Engineering Students Show Off High Level of Skill and Creativity

From left: Dakota Heatherly (Third Place), Gary Barbour (First Place), Morgan Hicks (Second Place)

Nash Community College Engineering (EGR) 150 students and NCC Instructor John Eubanks recently held a BOE-BOT contest showing off a high level of skill and creativity. With an increased interest in robotics in the engineering industry, EGR 150 introduces robotics to NCC students. Students learn robotics basics and are challenged to design robot navigation schemes, which are judged during the BOE-BOT contest.

The winners were: First Place – Gary Barbour; Second Place – Morgan Hicks; Third Place – Dakota Heatherly.

BOE–BOT is the trade name of a robot kit that is used in robotics classes.