Six final year students from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen’s University, Belfast recently competed in the Megaw Memorial Lecture, showcasing their findings from their final year projects. In front of a strong crowd, the students presented demonstrations and explained their work, helping to commemorate Dr. Eric Megaw, a Queen’s graduate, who pioneered many radar innovations.
The presenters and titles of their presentations were:
Joseph Murray, mbed Gen-set Controller
Henry Hui, Simulation of Dallas Rangemaster using Nodal DK
Timothy Montieth, Looking through the Eyes of a Robot
d*** Zhangliang, Real-Time Sound Synthesis on Parallella Boards
Nilki Weerawardana, Motion planning algorithm for maritime vehicles
Conor Robinson, Analogue Acoustic Microphone Array
The judging panel praised the high quality of all the presentations and awarded Conor Robinson (1st) £125 and d*** Zhangliang (2nd) £75. A word of thanks to the judging panel; Graham Deane, Systems Engineering Manager at Sensata, David Sinclair, Director of Yelo and Dr John McAllister, Lecturer at Queen’s University, Belfast.
A special word of thanks to Dr Elizabeth O’Sullivan, QUB, for facilitating the event and acting as MC throughout the evening.