover of OhioENGINEER!

Congratulations to the faculty and students from the University of Dayton School of Engineering who made the cover of OhioENGINEER's 2022 year-end "Engineering Education" issue that features Ohio engineering schools. Mechanical engineering students Jordan Wilson (left) and Bridget Gerber (right) work with Kim Bigelow, Ph.D. (center), director of the Engineering Wellness through Biomechanics Lab to adapt toys for children with disabilities. The toys are then donated to children in need via the United Rehabilitation Services of Greater Dayton. 

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Engineering December 21, 2022
UD engineering faculty, alumni, students building water system for Malawi schools

Don Chase, civil engineering lecturer, and his spouse Nancy Chase, a UD graduate, former School of Engineering cooperative education director and now an Emerson senior applications engineer, are working with ETHOS international immersion students to design and build a water storage and transmission system for schools run by the Wasambo Education Foundation to empower northern Malawian youth through education.

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Engineering December 13, 2022
Different engineering paths to UD lead to research for the common good

Elizabeth Shafer, mechanical engineering junior, and Zach Kranz, electronic and computer engineering technology junior, chose the University of Dayton School of Engineering for different reasons. However, they recently worked together through the School’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience program and in the Wearable and Tunable Systems Lab with Dr. Alex Watson, assistant professor, Department of Engineering Management, Systems and Technology.

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