IEEE UK Student Branch Participates in SoutheastCon 2017

Fourteen students from the University of Kentucky College of Engineering traveled to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) SoutheastCon 2017 in Charlotte, N.C. March 30 – April 2. Students participated in a variety of competitions: hardware competition, software competition, ethics competition, student paper competition, t-shirt design competition and website competition. Ted Ferguson won second place in the student paper competition with his research paper “Hardware Implementation of Synapses Using Memristors.” The UK team took first place in the T-shirt competition and was the alternate team for the finals in the ethics competition.

In addition to the competitions, several UK students participated in the officer training offered by the region. The training sessions encourage student officers to grow their branch, offer events ideas and give them tips for effective leadership.

A full breakdown of the students who attended the conference and participated in the competition is below.

Student.         Major    Competition    Officer Role
Andy Conway    CS    Software    Website
Blake Adkins    ME    Hardware    Commons
Brandon Coty    CS    Hardware     
Daniel Dopp    EE         Treasurer
Dennis Chertkovsky    EE    Hardware    Treasurer
Francesca Iturri    MSE    Ethics     
Galvin Greene    EE    Hardware (Captain)    Hardware
Kristina Gessel    CS    Software    Chair
Kyle Defler    CS    Ethics     
Luke Wormald    EE    Hardware     
Melissa Shankle    CS    T-Shirt    Vice Chair
Mitchell McClure    CS    Software    Secretary
Shravan Govindaraj    EE    Ethics    Outreach
Ted Ferguson    EE    Technical Paper