February 23, 2018
Trine University's Allen School of Engineering and Technology hosted several competitions between engineering departments to celebrate 2018 National Engineers Week, Feb. 19-23. Contests included an "Oreo Face" competition, where students wiggled an Oreo cookie from their forehead to their mouth using only facial and neck muscles, as well as Foundry Night, drone races, an Elvis Dancer competition, videos, banners, Jenga and Giant Skee Ball.
The Jim and Joan Bock Biomedical Engineering Department was declared the winner in a closing ceremony Friday, Feb. 23, in Fabiani Theatre.
Photos by Dean Orewiler
Mitch Daniels, former governor of the state of Indiana and former president of Purdue University, shared advice with graduates he said were entering a world he described as “the most promising and most uncertain and treacherous” as Trine University held Commencement ceremonies on May 2.
Michaela Doiron hopes to one day design prosthetics for children or veterans, and the Trine University biomedical engineering major has made two big strides toward that dream.
Trine University’s annual Trine Day, a celebration of the university as well as an opportunity to support its mission, set records for number of donors and funds raised, bringing in more than $160,000 for scholarships, academic and athletic needs, and student organizations.