Academy of ECE Travel Awards

Funding Operating account provided funds for $4,500 of student travel

Selection Criteria Individuals and Teams Purpose Maximum Funding Level Individuals had to be EE and/or CpE majors Teams had to have a minimum of two EE and/or CpE majors Purpose Travel to conference or symposium to present paper or poster Travel to design competition Maximum Funding Level Individuals: $500 Teams: $1,000 Both undergraduate and graduate students funded

Award Summary 4 Individuals 4 Teams All graduate students $1,700 total All undergraduate students $2,800 total 13 Undergraduate EE/CpE students on teams traveling Total of 52 S&T students traveling (some graduate students) Approx. 160 S&T students participate on funded teams

Recipients - Individuals Seaar Al-Dobooni Graduate Student 2017 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks Mobile Robot Control Based on Hybrid Neuro-Fuzzy Value Gradient Reinforcement Learning May, 2017, Anchorage, AK $200

Recipients - Individuals Atieh Talebzadehghahroudi Graduate Student 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation 2017 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting Wideband nonfoster Microstrip Patch Antenna IEEE AP-S Student Design Contest: CubeSat Antenna July, 2017, San Diego, CA $500

Recipients - Individuals Ahmad Alzahrani Graduate Student 2017 Power and Energy Conference at Illinois Analysis and Design of Bipolar Dickson DC-DC Converter February, 2017, Urbana, IL $500

Recipients - Individuals Vikram Roy Chowdhury Graduate Student 2017 IEEE Green Tech Conference Paper: Control of a Three Phase Grid Connected Inverter Mimicking a Synchronous Machine with Fault Ride Through Capability March, 2017, Denver, CO $500

Recipients - Individual S&T Rocket Design Team Seth Kitchen Undergraduate Students 16 Students Traveling Intercollege Rocket Engineering Competition June, 2017, Las Cruces, NM $500

Recipients - Teams S&T IEEE Robotics Team Bradley Hobbs, Ryan Vasquez, Alexander Lopez, Jacob Humphrey and Blake Krodinger 5 students traveling Undergraduate Students IEEE Region 5 Conference Robotics Competition March, 2017, Denver, CO $800

Recipients - Teams S&T Formula SAE Team Chance Proctor and David Piel Undergraduate Students 15 Students Traveling Formula SAE Competition at Michigan International Speedway May, 2017, Brooklyn, MI $1,000

Recipients - Teams S&T Mars Rover Design Team Gdenga Osibodu, Emily Sansone, Katie Brinker, Drue Satterfield Undergraduate Students 16 Students Traveling University Rover Challenge May 2017, Hanksville, UT $500

Conclusion Thank you for your support of S&T students and design teams