Dayton Engineer
His family — on campus and at home — are essential to Francisco Negrete's education.
There was magic in the air when he visited with family members living in Chicago. For Francisco Negrete, the downtown skyline was a magnificent spectacle. His love of architecture led Negrete, now a junior, to study civil engineering.
“My study abroad program based in Santiago, Chile, stands as one of the most transformative events in my lifetime.”
This past summer, four UD graduate students, along with students from U.S. universities, traveled to Taiwan for a week to explore Taiwan's display technology industry, thanks to a joint NSF Advanced Studies Institute (ASI) grant between Penn State University and University of Dayton.
This summer, three students from Academic City University College in Ghana spent their time in Dayton through the School of Engineering’s Ethos Center.
Maame Twumasi, David Mensah and Wehdam Luguje took part in the Ethos Center’s Dayton immersion experience. Their immersions included working with the Westside Makerspace, Greater West Dayton Incubator and the Makerspace of DECA High School.
Many student organizations have periods of hiatus over the years. But all it takes is one eager student to bring it back to life.
The University of Dayton School of Engineering’s Society of Automotive Engineers — or the Baja team as they are known — is one of them.
“SAE International’s Baja competition has been around since 1976,” said Jeremy Price, vice president of the student organization. “We have spoken to UD alumni who competed in the 90s and early 2000s, but Dayton has not competed in many years.”
“Leave it better than you found it.” This motto has inspired Shaq Tensley ’15 to give back to UD as a volunteer, and it has served him in his global travels.
