By Tiffany Westrom, tiffany.westrom@iowastatedaily.com
Hundreds of engineering students file into Mechanical Engineering 160 to learn how to solve mechanical engineering problems with computer applications. One of those students walked out with the knowledge he needed to put an idea to work.
Shaun Vanweelden, sophomore in computer engineering, used what he learned about a programming environment called MATLAB to develop the software for his a new business venture.
“I created an online application where users can upload an image from their computer and turn it into a Lego mosaic and print off the instructions that they need to build it,” Vanweelden said. “Then I sell them the pieces that they will need to make their mosaic.”
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