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 chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) captured fifth place at the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) East competition at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich., from April 26-28.The top five finishers in the competition were Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of Toronto, Kansas State University, and Ohio Northern University.Human-powered transport is often the only type...
Ohio Northern Engineering micromouse team captured third place at the Region 2 IEEE-Student Activities Conference hosted by University of West Virginia in Morgantown on April 20. Region 2 covers Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, southern New Jersey, Ohio (except Toledo), Pennsylvania, northern Virginia, and West Virginia.In a micromouse robotics competition, teams construct an autonomous robotic “mouse” that navigates to the center of a random maze from a specified corner in the...
The Ohio Northern University concrete canoe team captured second place at the 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers’ regional concrete canoe contest at Michigan Technological University, April 5-7. The second-place finish qualifies the ONU concrete canoe team to go to nationals held June 20-22 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.In the concrete canoe competition, Ohio Northern University competed against teams from Michigan Technological University, Western Michigan University...
The Ohio Northern University Baja SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) team finished second overall at the Tennessee Tech Baja SAE Collegiate Design Series held April 18-21 at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tenn. The event featured approximately 100 colleges and university teams and was sponsored by Tennessee Tech.ONU's Baja SAE team.In addition to its second-place finish, the ONU team garnered third place in the four-hour endurance race, sixth place in the suspension and...
Ohio Northern University celebrates its annual Honors Day program on Saturday, April 27, from 8:15 a.m. until 5 p.m.This year’s Honors Day continues the rich tradition of ONU’s colleges and departments recognizing students and faculty members for scholarly achievement and service to the University community. More than 40 undergraduate academic departments and honor societies will present awards and induct new members.The T.J. Smull College of Engineering will mark the 43rd year of its...
Saturday, April 6 • 7 p.m. • King HornStudents from Ohio Northern University’s T.J. Smull College of Engineering have created a team of robotic football players to compete in the fifth annual University of Notre Dame robotic football competition on Saturday, April 6, at 7 p.m. in the Ohio Northern University King Horn Sports Center. The event is free and open to the public.As part of their senior capstone project during the 2012-13 academic year, a team of ONU students manufactured 12...
Ohio Northern University’s T.J. Smull College of Engineering honored Dr. O. Glenn Smith and Keng Siang-Lim with Distinguished Alumni Awards on Feb. 25.At ONU, Smith was a member of Sigma Xi, Alpha Sigma Phi, Tau Beta Pi and Kappa Kappa Psi. He played varsity baseball, basketball and golf and was elected to ONU’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. After graduating from Northern in 1956 with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, Smith earned his Master of Science and then a Ph.D. (both in...
Keng-Siang Lim, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of NextLabs, will be the featured speaker for the Ohio Northern University College of Engineering’s Spotts Lecture in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m.His speech, “Globalize and Innovate: Making of the 2020 Era Engineer,” is free and open to the public.As CEO of NextLabs, Lim is responsible for the company’s vision, leadership, strategic direction and successful growth. NextLabs is the...
Grants to fund teaching and learning, live theatre and application of engineering education have been received by ONU.Forrest Clingerman, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy and religion, has received a $15,400 grant from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion for a project titled “Fostering Research Programs in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Religion and Theology.” The intent of the project is to develop...
