T.J. Smull College of Engineering
Biggs Engineering Building
525 South Main St.
Ada, OH 45810
Phone: 419-772-2371
Email: engineering@onu.edu
Dr. Robert W. Ward, associate professor of civil engineering at Ohio Northern University and chief advisor to the Ohio Iota Chapter of the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi, is the 2011 Tau Beta Pi National Outstanding Advisor. He will be honored on Oct. 29, 2011, at the organization’s annual convention in Indianapolis, Ind. Tau Beta Pi President Dr. Larry A. Simonson, P.E., will present $1,000 and a commemorative plaque to Ward. Another $1,000 grant will be presented to the Ohio...
Dr. Ken Reid, director of first-year engineering and director of engineering education, and Courtney Hetrick, a senior electrical engineering major from Frazeysburg, Ohio, presented “An Innovative Interdisciplinary Project: Engineering and Nursing” at the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, held June 26-29 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Sue Montenery, assistant professor of nursing, was a co-author on the paper.Reid also co-presented “Enhancing the...
Dr. John K. Estell, professor of computer engineering and computer science, was the lead author of two papers, and co-author of a third, presented at the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, held June 26-29 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Estell co-presented the paper, “Mentoring with Index Cards: An Early Introduction to Formative Assessment for New Faculty,” with Dr. Nathaniel Bird, assistant professor of computer science and computer...
Dr. Nathaniel Bird, assistant professor of computer science and computer engineering, was invited to present his paper, “Use of the Arduino Platform for a Junior-Level Undergraduate Microprocessors Course,” at the Best of Computers in Education Division session held on June 27 at the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Bird’s paper was one of five selected for this honor
Ohio Northern University made its fourth national appearance representing the North Central Conference at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2011 National Concrete Canoe Competition in Evansville, Ind., from June 16-18. The team qualified for nationals by placing second at the regional competition this spring. Each year, 23 teams qualify for nationals.Competing teams are judged in five areas: the overall competition, a technical paper about their canoe, a presentation, the...
Eleven undergraduate students from Ohio Northern University have been selected to participate in the Hanyang University Summer Program for 2011.These students, who leave June 23, will spend four weeks in summer studies at Hanyang University in South Korea. Students from each of the University’s four undergraduate colleges have received fellowships for 2011. In addition, two exchange students also have been chosen for the program.This is the fifth year for the exchange agreement between...
University unveils plans to launch one of nation’s first undergraduate degrees in Engineering Education Ada, OH –Today the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University announced that it will offer a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Education beginning in the fall of 2011.The degree program will be the first of its kind in Ohio and one of the first in the nation. The program directly addresses the need to develop a new generation of high school students who can...
Ohio Northern University has been awarded a grant from Husky Energy to support the Multiple Intelligence (MI) Ready College Preparedness program. As one of the activities honoring 125 years of refinery operations in Lima, Ohio, ONU received the grant at the Allen County Museum on June 12.A partnership program between Ohio Northern University and Lima Senior High School of Multiple Intelligences, the MI Ready College Preparedness Program focuses on helping students prepare for and...
Michael David Krak, a Senecaville, Ohio, native who graduated from Ohio Northern University in 2011 with a degree in mechanical engineering, was awarded a graduate fellowship from Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, for the 2011-12 year.Krak, the son of Cheryl and David Krak, will receive a cash stipend of $10,000 to pursue graduate work at Ohio State University. He plans to pursue a doctorate degree in mechanical engineering with a focus on vibration analysis.Tau Beta Pi Fellowships...
Ohio Northern University’s T.J. Smull College of Engineering received two separate grants from the Ohio Space Grant Consortium (OSGC) to fund a summer research project and to participate in a national aeronautic design competition.Funded through NASA, OSGC seeks to promote education and industry in aeronautics in Ohio. OSGC awarded ONU’s College of Engineering with a fund for a summer student research project in computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The proposal for this project was submitted by...
