University of Dayton assistant professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering, Sidaard Gunasekaran, and his industry partner, Kyle Butz, believe the facility is just the second on a U.S. college campus to hold this designation.

Lockheed Martin has licensed technology developed in part by a University of Dayton team led by electrical and computer engineering professor Guru Subramanyam to test whether it can work with sensors to eliminate interference from sources that would otherwise degrade the performance of the sensors.

Not every University of Dayton student has a sandwich named after him. Bader Almuntafkey, a personable cook at Passports restaurant in VWK, juggles studying mechanical and aerospace engineering with creating his signature Arabic burger.