{"id":22159,"date":"2016-03-15T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=22159"},"modified":"2016-03-15T02:14:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T07:14:57","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-engineering-technology-students-excel-at-state-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2016\/03\/15\/austin-peay-state-university-engineering-technology-students-excel-at-state-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University engineering technology students excel at state conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Three students in the Austin Peay State University Department of Engineering Technology recently earned top honors at the 125<sup>th<\/sup> Tennessee Academy of Science Meeting, held in Murfreesboro, TN.<\/p>\n<p>APSU student Nicole Kirch won the first prize in the engineering and engineering technology posters section, with her paper titled \u201cComparison of the effectiveness of various filters on audio signals.\u201d Kirch worked with Dr. Na Zhu, APSU associate professor of engineering technology.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_337466\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/APSU-Engineering-Technology-students-excel-at-Tennessee-Academy-of-Science-Meeting.jpg\"  rel=\"attachment wp-att-337466\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337466\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-337466\" title=\"From left to right, Dr. Ihab Habib, Charles Drury, Jeffry Coward, Nicole Kirch and Dr. Na Zhu.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/APSU-Engineering-Technology-students-excel-at-Tennessee-Academy-of-Science-Meeting-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"From left to right, Dr. Ihab Habib, Charles Drury, Jeffry Coward, Nicole Kirch and Dr. Na Zhu.\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-337466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right, Dr. Ihab Habib, Charles Drury, Jeffry Coward, Nicole Kirch and Dr. Na Zhu.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->APSU students Jeffry Coward and Charles Drury won the first prize in the engineering and engineering technology presentations section, with their paper, \u201cA study comparing concrete vs. wood struc\u00adture in residential construction.\u201d They worked with Dr. Ihab Habib, APSU associate professor of engineering technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with great pride and pleasure that I inform the public that the engineering technology department at Austin Peay State University had three major award winners at the Tennessee Academy of Science annual conference in November 2015,\u201d John Byrd, chair of the APSU engineering technology department, said. \u201cMs. Nicole won the poster award and Mr. Coward and Mr. Drury won the award for the best Engineering Technology presentation. This is a great honor for both the students and APSU. I feel confident that these three students will proceed forward with great success and leave a lasting mark in their fields of expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The APSU Department of Engineering Technology offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Engineering Technology, including Associate of Applied Science degrees in automotive, construction, electronics and mechatronics concentrations.<\/p>\n<p>The department offers Bachelor of Science degrees in automotive, construction, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical and mechatronics concentrations, as well as a Master of Science degree in engineering technology. The associate degree in automotive, construction and electronics and the bachelor\u2019s degree in automotive, construction, electrical and manufacturing engineering technology are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology.<\/p>\n<p>Located at the APSU Center at Fort Campbell, the department offers courses for both the APSU main campus and the Fort Campbell campus. The department offers both daytime and evening courses to accommodate students who work while attending Austin Peay. Students are encouraged to participate in internships or other industrial job opportunities so they can get practical experience while completing their degrees.<\/p>\n<p>The engineering technology department motivates students to think creatively, to acquire analytical and technical skills, and to excel through its excellent teaching and service in an innovative learning environment. It is the department\u2019s tradition to have faculty and students involved in professional meetings, such as the Tennessee Academy of Science meeting, to engage with the latest scientific research and technologies, and also present their innovative research and projects.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please see the link <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/engineering-technology\/overview\" >http:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/engineering-technology\/overview<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Three students in the Austin Peay State University Department of Engineering Technology recently earned top honors at the 125th Tennessee Academy of Science Meeting, held in Murfreesboro, TN. APSU student Nicole Kirch won the first prize in the engineering and engineering technology posters section, with her paper titled \u201cComparison of the effectiveness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,7008,15527,262,27811,825,20119,27810,27812,4568,16082,27809,24371,12430],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-5Lp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22160,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22159\/revisions\/22160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}