A working album of what hands-on, industry-connected engineering education actually looks like. Courses, competition teams, capstone builds, and the occasional moment that reminds me why this kind of teaching is worth the operational tax.
MEGN 417/527 Vehicle Dynamics, Halloween edition. Automotive Engineering is a year-round sport.
MEGN 200 final project: students rebuild the board game 'Operation' from scratch. Embedded C, sensor integration, and a working buzzer on the nose.
MEGN 200 rover project. Intro-scale hardware-software integration on a vehicle students can touch.
MEGN 301 Mechanical Integration: human-powered subsystem project, built and tested by the team.
MEGN 301 bike-powered generator integration, instrumented and characterized under load.
MEGN 301 wind turbine design and build.
Battery Workforce Challenge team at work in the shop, Mines and Arapahoe Community College together.
Nothing like a little last minute work in the kitchen, just another year at Shell Eco-marathon.
Shell Eco-marathon team after passing technical inspection.
At the IMS pagoda during Shell Eco-marathon Americas.
Capstone multiaxis driving simulator, also used as the verification bench for MEGN 417/527 Vehicle Dynamics.
Capstone Motodemption project at final showcase.
Automotive capstone projects at end-of-semester showcase.
24 Hours of Lemons capstone project.
KEEN National Conference 2026, where engineering faculty convene to transform their classes and campus with the entrepreneurial mindset.
