Southwest MiSTEM Growlers Game

A team from AR Engineering participated in Education Day at Homer Stryker Field, with Luke Macleay, Montserrat Tejeda MIrambeaux , Andrew Woloszyk and Spencer O’Dell arriving early to set-up for the day! Students from local school districts arrived eager to explore various hands-on exhibits and were excited about building sandcastles, which demonstrated mechanically stabilized earth (MSE). Students were encouraged to build a non-MSE sandcastle and an MSE sandcastle, and then drop the hammer on both to see the difference in strength provided by the fabric reinforcement.  The morning activities wrapped up at 11 AM with everyone invited to attend the Growler’s game.

WMU 2024 Spring Capstone Projects

AR Engineering was proud to sponsor two WMU Civil Engineering Capstone Project for the 2024 Spring Semester. Their project involved a multi-family residential development and commercial car wash facility in Kalamazoo County. The students got to develop skills from these two challenging projects and will benefit from them in the workforce. AR Engineering extends its congratulations to Stiven Reci, Ethan Prescott, and John Perry, and Ali Hassan, Kiara Warburton, Diego Fuentes and Keeton Bigham-Tsai - they did a fantastic job on their presentation!

AR Team Celebrates KVCC Graduation

On Tuesday, April 23, 2024 the AR Team celebrated with cake and ice cream, as Luke Macleay graduated from Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC) with his Associate’s Degree. Luke participated in the Early/Middle College program, allowing him to graduate from KVCC one year after completing his senior year in high school. Luke will work full time for AR Engineering this summer and part-time in the fall when he will begin attending Western Michigan University to pursue a degree in Civil Engineering.

2024 Annual MSPS Conference

On February 13-16, 2024, Dustin Thornton attended the 2024 MSPS Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There were a variety of available sessions, and all were very helpful and informative including a full day session regarding when to hold or reset a property corner, and one covering the new PA132 Certified Surveys Act. The students from Ferris State University presented their capstone projects and I was able to meet with them individually and discussed internship opportunities over dinner one evening.  It was time well spent and a great opportunity to learn and meet with other surveyors from around the state.

2024 Mathcounts Competition - WMU

On February 9, 2024 Spencer O'Dell, as a part of AR Engineering’s affiliation with Michigan Society of Professional Engineers, participated as a judge for the Mathcounts competition hosted at the new student center of Western Michigan University. Mathcounts is a middle school mathematics competition that gives students the opportunity to compete in a live contest against their peers and challenges them in all things math. Winners move on for an opportunity to compete at the state and national level. These 6th-8th graders have some serious skills and would put many to shame with their mental math talent. We are honored to have an opportunity to pour into the future generation of mathematicians, scientists, and of course, engineers! Math rules!