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Academic Excellence Award Student News

Academic Excellence Winner – Kylan Nelson, Computer Technology

“I couldn’t sit in front of a book. When you have a teacher doing the same thing physically and you’re in front of a computer, it’s amazing because you’re seeing exactly what you need to do.

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Academic Excellence Award Student News

Academic Excellence Winner – Andrew Hohn, Robotics & Manufacturing

“Many engineers struggle with a lack of hands-on experience, and the most successful ones were technicians and tradespeople before they were engineers,” he said. But Hohn has always loved making things. “Invention is my greatest passion.”

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Congratulations Class of 2020

Dunwoody College of Technology would like to congratulate the Class of 2020! Watch the videos below for messages from President Rich Wagner, Board of Trustees Chair Mike LeJeune, our students, and our faculty and staff.

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An Entrepreneur and Engineer

Mechanical Engineering student part of first graduating class Tommy Dao has never concentrated on the things he didn’t have – instead he’s made the most of every opportunity that has come his way. In just a couple short months Dao will join the small group of students who will become the first graduating class from […]

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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 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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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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Student Spotlight: Benjamin Larsen, Mechanical Engineering

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 […]