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Competitions

These are the competitions that will be held at the SAC 2009. These competitions will run concurrently from 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM on Saturday April 18th

Student Paper Competition
This competition will reward excellence in communications skills.
Technical papers written by undergraduate IEEE members will be
evaluated by a panel of three judges from industry. The author must also deliver a short oral presentation of his/her work which will factor into the score. The submission for the paper competition is NOW CLOSED and no longer accepted.
Rules: CLICK HERE
Team Size: 1-4

Brown Bag Competition
This competition requires that a circuit be designed and built to
solve a problem given only a certain number of components and a given amount of time. Exact details of the competition will be dispersed at the time of competition.
Team Size: 1-4

Micromouse Competition
A challenging and popular robotics competition involving the
construction of an autonomous robotic "mouse" that navigates to the center of a random maze from a specified corner in the shortest amount of time possible.
Rules: CLICK HERE
Team Size: 1-5

Project Showcase
Displays for student projects will be judged and a winning project
decided by popular vote. The winner will receive a certificate and
plaque.
Rules: CLICK HERE
Team Size: 1-4

Ethics Competition
Student branches will be presented with ethical dilemmas and will have to devise solutions. The creativity and ethical soundness of these solutions will be judged.
Rules: CLICK HERE
Team Size: 2-3

Disclaimer
The rules are subject to change at any time. Please check back on the website frequently for changes.