Dayton Engineer

I finally found that elusive “something” I had been looking for for so long: Creating a new course, which I am calling Engineering Systems for the Common Good (EGR 419). As a professor who loves to teach, I thought that this would be one of the best things I could do to contribute to the community.

University of Dayton Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering alumni, Colin Hisey ’10 and Lydia Everhart ’11, have enjoyed success from UD to New Zealand. While at UD, they participated in the Multi-Ethnic Engineers Program and gained insight beyond academics.

Kids Read Now, a nonprofit in Troy, Ohio, focuses on children's literacy and was struggling to find an efficient, less expensive way to bundle books to deliver them to the children. The nonprofit teamed up with University of Dayton engineering students through the 2022 Engineers Week Design Challenge, and the students found a solution that saved them time and money.

The University's Multi-Ethnic Engineers Program helps multi-ethnic students build community, collaborate and take on active roles to grow as aspiring engineering professionals. "Engineering can be an intense discipline, that's the reality of it," said Gerica Brown, program director. "The difference in UD, which is demonstrated in our retention rates, is the support that students have of each other and the support they have on campus."

Last fall, students from the University of Dayton chapter of the Society of Women Engineers made their way to Indianapolis for We21.

The University of Dayton Women's Center 2022 Women's History Month Honorees were announced this week. Congratulations to all Honorees, and a special shout-out to our School of Engineering Honorees: Sama Wathiq Ahmed, Marie Dock, Marie Schleppi Gaeke and Beth Hart. 

The Dayton section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers honored Tam Nguyen with the 2021 Ravi PallerIa Memorial Award for Young Professionals for his technology-related contributions to artificial intelligence research.

The National Society of Black Engineers Chapter and Special Interest House at the University of Dayton thrive because of the love, the sharing and the strength of the NSBE leaders and constituents who relentlessly protect and grow the NSBE connection.