2006 Region Student Paper Contest Results

First Place

Ashwin Kirpalani, Ishaan Dalal, and Fahd Malik

The Cooper Union
Paper Title:      “MR. IMAGER – A Low Cost Scalable Multi-Channel MRI Front End
 

Second Place – 3 Way Tie

John Zhao and Salvadore Perrotta
The Cooper Union
Paper Title:      “A New Method for Digitizing Pen Strokes 

Krenar Tasimi
Boston University
Paper Title:      “Applying the NDFT to Efficiently Represent Spectral Cues in Sound Localization

Jacon C. Kremer, Travis L. Hemelin, and William R. Lawson
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Paper Title:      “Fire Fighting Robot”

 

First Place

Simon Mushi
Lafayette College
Paper Title:      “Identification of Fludic Element Models to Simulate the Short-Term Baroreflex”

Second Place

Mark Arlinghaus
Wright State University
Paper Title:      “Design of an Autonomous Lawnmower”

Third Place 

Mark Lodato
Lafayette College
Paper Title:      “A Practical Timing Attach on RSA over a LAN”

First Place

Matthew Erickson
University of Central Florida
Paper Title:      “A Simple Experimental Setup for the Anodic Bonding of Si/Glass”

Second Place

John M. Lento Jr. and Zachary K. Huson
Virginia Military Institute
Paper Title:      “A Radial Symmetric Octopedal”

Third Place

Mukund S. Ojha
University of Mississippi
Paper Title:      “Wi-Fi Electric Meters – A Last Mile Solution to the Future Integrated Communications Environment” 

First Place

Noah L. Liebman, Adam C. Knapp, Timothy L. Everhardt, and Gregory M. Berman
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Paper Title:      “A Low-Cost Directional Antenna for IEEE 802.11b/g”

First Place

 

Joseph Young
Lamar University
Paper Title:      “Photonic Crystal Based Optical Interconnects”

Second Place

Justin Kasemodel
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Paper Title:  “A Direct Write Antenna for Wearable Applications”

Third Place

Justin Smalling and Christopher Carpenter
University of Tulsa
Paper Title:      “Specialized Electronic Wheelchair for a Cerebral Palsy Patient”

First Place

Megan Nix
University of California - Riverside
Paper Title:    “Metal Oxide Sensor Analysis for JPL Nose Project”

 
Second Place

Evan R. Neal
University of Utah
Paper Title:    “Embedded System for Recovery of Wireless Neural Data”

Third Place

Doug Campbell
University of Alaska
Paper Title:    “Common Misconceptions About Power and Energy in Electric Power Systems”

First Place

Riwa Karkokli
Ryerson University
Paper Title:    "Plantar Pressure Distribution Analysis System for the Dynamically Moving Foot"

Second Place

Ammar AlBetar and Ahmad Raseem
Carleton University
Paper Title:    "Brain Computer Interface"

First Place

Daniel Vikenmark
Royal Institute of Technology
Paper Title:      “Reactive Obstacle Avoidance for Mobile Robots that Operate in Confined 3D Workspaces”

Second Place - Tie

Jurij Rakun
University of Maribor
Paper Title:      “The Computer-Aided Detection of Inferior Printing Quality and Errors”

Dimitrios Schinianakis
University of Patras
Paper Title:      “A New Approach to Elliptic Curve Cryptography:  An RNS Architecture”

RESULTS NOT AVAILABLE

Region 10 Undergraduate

First Place

Asif Islam Khan and Muhammad K. Ashraf
Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology
Paper Title:      “Study of Electron Distribution of Undoped Ultra Thin Body Symetric Double Gate   SOI MOSFET in Gate Confinement Direction”

Second Place

Toufiqul Islam
Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology
Paper Title:      “Adaptive Channel Estimation for MIMO-OFDM System Based on Enhanced MMSE/LMS Scheme”

Third Place

Josh H M Lam
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Paper Title:      “Robot Techniques for Contoured Surface Using an Automated Sketching Platform”

Region 10 Postgraduate
 

First Place

Raymond Hiu-Wai Lam
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paper Title:      “Digitally Controllable Polymer-based Integrated Microfludic Systems for Automating Bio-Fludic Mixing and Manipulation”

 
Second Place

Zeng Jia
City University of Hong Kong
Paper Title:      “Markov Random Fields-based Statistical Structure Modeling for Chinese Character Recognition”

Third Place

Norbert Dommel and Yan Wong
University of New South Wales
Paper Title:      “A High-Voltage Neurostimulator ASIC Capable of Simultaneous Charge Injection and Recovery”