IEEE Student Chapter Wins Second Place in the IEEE-USA Online Engineering Video Scholarship Competition for Undergraduates

 

Undergraduate engineering students from three universities were recognized on February 21, 2008 by IEEE-USA for their winning entries in the organization's first "How Engineers Make a World of Difference" online engineering video scholarship competition.

IEEE-USA Communications Vice President Paul Kostek announced the winners during National Engineers Week.  The winners were the undergrads from Louisiana Tech University, who will receive the first prize scholarship award of $2,500; University of Florida, who will receive the second place scholarship award of $2,000; and undergrads from Texas Tech University, who will receive the third place scholarship award of $1,500.

The winning entries were deemed most effective in reinforcing for an 11-to-13-year-old audience how engineers are "cool" and improve the quality of life. The three-judge panel included Andrew Quecan and Suzette Presas, electrical engineering graduate students and IEEE student members at the University of South Florida; and Nate Ball, a mechanical engineer and host of PBS' Design Squad.