Engineering
6.10.2025
Engineering Faculty Partner with UDRI Staff for Summer Research
Projects
University of Dayton faculty and University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) researchers collaborated on research projects this past summer. Two projects were completed by School of Engineering faculty members and were focused on self-healing polymers and lightweight composite aircraft.
Engineering
6.3.2025
UD Researchers to Develop First Pediatric-Specific AI Lung Nodule Detection
System
Dr. Russell Hardie has been awarded an NIH grant to harness AI to revolutionize the detection of metastatic lung disease in pediatric patients by identifying lung nodules in CT scans.
Engineering
5.30.2025
Graduate Student Sheilah Njoka Awarded SPIE Optics and Photonics Scholarship
Electro-optics and photonics graduate student Sheilah Njoka has been awarded a 2025 Optics and Photonics Scholarship by the Society for Optics & Photonics (SPIE), for potential contributions to optics, photonics or a related field.
Engineering
5.27.2025
Cultivating Curiosity and
Creativity
UD is a member of the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), where engineering schools are dedicated to advancing the entrepreneurial. Through KEEN, the School of Engineering offered grant funding to expand entrepreneurial learning in courses.
Engineering
5.1.2025
AI Is upending higher ed. This professor sees a chance to reclaim what
matters.
Lecture halls. Credit hours. Rigid curricula. In his new book, University Revolution: Artificial Intelligence and the Transformation of Learning, University of Dayton professor Kevin Hallinan argues that AI isn’t just disrupting higher education — it’s creating space to rediscover its purpose.
Engineering
2.18.2025
UD Researchers Secure Subcontract for Collaborative Project to Enhance 5G/6G Technology for the Department of
Defense
A School of Engineering faculty member and a researcher are a part of a team that has been awarded a multi-million dollar subcontract to help develop technology that is critical to the Department of Defense (DoD).
Engineering
2.11.2025
Chemical Engineering Student Recognized with ASEE CEED Co-op of the Year
Award
Fifth-year chemical engineering major Ashley Edwards has recently been recognized as the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) 2025 Co-op Student of the Year Award winner. She was recognized at the CEED annual conference in Henderson, Nevada in February.
Engineering
2.3.2025
Senior Design Project Creates Unique Vertical 3D Printer for Local
Organization
Senior mechanical engineering students were tasked with creating a vertical 3D printer for their senior design project. Their sponsor, Heart of Unlimited Boundaries (HUB), was looking for a vertical 3D printer but it did not exist on the market.
Engineering
11.21.2024
UD School of Engineering Named NACME Institution, A Seven Year Action Plan for Diversity in
Engineering
The University of Dayton School of Engineering is in its first year as a partner institution with the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), a leading provider of scholarships and resources for underrepresented minorities pursuing engineering and computer science degrees.
Engineering
11.7.2024
Engineering Student Finds Vocation in Prosthetics Through National Engineering Challenges
Program
Mechanical engineering student Clare Pitstick found her vocation in prosthetics and orthotics through the Grand Challenges Scholars Program, which aims to integrate global awareness and social skills into engineering education.