Russ College of Engineering and Technology Stories

Russ College of Engineering hosts an AI workshop in August 2025
AI and machine learning

Engineering faculty drive AI innovation as Ohio University earns top quantum research honor

Russ College of Engineering's first Workshop on AI in EECS (WISE) was held Aug. 20, and organized by the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The goal was simple: bring faculty together to take stock of how AI is reshaping education, research, and economic development, and map out how Russ College can lead in this fast-moving field.

Cutler Hall is surrounded by colorful trees on the College Green on a day in fall
Global Digital Engineering

OHIO’s Digital Enterprise Collaboratory leads global charge in digital engineering with Virtualware’s VIROO Platform

Ohio University’s Digital Enterprise Collaboratory (DEC) is setting a new international standard for digital engineering and workforce development in high-tech manufacturing. 

A robot dog and regular dog looking at eachother with a food bowl in between them.
Emerging Technology

Cute robots are saving the world

Around the world, animal-like robots are being built to help society. Here at OHIO, one Russ College of Engineering and Technology student is bringing his own interactive companions to life.

An excavator digs up a road to replace a pipe.
Research

ORITE leads national effort to revolutionize pipe rehabilitation

Ohio University’s Ohio Research Institute for Transportation and the Environment is leading national research investigating a low-cost alternative to excavating and replacing corroded piping.

Fall 2025 Beauty
Faculty Newsmakers

OHIO's October 2025 Newsmakers

Ohio University recognized Chad Mourning, Berkeley Franz and Jennifer Grant Weinandy as October 2025 Newsmakers.

A student walks on the bricks of College Green surrounded by fallen leaves.
Community Support

OHIO’s Cats’ Cupboard Food Pantry remains available to students and employees impacted by pause in SNAP benefits during federal government shutdown

A reminder that OHIO students and employees may visit Cats’ Cupboard food pantry, with locations in Athens and across our regional campuses, for fresh, frozen and shelf-stable food options. Pantry donations are also being accepted.

OHIO students and alumni eat a meal together
Student Experiences

OHIO students invited to participate in Meal with a Mentor Program

This initiative is designed to help students connect with OHIO alumni and peers who share similar academic and career interests—all over a free, casual meal.

Rufus the Bobcat rides in the Homecoming Parade
Homecoming 2025

Back home again

Welcoming Bobcats of all ages back to campus, OHIO's 2025 Homecoming celebrations featured a series of spirited and memorable events.

A plane flies next to an air traffic control tower.
Faculty Experts

‘Very stressful; it’s high stakes,’ Government shutdown strains overburdened air traffic controllers

Experts around the U.S. have voiced concerns about the recent federal government shutdown worsening the shortage of air traffic controllers. With the holiday travel season approaching, Ohio University Aviation Safety Expert Chad Mourning discusses how this may impact those who are flying.

Marlene Minnix
Career Opportunities

Ohio University Chillicothe helps former mill worker prepare for a new career after plant closure

For nearly three decades, Marlene Minnix’s days began and ended at the local paper mill, a long-standing focal point of the Chillicothe community and economy.

a female student in an Ohio University t-shirt creates a manufacturing model at a desk
Community Partnerships

Training Tomorrow’s Workforce, Today

Collaboration leads to career success in advanced manufacturing.

a student welds the frame of what will become an off-road vehicle
Experiential Learning

Powered by Passion, Backed by Bobcats

Donor support accelerates student learning and team-based innovation.

a bearded professor wearing a hat and glasses shows a leaf specimen to a young student wearing a hoodie
Faculty News

New Faculty to Fuel Research

Meet the 12 faculty who joined Ohio University this fall to help inform its research future.

A view of the 2024 Homecoming parade
Homecoming

Ohio University to celebrate Homecoming Oct. 13-18

Homecoming Week 2025 will kick off on Oct. 13, 2025, with the Homecoming football game against Northern Illinois on Oct. 18.

An OHIO students uses laboratory equipment at the Fairfield County Workforce Center
Preparing For Careers

Ohio University and Fairfield County Workforce Center partnership produces tomorrow’s manufacturing leaders

Ohio University Lancaster and the Fairfield County Workforce Center stand as strong examples of how education, industry and community collaboration can come together to strengthen the state’s economy.

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