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
 

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.