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Trine University, founded in 1884, is known for producing career-ready graduates who are prepared to succeed, lead and serve. Trine faculty and staff encourage and celebrate students for their achievements. Excelling On and Off the Field – It’s A Trine Thing.

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Trine University, founded in 1884, is known for producing career-ready graduates who are prepared to succeed, lead and serve. Trine faculty and staff encourage and celebrate students for their achievements. Excelling On and Off the Field – It’s A Trine Thing.

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From the ground into the air: Trine students working with advanced resins

Trine University has received a grant from the Indiana Space Grant Consortium (INSGC) to support students conducting advanced aerospace composite research.
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Achievement (Other) - Nov 20

Homecoming royalty crowned at Trine

Trine University recognized its 2025 Homecoming court as well as its king and queen during the annual Thunderstruck Pep Rally in the MTI Center on Friday, Oct. 3.
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Achievement (Other) - Oct 6

Trine DPT graduates earn perfect scores on national exam

Three graduates from Trine University's Doctor of Physical Therapy program recently earned perfect scores on the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE), required to attain licensure as a physical therapist.
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Achievement (Other) - Jul 24

Central line safety: Trine team designs training device to help reduce errors

Central lines (catheters inserted into large veins) are commonly used to deliver medications or specialized treatment, or for prolonged IV therapy.
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Achievement (Other) - May 21

Built to squeeze: Engineering seniors design, build pallet handling fix for Dexter Group

Taking the baton from last year's team, five Trine University mechanical engineering seniors renewed their partnership with Dexter Axle's Albion, Indiana, facility to complete a custom-built pallet squeezer-an industrial machine designed to realign heavy stacks of manufacturing pallets.
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Achievement (Other) - May 14

Senior design team tackles industrial filtration challenge in partnership with Steel Dynamics Copperworks

A team of Trine University chemical engineering seniors is addressing an operational challenge at Steel Dynamics La Farga Copperworks through their senior design project, developing a more efficient soot recovery system tailored to the facility's expanding needs.
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Achievement (Other) - May 14

Reborn: Student team equips former BUV for hydro excavation

It retired a winner, and now a vehicle developed by Trine University engineering students is enjoying new life in campus service.
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Achievement (Other) - Apr 29

Keeping water safe: Trine team helps treatment plants beef up security

For their senior design project, a Trine University team visited four northeast Indiana water treatment plants - those serving Angola, Waterloo, Ashley and Hamilton - to evaluate their infrastructure and provide recommendations on how to make them more secure.
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Achievement (Other) - Apr 28

Trine student presents research at Butler URC

A Trine University student presented her senior chemistry research at this year's Butler Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), held April 11 on the Butler University campus.
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Achievement (Other) - Apr 29

How to win at Jenga: Trine student presents game theory research at online conference

Caleb Aukeman, a Trine University mechanical engineering and mathematics major from Winona Lake, Indiana, recently conducted a presentation at an online game theory conference showing how a modified version of Jenga will always be won by the second player.
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Achievement (Other) - Apr 24

Trine's Mia Diaz recognized for 'Realizing the Dream'

INDIANAPOLIS - Mia Diaz, a Trine University sophomore from Goshen, Indiana, majoring in exercise science on the 3+3 direct entry pathway for physical therapy, was one of 29 first-generation Indiana college students named as a "Realizing the Dream" recipient by Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI).
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Achievement (Other) - Apr 1

Trine's Michael Pacer named to Orr Fellowship

Michael Pacer, a Trine University senior from Maumee, Ohio, is one of 74 talented college seniors selected to join Orr Fellowship this year.
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Achievement (Other) - Jan 13

Trine crowns Homecoming royalty

Trine University recognized its 2024 Homecoming court as well as its king and queen during the annual Thunderstruck Pep Rally in the MTI Center on Sept. 27.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Oct 8

