GREENVILLE, S.C. (April 4, 2024) – Bob Jones University students successfully competed in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) SoutheastCon 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia, held March 20-24. SoutheastCon hosts competitors from colleges and universities in 10 states and the country of Jamaica.
Competition categories included circuit design, ethics, hardware design networking, outreach, presentation, promotional design and software.
The BJU team designed and built an autonomous robot able to navigate a specified track and perform tasks. They tied for third place with Virginia Tech in the robotics and design category. Over 50 teams competed including Florida State University, High Point University, Mississippi State Unversity, University of North Carolina at Asheville, UNC-Charlotte, etc.
The team was comprised of Sean Allen, senior engineering major from Pleasant Garden, North Carolina; Josiah Bowman, senior engineering major from Jefferson, Georgia; Micah Guay, senior engineering major from Cedar Hill, Texas ; Garrett Jones, senior computer science major from Rockwall, Texas; and Marcus Moffitt, senior engineering major from Greenville, South Carolina.
“The team’s design, especially the unique wheel design, was a total crowd pleaser,” said Mr. James Collins, assistant professor of engineering and robotics team coach. “The crowd at the competition was impressed by the creativity our team showed.”
