By: Eli Freund, Director of Communications and Marketing, UConn School of Engineering
On March 8, which was also International Women’s Day, 46 graduate University of Connecticut School of Engineering students took part in the 8th Annual Student Association of Graduate Engineers Poster Competition.
In total, students had the opportunity to win over $2,000 in prize money, with first place receiving $1,000. The top three prizes represented Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering.
The prizes for second place was $500, third place was $250, departmental winners were $50 and the People’s Choice winner was $50.
Winners from that day are as follows:
Winners |
First Name |
Last Name |
Department |
ME + First place |
Meysam |
Chorsi |
Mechanical Engineering |
CSE + Second place |
Songyang |
Han |
Computer Science & Engineering |
ECE + Third place |
Md Tashfiq Bin |
Kashem |
Electrical & Computer Engineering |
BME |
Ian |
Sands |
Biomedical Engineering |
ENVE |
Ishrat |
Rashid |
Civil & Environmental Engineering |
CBE |
Sanyukta |
Patil |
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
MSE |
Wen |
Zhao |
Materials Science & Engineering |
People’s Choice award |
Majid |
Kheybari |
Mechanical Engineering |