Old Westbury, N.Y. (Vocus)
-- New York Institute of Technology’s (NYIT) team of engineering
students captured first place at a regional Vex Robotics Competition
(http://www.vexrobotics.com/competition/vex-robotics-competition)
contest held in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 20 - 21.
After several months of preparation, the students won all matches
and the award for best design in the 2009-2010 competition, called
the “Clean Sweep.” The team members – who were
selected to participate by NYIT’s Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) chapter – designed, built,
and programmed an innovative, autonomous remote-controlled robot
that scored the highest number of points in this event.
“The Vex Robotics Competition is one of many challenges that
bring out the best in our students – enthusiasm, leadership,
creativity, and school pride,” said Nada Anid, Ph.D., dean
of NYIT’s School of Engineering and Computing Sciences. “I
am extremely proud of them, and I wish them success in the upcoming
Vex Robotics World Championships in April.”
Team members included engineering students Paul Ulezeko (B.S.’10,
IEEE president); Robert P. Roman (B.S. ’11, IEEE vice president);
Anthony Brown (B.S. ’11, IEEE secretary); and Robert Domingo
(M.S. ’11). “Our school has been so supportive of our
efforts, including sponsorship of our trips,” said Ulezeko.
“We hope our win in Baltimore will inspire fellow and future
NYIT student engineers.”
The Vex Robotics Competition is a year-round event that attracts
thousands of participants from around the world at the middle school,
high school, and college levels. The Clean Sweep competition consists
of two alliances–one "red" and one "blue"–composed
of two teams each, competing in matches. The objective is to place
as many game pieces on the opponents’ side of the field as
possible within an allotted time. At the college level, the robots
must perform autonomously for 80 seconds followed by 60 seconds
of remote control. Each team had free range to design, build, and
execute the task, and the format encouraged the use of mechanical,
electrical, and computer science engineering.
The NYIT team will compete next at the Vex Robotics World Championship
in Dallas on April 22 - 24.
NYIT is the college of choice for more than 15,000 students enrolled
in more than 90 specialized courses of study leading to undergraduate,
graduate, and professional degrees in academic areas such as architecture
and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing
sciences; health professions; management; and osteopathic medicine.
As a private, nonprofit, independent institution of higher learning,
NYIT embraces an educational philosophy of career-oriented professional
education for all qualified students and supports applications-oriented
research to benefit the greater global community. Students attend
classes at NYIT’s campuses in Manhattan and Long Island, as
well as online and in a number of programs throughout the world.
To date, more than 81,500 alumni have earned degrees at NYIT. For
more information, visit www.nyit.edu.
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