A group of BYU engineering & technology students is garnering wide-spread attention for the portable custom orthotics workstation they developed for their Engineering Capstone project. With some help from College faculty and the project's sponsor, the team was able to transform the process of creating custom insoles from a matter of weeks into a matter of minutes—and pick up a lot of real-world engineering experience along the way. [Source: BYU News]

On March 27, 2008, BYU announced the creation of a new Animation Center to be housed in the Fulton College of Engineering & Technology. The Center opens up exciting new possibilities for the campus community at large and for the much-lauded BYU Animation Program. [Sources: BYU NewsNet, BYU News].

Ed Catmull, President of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, spoke to an audience of over a thousand on the subject, "What Goes Wrong Behind Blockbuster Movies." The lecture was part of an eventful visit that also included the announcement of a new Animation Center at BYU, the post-lecture premiere of the latest BYU Animation short, "Pajama Gladiator," and a press conference at which Catmull praised BYU's animation students as being among the best in the nation. [Source: BYU News]