IEEE West Virginia Section First Annual Senior College Student Competition in Engineering
On Friday May 8, 2009 the newly re-formed West Virginia Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers held its first annual senior college student competition in engineering. All senior students in engineering or the physical sciences in the region covered by the Chapter which includes Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, Bluefield, Lewisburg, and Logan among others, were invited to submit their project for evaluation.
The meeting was chaired by Asad Davari, professor of electrical and Computer Engineering at WVU Tech, and by vice-chair Mark Stecker, professor of neuroscience at the Joan C. Edwards Marshall University School of Medicine. The evaluations committee also included Tushar Shah from Eagle Research Corporation, L. Bruce McClung IEEE life fellow from Appalacian Electric Power.
The contestants
From all of the applicants, 5 projects were
selected to present their projects at a meeting of the section. These
projects covered topics from the use of solar power in West Virginia
to advanced communication systems.
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The winners
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From these 5 applicants, three awards were given out. The first prize went to Nathaniel Kidd and Nathan Bard from WVU Tech in Montgomery for their project "Design and analysis of an electric cart." which carefully considered the criteria for a cart that could be used by the disabled to help assist with their activities. Second place was given to Nathan Bard and Sandra Villavicencio who presented "Automatic speed control of a DC motor with a four quadrant chopper drive", describing a new system for controlling the speed and operation of a DC motor. Third place was awarded to Grafton Skaggs and Addis Kassie for "Multiple input, multiple output wireless test system" which will be useful in testing the properties of wireless networks such as those used in cellular telecommunications. |
Photos
Thank you to Mark Stecker who took the photos.
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First place winners Nathan Kidd and Nathaniel Bard
Second place winners Nathan Bard and Sandra Villavicenio
Third place winners Grafton Skaggs and Addis Kassie
Nate Kidd presenting.
Grafton Skaggs presenting.
The winners with Dr. Davari.
The jury.
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