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Best Prototype Design At Shell Eco-Marathon, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cedarville’s energy-efficient vehicle Sting won best prototype design in this year’s Shell Eco-marathon off-track awards on May 7 on Shell Eco-marathon’s Instagram story.

Aerosol Box Protects Health Care Workers From Covid-19, Mark D. Weinstein

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Stay-at-home orders, social distancing and medical masks have limited the exposure of most Americans to the coronavirus. But how do we protect the most exposed of all: health care workers?

Cardboard Boat Race Tests Freshman Engineers, Mark D. Weinstein

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Freshmen students majoring in engineering, as well as students from various academic departments at Cedarville University, are preparing for the 26th annual cardboard canoe boat race on Friday, Oct 4. The event begins at 3 p.m. on Cedar Lake on campus.

Senior Design Team Wins Hydrofoil Competition, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cedarville University’s mechanical engineering 2019 senior design team recently won first place in the 2019 Mandles Prize for Hydrofoil Excellence.

Building Bones: Orthopedics Implant Company Connects With Cedarville, Mark D. Weinstein

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Tangible Solutions, Inc. and Cedarville University’s schools of engineering and pharmacy have partnered to further develop 3D-printing titanium technology for the orthopedics industry. The partnership will go into effect in August 2019.

Engineering Majors Serve Tech Needs Of Missions Organizations, Mark D. Weinstein

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For many students, spring break is a time of rest and relaxation from their studies, but for a group of Cedarville engineering students, the week off was spent using their engineering skills to serve Sonset Solutions, a technological missions organization in Elkhart, Indiana.

Autonomous Golf Cart Engineered By Students, Mark D. Weinstein

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Golfers often work on their drive. But a group of Cedarville University computer engineering students is taking that focus to a whole new level.

Three Cedarville computer engineering students — Nathan Jessurun (Charles Town, West Virginia), Ryan Gordon (Beavercreek, Ohio) and Michael Hayes (Redmond, Washington) — are teaming up with Alex Cline (Cedarville, Ohio), an electrical engineering student, to design and build an autonomous golf cart. The students will test drive the golf cart in April.

Soaring Scores: Engineering Team Finishes Third In The Nation, Mark D. Weinstein

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The Cedarville University Aero Design team took to the skies in Fort Worth, Texas, and placed third in the nation and seventh internationally in the 2019 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aero Design East competition. The event was held March 8-10, 2019.

Sting Like A Yellow Jacket: Engineering Team Competing In Eco-Marathon, Mark D. Weinstein

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Ready, set, sting! Cedarville University engineering students are preparing their energy-efficient vehicle, Sting, for the international Shell Eco-marathon Americas competition held at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma County, California. The competition, which includes high schools and universities from North and South America, takes place April 3-6.

Mars Is The Limit For Engineering Design Team, Mark D. Weinstein

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A senior engineering design team will design, build and fly a remote control (RC) airplane capable of transporting supplies to “colonists” in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International Aero Design East Competition in Fort Worth, Texas. The event takes place March 8-10, 2019.

Ohio Engineering Students Create Custom Prosthetic Liners, Mark D. Weinstein

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It’s a problem most of us can relate to — clothing material that scratches our skin or causes uncomfortable chafing. That kind of problem is easily solved by changing clothes. But for an amputee wearing what amounts to a sock over their residual limb, such a dilemma can be painful and demoralizing.

Cedarville Freshman Starts Nonprofit Printing 3d Custom Prosthetics, Mark D. Weinstein

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Connor Hart, a Cedarville freshman mechanical engineering major from Loveland, Ohio, founded The Hands of Hope Foundation, in August 2018. The Hands of Hope Foundation is a nonprofit that empowers children with a limb difference by providing them with free 3D-printed prosthetics.

3d Technology Brings Hope To Student, Mark D. Weinstein

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Mallory Waayenberg likes to stay in shape. But when you’re born without a right forearm or hand, going to the gym becomes a difficult proposition. However, four Cedarville University mechanical engineering students are designing an attachment for her prosthetic arm that will allow Waayenberg to perform weight-bearing exercises with both of her arms.

These Boats Travel At “Light Speed” In Engineering Competition, Mark D. Weinstein

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On June 5-9, Cedarville will host the Collegiate Championship of Solar Boating, also known as Solar Splash, in the lake at Champions Park at the Clark County Fairground in Springfield, Ohio. This is the fifth and final year that Cedarville University will host the competition. About 20 teams from universities in Puerto Rico, Canada and all over the U.S. will compete.

Cedarville’S “Shark” Car Heading To Michigan, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cedarville University mechanical engineering students will debut their new “shark” car June 7-8 at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Supermileage competition.

Invention Or Demolition? It’S A Fine Line In Engineering Challenge, Mark D. Weinstein

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A softball dropped from two stories and crashed into almost 200 popsicle sticks? Sounds like demolition, rather than competition. But two Cedarville professors have figured out a way to push student learning through this constructive, and potentially destructive, exercise in physics.

