Engineering students present presents project at national conference

Zaid Al-Khatib is delighted to announce that his Capstone 490 project team has been selected showcase their award-winning project at Unmanned Systems Canada's 8th National Conference, held November 2 through 5, right here in Montreal.

The team, which also includes Hasan Ghazi Ak-Khakani, Jaime Yu, and Samer Kombarji, developed their project as part of the final-year Capstone class. Over the course of two semesters, the four students from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) worked together to build what they called a "Qx4 hovering robotic platform"--a robotic helicopter that could fly autonomously inside of buildings.

The project won the first place prize during ECE's 2010 Capstone awards, presented last spring. It was also the winner of the MTT Alive video competition--an international competition organized by the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society--that featured short videos generated by students describing their wireless systems-oriented design projects.

The group is very pleased that their project continues to garner attention, and they are happy to have been selected to take part in the conference. They extend special thanks to Dr. Amir Aghdam, their supervisor, for referring the project to Unmanned Systems Canada.

Related links:
http://www.unmannedsystems.ca/content.php?doc=124
http://www.capstone490.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBc1_4Jcl9o