Engineering & Computer Science

Wright State’s Homecoming Week packed with activities as university marks 50th anniversary

Chili cookoff

The special Homecoming Week features a golf cart parade, chili cook-off, bonfire, dining-in-the-dark event and a reunion of Wright State’s founding classes. Continue reading →

Wright State staff and faculty honored for excellence

President Cheryl B. Schrader and the campus community recognized award recipients during the University Convocation and Awards Ceremony. Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News: Wright State center to bridge engineering-English ‘gap’ for companies

Excerpt Companies like Miamisburg’s O’Neil & Associates Inc. need employees who can bridge the gap that sometimes exists between engineers and those whose specialty is communication. Technical writing needs to be more than technical. It needs to be clear. That’s … Continue reading →

Material world

Wright State’s summer program on materials engineering for schoolteachers a big hit

A College of Engineering and Computer Science program gives schoolteachers the knowledge to inspire their students to pursue materials engineering. Continue reading →

Smart move

Wright State’s Derek Desentz wins prestigious scholarship from Department of Defense

Derek Desentz, a junior computer science and computer engineering major at Wright State, hones his coding skills as an intern at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Continue reading →

Mission control

Wright State engineering students present materials analysis of manned mission to Mars

Students in an introductory materials science and engineering class analyzed what it would take for humans to safely travel to Mars, live on the red planet and return to earth. Continue reading →

President Cheryl B. Schrader earns prestigious Fellow honor from American Society for Engineering Education

President Schrader was recognized for her enlightened and creative leadership and for guiding major developments in engineering education. Continue reading →

Wright State grad students help create commercialization success story

Jeremy Brunn and Alan Smith became two important members of the Kno.e.sis team that transformed Twitris into a Dayton-based startup company. Continue reading →

Wright State engineering professor Maher Amer wins prestigious engineering fellowship at Saudi Arabian university

Maher Amer, a mechanical and materials engineering professor, will research the next generation of solar cells, as a Fulbright Scholar at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Continue reading →

Wright State President Cheryl B. Schrader meets with leaders of Sinclair College, University of Dayton

President Schrader also has future meetings scheduled with Jo Alice Blondin, president of Clark State Community College, and Cynthia Jackson-Hammond, president of Central State University. Continue reading →