Dr. Cherish Lesko, adjunct professor of engineering, and Dr. Thomas Thompson, professor of mechanical engineering, are running this annual event, the crowning activity of their dynamics course. This year, it will be held Friday, April 13, in Cedarville’s engineering and science building atrium at 3 p.m.

Tudents Fly With Success; Place Fourth Behind Georgia Tech In Aero Design Competition, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cedarville University mechanical engineering seniors brought their newly designed remote control (RC) airplane to the Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) International Aero Design East Competition in Lakeland, Florida, on March 9-11. The team finished fourth in the international competition.

Cedarville University Prof’S E-Bicycle Featured On Pbs Television Show, Mark D. Weinstein

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Jay Kinsinger, associate professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering, will be featured this spring in an episode of the PBS series for do-it-yourselfers, “The American Woodshop.” The episode will cover the design and construction of Kinsinger’s walnut wood e-bicycle.

Solar Panel Array Saves Money, Provides Hands-On Engineering Experience, Mark D. Weinstein

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Ten percent of all annual energy used by Cedarville University — the energy that powers the foaming machines at its coffee shop, charges students’ laptops in the residence halls and allows worship music to play through the speakers at chapel — comes from Cedarville’s solar array located just southwest of campus. This eco-friendly array saves money, encourages engineering research and fosters community between the university and the Village of Cedarville.

Cardboard Canoes Hit The Water For Homecoming Weekend, Mark D. Weinstein

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The air might be turning colder, but for Cedarville University students competing in the annual cardboard canoe challenge, swimming is still a distinct possibility.

In what has become a popular homecoming weekend tradition, the 25th annual cardboard canoe race brings the campus community together to watch how students navigate Cedar Lake in their cardboard-built canoes. The event this year will be held on Friday, Oct. 6 at 3 p.m.

Engineering Students Building "Shark" Supermileage Car, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cedarville University will return to the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Supermileage competition for the first time since 2010. And they’re bringing a new car.

The competition, to be held in Marshall, Michigan, isn't until June 2018. However, Cedarville's engineering students are already working on its new car. The engineering students are expected to create a mock up (mold) of the cars' body by September 30, with the completion date of the supermileage car in December 2017.

New Civil Engineering Degree Approved, Will Start Fall 2018, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cedarville University will have a new civil engineering major starting with the 2018-2019 school year. Civil engineering will be the fifth major in Cedarville’s School of Engineering and Computer Science. Currently, students can pursue computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering.

Cedarville University Anticipates Adding Civil Engineering, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cedarville University’s School of Engineering and Computer Science will introduce a new civil engineering major for the 2018-2019 school year, pending approval by the Higher Education Commission.

Cedarville Supermileage Cars Take The . . . Yellow Ribbon, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cedarville University’s supermileage cars have rolled to top finishes in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas, received accolades from NASCAR drivers and earned a spot at the Detroit Auto Show. But this is the first time they’ve been awarded a yellow ribbon at the biggest show in Ohio.

Cedarville Boat Team Aims For Third Solar Splash Championship, Mark D. Weinstein

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The World Solar Splash Competition will return to the Miami Valley June 7-11 at the Clark County Fairgrounds. Cedarville University, the defending 2016 overall champion, will host the 23rd annual event that features solar and electric boats built by college students.

Cedarville Grad Helps Build Winning Race Cars, Mark D. Weinstein

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Gordon Austin dreamed of working with race cars since the sixth grade, but it wasn’t until his freshman year at Cedarville University that he realized his dream could become reality. Austin, a 2016 Cedarville mechanical engineering graduate, is an electrical engineer at Richard Childress Racing (RCR).

Cedarville Engineers Soar In Florida, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cedarville’s aero design team soared against international and U.S. squads during the SAE Aero Design East competition in Lakeland, Florida, this spring. Cedarville placed third among U.S. teams and scored a second-place finish in the presentation category among all 16 teams in the contest.

Research Leads Engineering Student To Med School, Mark D. Weinstein

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Most people do not associate engineering with health care, but for Cedarville University student Derek Renner, his mechanical engineering degree gave him a gateway to medical school.

Renner, a senior from St. Marys, West Virginia, recently learned he was admitted to West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.

Engineering Students Seek Maximum Miles On World Stage, Mark D. Weinstein

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Engineering students from Cedarville University will compete in the 11th annual Shell Eco-marathon Americas on April 27-30 in Detroit. Cedarville is one of the few schools that has participated in the international fuel-efficiency, supermileage car competition every year it has been offered for teams in North and South America.

Nuclear Engineering Program Marks 10th Anniversary, Rebecca Jones

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Ten years ago, Virginians who wanted to study nuclear engineering at the graduate level had to leave the state to do so. But then VCU, with support from Dominion Resources, started a program whose hallmark has been its ability to balance theory and application in its approach to nuclear engineering education.