SDI pledges $1.5 million to Trine engineering expansion ANGOLA â The Steel Dynamics Foundation Inc. has pledged $1.5 million toward Trine University's engineering facility expansion, the university announced Monday. In honor of Steel Dynamics' support, the 40,000-square-foot expansion will be named the Steel Dynamics Inc. Center for Engineering and Computing. A longtime supporter of Trine University, the Steel Dynamics Foundation Inc. has provided major gifts toward the Steel Dynamics Inc./Keith E. Busse Athletic and Recreation Center and the Thunder Ice Arena. Enrollment in the Allen School of Engineering and Computing has risen 72% over the past decade to nearly 1,000 students, with engineering students accounting for more than 40% of Trine's main campus student population.