Scholarships and certification received from Foundry Educational Foundation
Significant renovations to the home of Ohio State’s foundry spurred its relocation.
With the demolition of the conjoined MacQuigg and Watts Halls looming, the foundry was packed up and moved to the Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence (CDME) on west campus. Metal casting complimented CDME’s engineering portfolio, which includes a robotics and automation lab, metal additive lab and medical modeling lab. CDME began preparations for the incoming foundry in July 2021, and everything was finalized for a visit from the Foundry Educational Foundation on April 27.
Just as other educational foundries, Ohio State’s foundry must be evaluated by the Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF) for certification. “An FEF certified school receives direct funding from FEF. Professors are allocated a specific amount of funding each school year that they use for scholarships and discretionary spending,” states the FEF website. Professor Alan Luo is the Key Professor who liaises with FEF and has managed the foundry at Ohio State since 2013. Flickr photo reel of FEF certification visit.
FEF scholarships were presented to five students during the certification visit. Blake Barnett, Welding Engineering doctoral student ('22-'23), was not present for a photo.