May 25, 2018
Garrett T. Day, P.E., a 2009 civil engineering graduate from Trine University, was recently named the statewide Young Engineer of the Year by the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE).
Day was honored during the organization’s annual conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on May 7. He previously had been named Young Engineer of the Year by MSPE’s Jackson Chapter on Feb. 22.
Day works as a transmission line engineer for Commonwealth Associates, Inc., in Jackson, Michigan. The company provides engineering and consulting services to utilities, independent power producers, municipalities, industrial clients, and some of the nation's leading academic, research and healthcare facilities.
Matthew Jimenez is a senior design engineering technology major at Trine University. Throughout his time as a student, Jimenez has had three internships and recently accepted a job offer at Rolls-Royce, where he will serve as a Graduate Manufacturing Engineering Intern.
Amanda Malefyt, Ph.D., professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, secured $5,142 from INSGC to continue her research into cancer-targeting monoclonal antibodies.
James Kamm, Ph.D., professor in the Wade Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received his first INSGC grant of $15,000 to replicate two historic wind tunnel balances used by the Wright Brothers.