LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) - Future engineers and welders got firsthand experience Friday in Lima, seeing how their college education can make an impact locally.
Students from Ohio Northern University’s Technology Studies program took part in their tour of the industries. Those enrolled in manufacturing, manufacturing with robotics, and construction management classes donned hard hats to visit several sites, including International Tank Service in Lima. At ITS, students observed high-tech machinery and learned how their classroom studies translate to real-world applications.
“We still have all of our background work with fluid mechanical systems, sheet metal, foundry, foraging and so forth, and all of the students are able to do that in the lab space. And then, we get out here. They can actually see it in this phenomenal equipment that International Tank Service has,” says Douglass Degen, Professor of Construction Management, Ohio Northern University.
“By getting and coming out seeing the equipment, it gives you a whole different aspect of being able just to learn it through a book. You actually see what the application actually does for you and what kind of aspects and different things are available. Even locally, a lot of people don't even know that we build tanks,” says Kent Bice, General Manager, International Tank Service.
They also toured Daft Erosion Control and the Wilson Football Factory in Ada, and visited the Ford Motor Company Engine Plant in Lima.
