Department of

Engineering

Events, Activities and News

Alumnus and Senior Receive Graduate School Awards

Two students from Union’s Department of Engineering have received exciting news in recent days! Matt Bentley, who graduated in May of 2015 and is currently a graduate student in environmental engineering at the University of Colorado, was awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, a three-year award that pays an annual stipend plus an education allowance for tuition and fees. Chelsea Johnson, who will graduate in May of 2016 and plans to study aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech, was awarded the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, another three-year award that also pays an annual stipend plus an education allowance. Both awards are highly competitive.

According to the website for the NSF Fellowship: “The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions. As the oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the GRFP has a long history of selecting recipients who achieve high levels of success in their future academic and professional careers. The reputation of the GRFP follows recipients and often helps them become life-long leaders that contribute significantly to both scientific innovation and teaching.”

According to the website for the NDSEG Fellowship: “As a means of increasing the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance, the Department of Defense (DoD) plans to award approximately 200 new three-year graduate fellowships in April 2016, subject to the availability of funds. The DoD will offer these fellowships to individuals who have demonstrated the ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering.”

The Department of Engineering is delighted to celebrate this accomplishment with two of our outstanding students, and we wish them the best as they continue their studies.

Spring 2016 Seminar Series

Mark your calendars and plan to join us for these three seminars! This seminar series is a special one, as all of our speakers are (or will be) graduates of Union’s engineering program.

• Thursday, February 25, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., PAC A-9
  Chelsea Johnson, Class of 2016
  Chelsea will present her discipline-specific honors research, including her related REU work at the University of Alabama.
• Thursday, March 10, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., PAC A-9
  Zack Jackson, Class of 2010
  Zack will present the viewpoint of an entrepreneur from his work as President of Devis3D Designs in Jackson, Tennessee.
• Monday, April 11, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., PAC A-9
  Will Trautman, Class of 2009
  Will will present perspectives from his work as a Senior Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin in Huntsville, Alabama.

Spring 2016 Activities

Help us celebrate National Engineers Week at Union University – Feb. 22^nd – 26^th with the following on-campus activities:

• Wednesday 2/24: Interactive engineering display in the main PAC hallway before and after chapel
• Thursday 2/25: 4:00 in A-9 - Engineering Seminar - Chelsea Johnson, one of our senior engineering students will be presenting her Honors Project research, which she conducted during an REU at the University of Alabama and presented at the ACS conference in Boston last November. This presentation will also include a general overview of REU summer research experiences
• Friday 2/26: 1:30-2:30 - Engineering Week reception in the PIT

Spring 2015 Activities

TEA Experience Café
Our department is hosting a "TEA Experience Café" Thursday, 4/23, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in Harvey Auditorium. What is "TEA," you ask? It stands for Themed Entertainment Association, an organization described on its own website as "the international non-profit association representing the world’s leading creators, developers, designers and producers of compelling places and experiences." In other words, think Disneyworld. :-) It should be an interesting and fun presentation. We hope to have students join us from several departments around campus. Refreshments will be served. LEARN MORE

Fall 2014 Activities

As part of Union Night on Saturday Sept 27. on the Great Lawn, students in EGR 101 competed in a large scale game of Angry Birds. Students have designed and constructed angry bird launchers during the last month of classes. The competition started at 6pm on the Great Lawn in front of White Hall Saturday, Sept 27th.

Engineering Seminar
Dr. Pingen discussed his current research at the first monthly engineering seminar of the semester on 9/29. The title of his talk was: “The Long Path from Theory to Application: 19th Century Ludwig Boltzmann in Modern Day Engineering” Date: Monday September 29 Time: 10:00 am – 10:50 am Location: PAC A-9

Homecoming Weekend
Union University’s Engineering Department Alumni dinner was held on Friday, November 7th, during Homecoming Weekend. We met at the Flat Iron Grille to honor engineering graduates of the last ten years, with a special focus on the ten-year anniversary of our first graduating class – the memorable Class of 2005!