John Hull, BSCE ’75, has been named the 2010 City of Toledo Engineer of the Year.
Presented by the Toledo Society of Professional Engineers and the Technical Society of Toledo, the award recognizes the dedication and accomplishments of Hull, a leader in environmental engineering.
A native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Hull received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Ohio Northern before receiving a master’s degree in civil engineering from Stanford University.
He returned to Ohio to...
Ohio Northern University received the 2009 Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) Most Improved Institution Award at the KEEN conference held in Orlando, Fla., from Jan. 6-8.
The award was given to ONU “in recognition of the institution as demonstrating the greatest change to align with KEEN goals.” One long-term goal for KEEN is to encourage newly graduated engineers to enter the workforce with the intent to foster economic and technical commerce within their communities.
KEEN also...
The Ohio Northern University T.J. Smull College of Engineering is set to lead a new educational initiative to develop and implement an advanced energy curriculum program with the support of an American Electric Power (AEP) Foundation grant. Representatives from AEP and the AEP Foundation will present the grant award to representatives from Ohio Northern University on Dec. 21 at 11:30 a.m.This $500,000 grant allows Ohio Northern to develop the program over a three-year period and addresses AEP...
Ohio Northern University engineering and computer science students will participate in the 34th annual IBM-sponsored Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC). ONU will send six students to the University of Cincinnati to participate in the regional competition on Oct. 31.
Tens of thousands of students from 83 countries and six continents will compete in regional competitions around the world. The top 100 teams from these regional contests...
Ohio Northern University welcomes high school seniors to campus for a series of three October open houses beginning on Oct. 3. Prospective students will learn about specific Ohio Northern programs, meet with current students, faculty and staff, and attend informational admissions and financial aid sessions. A complimentary lunch and campus tour will also be provided.
On Oct. 3, The T.J. Smull College of Engineering will hold open houses along with the ONU Performing and Visual Arts Open House...
The Kern Foundation has awarded Dr. J.D. Yoder, Ohio Northern University professor of mechanical engineering, a KEEN III grant to expand ONU's entrepreneurship efforts directed at undergraduate engineering students of the T.J. Smull College of Engineering.
The $75,000 grant will fund "The ONU Engineering Experience: 2005-2015," whose primary goal is to develop the College of Engineering with an entrepreneurial mindset.
Yoder said, "We are grateful to the Kern Family...
Ohio Northern University's bachelor's degree programs in civil, computer, electrical and mechanical engineering have been re-accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET Inc., and the computer science program was accredited for the very first time by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET Inc., the recognized accreditor of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering and technology. ABET accreditation demonstrates a program's...
The Ohio Fuel Cell Coalition (OFCC), in conjunction with the Ohio Northern University T. J. Smull College of Engineering and the Ohio Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Center, will conduct a fuel cell forum at The Inn at ONU on Friday, Aug. 21, at 9 a.m.
Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE), this two-hour event will discuss hydrogen and fuel cell technology in Ohio and its role in the state's economy. It also will focus on the developing opportunities associated with hydrogen...
Eight undergraduate students from Ohio Northern University have been selected for Hanyang University Summer Program Fellowships for 2009.These students are spending four weeks in summer studies at Hanyang University in South Korea followed by a one-week trip to China.
Two students from each of the University's four undergraduate colleges have receiving fellowships for 2009. Selected from the College of Business Administration were Travis Edington, a sophomore in accounting from Thompson's...
The Ohio Northern University concrete canoe team secured 13th place overall in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2009 national competition in Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 11-13. The team of 14 qualified for the national competition after winning first place overall at the regional competition at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Mich., in April. Competing teams traveled from across the United States and parts of Canada to the national event.
This year marks the third year that...


















