Four students discuss project in a laboratory.

 
Follow this year’s engineering seniors as they complete their capstone projects on the way to becoming the first graduates from the School of Engineering.

At left, John Murdock (from left), Brad Wenzel, Patrick Nutbrown and Brandon Journell discuss their project to standardize hydrogen research techniques.

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Cutting Edge Heating System Designed by Students Gets Test at Rockingham Farm

A Rockingham County farm could be heating a greenhouse and getting an environmentally friendly fertilizer supplement from the same system, designed by four JMU seniors, by early 2012.



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Foam for Thought: There's Lots to be Learned From Those Suds

You probably see it every day. You create it whenever you use soap, it readily appears on top of carbonated beverages and it forms on the beach as waves pound the shore. Foam is so ubiquitous, it's really not worth much thought—or is it?
Student researchers hold vials of algae water.

Where There's Algae, There's Promise for Petroleum Alternative

Jackson Adolph and Mike DePaola are looking forward to a future full of green—algae, that is. The ISAT majors have been working since last spring researching the most efficient and economical ways to grow and harvest the oil-rich plant.

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The School of Engineering will graduate its first class in May. Follow the work the seniors are doing as they complete their capstone projects.—Full story.

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