Terra Drive Systems, Inc.
Eli Kunkel is a Design Engineer at Terra Drive Systems, Inc. since January 2023, and also serves as an Adjunct Professor in Materials Engineering at Ivy Tech Community College from August to December 2023. Previous experience includes a Mechanical Engineering Internship at Klein Tools from August to December 2022, and an Engineer Internship at Woods Equipment from May to August 2021. Eli Kunkel also worked as a Peer Tutor at Illinois Valley Community College from August 2019 to May 2020, focusing on tutoring college and high school students in math, physics, and chemistry. Eli Kunkel holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, earned between 2020 and 2022.
Terra Drive Systems, Inc.
At TDS Drive, we pioneered steerable hydraulic drive axle systems for agricultural equipment, engineering our legendary MudHog products for all of the leading agricultural manufacturers. Our systems can be found not only on farms, but on soil stabilizers, commercial turf care machines, aircraft loaders, road building equipment as well as digger derricks, cranes, dump trucks, snow plows and many more. We hold many patents for hydraulic systems and controls and are world-wide suppliers to OEMs and aftermarket dealers. We integrate with all these world-class companies to design and build the right products to fit their needs, making it easy for them to install and service.