MARION, Ohio â This yearâs Trine University combat robot team faced a difficult choice: whether to take their senior design project to the competition it was designed for, or participate in Commencement.
The team found out the National Robotics Challenge was scheduled for May 8, the same day as commencement, about a month before both events were scheduled to occur.
âWe were really conflicted,â said Devin Britt, a mechanical engineering major from Millersburg, Ohio, who was part of the team. âWe really wanted to see our senior design project through to the end, but we had worked hard for four years to graduate. My parents were coming to commencement.â
ANGOLA â Thirty-four seniors in Trine Universityâs Allen School of Engineering & Technology were inducted into the Order of the Engineer during a Wednesday ceremony.
The Order of the Engineer was initiated in the United States to foster a spirit of pride and responsibility in the engineering profession, to bridge the gap between training and experience, and to present to the public a visible symbol identifying the engineer. The Order of the Engineer is an association for graduate and professional engineers in the United States that emphasizes pride and responsibility in the engineering profession. It was inspired by the success of The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer, a similar and much older Canadian ceremony, and is a common presence in American engineering schools.