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Dean's List

Dunwoody College of Technology Fall 2019 Semester Dean’s List

Congratulations to the 416 Dunwoody College students named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2019 semester!

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Student Competitions

Snowplow trophy boxes built in-house.

Alex Hall and Demian Troy, Pre-Media Technologies students in the Design & Graphics Technology department, were approached by their instructor about making trophy boxes to house the snow globes given to the winning teams from the 10th Annual Autonomous Snowplow Competition held on the Dunwoody campus this weekend.  “Pete [Rivard] told me he didn’t want a regular […]

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Student Competitions Student News

New teams and tech for Snowplow Competition

With temperatures that average below freezing, hours of sunlight that are few and far between, and ice skates a necessary mode of transportation, it is sometimes difficult to remember why we live in Minnesota. Especially in the dead of winter. But when the first snowflakes started to settle around the Dunwoody campus late this fall, […]

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Dunwoody Hosting Annual Autonomous Snowplow Competition

Warming house and ice sculpture also part of this great winter event on Sat., Jan. 18 Looking for a fun, family-friendly winter activity this Saturday? Stop by Dunwoody College to see 10 teams compete for the top spot in the 10th Annual Autonomous Snowplow Competition! Dunwoody is hosting the event for the first time this […]

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Dunwoody in the News Student News

Electrical students share skills with fourth graders

Twin Cities TV station KSTP features Dunwoody Electrical Program’s outreach to Centennial Elementary School students.

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Student News

The future of autonomous navigation is now roaming the floors of Dunwoody

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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Commentary

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 […]

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Industry Partners

Auto program welcomes diesel truck donation

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 […]