2007 IEEE Region 5 Student Paper Contest Entries

 

East Area: - Terry Martin, East Area Chair

 

First Place

ÒChirp Slope Keying: A Promising Scheme for Underwater CommunicationsÓ

I–igo X. Incer

IEEE # 80200438

University of New Orleans

 

Second Place

ÒLeakage Currents: Sources and Solutions for Low-Power CMOS VLSIÓ

Martin Martinez

IEEE # 80364730

Lamar University

 

Third Place

ÒBluetooth Pairing and SecurityÓ

Jimmy Tran

IEEE # 80639311

Lamar University

 

 

North Area: - Steve Watkins, North Area Chair

 

First Place

"Revolutionizing Prosthetics: Computer Controlled Ankle"

Benjamin Johnson

IEEE # 80439289

Oklahoma Christian University

 

Second Place

"Free Space Optical Networks"

Nathan Brooks

IEEE # Pending

University of Tulsa

 

Third Place

ÒEvaluating the Efficacy of Optic Nerve Recording of Retinal SignalsÓ

Kieran Barrows

IEEE # 80654900

University of Tulsa

 

 

West Area: - Marcus Borhani, West Area Chair

 

First Place

ÒTarget Identification for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle CompetitionÓ

Bryant Heath

IEEE # 80584187

Texas Tech University

 

Second Place

ÒDevelopment of a Monitor for a Photolithography ProcessÓ

Amanda Brown

IEEE # 80629287

Texas Tech University.

 

 

South Area: - Sandra Robinson, South Area Chair

 

First Place

ÒEvaluation of Two New Models Developed from the Augmented RIC Model of Child Respiratory ImpedanceÓ

Thuc-Uyen Nguyen

IEEE # 80620281

Texas Christian University

 

Second Place

ÒEnergy Harvesting of Ambient Mechanical Vibrations to Produce Electrical Power with a Piezoelectric Material for Structural Health Monitoring ApplicationsÓ

Jeffrey Tippey

IEEE # 80390171

Texas Christian University

 

Third Place

"Autonomous Solar System Cargo Transport VehicleÓ

Carlos Carizales, Aaron Smith, Herberto Villalobo

IEEE # 80554780 (Carizales)

University of Texas Pan Am