An interdisciplinary team of four undergraduate students recently competed in the FlyOhio Vertiport Innovation Challenge in collaboration with industry, government, education and community partners on Oct. 1-8, 2021.  Read the full article at OHIO News. 

Reed Mechley, BSETM ’21, recently graduated from Ohio University, but he did not graduate without making his mark on undergraduate research. After working in Dr. Yuqiu You’s lab, Mechley was able to collaborate on a research project which culminated in his win of the Epsilon Pi Tau Warner Award for Undergraduate Student Research in 2021. Read the full article at OHIO News. 

When Mallory Cave, then Mallory Pollard, BSA ’09, graduated from Ohio University, she became the first black woman to graduate from OHIO with a bachelor of science in aviation.  She didn’t want to be the last. And, she wouldn’t be. In 2019, Laurél Davis, BSA ‘19, became the second. Now, the two Russ College of Engineering and Technology alumnae are flying for the same airline company and hoping to inspire other young black females that they, too, can fly in the skies.  Read the full article at OHIO News.