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Dean Michael Jensen and former BYU Engineering faculty David Arnold named Entrepreneur of the Year® finalists by Ernst & Young

September 19, 2020 04:13 PM
Update 10/7/2020: Michael Jensen, dean of the BYU Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, along with his business partner, former BYU Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty member David Arnold, have been named Entrepreneur of the Year® region winners by Ernst & Young. Get the details about the win here.
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BYU Engineering wins high awards at Institute of Transportation Engineers Mountain District Conference

By Rachel Smith
September 16, 2020 01:30 PM
Two teams of BYU Civil Engineering students won first place in competitions at this year’s Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Mountain District Conference. Students competed in two competitions: the Traffic Bowl and the Kell Competition. Students Camille Lunt, Logan Bennett and Bruce Wang placed first in the Traffic Bowl. Natalie Gray, Sami Lau and Bruce Wang took first place in the Kell Competition. Second place of the Kell Competition was awarded to another BYU team, comprised of students Logan Bennett, Justin Hunter and Camille Lunt.
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U.S. Department of Transportation awards $1M grant to consortium including BYU

By Rachel Smith
September 07, 2020 01:30 PM
BYU, along with three other universities, will use the grant to research strategic implications of changing public transportation travel trends.
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BYU Capstone team develops the “impossible” to help therapists working with children diagnosed with autism

By Rachel Smith
August 07, 2020 05:40 PM
The team of Mechanical and Electrical and Computer Engineering students created a pair of glasses that displays in-lens animations to help with attentiveness and eye contact development.
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BYU Capstone team develops portable assisted person lift for the National Ability Center

By Rachel Smith
July 30, 2020 04:54 PM
A team of six BYU Mechanical Engineering students partnered with the National Ability Center (NAC) through the BYU Engineering Capstone program to design a portable lift to assist in moving people of varying abilities from a wheelchair to adapted sporting equipment. The NAC is a nonprofit located in Park City, UT that aims to empower individuals of different abilities to participate in a variety of recreational activities such as skiing, mountain biking, rock climbing and more.
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BYU students win Associated Schools of Construction Competition

By Rachel Smith
June 18, 2020 01:02 PM
Four of six BYU Construction Management teams won high awards at the national Associated Schools of Construction Competition (ASCC).
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BYU's Mixed Reality Lab teaches virtual and augmented reality

By Rachel Smith
May 12, 2020 01:25 PM
Many experts believe that mixed reality systems will eventually be used in nearly every facet of our lives. BYU's Mixed Reality Lab allows students to explore both augmented reality and virtual reality systems and design mixed reality experiences.
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BYU College of Engineering New Student Retreat 2020

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Saturday, September 19
Sat. Sept 19 | Online Event
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BYU Manufacturing Engineering graduate publishes honors thesis on novel recycling methods for composites

By Rachel Smith
April 29, 2020 03:31 PM
Matt Jacobs graduated this month with a B.S. in Manufacturing Engineering Technology and a minor in Environmental Science. Combining his fields of study, he completed an Honors thesis titled “Novel Methods for Composites Recycling Via Pyrolysis.”
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BYU Chemical Engineering awarded national nuclear energy research scholarships

By Rachel Smith
April 28, 2020 11:37 AM
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that BYU would be among the 32 colleges and universities receiving funding from the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP). BYU is nationally recognized for nuclear energy research, so this isn't the first award students and faculty have received in the field of study. Earlier this year, a team of BYU Chemical Engineering professors received another $800k grant to continue research in clean energy with molten salt reactors.
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BYU team wins first place in Lockheed Martin Ethics in Engineering Case Competition

By Rachel Smith
April 08, 2020 12:00 PM
The Weidman Center-sponsored team won first place in the competition for the second year in a row, maintaining their reputation of excellence in ethics.
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BYU College of Engineering earns a spot on 2020 list of Top 25 Best Value Engineering Programs

By Rachel Smith
April 03, 2020 12:59 PM
Value Colleges released its annual rankings for Best Value Engineering Programs. BYU earned the 11th spot, right behind Purdue University.
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BYU College of Engineering earns spot on U.S. News & World Report "Best Grad Schools" list

By Rachel Smith
March 23, 2020 12:09 PM
U.S. News & World Report recently announced the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering earned a spot on its annual “Best Graduate Schools” list along with BYU's Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering graduate programs.
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BYU professors receive shared $2M NSF grant for soft robotics research

By Rachel Smith
March 09, 2020 04:39 PM
BYU Mechanical Engineering faculty Marc Killpack and BYU Computer Science faculty David Wingate have received a $2 million shared grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities (EFMA) grant will be shared with the University of Tulsa faculty Michael Keller, Joshua Shultz and his biological robotics team.
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Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering receives national recognition from GradReports

By Rachel Smith
March 09, 2020 02:00 PM
The Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering houses two programs that have received national rankings in engineering departments.
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Clyde Companies donate $300k to BYU Engineering professorship

By Rachel Smith
March 06, 2020 05:05 PM
The $300,000 donation will support education in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction and Facilities Management within the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering.
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10th annual SIOY tackles roofing, insulin, satellites, and more

March 01, 2020 05:40 PM
Former Shark Tank competitors awarded $50,000 in prizes throughout 2020 Student Innovator of the Year competition
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New Degrees: Manufacturing Engineering

By Rachel Smith
February 21, 2020 08:00 AM
The Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering added Manufacturing Engineering undergraduate and graduate degree programs during the fall semester of 2019. It will now be the only university regionally that has both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Manufacturing Engineering. Formerly known as Manufacturing Engineering Technology, the new program is opening doors for students interested in a variety of areas.
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