Senior Smitesh
Bakrania took first in the oral competition at the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers Regional Student Conference in Washington last weekend. He received a $300 prize and
an invitation to represent Union at the
National ASME conference in November.
He was advised by Prof.
Ann Anderson.
Fellow senior Mark
Hoffman was third in the oral competition, advised by Prof. Bill Keat. Seniors Scott
Clark and Ben Tillotson took second and third, respectively, in the poster
competition. They were advised by Prof. Brad Bruno.
The Union group continued the trend
set last year when David Chapin '02 placed first in the oral competition,
Ben Gauthier '02 placed second in the oral competition, and Jeremy Losaw '02 placed
first in the poster competition. Chapin went on to place fourth at the National
ASME Speaking Competition.