12th Annual Autonomous Snowplow Competition was held Jan. 22 Nine autonomous snowplow teams from across the Midwest braved the cold on Saturday, Jan. 22 to test their technology against a row of snow at the 12th Annual Autonomous Snowplow Competition, hosted by Dunwoody College of Technology. The yearly event serves as an opportunity for universities, […]
Dunwoody students rolled up their sleeves and spent the last several months designing and building three new autonomous snowplows from the ground up. The new ones will update and replace namesakes Wendigo, Wechuge, and Snow Devil in the 12th Annual Autonomous Snowplow Competition, held on the Dunwoody campus later this month. This type of upgrade […]
2021 SkillsUSA Minnesota State Championships held April 12-25 Three Dunwoody students took home medals at the 2021 State Leadership and Skills Conference, an annual event organized by SkillsUSA Minnesota. Stella Robinson, Electrical Construction & Maintenance, earned a Gold Medal in Extemporaneous Speaking. William Stone, Electrical Construction & Maintenance, received a Gold Medal in Related Technical […]
Dunwooody’s Supermileage team is making progress, but still has a ways to go A team of School of Engineering students is hard at work this semester getting ready to compete in the SAE Supermileage competition, which takes place June 4-5 in Marshall, Michigan. The competition tests undergraduate and graduate students’ engineering design abilities and requires […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Dunwoody College of Technology students had a great year at the SkillsUSA Minnesota Skills and Leadership Conference bringing home five medals in Architectural Drafting, Extemporaneous Speaking, Related Technical Math, Industrial Motor Control, and Electrical Construction Wiring. Nearly 350 business and industry leaders challenged student members from across Minnesota in a hands-on competition of their skills […]