If you still need to sign up for the bar crawl, please note that as of (12:42 PM 4/14/09) we only have the remaining shirts: 6 large, and 2 x-large. I will keep these numbers updated.  If we run out of your size, you should still come out and have a good time with everyone.  The price per shirt is $8, and they will be distributed at the end of the general meeting and at Legends when the bar crawl starts.  Only 1 more day!

written by Tom

A few weeks ago at EOH, IEEE competed in the AMD Jerry Sanders Design Competition (JSDC). JSDC is a robotics competition where teams design robots to complete specific tasks. This years competition was a large scale game of tic-tac-toe. Basically, each team had to create a robot that could pick up an air-filled balloon and place it in boxes which represented tie-tac-toe squares. The robots have to complete various objectives to obtain their teams balloons. The tasks included pushing a button, hitting a switch, opening a door, and pushing down a balanced titer-toter. Once a team places their balloon into a box, it would remain under the team’s control until another team takes control by placing their balloon into it. At the end of an eight or ten minute round points would be given to teams which controlled three boxes in a round. Furthermore, teams would be awarded points for unlocking their balloons and placing them into a box. The strategy used by the majority of teams was to place as many balloons into a single box instead of trying to obtain a tic-tac-toe. The competition was a single elimination tournament where four robots competed at a time. Your place in the bracket was decided by your standings after seven round robin matches. A total of sixteen different teams from a vary of different colleges competed in the JSDC, and the IEEE placed third in the tournament!

Don and I videotaped all of the rounds that IEEE completed in. Check them out!

Tournament

Demolition Round!! IEEE took 2nd!

Downloads:
Tournament
Demolition Round
Round Robin – 1st Match
Round Robin – 2nd Match
Round Robin – 3rd Match
Round Robin – 4th Match
Round Robin – 5th Match
Round Robin – 6th Match
Round Robin – 7th Match

Photos

written by Greg

The IEEE/HKN bar crawl will be Tuesday, April 14th at 9 PM (after the general meeting). We will start off at Legends, head to Murphy’s, go over to Firehaus, and end Brother’s. You need to be 19 for admittance into the bars, and 21 to drink, as usual. Sign up now for t-shirts either at the IEEE office or here on the IEEE home page (in the upper right corner).  It is not necessary to sign up at both places, either on paper or online will do. So come out after the meeting and have what is sure to be a great night with IEEE and HKN. See you there!

written by Tom