Rules and Guidelines for the Competition - Students shall participate in teams (2 students maximum). Every team will be given their own laboratory station. The competition duration will be three hours. If more groups register than can be accommodated by a single laboratory, the laboratory spaces will be assigned randomly. The quality of equipment may vary between laboratories, but all students will have access to the same equipment including at minimum: an oscilloscope, a function generator, a multi-meter, a power supply, a breadboard, and common circuit components. - Each team will be allowed the use of personal calculators and two bound books of their choice. They may not bring outside laboratory equipment, computers/laptops, unbound reference material, etc. Also, no internet access, computer data acquisition, or software resources will be allowed. - The circuit will consist of up to 6 discrete components. The circuit will contain no more than 2 non-linear devices, if any. The non-linear devices are restricted to diodes and transistors (discrete BJTs and MOSFETs are possible, but ICs will not be included). The three standard linear devices, i.e., R, L, and C, will most likely all be present. The students will have access to four terminals that will be connected to four different points in the circuit. Power connections, if required, will be in addition to the four access terminals and the power specifications will be given. - All requests, questions, etc. must go through the contest coordinator stationed in the contest room. Help related to using the laboratory equipment will be given to the teams, but no help that directly relates to the circuit will be given. - An essay book will be supplied to each team. The documentation and solutions will consist of only handwritten entries, figures, and data; no printout will be considered. - Multiple judges will examine and consider the notebooks only. The winners will be determined by a number of factors, including the correct answer (or proximity to) and the documented steps and logical conclusions used to get that answer. Thus, a schematic, while necessary, is not sufficient alone. - Each judge will rank the teams and award 5 points to first, 4 points to second, 3 points to third, 2 points to fourth, and 1 point to fifth. The points awarded by the judges will be tallied and the winners determined by the scores. Ties will be resolved by a majority vote of the judges. - Judges’ decisions will be by majority vote and will be final with regard to disputes, eligibility, team certification, tie results, and other contest conduct. In particular, cheating will not be tolerated and is grounds for immediate disqualification. Cheating includes disrupting another group, copying another team's work, and collaborating with another group or outside individuals. Agenda: Date: Sunday, November 5, 2023 Location: School of Engineering Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL 62026 Parking: Free parking will be available in Lot E Time: Check-in and lunch: 11:30 am – 12:00 pm Contest: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Results and Awards: 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Participants: Open to all currently enrolled IEEE undergraduate Student Members at one of the Student Branches of the Saint Louis Section. The competition is not open to graduate students! Up to two teams (a maximum of two students on a team) from each school are allowed. (If more teams register, the local Section Chair will certify the official teams.) Cost: The competition is free to everyone! Prizes: Cash prizes for First ($400), Second ($250), and Third ($150) place will be awarded. At least one member of each winning team should attend the Section’s Awards Banquet to be recognized. The banquet will be held at The Engineers’ Club of St. Louis on Lindell Blvd in St. Louis on a December weekend (most likely 12/09 around noon). Registration: Teams must register here: https://forms.gle/KJ7JDz4Z17VCbv9c7. Registration must be received by Monday, October 30 (5:00 pm). Food: Lunch will be provided. Judges: Each participating school is invited to send one judge. The host school and the St. Louis IEEE Section will provide additional judges as needed. Contact: Dr. Amardeep Kaur, SIUE IEEE, [email protected] Room: EB 2008, Bldg: School of Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States, 62026
