2021 Region 5 Student Competitions Results
| Circuits Competition: Chris Coulston | ||
| School | Team Members | |
| First Place: | LeTourneau University | Yellow Jackets: Blake Baker, Noah Chalker |
| Second Place (Tie): | University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley | IEEE Brownsville TX: Jose Gonzalez, Juan Alvarez, Luis Juarez |
| South Dakota Mines | Circuit Breakers: Joseph Schutte, Skye Rutan-Bedard, Cherokee Winkler | |
| Third Place: | University of Texas at Arlington | The Analog Bandits: Bryce Humphrey, Cameron Arnold |
| Other Teams: | Texas A&M University – Kingsville | Manic Mechanics: Devin Shrier |
| Texas State University | The Electric Shocks: Haley Hirschfield, Victoria Jordan | |
| Texas State University | The Bobcats: Connor Martin, Kevin Seets | |
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| Ethics Competition: Steve Watkins | ||
| School | Team Members | |
| First Place: | Missouri University of Science and Technology | Patrick Mitchell and Aaron Burke |
| Second Place: | Texas State University | Christian Cisneros and Alex Quijano |
| Other Teams: | ||
| University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Mayra Alejandra Camero and Armando Perez | |
| University of Texas at Austin | Amay Bhatnagar and Ireayo Adeleye | |
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| Poster Competition: Neill Kafauver | ||
| School | Team Members | |
| First Place: Modular Organics Sustenance System (MOSS) | University of New Orleans | Michael Ceraso, Anne Kroll, Miles Borcherdt, John McGraw |
| Second Place: IoT Based Remote Sensing for Ornithological Monitoring | Arkansas Tech University | Matthew Nannemann |
| Third Place: Dual-Use Wideband Microphone Array System | Texas State/NASA | Micah Snell, Jesus Hernandez, Daniel Lewis, Hannah Louviere, Anthony Woods |
| Other Posters: | ||
| – Maritime Vessel Tracking and Path Prediction | University of Texas at San Antonio | Aaron Moreno, Alexander Ibarra, Ian Solis, Matthew Espinosa |
| – i-EmoSense: A Wearable Network of Sensors that Detect the Presence of Stress or Anxiety | University of Texas at Tyler | Parker Wilmoth |
| – Bright (winner DoE Solar District Cup) | Tulane University | Calli Taitz, John Harkins, Max Hinkle |
| – Neuro-Virtual Interface System to Understand Human Brain Responses in Simulated Space Conditions | Wichita State University | Jordan Clark |
| – Battery Charger Controller for Electric Vehicle Applications | Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T) | Hayden Long, Mikel Serralde, Dawson Nettleton, Hunter Mace |
| – S4 (the Smart Storage Sorting System) | Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T) | Danielle Baker, David Naumann, Austen Rector, Mackenzie Wisdom |
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| Robotics Competition: Mike Mattice & Jim Harrer | ||
| School | Team | |
| Division A | ||
| First Place (Tie): | Texas A&M University – Kingsville | Manic Mechanics: Bishwash Karki, Devin Shrier |
| Louisiana State University | ATello13: James Ramirez, Wayles Bradley, Kristen Prejean, Henry Reynaud, David Selman-Houssein | |
| Division B | ||
| First Place: | University of North Texas | UNT Robotics and Automation Society: Nicholas Chiapputo |
| Second Place: | Texas State University | Texas State Popcats: Uyen Nguyen, Devon Frazier, Chris Le, Matthew Hebert |
| Third Place: | Washington University in St. Louis | IEEE WashU Student Branch: Zhijian Long , Peter Jakiela , Nicholas Tu , Connor Monahan , Benjamin Standaert , Arman Serpen , Zhun Cheng , Tong Wu |
| Other Teams: | ||
| Missouri University of Science and Technology | The Longshots: Mackenzie Wisdom , Aaron Burke , Patrick Mitchell | |
| Tarleton State University | Robo-Texans: Tyler Rider, Domanic Devivo, Jordyn Baxter, Jayce Thedford, Chance Worthington | |
| Texas State University | 3Flight: Ringtarih Tamfu, Wade Mackey, Sarah Picas, Brent Cole, Miguel Martinez, Samuel Osagie | |
| The University of Texas at El Paso | Shackalaletons: Sebastian Oropeza, Melendez Melendez, Jennifer Chavez, Hiram Lopez, Andrea Vargas, Sofia Perez | |
| University of Louisiana Lafayette | U.L.L. Robotics Team: Hermes Amendola, Caine Cormier | |
| University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley | IEEE Brownsville TX: Nestor Infante, Jose Gonzalez, Ethan Boone, Juan Alvarez | |
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Here’s the best video from the autonomous robotics competition (Division B). UNT Robotics and Automation Society team’s robot popped the most balloons in the correct order. There was a bonus for landing on a popped balloon and an attempt was made after overshooting their final balloon. |
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