Research teams have met weekly to share updates on their projects. Engineering students were busy with their bike designs. A visit was made by the team to Paul Robeson High School to get acquainted with some of the participants and to witness the building of a smoothie bike. Once the prototype is ready, it will be transferred to the School of Nursing. Dr. Down is working creating a description of this new ABCS opportunity for the Nursing 3750 course: 5-7 students will be needed to assist with the Smoothie Bike project that includes creating smoothie recipe demos and education to the high school students. The students will assist with the “health carnivals” that will occur at two schools during the fall semester. Rebel Ventures is looking to hire summer employees to work on the nutritional portion of the project through the summer.

D. Roberts, T. Kang, J. Stein “Sustainability in Engineering Graphics and Bicycle-Powered Blenders”, American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE) Annual Conference, Portland, OR, June 2024.