J.R. Jackson, left, holds 3-year-old daughter Anna Kate’s hand as she rides up and down on the automated forklift his team designed and built for the recent Engineering and Technology Mech-Tech Expo. (MTSU photo by Randy Weiler)

Pictured is one of two Baja experimental vehicles that MTSU Experimental Vehicles Program students drove to the recent Engineering and Technology Mech-Tech Expo and sits in front of the Sam H. Ingram Building on Middle Tennessee Boulevard. The annual event shows students’ work during the fall 2021 semester. (MTSU photo by Cat Curtis Murphy)

The crowd gathers for the annual MTSU Engineering and Technology Mech-Tech Expo, held in the Ingram Building’s MT Center, showcasing students’ hard work during the fall 2021 semester. Judges, including Rick Taylor, right, take notes on the projects. (MTSU photo by Cat Curtis Murphy)

(CLICK TO GO BACK TO MAIN STORY) Competition judge Jeff Mech, right, listens as MTSU students Zani, left, and Lee Barnard and Jordan Pufon explain their project in the recent MTSU Engineering & Technology Mech-Tech Expo, held in the Ingram Building’s MT Center. The expo showcases students’ work during the fall 2021 semester. (MTSU photo by Cat Curtis Murphy)