February 22, 2019
Trine University held its second annual Engineers Week competitions Feb. 18-21, with the Jim and Joan Bock Department of Biomedical Engineering once again taking top honors. Second place went to the Reiners Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and third place went to the Dr. John J. McKetta Jr. Department of Chemical Engineering.
Allison McCrady, a biomedical engineering major, won the prize drawing for an Apple watch at the closing ceremonies.
National Engineers Week (Eweek) was founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951 to increase the understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers. Eweek occurs every year in February during the week that contains the actual date of President George Washington’s birthday (Feb. 22). Washington was as surveyor prior to his military and political career, and is sometimes referred to as the first engineer of the United States.
The results of individual competitions were as follows:
Banner competition
First place - Design Engineering Technology
Second place - Chemical Engineering
Third place - Mechanical Engineering
Putt-putt
First place - Chemical Engineering
Second place - Biomedical Engineering
Third place - Civil Engineering
Hendry Park outreach event
First place - Mechanical Engineering
Second place - Civil Engineering
Third place - Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering (tie)
Giant skee-ball
First place - Civil Engineering
Second place - Chemical Engineering
Third place - Biomedical Engineering
Drone Race
First place - Electrical/Computer/Software Engineering
Second place - Biomedical Engineering
Third place - Chemical Engineering
Textbook toss
First place - Civil Engineering
Second place - Chemical Engineering
Third place - Biomedical Engineering
Oreo face-off
First place - Biomedical Engineering
Jenga
First place - Civil Engineering
Second place - Biomedical Engineering
Third place - Design Engineering Technology
Foundry Night
First place - Mechanical Engineering
Second place - Design Engineering Technology
Third place - Biomedical Engineering and Civil Engineering (tie)
Twenty-five Trine University students, along with high school students from Angola and Kendallville, learned how learned how drones aid law enforcement during a special presentation on Oct. 20.
At an event offered as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Trine University students not only learned about the issues surrounding domestic violence today, but took away insights on how to combat it in the future.
Trine University students, employees and members of the community will have the opportunity to play, watch and create characters for video and board games at the university’s Art of Games event.