IEEE Morton Contest at PSU-WB

On Thursday April 21, 2011, Penn State Wilkes-Barre hosted the 53rd Annual Walter B. Morton Contest that is sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Section of IEEE. Don Talhem, shown in the picture below acted as Chairperson for the event, ensuring that the presenters did not exceed their alloted time.



Six student groups from the Universities served by this local Section participated in the event, including a group of 3 students from Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Joseph Homza, Frederick Hall and Steven Lutz presented their senior project: Force sensing and autonomous alert technology. In the picture below, Steven and Frederick are wating for their turn to present their project.

This next picture shows Frederick presenting the hardware of the project. This project was awarded a PACTI grant from the Northeastern Pennsylvania Technology Institute and a first place award at the Enterpreneurship Institute.