Matthew Davis
Class Year: 2006

Matt graduated with High Honors in the spring of 2006 with two degrees, a B.S. in Engineering Administration and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He had the highest grade point average of all the graduates in the Allen School of Engineering and Technology.

For his engineering project, Matt worked with a group of mechanical engineering students designing a micro-scale cooling system for computer chips. This project was part of a larger joint research effort, involving Purdue University, Delphi Corp., the Crane NSWC, and TSU, that was sponsored by the Indiana 21st Century Fund.

Matt was elected to the Honor Societies Alpha Chi, Phi Eta Sigma, Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Engineering), and Tau Beta Pi (Engineering) and served as treasurer of Phi Eta Sigma and President of Tau Beta Pi. He was the TSU delegate to the Tau Beta Pi National Convention in Houston in the fall of 2005. Matt is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and was elected to several offices (secretary, treasurer, and president) of the TSU Student Section and attended several regional ASME meetings as the TSU representative.

In addition to his professional activities Matt was an active member of the TSU Christian Campus House where he was a Bible study leader.

As a student Matt was employed during the summers by Tenneco, Inc. He is now employed by Beckman-Coulter as a research engineer.