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On May 17, East U.S. Time, Li Ming of SUES school of electronic and electrical engineering, under the guidance of Shao Chen (teacher), went to the U.S. to participate in the Robofest held at LTU, together with SUES teachers and students who were completing senior project there. Li Ming won the second prize for college students in Vision Centric Challenge, which demonstrated the school’s competitiveness in this competition after winning the first and second positions in 2013 International Robot Competition.
World Robotfest Championship is a an annual competition for independent programming rather than long-distance programming held in the U.S. The 13-year-old event, which attracts the participation of college students from around the world, is intended to enhance and explore students’comprehensive practical ability in technology, mathematics application, engineering design, and computer sciences, and give priority to students’creative thinking. The competition participants are required to independently design and build robots, and write robot programs at the same time. Since 2000, around 14,000 students have taken part in Robotfest, covering those from 13 states in the U.S., UK, Canada, China, France, India, Brazil, South Korea, Mexico, and Singapore. School of electronic and electrical engineering enlightens and enhances students’creativity through classroom teaching and guidance, and concentrates on cultivating their specialized skills and innovative ability, with its open lab offering an excellent platform for training students’creative abilities. The participation in this competition has received considerable care and support from SUES party secretaries and presidents. Before the departure for U.S., many seminars were held to select outstanding students and experienced teachers for specialized instructions and training so as to ensure that students could perform well in the contest, all of which also highlighted the school’s strength and excellence in fostering students’comprehensive abilities. |
