T.J. Smull College of Engineering
Biggs Engineering Building
525 South Main St.
Ada, OH 45810
Phone: 419-772-2371
Email: engineering@onu.edu
The Ohio Northern University construction estimating team finished second at the ninth annual Ohio Contractors Association (OCA) Estimating Competition in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 27-28.
This marks the second consecutive year that ONU has placed as one of the top two schools in this competition. Last year, ONU captured first.
Thomas Zechman, visiting professor of civil engineering and the team’s advisor said, “The entire faculty at Ohio Northern is incredibly proud of our team this year. It is...
After four years of planning, Ohio Northern is now offering the Continuous Achievement Scholarship to one student in each undergraduate college.
A joint venture of the Office of Financial Aid and Student Senate, the Continuous Achievement Scholarship will recognize students based on academic improvement from high school to college and commitment to improving the University community through leadership activities.
This is the only scholarship at ONU to recognize students for academic and...
Three civil engineering students: Nathan Bair, a senior from Upper Sandusky, Ohio; Joel Metzker, a junior from Sunbury, Ohio; and Justin Stone, a senior from Burton, Ohio, have been awarded the Flexible Pavement of Ohio Scholarships of $1,000 each, for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Flexible Pavements of Ohio is an association for the development, improvement and achievement of quality asphalt pavement construction in Ohio. Each year is provides 25 to 30 scholarship awards to Ohio students....
The senior capstone project by four ONU civil engineering students, all now 2008 graduates, has won first prize in the 2009 Student Structural Design Competition, sponsored by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
The students won for their capstone project: "Design for a Swinging Bridge on the Buckeye Trail's Miami and Erie Canal Towpath." They are Christopher Shearer of Strongsville, Ohio, now a graduate student at...
Mike Neal, a junior mechanical engineering major from Shreve, Ohio, was
one of the 24 students chosen by the Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE) International to participate in its fifth-annual Leadership
Development Program.
SAE International, a global association that consists of more than
121,000 engineers and related technical experts, conducted the
leadership program Jan 21-23 in conjunction with its Section Officers
Leadership Seminar in Orlando, Fla.
According to an SAE press...
Dr. Steven W. Squyres, Goldwin Smith professor of astronomy at Cornell University and principal investigator for the science payload on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover project, will speak on "Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and Exploration of the Red Planet" as part of Ohio Northern University's Spotts Lecture Series in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 16.
The event is free and open to the public.
Squyres will discuss the past, present and...
Tim Mathile, president and CEO of Franklin Brazing, will discuss "Lessons Learned the Hard Way" in Ohio Northern University's Dicke Forum on Monday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m.
Presented by the ONU Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team, this event is free and open to the public.
Mathile will discuss his path as an entrepreneur after graduating from ONU with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering in 1987. He will provide students with insight on how to create and grow an idea...
Dr. Kamal T. Jabbour will discuss "Keeping Our Nation Safe from Cyber Attacks" in the Ohio Northern University T.J. Smull College of Engineering Biggs Building Room 236 on Jan. 13 at noon.
Jabbour, a senior scientist for the Information Assurance, Information Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, N.Y., will give a glimpse into what is happening in the cyber realm to protect the country against computer attacks. More than two million attacks occur every day...
An Ohio Department of Education (ODE) grant will make it possible for Ohio Northern University to host its annual Summer Honors Institute (SHI) for gifted and talented Ohio high school students. This grant marks the fifth consecutive year of the program.
ODE funding has increased from $50,000 in SHI's first year to $79,044 for 2009. These increases mirror the rising popularity of the Institute. In 2008, SHI hosted more than 225 students, a 50-student increase from 2007 and a more than...
The first CEO (Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization) Elevator Pitch Competition involved 11 student competitors from pharmacy, engineering, arts and sciences, and business administration in idea presentations lasting 90 seconds.
Five students were selected to go to a second competition round. The winners were Chris Corrado, a junior in marketing from Cincinnati, Ohio, for Underwater Putt-putt, and Jonathan Curry, a sophomore in management from Zanesville, Ohio, for Books Galore! They...
