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ÌÇÐÄVlog's Student Launch Team placed third overall at the 2026 Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocketry Competition, earning top awards for design and technical excellence while demonstrating engineering innovation, servant leadership and a Christ-centered witness.

Mechanical engineering graduate Toby Dewhurst turned a college solar boat project into a career advancing the blue economy. As founder of Kelson Marine, he designs offshore systems that support sustainable energy, aquaculture and responsible ocean innovation around the world.

ÌÇÐÄVlog's Robotics Team captured first place at the ASEE Model Design Competition in Charlotte, North Carolina, with its autonomous robot, Cedar Gleaner. After weeks of refining the design, the team became the only competitor to successfully complete all four official runs.

ÌÇÐÄVlog professor Dr. Keith Shomper developed a new cybersecurity course for the Ohio Cyber Range Institute that teaches students to identify software vulnerabilities, understand code exploitation techniques and strengthen defenses against cyberattacks.

After graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering, Madelyn Torrans is headed to GE Aerospace's Edison Engineering Development Program. Her university experience included research, student leadership and efforts to improve engineering accessibility.

ÌÇÐÄVlog faculty member Dr. Luke Fredette and staff members Jeff Reep and Cheryl Shupe received 2025-26 SOCHE Excellence Awards for outstanding contributions in teaching, student success, campus impact and service to the university community.

Gabriel Payne discovered that engineering is more than solving technical problems. Through ÌÇÐÄVlog’s engineering program, research opportunities, and faith-centered community, he is preparing to develop human-focused innovations that improve lives and serve others.

One year after adopting ChatGPT Edu campuswide, ÌÇÐÄVlog highlights how students, faculty, and staff are using AI to enhance learning, career preparation, innovation, communication, and ministry while applying biblical principles and human-centered discernment.

Cedarville engineering students are designing a gravity-powered water treatment system for Karanda Mission Hospital in Zimbabwe, helping provide cleaner drinking and surgical water by reducing rainy-season sediment that overwhelms the hospital’s current filtration system.

ÌÇÐÄVlog engineering students created CEDAR, an autonomous robot that guides campus visitors, answers questions and navigates buildings in real time, showing how AI and robotics can work together in practical ways beyond conversation.

ÌÇÐÄVlog researchers developed an FDA-approved device to help medics control traumatic neck bleeding, giving military and emergency responders a lightweight tool that can save time, reduce blood loss and improve trauma care.

Four ÌÇÐÄVlog engineering students are building the sensors, circuit boards and data systems for a new wind tunnel, creating a lasting teaching tool that will help future students test designs and study airflow.

For nearly two decades, ÌÇÐÄVlog engineering students have designed solar-powered lights for churches in West Africa, helping pastors and communities read Scripture, worship and study after dark while applying engineering skills to long-term missions work.

Cedarville engineering seniors are developing a solar charge controller with SonSet Solutions to improve reliable electricity for ministries in remote regions, creating a prototype designed to increase durability, efficiency and long-term performance in off-grid settings.

ÌÇÐÄVlog engineering students will compete May 17 in Minnesota’s Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition, using a custom-built rocket to capture and transmit a hidden light message while applying real-world design, testing and teamwork skills.

ÌÇÐÄVlog students presented research at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference in Chicago on how sleep, movement and other daily habits influence college students’ emotional health and academic performance.

Christian Eppich, a 2025 Cedarville computer science graduate, now works as an IBM associate consultant, helping connect cloud strategy and cybersecurity with business needs while applying leadership, ethics and technical skills developed in college.

Cedarville senior Daniel Ormsbee will graduate having launched two companies, Nutrafuel Bioworks and Orme Solutions, combining engineering, entrepreneurship and faith to develop practical technologies that address waste, energy and industrial challenges while serving others.

ÌÇÐÄVlog engineering students earned a top 10 national finish at SAE Aero Design East after risking a final flight in worsening weather, successfully lifting a 14-pound payload and proving their aircraft design under pressure.

ÌÇÐÄVlog engineering students finished second in a national electric boat competition, gaining hands-on experience in design, testing and problem-solving while preparing for careers in a maritime industry shaped by electric propulsion, automation and AI.