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Dunwoody Daredevils shine at Shell Eco-marathon Americas Regionals

With eyes on Victory Lane, Dunwoody students brought home a 5th place finish from Indianapolis, besting seven other teams from across North America.   Most vehicles zooming around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway accelerate at speeds greater than 230 miles/hour. Machine Tool Technology student Anna MacLean, driver for the Dunwoody Daredevils, completed four competition laps with a […]

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Dunwoody Hawks Esports teams compete in NECC’s divisional playoffs 

Dunwoody College’s Esports teams are currently competing in the playoffs for the National Esports Collegiate Conference’s (NECC) Emergents and Navigators divisions, which are comprised mostly of teams from colleges in the Midwest. The varsity and junior varsity teams for League of Legends, Rocket League, and Valorant are all competing.   The standout so far this […]

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Dunwoody brings home honorable mention

Dunwoody Surveying students went old-school for a week, and their efforts earned them recognition from the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). Six students in the Surveying & Civil Engineering Technology and Land Surveying programs packed up and traveled with adjunct faculty member Alex Miller to Washington. D.C. March 29-31, to compete in field exercises […]

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Dunwoody students to compete in Shell Eco-marathon

Dunwoody students will head with their battery-electric concept vehicle to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on April 11, with the intention of pushing the boundaries of energy efficiency by once again competing in the 2023 Shell Eco-marathon. Last year, the Dunwoody Daredevils placed second in the Prototype Battery Electric division, finishing behind Cal Poly Supermileage from […]

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Ready, Set, Plow

Annual Autonomous Snowplow Competition Set for Jan. 20-21 The snow has been piling up across Minnesota this winter, and if shoveling all that white fluff isn’t your idea of fun, you may want to head out to Dunwoody College of Technology on Saturday, Jan. 21, to see how robots tackle the challenge. Dunwoody is once […]

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Dunwoody’s new autonomous snowplows capture first, second, and third at annual competition

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, […]

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Newly designed robots set to compete in international snowplow competition

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 […]

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Dunwoody electrical students take top honors

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 […]