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St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud State University

IEEE Student Award

SCSU students won five first places and three second places in past thirteen years in the IEEE Region 4 Student Contest. SCSU students competed with students in IEEE Region 4 including 9 states (upper middle west), about 60 universities in the region.

SCSU students won twelve first places in the IEEE Twin Cities Section Student Paper Contests in the past thirteen years.

SCSU Student Winners at IEEE Regional Contests (highest level):

  • First Place, 2004, Joseph Dalton, Wireless MP3 System With Two-Way Communication, Advisor: Dr. Ling Hou
  • Tie for Second Place, 2004, Keith Kieffer and Jennifer Struffert, Active Light Organ, Advisor: Dr. Kay Thamvichai
  • First Place, 2003, Mike Meemken and Colin Hanson, Semi-Intelligent maze Breaking Automation, Advisor: Dr. Ling Hou
  • First Place, 2001, Michael Shock, Jason Langfield and Matthew Ethen, Design and Implementation of a Car Audio MP3 Player, Advisor: Dr. Mike Heneghan
  • First Place, 2000, Patrick Krekelberg and Jared Momose, Aural Shape Shifter, Advisor: Dr. Sura Lekhakul
  • Third Place, 1998, Lloyd Dalton, Visual Design and Test Environment for Neural Networks Advisor: Yi Zheng
  • First Place (Tied with Purdue University), 1998, Scott Boeshart, Voice Activated Telephone Advisor: Dr. Sura Lekhakul
  • Second Place, 1996, Eric O. Mejdrich, Differential GPS for Airport Surface Traffic Navigation Advisor: James Rankin
  • Second Place, 1994, Kolman Johnson, Portable Heart Monitor, Advisor: Dr. Yi Zheng
  • Second Place, 1993, Chi-Te Wang, Improved IBM Neural Network Utility Using Fast Training Algorithm and High Speed Digital Signal Processor Advisor: Dr. Yi Zheng
  • First Place, 1990, Gregory Olson, Amateur Radio Tracking System, Advisor: Dr. Bruce Ellis
  • First Place, 1989, Micheal J. Surma, A Video Digitizer and Processor Using TI TMS320C25 DSP for image enhancement Advisor: Dr. Yi Zheng

SCSU EE student winners at IEEE Twin-City Section Contests

  • First place, 2007, Andrew Nere and David Busacker, Paperless restaurant system Advisor: Dr. Michael Galzos
  • Second place, 2007, Joe Idziorek, Justin Ficker, and Josh Boesche, Vulcan:  Unattended Ground Vehicle (UGV) Advisor: Dr. Mark Petzold
  • Third place, 2007,Taimour Ahmed, Cory Frank, and Matthew Eiden, Weather Monitoring System with Wireless Capability (W.M.S.) Advisor: Dr. Mark Petzold
  • First place, 2004, Keith Kieffer and Jennifer Struffert, Active Light Organ, Advisor: Dr. Kay Thamvichai
  • Second place, 2004, Nick Orndorff and Jason Scott, The Ultimate MP3 Player, Advisor: Dr. Mike Glazos
  • Third place, 2004, Joseph Dalton, Wireless MP3 System With Two-Way Communication, Advisor: Dr. Ling Hou
  • First Place, 2003, Mike Meemken and Colin Hanson, Semi-Intelligent maze Breaking Automation, Advisor: Dr. Ling Hou
  • First Place, 2002, Jacob Carlson, Mizanur Chowdhury, and Tony Kilian, Mobile GPS Mapper, Advisor: Dr. Ling Hou
  • First Place, 2001, Michael Shock, Jason Langfield, and Matthew Ethen, Design and Implementation of a Car Audio MP3 Player, Advisor: Dr. Michael Heneghan
  • First Place, 2000, Patrick Krekelberg and Jared Momose, Aural Shape Shifter, Advisor: Dr. Sura Lekhakul
  • First Place, 1999, Rabindra Sainju, Sultan Faiz, and Lloyd Dalton, Optical sensor array, Advisor: Dr. Andrew Bekkala
  • First Place, 1998, Lloyd Dalton, Remote Electrical Engineering Lab, Advisor:Dr. Yi Zheng
  • First Place, 1997, Scott Boeshart, Voice Activated Telephone, Advisor: Dr. Sura Lekhakul
  • First Place, 1994, Kolman Johnson, Portable Heart Monitor, Advisor: Dr. Yi Zheng
  • First Place, 1993, Chi-Te Wang, Improved IBM Neural Network Utility Using Fast Training Algorithm and High Speed Digital Signal Processor, Advisor: Dr. Yi Zheng
  • First Place, 1992, Gregory B. Kittilson, Control System for an Optical Lens Generator, Advisor: Dr. James Rankin.
  • First Place, 1991, Nick A. Zilmer, High Speed Data Coprocessor for IBM PC using TI TMS320C30 Advisor: Dr. Yi Zheng
  • First Place, 1990, Gregory Olson, Amateur Radio Tracking System Advisor: Dr. Bruce Ellis
  • First Place, 1989, David A. Reini, Parallel Processing using INMOS T212 Transputer Advisor: Dr. Kevin Miller

SCSU EE student winners of IEEE Twin-City Section Outstanding Student Award:

  • Mizanur Chowdhury, 2002

SCSU EE student winners at IEEE Twin-City Section Student Representative Award:

  • Mark Olson, 2002