Inspire, Fall 2003

10 Fall 2003 increase the payloads to find out which plane can carry the most. Points are awarded for the quality of the teams’ written papers and oral presentations, the amount of weight each plane carries, and how closely teams predict the weight their plane will carry given the weather conditions. To successfully compete, the planes must take off in less than 200 feet, circle the field at least once, and then land in a 400-foot zone. At the West event, held in Palmdale, California, the brothers’ 5.25-pound plane was able to carry a 23-pound load. This, combined with their high scores in other areas of the competition, put them in first place. The brothers’ scores topped the results of schools such as UCLA, RIT, Michigan Tech, University of Akron, and other institutions from around the world. In addition to student achievements, Dr. Clint Kohl, associate professor of electrical engineering, received the American Association of Engineering Educators (ASEE) 2003 Outstanding Teacher Award for the North Central Section. The North Central Section includes Ohio, Michigan, western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. He is the first Cedarville professor to receive the ASEE Outstanding Teacher recognition. What’s Up in Engineering? In another year of service, innovation, and awards, here are just a few of the accomplishments of the Elmer W. Engstrom Department of Engineering. Two teams of Cedarville mechanical engineering students kept busy this past year designing two prosthetic arms. The arms were for ten-year-old Jaclyn Barker of Beavercreek, Ohio, who was born missing her right forearm. After two and a half years of playing the violin with a prosthesis, Jaclyn needed to have better control over moving the bow. So, Cedarville University engineering students went to work! The two teams presented Jaclyn with two prosthetic arms; she will eventually decide which one to use for violin-playing once she has had time to practice with them. In May, a Cedarville mechanical engineering team won the grand prize in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aero Design® West competition. This is the first time that a Cedarville team has taken the grand prize in Aero Design®. The team was all the more special in that it was a family effort —the team members were brothers Brian ’03 and Nathan Foote of Issaquah, Washington. In Aero Design®, students design and build radio controlled model planes that can fly with a moderate amount of added weight. The students incrementally Did You ALSO Know? Cedarville University welcomed its largest class ever in Fall 2003 as approximately 815 freshmen arrived on campus. A record number of African-American and Hispanic students were a part of this group. Cedarville’s enrollment now stands at more than 3,000. Did You ALSO Know? Cedarville University has recently been named to two prestigious college guides: the 2004-2005 edition of Peterson’s Competitive Colleges and the premier edition of The Princeton Review’s The Best Midwestern Colleges: 150 Great Schools to Consider. Did You Know? Did You Know?