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The year 2019 will be remembered as a banner year for our school at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Along with three major awards, two best paper finalists, and a distinguished lecture, our community reach has continued to grow through collaborative work with colleagues in many different fields and schools of engineering (and beyond!) around the globe.

You know it's going to be a good week when your university's head basketball coach crashes your Monday morning class as a guest lecturer.

Thanks to two related I2D Lab projects, former street youths in rural Kenya are preparing for professional careers and area communities are gaining economic boosts. Teams lead by Jennifer DeBoer, PhD, assistant professor of engineering education and (by courtesy) mechanical engineering, and John Lumkes, PhD, professor of agricultural and biological engineering, are collaborating to bring engineering principles, techniques and tools to the Tumaini Innovation Center in the Kenyan city of Eldoret. The surrounding region also is benefiting, and expansion plans are underway.