{"id":9128,"date":"2019-05-09T13:58:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T13:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/?p=9128"},"modified":"2019-05-09T13:58:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T13:58:58","slug":"engineering-students-compete-in-robotics-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2019\/05\/engineering-students-compete-in-robotics-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Students Compete in Robotics Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"Nash Community College EGR 150 Introduction to Engineering students participate each semester in a Boe-Bot contest. The spring 2019 event was held Tuesday, May 7 in the Science and Technology Building.\u00a0Boe-Bot, or Board of Education robot, is the trade name of a robot kit that is used in junior high, high school and college robotics classes.<\/p>\n

Under the direction of Engineering instructor John Eubanks, students built their own rolling robot with programmable features, exposed circuitry allowing for customization, and sensors for autonomous navigation.<\/p>\n

During the contest, each student demonstrated their automated robot on a custom built course, while judges Shilo Lawrence, Coordinator of Associate in Engineering and Transfer, and Damariscotta Wynne,\u00a0second-year NCC Engineering student, evaluated the work.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs our engineering program advances, it gets more difficult to judge these contests because the students\u2019 work is improving, and all of the submissions are really winners,\u201d Lawrence said.<\/p>\n

EGR 150 students learn the basics of robotics as they are provided an overview of the engineering profession. Topics of study include engineering careers, methods, applications and design.<\/p>\n

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Lawrence said, employment of engineers is projected to grow. \u201cOur graduates who complete their four-year engineering degree can attain a starting salary well above that of most entry-level careers. Many people do not realize there are positions available, and we send engineers to work locally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nash Community College Associate in Engineering students must maintain a grade of \u201cC\u201d or better in each course and an overall grade point average of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale. They complete a minimum of 60 semester hours of credit toward a Bachelor of Engineering degree in order to competitively apply for transfer to programs at East Carolina University, North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T, UNC-Charlotte, and Western Carolina University.<\/p>\n

Pictured from left: John Eubanks, EGR 150 Instructor; Competition Winners: Camden Johnson, 1st Place; Adam Griffith, 3rd Place; Rachel White, 2nd Place; William Harding, 3rd Place; Judges: Damariscotta Wynne, second-year Associate in Engineering student and Shilo Lawrence, Coordinator of Associate in Engineering and Transfer<\/em><\/p>\n

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