Trinity College Firefighting Robot Contest -- April 13, 2008

The Antipyros were First Place Senior Team in the Olympiad Exam. Squirt (the robot)placed 13th out of 26 qualified entries. Below is a picture of the team with their award:

Aaron Chinn • Melanie Griffith • "Squirt" • Patrick Cobb • Bryan McGallion

Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSGC) Design Challenge Showcase -- April 14, 2008

Best Practice In Systems Engineering Integration - Cardinal Direction, BEAST & DEEP
Best Spur Of The Moment Decision To Form A 3-Team Collaboration - Cardinal Direction, BEAST & DEEP
Best "Day In The Life" Doc Sem II - Cardinal DEEP
Special Recognition - Cardinal Direction, BEAST & DEEP Mentor Cites: Quick Response & Action in their very positive attitude to the NASA recommendation that the three projects combine into one large collaborative unit. The team' willingness to accept the changes and work together was noteworthy.
3RD Place Poster - Cardinal Direction, BEAST & DEEP
Best Model - Baker Hughes Prize! - Cardinal DEEP
Honorable Mention Oral Presentations - Cardinal Direction, BEAST & DEEP

                   

           Nick Cooper • Nelson Gaspard (Direction Team Leader) • Erin Tade • Jessica Burch • Jake Truncale • Daniel Gimber                                                 Josh Landry • Gus Becker (BEAST Team Leader)• Laurie Crawford • Jay Barnett    

                                                 

Paul Davis (DEEP Team leader) • Nick Vinson • Josh Hollis • Jason Patterson • Josh Shenkir

IEEE Region 5 Conference Student Robotics Competition -- April 19, 2008

Eric Veltz • Chris Hayes • Patrick Traveler • Luis Espinoza • Hien Ngyuen

The S.L.A.B. Robot took 8th place out of forty competitors.

IEEE Region 5 Conference Student Paper Competition -- April 19, 2008

Nelson Gaspard and Nicholas Cooper, senior electrical engineering majors, won 1st and 2nd place awards for the papers they submitted to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 5 East Area student paper contest. Other winners in their respective contests from the North, South and West Areas were students from Texas Tech, University of Oklahoma, University of Missouri – Rolla, TCU, and Trinity University. Gaspard and Cooper represented the East Area (Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas) at the Regional Student Paper Competition held at the 2008 IEEE Region 5 Technical, Professional and Student Conference in Kansas City.

 

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