March 05, 2018
Michael Galbraith, director of the Road to One Million for the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership, right, presents a check to Trine University President Earl D. Brooks II, Ph.D., for the remainder of the $2.8 million in Regional Cities Initiative funding from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation for the Thunder Ice Arena and MTI Center. The university received the first installment last year.
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation approved the funding following a recommendation from the Northeast Indiana Regional Development Authority. The Northeast Indiana RDA is responsible for distributing $42 million in funds granted to the 11-county region through Indiana’s Regional Cities Initiative.
Photo by Dean Orewiler
Taleb Al-theanat works in the energy sector and is seeing that industry being transformed by artificial intelligence, renewable energy and evolving market dynamics.
Alence Poudel had a strong civil engineering background but saw the need for wider expertise in his work. Seeing missed opportunities to use data to solve increasingly complex infrastructure challenges, Alence enrolled in Trine University’s Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program.
Sabina Minta-Jacobs enrolled in Trine University’s Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) program to gain expertise in areas relevant to her field.