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We ended our successful semester with poster prese

We ended our successful semester with poster presentations from each group. We wish everyone the best of luck heading into finals week!

Built World Enterprise is proud to welcome Timber

Built World Enterprise is proud to welcome Timber Strong to BWE team! They also competed this past week in the American Society of Civil Engineers Timber-Strong Design Build Competition. They took home 3rd place overall. As well, they set a national ASCE build record. Way to represent Built World Enterprise and Michigan Technological University with pride!

And the results are in! We are extremely proud of

And the results are in! We are extremely proud of both of our teams that took the time to compete at New Mexico State University these past 4 days. You represented Built World Enterprise and Michigan Technological University phenomenally. If you see any of these 9 students on campus express congratulations for their hard work and dedication.

Built World Enterprise has sent two teams to New M

Built World Enterprise has sent two teams to New Mexico this year! WERC team - task 4 has focused their research in detecting and quantifying microplastics in reservoirs. Where they applied froth flotation and ImageJ to quantify microplastics in real time. A big shoutout to New Mexico State University for hosting the 33rd Annual WERC Environmental Design Competition and Dell for sponsoring our project!

Our WERC 1 team is excited to be in New Mexico com

Our WERC 1 team is excited to be in New Mexico competing in the WERC Environmental Design Competition. The team has created a wastewater treatment system for rural communities that utilizes mixed-media filtration and solar pasteurization. Thank you to New Mexico State University for hosting the competition and thanks to the EPA and Souder, Miller & Associates. We will keep you updated throughout the week!

Josh Nolan is a 3rd Year Engineering Management ma

Josh Nolan is a 3rd Year Engineering Management major on the Steel Bridge Team. His favorite part about Built World Enterprise how hands-on it is, and that we actually get to build a bridge. Outside of BWE, Josh is on the club baseball team and enjoys skiing and playing disc golf.

Built World Enterprise is wrapping up the semester

Built World Enterprise is wrapping up the semester and heading into competition season!

Meet Brock Sundberg, a third year environmental en

Meet Brock Sundberg, a third year environmental engineer on our EPA Campus Rainworks Challenge team. Brock expresses that he enjoys Built World Enterprise because it's "Great exposure to what it is like to work on an engineering project." During his free time her loves to hit the slopes and ski during the winter.

Meet BWEs Member of the Week, Averi Reno! Averi is

Meet BWEs Member of the Week, Averi Reno! Averi is a 3rd year Environmental Engineer who will also be traveling to New Mexico in April to compete in the topic of "Detecting and Quantifying Microplastics in Reservoirs." We asked Averi what she liked most about enterprise and she responded: " I love working with amazing people and feeling a sense of belonging. I am working on quantifying and detecting microplastics in reservoirs. Everyone wants to make a difference in the world and working on this project makes me feel like I’m doing just that." We appreciate and enjoy having you as a member of Built World Enterprise!

Wednesday's Member of the Week Spotlight is Jenna

Wednesday's Member of the Week Spotlight is Jenna Cook! She is a Junior studying Environmental Engineer, this is her first semester in BWE and she is on the WERC Task 1 team traveling to New Mexico in April. She expresses that she loves enterprise because: "I will be able to build real-life experiences. The task I will be working on (wastewater treatment in a rural area to be turned into usable grey-water) seems like an interesting topic I haven't dived into yet and I want to learn more about it!" Outside of enterprise Jenna is an avid hiker & snowboarder. Fun fact, Jenna spent 3 years in Colorado before deciding what degree she wanted to pursue. We are excited to have you as a member of Built World Enterprise!

It’s time to highlight members from Built World

It’s time to highlight members from Built World Enterprise. First up Eden Traub, and 3rd year Environmental Engineer. She is currently working on WERC Task 1 where she is focused on Wastewater Reuse for Rural Communities. She expresses that “Built World is a great environment to learn and challenge yourself while having fun. I have always felt welcomed in class. I really am liking how my project has related to the classes I've been taking, it really enhances my understanding.” Outside of the class she explains “I am a big fan of fancy cheese and cracker combinations, I love to eat and make food. I am also a part of the women's club soccer team, and love to run. In the winter I LOVE cross country skiing and downhill skiing.”

Built World Enterprise wishes you a happy and heal

Built World Enterprise wishes you a happy and healthy 2023!

This weeks member spotlight falls onto Ryan Andric

This weeks member spotlight falls onto Ryan Andrick. Ryan is a second year Environmental Engineer and is the team lead for the Timber Strong team. “He likes enterprise so much because he enjoys learning about the different projects and how each one works separately but join together to better optimize the work we are doing!” Other than enterprise, Ryan is looking forward to winter for the start of snowmobiling and broomball season

BWE has grown by leaps and bounds and we have a lo

BWE has grown by leaps and bounds and we have a lot of new faces. With that being said we are bringing back Member of the Week! This week we are highlighting Ondrea Ream, a 2nd year Environmental Engineer on our Timber Strong Team. She is grateful that BWE is teaching her about statics before she has to tackle the class. Outside of BWE Ondrea is on the Club Softball Team and a member of SWE.

Our steel bridge team really does admire the const

Our steel bridge team really does admire the construction of the H-Stem!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and joined us

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and joined us for K-Day. We had a blast meeting everyone!

Come on by our booths at K-Day this Friday!!

Come on by our booths at K-Day this Friday!!

Highlighting our Success from Spring 2022! Our ACR

Highlighting our Success from Spring 2022! Our ACRP team placed 3rd overall in their competition. The Airport Cooperative Research Program focuses on finding practical solutions to current airport challenges! Congratulations on all of your hard work!

We had our poster presentations today during our m

We had our poster presentations today during our meeting time. Thank you to all the teams for your hard work this year and we wish our seniors good luck in the future!

Busy day at Design Expo! Here are some of our memb

Busy day at Design Expo! Here are some of our members excited to show off our work.

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