Eric Baumgartner (left) discusses a student engineering project with John-David Yoder during a senior design showcase at ONU.

Dr. Yoder, chair of the mechanical engineering department, has been appointed dean of the ONU engineering college.

Dr. Baumgartner, who has served as dean for the past 11 years, has accepted a position as vice president of academics at the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

The project they are viewing precisely tells people where they are, which can be a matter of life or death for those in a self-driving car. There are means of knowing where you are, like with GPS, but a very precise location is required for self-driving cars.

Student members of the team are Tim Coulter, Ed Gomez, Kyle Lanquist, and Theo Jantzen. (Monty Siekerman photo)