Esther Tian Archives

Recent grads file patent, hoping to put a dent in global food waste

January 28, 2021Last updated March 2, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

Austin Engle ’20 and Ben Stutzman ’20 recently became inventors, successfully patenting the “Garbage Grader” they created while still students at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). The invention analyzes plates of

EMU’s first engineering grads head to work, grad school and service

May 15, 2020Last updated June 2, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

One master codebreaker and Appalachian Trail hiker, one supercomputer builder and high school soccer coach, one student organization leader headed to doctoral studies, one environmental designer bound for data analysis,

Into the Virtual Classroom: A snapshot of EMU’s move online in spring 2020

May 9, 2020Last updated June 2, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

This was neither the end of the semester we anticipated nor the graduation we expected, but it is the semester we have completed and the graduation we celebrate, said Dean

MS in biomedicine candidates defend original research

January 9, 2020Last updated January 10, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

From laboratory experiments to quantitative research gathered on campus and in communities far away — 12 graduate students in Eastern Mennonite University’s MS in Biomedicine program participated in an oral

Eight new NSF scholars begin STEM studies on local problems

October 6, 2019Last updated October 11, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Eight new student-scientists have joined Eastern Mennonite University’s National Science Foundation-funded STEM Scholars Engaging in Local Problems (SSELP) program. They come from six different states and plan careers in engineering,

For his engineering capstone project, this senior built a wind tunnel for EMU

September 16, 2019Last updated November 4, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Inspired by a visit to a NASA research facility three years ago, Eastern Mennonite University engineering student Dylan Grove ’19 dedicated his senior engineering capstone project to building a wind

EMU and community to perform Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’

March 12, 2019Last updated April 1, 2019 by Florence Barrett

Rehearsals of Eastern Mennonite University’s production of “Beauty and the Beast” are in full swing. For a complicated scene change, actors push a steep staircase, large table and oversized chairs

EMU professors are selected for a new Lilly Faculty Fellows Program

February 26, 2019Last updated February 26, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Two Eastern Mennonite University professors have been selected as one of eight two-member, cross-discipline teams in a pilot of a new Lilly Fellows Program national initiative. Professors Esther Tian, a

Student activism presents learning opportunities for all, says faculty/staff conference keynote

August 17, 2018Last updated August 21, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Professor Felipe Hinojosa offered a message of promise during his keynote address “Another University Is Possible” at Eastern Mennonite University’s annual fall faculty and staff conference: Embrace students as visionaries

Boeing project engineer and intranet developer to speak at Homecoming weekend Suter Science Seminar

October 6, 2017Last updated October 6, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Two Eastern Mennonite University alumni will share their career stories and reflections in the fields of engineering and technology during a special Oct. 14 Suter Science Seminar at Homecoming and

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