Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 14, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 5 April 2012 — Page 2

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Photo provided Daniel Grabill (left), Wakarusa, and Nick Cocanower, Elkhart, were awarded for earning third place for their engineering entry at the 2012 American Society for Engineering Education’s lllinois-lndiana Conference March 17 at Valparaiso University. TRINE UNIVERSITY Engineering students take third at regional contest VALPARAISO Trine University engineering students captured a third-place award at the 2012 American Society for Engineering Education's lllinois-lndiana Conference March 17 at Valparaiso University. Junior design engineering technology majors Nick Cocanower, Elkhart, and Daniel Grabill, Wakarusa, were honored for their united electrical engineering and design engineering technology padcaring project. Combining two fields - design engineering technology and electrical engineering - they created spedfic packaging for intricate printed circuit boards that were equipped to sense temperature or force. Trine assistant professors Vukica Jovanovic, Ph.D., and Andrea Mitofsky , Ph.D., worked in die fall of 2011 to collaborate their dassroom efforts and assigned students interdisdplinary projects to simulate real-world experiences. In this case, aspiring design engineers, such as Cocanower and Grabill, worked with electrical engineering students to complete the project. Jovanovic and Mitofsky required students to communicate and create products within an allotted budget in a given timeframe. "Engineers often work on teams with people from different disdplines, and the collaboration often occurs throughout the design process," Jovanovic said. Cocanower and Grabill designed a hand-held packaging prototype to house a sensor system and its printed circuit board using Solidworks software. Then, they used Trine's new Z Corp 650 Rapid Prototyping Printer. View their plan here. "This is a multidisciplinary approach which utilizes the ideas of concurrent engineering, where collaboration occurs throughout the design process, increasing the quality and capabilities of a finished product and decreasing the time needed for development," said Jovanovic, who added that she and Mitofsky were asked to give a presentation during the conference about their endeavors. Trine design engineering technology chair Tom Trusty is impressed with student progress and looks forward to continuing to partner with area industry to solve real-world issues. "This was a great opportunity for our students to publicly showcase their engineering skills and projects that they comf leted in the Allen School of Engineering and Technology," rusty said. 'This would not have been possible without the support of 2007 alumnus Casey Pierce, who serves as the chair of the Design Engineering Technology Advisory Board. His generous donation to design engineering technology allowed students and faculty to travel to and participate in the conference." Their projects, and many others, will be available for public viewing during Trine's annual, free Engineering Expo, which will be Friday, April 27 from 1-4 p.m. INDIANA TECH FORT WAYNE accomplishments of incoming freshmen who have earned the university's Engineering and Computer Sciences Scholarship. Tne scholarship is worth $13,000 per year and is renewable for up to four years based on academic standing. To earn the award, each student must have at least a 3.0 GPA and a 24 ACT or 1100 SAT (math and critical reading) score. The local scholarship winner who honored at the engineering and computer sciences luncheon March 9 is Natnaneal Searer, Nappanee, from North Wood High School now studying Energy Engineering. *> lUS6 SOUTH BEND announced its dean's lists for the fall 2011 semester. Liberal Arts and Sciences Local recipients are: Scott Alan Bliss, Taylor Allison Gamer, Brandon Lee Hall, Samantha Lee Hall, and Kyle Lee Stoltzfus, all of Nappanee; and Travis Wayne Fehr, Larissa Hunsberger, Aaron Michael Schlorke, and Emily P. Shay, all of Wakarusa. School of Education Local recipients are: Sammuel Brown, Brittany Schmucker, Cathy Schmucker, and Ashley Soltwedel, all of Nappanee; and Erica Haviland, and Anastacia Olvera, both of Wakarusa.

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Beauty awarded Photo by Angel Perkins From left are Dianne Debelak, president of the Nappanee Beautification Committee awarding employee Erik Martinez of El Cielito Undo for the work done to remodel the inside of three building at 108 W. Market St., Nappanee. The new business took liberties of remodeling the inside dining area of the restaurant from what it had looked like as LaFagota. El Cielito Lindo, which is said to mean “beautiful sky,’’ offers its clientele traditional Mexican cuisine, seafood, steaks, salads, desserts, alcoholic beverages of all kinds, and even a vegetarian menu.

