For the second year in a row, a small group of students participated in the NASA Moon Work Competition. The competition requires that students design a system for a lunar base. This year, a small team of 3 submitted an entry, entitled "Robotic Platform for ISRU with Active Battery Management and Lunar Nocturnal Operation Capability". 

 ECE students participated in the first-annual NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition, which took place May 24th-28th at NASA Kennedy Space Center. The competition required that participants build a robot capable of mining at least 10kg of lunar regolith for the purpose of oxygen production on the moon. Akron's team, comprised of both electrical and mechanical engineers, build a robot within the given requirements and rules, and earned an honorable mention at the competition - placing 6th overall out of 29 teams.

2 ECE students - Tom Vo (Masters) and Courtney Gras (Junior), entered the Launchtown Business Competition. Their business idea was selected as one of the top 4, in competiiton with colleges from all over NE Ohio. More information on the compeititon can be found here: http://www.launchtown.org/

ROBOGAMES is the world's largest robotic competition, with over 600 competitors from over 20 countries, competing in over 60 competitions, with over 7000 paying spectators.  Our teams showed tremendous persistence and creativity in overcoming a variety of challenges.  This brought great success for the second consecutive year at ROBOGAMES, with results as follows: 

The annual Faraday Evening Banquet is taking place on Friday, April 30th at 6pm at Guy's Party Center off Waterloo Rd. Tickets are $10 for students and $15 for faculty. The banquet includes a buffet dinner, and numerous other fun surprises and traditions. Dress attire is semi-formal. All ECE students and guests are welcome to attend. 

Join the IEEE as we brainstorm and write scripts for this year's Faraday Skits! We need people with good ideas for making fun of our prof's (in a funny, but clean, way ). We will meet in the IEEE this Saturday at 12.

Join us for a tour of Lockheed Martin in Akron on Friday, March 26th at 3pm. All who are interested MUST pre-register no later than March19th by emailing Courtney: cag35@zips.uakron.edu

Note: You must be a US citizen and over the age of 18 years old to attend! also must bring photo ID - no cameras allowed, and please be prompt!

Directions (1210 Massillon Rd, Akron OH 44315):

Take Rt. 8 south from campus to 224 East.

Take 2nd exit - "Airdock Access Rd" (after Kelly Ave)

Come and observe your peers present thier entries to the IEEE paper contest, and enjoy a (very) affordable buffet dinner at Tangiers (off Market street). Cost is $5 for students (IEEE members), and $15 for all others. A cash bar will be available starting at 5pm, followed by dinner at 6, and presentations at 7. You MUST RSVP for this event to Courtney Gras - cag35@zips.uakron.edu 

5pm, ASEC 120

IEEE Meeting including information on upcoming events, current projects/competition and conferences. FREE pizza will be provided! Also included will be a presentation from Capt. Frymier of theROTC on scholarship opportunities.