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Dunwoody’s “Snow Devils” team takes third place

Dunwoody College’s Autonomous Snow Plow Competition team the Snow Devils took third place at last weekend’s competition. The competition was sponsored by the Institute of Navigation and was part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival festivities. Teams from Ohio University and Miami of Ohio University took first and second. Dunwoody came in third, beating out […]

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Manufacturing students build a robotic snow plow

A group of Robotics and Manufacturing students will be competing at this weekend’s St. Paul Winter Carnival in the Institute of Navigation’s Autonomous Snow Plow Competition. The competing schools include: University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, Dunwoody College of Technology, Ohio University, Wright State University and Miami University (of Ohio). The competition will take place […]

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John Kriesel, Iraq War Veteran and newly elected MN State Representative, to speak at Dunwoody

Author of Still Standing to discuss his book, experiences Thursday Nov. 4 WHAT: A presentation by John Kriesel, a Veteran of the Iraq War (Staff Sergeant), and the author (as told to Jim Kosmo) of the book Still Standing, the story of his service, his courageous recovery from his injuries, and his determination to go […]

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Cool Stuff at Dunwoody: Fanuc Robot Playing the Piano

Cool Stuff at Dunwoody visits the Robotics lab for a demonstration of a Fanuc robot playing the piano.

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Double gold at National SkillsUSA for Dunwoody College

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: William Morris wmorris@dunwoody.edu, 612.381.3367 Dunwoody students brought back some hardware from last weekend’s National SkillsUSA competition held June 21-25 in Kansas City, MO. Mike Moreen (Electrical Construction and Maintenance) won the Gold Medal in the Related Technical Math category. And Dunwoody’s Quiz Bowl followed up on its dominating Minnesota competition by edging […]

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Cool Stuff at Dunwoody: Fanuc Robot

Cool Stuff at Dunwoody visits the Robotics lab where Automated Systems and Robotics students Matthew Peterzen and Cory Evans demonstrate how Dunwoody’s Fanuc M410i robot can be used to stack boxes on a pallet. The routine you see was programmed by Peterzen, Daniel Gripne, and Bryan O’Neil.

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Dunwoody robot places 2nd in Midwest Robotics League Competition

Dunwoody College’s robot, Rugburn, placed second out of eleven local robotics teams that competed Saturday, May 15 at the Mall of America in the Midwest Robotics League (MRL) Regional Competition. Rugburn advances to the nationals which will be held in conjunction with the SkillsUSA Nationals in Kansas City, Missouri on June 21 through 23. For […]

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Graphics and Printing Wins Again!

The Dunwoody College Phoenix Challenge team took first place at this year’s competition. The team was charged with redesigning, printing and converting a custom line of hotel hygiene products. The team put sustainability at the forefront of their work making the brand and packaging environmentally friendly, economically sounds and graphically appealing. Dunwoody College also won […]