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TECS lecturer John Heffernan shown judging the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) department\u2019s Senior Capstone projects with (left to right) MIE Professor or Practice Jim Lagrant, Professor and Undergraduate Program Director Steve de Bruyn Kops, MIE student Pratham Vankar, College of Education Lecturer John Heffernan, and Roger Grette (College of Engineering Career Development and Experiential Learning Center).  John has had  a long collaboration with Jim and Steve as a now retired K12 engineering teacher and current lecturer in the College of Education.  Jim and Steve have been judges in John\u2019s high school capstone projects as they all have worked to bridge the gap between high school and college engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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