Twin Cities TV station KSTP features Dunwoody Electrical Program’s outreach to Centennial Elementary School students.
Check out Software Engineering in Action. By using simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), Software Engineering student Donald Posterick has created a mapping navigation system for the robot he had a hand in designing and building. The robot can be placed anywhere within the map’s boundaries and know its location in seconds with over 98 percent confidence.
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Addressing the Engineering Skills Gap
Project-focused, collaborative, and designed for industry Most U.S. companies project that their engineering department will need to grow over the next five to 10 years. In fact, data from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development lists engineering fields as some of the highest growth occupations. Those projections estimate that by 2026 employment openings […]
If you were to ask Steve Reinarts, Dean of Dunwoody’s Automotive programs, why he was especially happy last week, he would quickly tell you that the season of giving came early for his department. Delivering that gift was Meg Miller, Matt Carlson and Tim Stoesz, representatives from Luther Automotive Group, in the form of a 2012 GMC Sierra […]
Senior Mechanical Engineering student Benjamin Larsen has many different skills and interests. That’s due, in part, to his childhood in Florida where he was always tinkering with things in his family’s garage or in the woods near his house. But it also reflects growing up in a family with parents and siblings who also have […]
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Pursuing Passions
Pursuing Passions from Dunwoody College on Vimeo. Keep an eye out for our very own Logan Brandes during the Minnesota Vikings games. He’s a member of the Minnesota Vikings Skol Line and can be seen playing outside U.S. Bank Stadium pre-game as well as during the game. While drumming is a passion of his, so […]
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From the industry to the classroom
Andrew Hoitink’s career as a Mechanical Engineer has included some fascinating projects – ranging from the virtual to the microscopic. As a lab assistant during College he helped build finite element software used for dynamic contact/impact simulations at the Army High Performance Computing Research Center. And as a Research and Development Engineer for Intel, he […]
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Secret agent style
Bachelor of Architecture student designs James Bond inspired home Who hasn’t dreamed of the secret agent life filled with gadgets, a jet-setting lifestyle and an Aston Martin in the garage. Part of that fantasy could be realized thanks to the vision and design skills of Dunwoody Architecture student Austin Rastall and his instructor Kerrik Wessel. […]