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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.