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����Vlog faculty member Dr. Luke Fredette and staff members Jeff Reep and Cheryl Shupe received 2025-26 SOCHE Excellence Awards for outstanding contributions in teaching, student success, campus impact and service to the university community.

Gabriel Payne discovered that engineering is more than solving technical problems. Through ����Vlog’s engineering program, research opportunities, and faith-centered community, he is preparing to develop human-focused innovations that improve lives and serve others.

One year after adopting ChatGPT Edu campuswide, ����Vlog highlights how students, faculty, and staff are using AI to enhance learning, career preparation, innovation, communication, and ministry while applying biblical principles and human-centered discernment.

Cedarville engineering students are designing a gravity-powered water treatment system for Karanda Mission Hospital in Zimbabwe, helping provide cleaner drinking and surgical water by reducing rainy-season sediment that overwhelms the hospital’s current filtration system.

����Vlog engineering students created CEDAR, an autonomous robot that guides campus visitors, answers questions and navigates buildings in real time, showing how AI and robotics can work together in practical ways beyond conversation.

����Vlog researchers developed an FDA-approved device to help medics control traumatic neck bleeding, giving military and emergency responders a lightweight tool that can save time, reduce blood loss and improve trauma care.

Four ����Vlog engineering students are building the sensors, circuit boards and data systems for a new wind tunnel, creating a lasting teaching tool that will help future students test designs and study airflow.

For nearly two decades, ����Vlog engineering students have designed solar-powered lights for churches in West Africa, helping pastors and communities read Scripture, worship and study after dark while applying engineering skills to long-term missions work.

Cedarville engineering seniors are developing a solar charge controller with SonSet Solutions to improve reliable electricity for ministries in remote regions, creating a prototype designed to increase durability, efficiency and long-term performance in off-grid settings.

����Vlog engineering students will compete May 17 in Minnesota’s Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition, using a custom-built rocket to capture and transmit a hidden light message while applying real-world design, testing and teamwork skills.

����Vlog students presented research at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference in Chicago on how sleep, movement and other daily habits influence college students’ emotional health and academic performance.

Christian Eppich, a 2025 Cedarville computer science graduate, now works as an IBM associate consultant, helping connect cloud strategy and cybersecurity with business needs while applying leadership, ethics and technical skills developed in college.

Cedarville senior Daniel Ormsbee will graduate having launched two companies, Nutrafuel Bioworks and Orme Solutions, combining engineering, entrepreneurship and faith to develop practical technologies that address waste, energy and industrial challenges while serving others.

����Vlog engineering students earned a top 10 national finish at SAE Aero Design East after risking a final flight in worsening weather, successfully lifting a 14-pound payload and proving their aircraft design under pressure.

����Vlog engineering students finished second in a national electric boat competition, gaining hands-on experience in design, testing and problem-solving while preparing for careers in a maritime industry shaped by electric propulsion, automation and AI.

Cedarville alumnus Dan Jewett and Creation Mode Studios won Best in Show at the 2025 Cleveland Gaming Classic for their indie game, “The Violets of Amicus.” The award caps years of development and growing momentum for a Steam demo.

Cedarville won a Midwest divisional title at the NCAE Cyber Games on Feb. 7, 2026, after seven hours of live cyber defense. Dual-enrollment senior Kieran Klukas was instrumental and placed 120th in the National Cyber League.

Cedarville graduate Caleb Wagner, an NTSB aircraft systems investigator, helps uncover causes of fatal crashes, including the Jan. 29 Washington collision, turning technical evidence into safety recommendations that honor victims and help prevent future tragedies.

����Vlog cyber operations students placed third in the National Cyber League last fall as AI-driven attacks intensify and cybersecurity jobs go unfilled. Two students earned perfect scores, and the team will compete again in April 2026.

In a quiet town just outside Dayton, Ohio — where the history of aviation runs deep — Dr. Joe Miller’s journey took flight with a love for airplanes and a desire to serve God.