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Tag: Mechanical Engineering

Eagle Engineering Students Take Third at National Competition

April 27, 2026

The three engineering students with their robot.

The team’s winning design featured a sophisticated robotic arm, precision servo steering, and a specialized dumping mechanism.

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Single Dad Graduates with Honors

July 29, 2024 by Melodie Little

Single Dad Graduates with Honors

Kevin Uyekawa credits support he received from EWU and his family for helping him reach the finish line.

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Spencer Scott

May 14, 2018 by

Spencer Scott

Spencer Scott loves the amount of technology and availability of facilities on campus. So much so that he, along with other students, designed a rocket for competition – something he never knew that he wanted to do.

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Engineering team prints 3-D prosthetic for SPS student

January 25, 2018 by aaldaco

picture: student and boy with prosthetic arm fist bump

Last week, a team from EWU’s Engineering Department presented a 3-D-printed prosthetic arm to a fifth-grader at Spokane Public Schools. Rob Gerlick, PhD and assistant professor of mechanical engineering, engineering tech Frank De Abreu and engineering student Shannon Kellam visited Isaiah Strom’s classroom last Wednesday to custom fit his device and teach him how to use

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SeaPerch challenge for middle schoolers

September 8, 2017 by aaldaco

Photo: Robotics team tests their submersible

Students from area middle schools are gearing up for the seventh annual SeaPerch Challenge at Eastern Washington University, putting their engineering skills to the test after months of building an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Thirty-two EWU student volunteers from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) club co-host the event in which roughly 60-80

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Yoora Byeon

May 16, 2017 by

Photo: student Yoora Byeon

Meet Yoora Byeon, a mechanical engineering major from South Korea. Byeon enjoys watching football and learning about robots in EWU’s robotics lab.

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Conor McMillan

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Photo: student Conor McMillan

Conor McMillan is studying mechanical engineering at Eastern Washington University. He loves art and engineering, and his education at EWU has allowed him to do projects that intersect with his two passions.

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