May 30, 2019
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, second from left, talks with Trine University software engineering majors Tyler Carpenter, seated back, a junior from Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Lucas Wagler, seated front, a senior from Fort Wayne Indiana during a visit to the Trine campus on Thursday, May 30, as part of his Northern Indiana Jobs Tour.
The Senator was touring the Jim and Joan Bock Center for Innovation and Biomedical Engineering with Jason Blume, left, executive director of Trine innovation 1, and Earl D. Brooks II, Ph.D., center, Trine University president. The Senator, who has an extensive background as a business leader, learned how the university and Trine innovation 1 support regional businesses and industries through student projects and providing graduates prepared for employment.
Photo by Dean Orewiler
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.