First Place in MERIT Fair 2006
I’m pleased to announce that our project, High Powered Microwave Wideband Interference on Electronics won First Place at the MERIT Fair for RITE (telecommunications) projects. Konstantin and I felt it was an honor to be recognized out of all the outstanding projects that were presented at the Fair.
Dan Chang, a fellow suite mate from Princeton won First Place from the MICRA (microelectronics) projects conducted at the Army Research Lab. Eric Chan, another suite mate in my apartment, also won the MERIT RITE division.
There were so many different projects and I was really impressed by what the other teams did. The TREND students joined us for lunch, and I was pleased to hear that Kristy was one of the three winners of the TREND Fair. John Rodgers, our mentor, had a pretty good summer!
After lunch we took a lot of photos and bid our goodbyes. I had a tremendous time getting to know all of them this summer. Judy Bell, the MERIT program coordinator, hinted to me that there would be a fellowship waiting if I came to Maryland.
Konstantin, Matt, Ross, Jeremy, and myself went out to celebrate the end of MERIT, and we bought some souvineurs and came back. Konstantin caught a shuttle to the airport, and he’ll be having a good trip to Kazakstan in a few days.
Anyway, just a quick update. I’ll be home at last tomorrow, and the family back home can’t wait.
Eric Chen Said,
August 13, 2006 @ 11:40 am
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