{"id":1572,"date":"2015-10-27T13:12:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T18:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dunwoody.edu\/blog\/?p=1572"},"modified":"2015-10-28T16:03:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T21:03:54","slug":"dunwoody-celebrates-the-launch-of-its-bachelor-of-science-in-mechanical-engineering-at-zeiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2015\/dunwoody-celebrates-the-launch-of-its-bachelor-of-science-in-mechanical-engineering-at-zeiss\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunwoody celebrates the launch of its Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Zeiss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Oct. 21, Dunwoody held an event at Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology in Maple Grove to celebrate the launch of the College\u2019s new<a href=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/engineering\/\"> Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering <\/a>beginning Fall 2016. Attendees included the program Steering Committee members, prospective students, and industry leaders.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Building the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering\u00a0from the ground up<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Dunwoody strives to provide students with a valuable, hands-on education with the needs of industry in mind. With guidance from a Steering Committee made up of working engineering professionals and educators, the four-year bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDunwoody\u2019s Mechanical Engineering curriculum was built from the ground up by engineering professionals working in the industry,\u201d Dean of Robotics and Manufacturing E.J. Daigle said, \u201cThey know exactly what they\u2019re looking for when they hire engineers and they\u2019ve tailored our new program to give students the skills they will need to be successful in the workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following steering committee members were awarded at the Launch Event in recognition of their contributions to the program:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1573 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3258-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Marcin Bauza accepts award at the Mechanical Engineering Launch Event\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3258-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3258-791x1024.jpg 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Bob Bach<\/em>, Dunwoody alumnus and current Mechanical Engineering faculty member at St. Thomas University<\/p>\n<p><em>Greg Barlow<\/em>, Vice President of Human Relations at TKDA Engineering<\/p>\n<p><em>Marcin Bauza<\/em>, Director of New Technology and Innovation at Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology<\/p>\n<p><em>John Callahan<\/em>, Director of Engineering at Polaris<\/p>\n<p><em>Brian Sheposh<\/em>, Principle Engineer at Johnstech Engineering<\/p>\n<p><em>Rusty Steitz<\/em>, Engineering Group Manager at TKDA Engineering<\/p>\n<p><em>Scott Tolson<\/em>, Engineer Manager at General Mills<\/p>\n<p><em>Charlie Wennen<\/em>, Manufacturing Engineer\/Business Unit Lead at Wilson Tool<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Dunwoody provides Degrees of Difference<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>The Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering is a traditional four-year engineering degree but with an additional emphasis on hands-on experiences, including time in the College\u2019s Engineering Materials, Mechanics and Metrology Lab that houses state-of-the-art technologies from companies like Carl Zeiss, Haas, MTS and Stratasys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis experience won\u2019t be like a traditional university engineering program,\u201d E.J. said, \u201cinstead of learning theory in a large lecture hall with hundreds of students, our cohort class size will be no larger than 24 students and about one third of our curriculum is focused on hands-on experimentation in the lab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/engineering\/\">\u00a0Click here for more information on the College\u2019s new Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Oct. 21, Dunwoody held an event at Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology in Maple Grove to celebrate the launch of the College\u2019s new Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering beginning Fall 2016. 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