LETU Students Win Robotics and Circuit Design Competitions

LONGVIEW — LeTourneau University engineering students won first place in robotics and in circuit design competition at the IEEE Region Five Robotics Competition recently in Corpus Christi, Texas. IEEE, which originally was an acronym for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is an association of professionals dedicated to the advancement of technology. Other teams competing included the University of Texas at Austin, Rice University, Texas Tech University, University of Louisiana, Louisiana State University, University of Kansas, University of Houston, University of New Orleans, University of Missouri, South Dakota School of Mines and others from the states belonging to IEEE Region 5, which includes all of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado and parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, Illinois and New Mexico.

The robotics team included electrical engineering senior Jonathan Sculley of Atlanta, Ga.; electrical engineering senior Jordan Swavely of Boyertown, Penn.; electrical engineering technology senior Bryan Swink of Longview, Texas; electrical engineering senior Evan Jones of Austin, Texas; mechanical engineering senior SaeHwan Park of Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea; mechanical engineering senior Peter Heitmann of Penryn, Calif.; computer engineering senior William Warke of Longview, Texas; computer engineering senior Leila Yammine of Austin, Texas; and electrical engineering junior Dustin Brown of Chester, Calif.

LETU’s circuit competition team members were electrical engineering senior Ben Ito of Yokohama, Japan; and electrical engineering senior Alex Rickards of Coatesville, Penn.