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Tech Bowl Finalists: Placing third in this year's NSBE National Academic Tech Bowl was the team that included (front row, from left) George Evans, Damien Harris and Andrei Edwards. In the back row are Josh Coe (left)
and Michael Griffin. |
A
team
of
five
Rose-Hulman
Institute
of
Technology
students
showcased
their
knowledge
of
science,
mathematics,
technology
and
history
to
place
third
in
the
National
Society
of
Black
Engineers’
National
Academic
Tech
Bowl
Competition
during
the
organization’s
recent
national
convention.
The
game
show
competition
had
four-student
teams
answering
questions
in
areas
covering
such
challenging
subjects
as
dynamics,
heat
transfer,
units
and
conversions,
chemistry,
statistics,
computer
science,
black
history
and
NSBE
history.
Scoring
20
out
of a
possible
25
points,
Rose-Hulman
placed
behind
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology
(24
points)
and
Georgia
Institute
of
Technology
(21
points)
in
the
hotly-contested
national
finals.
Only
four
points
separated
the
top
four
teams.
Other
finalists
included
Stanford,
LSU
and
the
University
of
Maryland-Baltimore
County.
Rose-Hulman
qualified
for
the
nationals
for
the
second
time
in
history
by
topping
the
Midwest
regional
competition,
besting
teams
from
the
University
of
Michigan,
Northwestern
University
and
Michigan
State
University.
Members
of
Rose-Hulman's
team
were
Josh
Coe,
a
junior
mechanical
engineering
major
from
Indianapolis;
Andrei
Edwards
(captain),
a
junior
chemical
engineering
major
from
Madison,
Miss.;
George
Evans,
a
senior
chemical
engineering
major
from
Indianapolis;
Michael
Griffin,
a
freshman
biomedical
engineering
major
from
Caledonia,
Mich.;
and
Damien
Harris,
a
sophomore
biomedical
engineering
major
from
Columbia,
S.C.
A
total
of
16
members
of
Rose-Hulman's
NSBE
chapter
attended
the
national
convention.
The
group
heard
speeches
by
Darryl
Dickerson,
NSBE
national
chairman;
Jeet
Bindra,
president
of
global
refining
for
Chevron
Texaco;
Mitch
Duncan,
technical
account
manager
for
Microsoft
Corporation;
and
Susan
Taylor,
founder
of
the
National
Cares
Mentoring
Movement. |
