ECE Students' Robot Grabs Building Blocks of Competition Success

2008 ECE SECON Team

Students in the Bagley College of Engineering recently competed in a regional competition pitting their robotics skills against those of engineers from 41 other schools in the southeast.

Designed by a team of seniors in the department of electrical and computer engineering, MSU's student built robot took second place honors at the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Southeast Region 3 student hardware competition. The competition, which was held in Huntsville, Ala., required that autonomous robots navigate a rocky course and retrieve wooden blocks. Different colors denoted point values for each block.

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Students Power Toward the Future

MSU power engineering students take time to visit with IEEE PES President Wanda Reder, President-Elect Al Rotz and Executive Director Pat Ryan after the Student-GOLD luncheon.

Twenty-eight MSU Electrical & Computer Engineering students spent two days in the windy city rubbing elbows with 13,000 other power engineers. The students and several faculty members attended the IEEE Power & Energy Society (new name for Power Engineering Society) Transmission and Distribution Exposition and Conference in Chicago April 21-23. Twenty-three graduate students presented technical posters.

The trip via bus was made possible through the financial support of TVA, the Electric Power Associations of Mississippi, Southern Company and the South Mississippi Electric Power Association. All the students participated in the conference plenary, Student-GOLD luncheon and walked the exhibit floor talking with many of the 600 companies showing their wares and discussing careers in power engineering.