Engineering & Computer Science

Engineering students mow their way to victory

Photo of the lawn mower with a flowerbed and fence

A team of Wright State University engineering students and faculty took home the top prize at the ninth annual ION Robotic Lawn Mower Competition. Continue reading

Students design life-saving incubation station

Photo of Biomedical engineering students Jessica Hernandez (right), Joanna Newton and Jacob Durdel displayimg the incubator they designed and built. The incubator and others will be sent to the Congo in Africa.

By any measure it’s low-tech–with its plastic base and supports, a vinyl tent-like cover and a couple of heating elements. But it’s designed to be just that. And it promises to be life-saving. Continue reading

Vietnamese refugee Caroline Cao boosts Wright State’s expertise in medical imaging and human-factors engineering

Photo of Caroline Cao Expert on Human Factors in Medical Technologies

It was post-war Saigon—deep in the night. Ten-year-old Caroline Cao and her family quietly slipped out of their home and made for the coast. Continue reading

Celebrating 25 years of excellence

College of Engineering and Computer Science relishes past, embraces future
Artist's rendering of the lobby of the planned Neuroscience and Engineering Collaboration building

The Wright State University College of Engineering and Computer Science marked its 25th anniversary on Friday, May 11, by announcing a new assistantship program that will provide scholarships, internships and a path to employment for 30 undergraduate students.
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College of Engineering and Computer Science to celebrate 25 years

University officials, former deans will review progress and preview the future
Photo of engineers manipulating 3D image in the Appenzeller Visualization Laboratory.

Wright State University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science will celebrate its 25th anniversary Friday, May 11, with a Research Showcase… Continue reading

Wright State works to unlock secrets of learning

Photo of Wright State teachers meeting with teacher from a local school.

They look for “the look.” It’s the revealing expression on the face of a student that shows comprehension–understanding something that had once been a mystery. Continue reading

Wright State researchers working on watershed moment in water purification

Photo of Sharmila Mukhopadhyay

Polluted streams, rivers, lakes and municipal water may soon be getting the Wright State treatment… Continue reading

Wright State educators honored by Ohio Magazine

Photo of Nathan Klingbeil

A Wright State engineering professor who is helping boost the graduation rate and… Continue reading

Wright State research seeks sense from social media to aid in emergencies

Photo of Amit Sheth, Ph.D. and Hemant Purohit, Prof. Sheth’s Ph.D. advisee.

Just hours after a powerful earthquake killed hundreds of people in Turkey… Continue reading

Calling all programmers!

…if you’d like to do something Saturday other than hang out in your basement playing WoW, “Get Ready to Program” might be your kind of party. Continue reading