Fall 2004

4th Annual OCCRA Women's Robotics Tournament
On December 4, 2004, Lawrence Technological University hosted the 4th annual Women's Robotics Tournament organized by the Oakland County Competitive Robotics Association (OCCRA). OCCRA is an association of Oakland County high school robotics teams that have joined together to form a league. In this competition, these 110-pound robots, which are entirely student-designed and built, face off against one another in order to achieve specific assigned objectives. LTU has been hosting this event since 2001 in an effort to motivate young women to pursue technical and engineering careers. President Chambers gave the initial opening remarks, wishing the contestants luck and acknowledging participating individuals representing LTU. He then introduced Dr. Maria Vaz, Associate Provost, Dean of Graduate Programs, and Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, who encouraged high school women to consider careers in the areas of sciences and engineering. LTU faculty who served as competition judges were Dr. Lisa Anneberg, Dr. Patricia Shamamy, Prof. Ruth Favro and Dr. Marilyn Rands. A number of LTU students also served in the same capacity and included Clarice Westman, Mariana Birlan, Kaori Sakai, and Andrew Erridge. Before the award ceremony, students from Dr. Chung's Intelligent Systems class participated in a laptop robot race, while Ms. Vasudha Deepak, a student in the class, explained the laptop robot project to the audience. Dr. Chambers presided over the closing ceremony, congratulating all participants on such a successful and high-spirited tournament. Please check out: OCCRA Women's Robot Competition Photo Album



Maurice Tedder had a presentation at ISRE (International Symposium on Robotics Education) in South Korea. He was also a judge of IRO (International Robot Olympiad). Read this story.




Tom Burke presented papers at SPIE.



Canton Academy's Campus Visit on Friday Oct. 8th. Check out the Photo Album.



Fall 04 MSDNAA (Microsoft Developer's Network Academic Alliance) Registration

Students taking MCS classes or instructors teaching MCS courses can get free software development tools such as .NET, Windows XP and many others from Microsoft. If you are interested in the program,
  • Go to www3.ltu.edu/mcs and click on MSDNAA button
  • Click on "Register Now" and fill out the online form

    The detailed procedure how and when to check out CD media will be sent to your email address given in the on-line application form. Therefore, make sure the email address you enter is correct and valid.

    The MSDNAA office where you can pickup/return CDs is located in the University Technology and Learning Center T220 (Computer Science Advanced Graphics Lab)

    Fall 2004 Office Hours (Sep. 10-Dec. 16) are:

  • Thursday, 3-5pm
  • Friday, 5-7pm

    Please note that members must renew every academic year. If you were a member last academic year and would like to continue the membership, you must renew by re-registering. If you have any questions, please send email to ltu_mcs_msdnaa@hotmail.com

    CJ Chung, MSDNAA faculty advisor
    Associate Professor of Computer Science
    x3504, www3.ltu.edu/~chung




    Photo album from Dinner Reception in Honor of Dean Rodgers, 8-23-04



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    MCS Faculty Retreat, 8-23-04