IEEE Paper Contest/Banquet

Students of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at SCSU Take 1 st and 2 nd Place at the 2002 IEEE Twin Cities Section Student Paper Contest

Two student teams from the ECE Department at SCSU placed 1 st and 2 nd at the 2002 IEEE Twin Cities Section Student Paper Contest, held on April 27 at the Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis. Both groups were formally recognized that evening at the IEEE Twin Cities Section Annual Awards Banquet. Third place was awarded to a student team from the University of Minnesota. The student team consisting of Jacob Carlson, Mizanur Chowdhury and Tony Kilian received first place for their paper entitled “Portable GPS Tracking and Mapping System.” Second place went to the student team of Matt Koehler, Megan Rudiger and Dane Sprister for their paper entitled “Light Emitting Vehicle Identification Communication System (LEVICS).” Both groups' papers were based on their senior design projects, which were advised by ECE Department faculty members Dr. Ling Hou and Dr. Michael Glazos. This year's competition drew five entries, the two teams from SCSU and three teams from the University of Minnesota. Contestants were evaluated on both the written and oral presentation of their papers. The competition was judged by engineers from local industry.

Two SCSU students were also recognized at the awards banquet. SCSU EE senior Mizanur Chowdhury received an Outstanding Student Award. This award recognizes student branch members of the twin cities section who have made outstanding contributions to their respective student branches. SCSU EE senior Mark Olson was also recognized for being the Region 4 Student Representative from 2000-2002. The participation of the two SCSU student teams was overseen by Dr. Glazos, who is the Faculty Advisor to the SCSU IEEE Student Branch.