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Shannon Carpenter Fine Tunes Her Time in Aviation Technical Operations

College of Aviation

… any and all of that at the College of Aviation, she has a warm spot in her tool box for faculty specialist Dr. Gail …  "I liked the pace of them," she says, "and that each step was hands-on.  You had to right your own mistake on the … and you could see the final product of your efforts in metal bending, composites, riveting, and the like." Aviation …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/09/shannon-carpenter

Gaining Altitude with Guadalupe Guzman Ramos – Current WMU Aviation Flight Science Student and Future Professional Pilot

College of Aviation

… in southern Florida harvesting bumper crops of tomatoes and watermelons, an occupation the now-U.S. citizen still … a flight from nearby Fort Myers to Dallas, Texas -- and he was dragged into that 2009 experience almost kicking and … me," he wrote years later in a scholarship application.  "I was very nervous as I boarded the plane with my mother, and …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/03/guzmanramos

Celebrating the Power of Reading: Sculpting in Nigeria

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… on the technical skills and safety practices of his unique metal fabrication techniques. This is LaVargne’s second Fulbright award to make art in Nigeria. With his first award in 2012, LaVergne designed and built a 14-foot …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2016/06/lavergne-sculpture-nigeria

A Flying Fish: David Fish takes Tech Ops to Army Air School

College of Aviation

… Ops to Army Air School Submitted by Tom Thinnes on When he was a student at Marshall High School at the dawn of the millennium, there was a pretty good chance that David Fish could not eye a … technology , Fish was trained to make certain that those metal birds could fly almost all the time.  Today, as a test …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/davidfish

Souder Soars: How Aviation Tech Ops has Transformed Tom

College of Aviation

… hand to those who come after you. Souder admits that it wasn't easy for the Stillwater, Minn., native to add his name to the roster of … and "a better mechanic," whether the skill was sheet-metal bending, riveting, or interpreting maintenance …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/11/souder

Kalamazoo couple supports product design program with $3 million gift

News

… rapid prototyping, 3D printing, and woodworking and metalworking. Architectural work is already underway and the goal is to begin construction in spring 2017 and … is a well-known Kalamazoo area artist. His medium is scrap metal, found objects and wood gathered from unlikely …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36937

Joshua Yoweni’s Voyage of Vowels: Aviation, Excitement, Indonesia, Obstacles, and University

College of Aviation

… their homes from a 5,000-foot perspective, or seeing huge metal structures defying gravity.  That's not exactly … Christmas visit back home to Jayapura, Papua, in 2018. This was his last visit with his father before his passing in July, 2021 "When I was a little kid as I was being fed," says the 2013 graduate …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/02/yoweni

Free at-home COVID-19 test kits distributed throughout campus

Sindecuse Health Center

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69214

The Determination of Doogan in Aviation Technical Operations

College of Aviation

… smarts, the aviation industry will call you whatever you want to be called.    That's the path Kyle Escher Doogan is … .  Request College of Aviation Information  "When I was setting up my WMU account," says the Chicago-area … harder though to glorify an oil change, replacing sheet metal, and figuring out complex wiring diagrams."  In …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/08/doogan

Recognizing a nearly 30-year, distinguished partnership

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… of Toyota—in a partnership that is advancing the science of metal casting. And the importance of metal casting cannot be … and global researcher. In 1992, Ramrattan met Richard Stewart , then president of Michigan-based Roberts Sinto. This … he began annual visits to Sinto’s headquarters in Toyokawa, Japan. “The primary goal of our collaboration is to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/73461