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Annual Easier egg hunt set for April 9 NAPPANEE The annual Nappanee Rotary Qub Easter Egg hunt will take place inside the Callander Sportsplex on C.R. 7 (Oakland Avenue) one-and-a-half miles north of U S. 6 (entrance of McCormick Creek Golf Course), Saturday, April 9 from 9 a.m. until all eggs are found. Again this year, all children taking part in the event will receive chocolate prizes. Cash prizes will also be

given for finding the gold and silver eggs sponsored by Nappanee's Lake City Bank. The gold egg winner will receive $lO cash and a chocolate bunny. Two silver eggs are also to be found with a $5 cash prize and chocolate bunny. The hunt is free for children ages 3 to 9. No registration is required. All hunters are also eligible for the boys and girls bicycle give away, sponsored by your Nappanee Rotary Club. Parents are asked to remember to look for their child's designated hunting area beforehand, because when the hunt begins, the eggs disappear quickly. Egg hunters will be divided into four age groups, including ages 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 with help from a parent or guardian, groups 5 and 6 and 7 through 9 will hunt on their own. The event will take place rain, snow or sunshine so children should be dressed appropriately.

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_ . ... Samuel J. Hochstetler March 25, 2012 NAPPANEE Samuel J. Hochstetler, 85, of C.R. 9 Nappanee, died at 4:45 a.m., Sunday, March 25, 2012 at EOcnart General Hospital. Surviving are sisters, Anna Mast, Nappanee and Amanda Yoder, Sarasota, Fla.; and a brother, Levi Hochstetler, Nappanee. Visitation was Thursday 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 pm. at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee and for one hour prior to funeral services which were at 10 am. Friday, March 30, at Uving Gospel Church. Burial is in Maple Lawn Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be given to Gideons International or Living Gospel Missions. Karel E. Neff March 27, 2012 NEW PARIS Karel E. Neff, 72, of C.R. 46, New Paris, died unexpectedly of natural causes at 5:38 p.m., Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at IU Health Goshen Hospital Emergency Room. 1 Surviving is her husband, Richard; a stepson, Richard L. Neff Jr., Texas; her mother, Rosemary Hollingsworth, Tipton; a sister, Kay (Howard) Bums, Tipton; a brother, Walter Hollingsworth, Oregon; and a brother-in-law, Michael Neff, Syracuse. Visitation was one hour prior to the 11 a.m. funeral service Saturday at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home. Burial is in Union Center Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Church of the Little People of America Association. Thompson-Lengacher St Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee assisted the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be given at www.tlyfh.com. AREA BRIEFS CHICKEN SALE APRIL 14 BREMEN St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Woodland, will host a Nelson's chicken or pork sale ($6 each) Saturday, April 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at two locations, at the Woodie's Supermarket parking lot in Bremen and Old District 5 in Woodland. TIDAL WAVE OF FUN GOSHEN - Community Church of Waterford's Tidal Wave of Fun Auction will be held Saturday, April 14 will involve antiques, a variety of furniture, collectibles. There will be a soup and chicken salad croissant dinner with dessert as well as not dogs for the kids, snack items and the silent auction are set to kick off the evening's activities at 4 p.m. More information on the auction offerings and a copy of the auction's sale bill are posted on the church's website at www.communitychurchofwaterford.com. CONCERT UNEUP SET GOSHEN Concert Tickets are on Sale at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair Office, 17746 C.R. 34 Goshen. Doors open at 8 a.m. Phone lines open at 9 a.m. (574-533-3247). Performing this year will be Styx, July 21 at 8 p.m. ($25 each); Salvador featuring Jaci Velasquez (presented by Nappanee Missionary Church), July 22 at 8 p.m. ($lO each); Thompson Square, July 23 at 8 p.m. (S2O each); and Josh Turner (presented by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store), July 24 at 8 p.m. ($25 each). Learn more by visiting www.4hfair.org online.

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