T.J. Smull College of Engineering
Biggs Engineering Building
525 South Main St.
Ada, OH 45810
Phone: 419-772-2371
Email: engineering@onu.edu
Ohio Northern University’s Baja Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) team finished first overall at the 2012 Winter Baja competition Feb. 18, 2012, in Lake Linden, Mich.Hosted by Michigan Technological University, the 2012 Winter Baja featured 48 cars from schools such as Virginia Tech, the Univiversity of Michigan, and South Dakota School of Mines. Although a relative lack of snow made track obstacles smaller this year, race organizers compensated by incorporating a half-acre skating rink...
Ohio Northern University’s T.J. Smull College of Engineering will host the 2012 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) North Central Section Conference on Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24.The two-day event is dedicated to all disciplines of engineering education. It is committed to fostering the exchange of ideas, enhancing teaching methods and curriculum, and providing prime networking opportunities for engineering and technology education stakeholders such as deans, faculty...
An Advanced Energy Concentration opportunity is now available for mechanical, electrical or computer engineering students.As the world strives to meet an increasing demand for energy with dwindling natural resources, and a graying workforce, the need for engineers focused on energy-related issues rapidly increases.To help address this need, Ohio Northern University has developed an Advanced Energy Concentration that builds on a foundation of strong fundamentals within the chosen discipline and...
Ohio Northern University will host 23 area high schools and nearly 500 students for the annual TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) engineering competition in ONU Sports Center on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 9 a.m.The TEAMS competition helps students, in grades nine through 12, discover their potential for engineering. These students use math, science and 21st-century learning skillsto solve real everyday working challenges. The 2012 competition focuses on the “Grand...
Ohio Northern University’s T.J. Smull College of Engineering honored David Weir with its Distinguished Alumni Award on Feb. 13. Weir, who has devoted his life to engineering, is the third recipient of the award, which was established in 2010.The third of four generations to attend ONU, Weir received his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from ONU in 1959. Early in his career, Weir served as the assistant county engineer of Ashtabula, Ohio, and was elected the county engineer of Ashtabula...
Ohio Northern University has received a Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) grant from the Kern Family Foundation to support “Saturating the Ohio Northern University Undergraduate Engineering Student Experience with the Entrepreneurial Mindset,” under the supervision of Dr. John-David Yoder, professor and chair of mechanical engineering, and Dr. Robert Kleine, associate professor of marketing.
This grant supports ongoing University efforts to cultivate the entrepreneurial mindset in...
Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration was awarded a grant from the Robert P. Ashlock Memorial Program, funded through Assurex Global and administered by The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation to develop a risk management and insurance (RMI) major.Ohio Northern is planning to introduce the new major to address the increasing demand for jobs in the emerging risk management field. The funds, totaling $5,000 from the foundation, will be used to...
Drs. J.D. Yoder, professor and chair of mechanical engineering, and Robert Kleine, associate professor of marketing, are the recipients of a $444,580 KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network) grant from the Kern Family Foundation.This grant supports continued work to integrate the educational experience for ONU students with the entrepreneurial mindset. The project includes: continued development of entrepreneurial mindset education efforts at ONU, improving outcomes-...
Dr. Kenneth J. Reid, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of freshman engineering, and Dr. John K. Estell, professor of computer engineering and computer science, are co-authors of an invited article recently published in the International Journal of Engineering Education.Titled "Incorporation of Poverty Alleviation in Third World Countries in a First-Year Engineering Capstone Course," the article discusses the incorporation of a culminating design project...
Kevin E. Bennet, chairman of the Division of Engineering, assistant professor of neurologic surgery, and co-director of the Neural Engineering Laboratory at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., will be the featured speaker for the Ohio Northern University Spotts Lecture in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. His speech, “Engineering Medical Miracles at Mayo Clinic,” is free and open to the public. The Mayo Clinic’s Division of...
