Mines Seniors Take Environmental Clean Water Project from Design to Installation
Two Mines students, Christian
Heinrich and Joshua Fleming, in front of part of a water flow regulation and
measurement system called a weir that they designed and found funding to build
and install. The system, which is part of Trinity Eco Prayer Park in Rapid
City, helps protect water quality in Rapid Creek.
Three
South
Dakota Mines seniors
didn’t want their final design project to be just an academic exercise to cap
their engineering degrees. They wanted to see the project built, installed and
making a difference in the community. Civil engineering majors Joshua Fleming,