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Students build smaller, equally powerful version of Village Drill
Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
December 12, 2018
Water-well drill can now reach more remote locations around globe
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BYU develops multi-university capstone program for UAV research
October 16, 2018
More than 250 students from 8 universities have participated
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Students engineer hand-trike attachment for LDS Charities global wheelchair program
Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
April 08, 2018
BYU engineering students are helping make LDS Charities wheelchairs even better for people in need around the globe.

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Five years later, BYU's village drill project bringing clean water to hundreds of thousands
Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
September 13, 2017
In 2011, a group of mechanical engineering students built a human-powered drill to dig water wells as part of a senior capstone course. The project seemed promising, but little did they know how life-changing it would become.

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Students creating prosthetic sockets for thousands of amputees in Africa
Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
April 19, 2017
BYU engineering students have teamed with non-profit Engage Now Africa to create a socket for above-knee amputees that fits neatly into prosthetics made available by the international Red Cross.

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Engineering students make biking possible for kids with leg-length discrepancies
Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
April 10, 2017
Mechanical engineering students at BYU have created a special adapter to a bike pedal that allows people with leg-length discrepancies and knee flexibility issues ride smoothly and painlessly.

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Engineering students build adult-sized bike trailer for professor's son with cerebral palsy
Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
March 29, 2016
A group of mechanical engineering students in the Capstone Program have built an adult-sized, two-in-one bike trailer/jogging stroller for McKay Mitton, an 18 year old with cerebral palsy.

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