The College of Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) held its fall Technology Symposium on Tuesday, November 27. Highlights included the Big Rowdy Idea Competition and senior design projects in civil, electrical, computer, and mechanical engineering.
The Big Rowdy Idea Contest featured a mechanism that uses oil-separating technology to help response teams when cleaning up oil spills in the ocean, an oxygen-blowby intubation device that will decrease intubation failures, and a new weapon detection software system using CCTV technology.
According to UTSA’s Tech Symposium, the event is designed to provide a venue for senior engineering students to present advances achieved in their design projects to UTSA students, other students around South Texas, industry and government sponsors, and the general public.
Senior Design Projects enable engineering students in their senior year to apply the knowledge and skills they have accumulated to innovative engineering products.
This fall, senior designs included an insect elimination device, an emergency powerchair braking system, and harsh environment research with mobility enhanced spectrometry.
Three cash prizes of $1,000 each were presented to the top three teams for Senior Design I. Senior Design II prizes ran from $2,000 for third place to $3,000 for the second position. The winner of the Senior Design II competition got $4,000.
The next Tech Symposium in April 2019, will include Engineering Capstone Projects and the Center for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship $100K Big Rowdy Idea Competition.
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