Trine students to assist FWPD with cold cases

Area unsolved cases are getting new sets of eyes. Trine University, in partnership with the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD), launched a Cold Case Unit this semester. It's the first such university-based unit in the state of Indiana.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Sep 5

Trine chemical engineering students shine in summer research internships

Four Trine University chemical engineering students got paid to stay in school this summer, gaining invaluable research experience while contributing toward new technologies aimed at improving our environmental impact.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Sep 5

Thunder Aces find success in sectional tournament at Trine

The Thunder Aces, the bridge team at Trine University, hosted more than 100 teams for the Trine University Sectional of the American Contract Bridge League, held Aug. 2-4 in the Keith E. Busse/Steel Dynamics Inc. Athletic and Recreation Center (ARC).
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Aug 6

Trine group tests speed, temperature in iron production

Does adjusting speed and/or temperature result in better briquettes for iron production?
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 May 9

Trine senior design project seeks ways to prepare iron more efficiently

A senior design project carried out by a group of Trine University chemical engineering majors attempted to find improvements in the process of producing pure iron at Iron Dynamics, a division of Steel Dynamics, Inc.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 May 9

Power to gas: Trine group's project seeks to convert excess energy to usable methane

It's hard to know what the future of renewable energy holds, but a Trine University team has an idea for what it could look like.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Apr 23

A leg up: Trine team's device seeks to reduce X-rays, trial and error in pediatric femur surgery

The process of inserting a metal rod, known as an intramedullary nail, into a child's broken femur to facilitate healing can add to what is already a traumatic experience, requiring multiple X-rays and attempts to properly lock the nail in place. A Trine University senior design team hopes their project can someday help reduce that trauma.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Apr 15

Trine inducts 43 into Order of the Engineer

Forty-three students in Trine University's Allen School of Engineering and Computing were inducted into the Order of the Engineer for the spring semester.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 May 1

Trine students attend Purdue Road School

Trine University's Reiners Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering continues to put students in a position to succeed. On March 12 and 13, five students attended the 110th Annual Purdue Road School Transportation Conference and Expo at Purdue's West Lafayette campus.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Apr 11

Teacher's aide: BabbleBot assists educators with reading instruction

On April 8, a Trine University senior design team introduced the students in Leanne Lies' class to BabbleBot, an online application featuring a character (also named BabbleBot) who generates customized stories and pictures using phonemes and sight words they need to practice.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Apr 10

Trine senior selected for NSF graduate fellowship

Trine University senior Amy Apgar has been selected for the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) and will enter the biomedical engineering Ph.D. program at Carnegie Mellon University this fall.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Apr 9

Capstone group works with Community Foundation to help those in poverty

A senior capstone group from Trine University's Ketner School of Business completed a project this semester to help those whom many feel are invisible.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Mar 28

Trine student nominated for Impact Awards

A Trine University mechanical engineering major was nominated for Work-Based Learner of the Year, part of the 18th Annual Impact Awards offered by the Work and Learn Indiana program.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Mar 28

Realizing the Dream

Garrett Adams, a Trine University sophomore from Greenfield, Indiana, majoring in mechanical and electrical engineering, was one of 29 first-generation Indiana college students named as a "Realizing the Dream" recipient by Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI).
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Mar 11

Trine students present trail crossing report to government officials

Two Trine University civil engineering majors presented a report on their analysis of several trail crossing intersections in Fort Wayne to governmental officials during class on Friday, Dec. 8.
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Achievement (Other) - 2023 Dec 13

Trine students selected for AHEC Scholars Program

Eight students from Trine University's Dr. Earl D. and Melanie Brooks College of Health Professions have been selected for a two-year program focused on caring for underserved populations in urban and rural settings.
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Achievement (Other) - 2023 Nov 1

Amy Apgar presents summer research at conference

It wasn't a first-time experience when Trine University biomedical engineering senior Amy Apgar presented her research at the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting this October.
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Achievement (Other) - 2023 Oct 26
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