CBU Wins NCEES Eng Education Award Competition
Christian Brothers University has won a $10,000 award for the 2021 National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Engineering Education Award competition. The faculty, staff, and students at Christian Brothers University Engineering Department and University of Tennessee Health Science Center, along with the engineering professionals who have taken part in Go Baby Go – MROC project are to be celebrated for their work on such a worthwhile project. The purpose of this project was to design, build, and implement an upgrade to commercially available ride-on vehicles for disabled children of ages 13-months to 3-years. The solution involves supplying the children with Modified Ride-On Cars. (MROCs). MROCs are customized electric toy cars that are altered to accommodate the specific needs of individual children. MROCs are an ideal alternative to purchasing expensive motorized chairs that many families cannot afford.