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EECS Escapes with “Best in Show” at the...
For the sixth time in seven years, EECS has won Best in Show at the Engineering Expo. The
Department’s most popular exhibits at the recent Expo in February 2007 included infrared laser tag
and the programmable, buildable robots known as Lego Mind Storms. Additionally, EECS students
created a new night vision exhibit with infrared cameras connected to televisions. Expo participants
used the cameras to find infrared beacons hidden throughout the room.
“I think the reason we (EECS) have been so dominant is simple: our technology is more interesting
and easier to display on a small scale,” says Nicole Schnell, EECS Expo chair. Schnell planned the
Department’s activities during the fall semester and did most of the prep work during winter break.
Schnell oversaw approximately 50 EECS undergraduates who participated in the ‘007 Expo:
Engineering Undercover. School of Engineering students created dozens of interactive exhibits and
contests for Expo visitors just as the Q Branch developed cutting-edge technology for James Bond.
Since 1911, the School of Engineering has held the Expo each year to show young people the
possibilities within engineering. The Engineering Student Council organizes the free, public two-
EECS senior Deebu
Abi (forefront) explains
research he conducts at
the Center for Remote
Sensing of Ice Sheets
(CReSIS). CReSIS
researchers develop new
technologies to measure
and predict sea level
change.
All Expo Photos by Jill Hummels
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