The 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Midwest Conference was held Sept. 24-26 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The Missouri S&T attendees were Drs. Rohit Dua, Steve Watkins, Christi Patton Luks, Amardeep Kaur, Stuart Baur, Semih Yildirim, Douglas Carroll, Matt Pierson and Bob Egbert. Missouri S&T was recognized with the Faculty-Mile Award for attendance at the conference.

Dr. Rohit Dua was recognized as the incoming section chair.

The following authors received awards:

Mason Marshall and Benjamin Miller with advisor Dr. Rohit Dua, were recognized with the third-place Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Award for Poster Paper titled “Basic Digital Logic Gates Emulator: A Learning Tool for Kids and Adults.”

Amardeep Kaur with advisors Dr. Steve E. Watkins and Dr. Hai Xiao were recognized with the third-place Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Award for Poster Paper titled “Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometer Length Optimization.”

The ASEE midwest section and Missouri S&T will host the 2015 Zone III Conference on Sept. 23-25, 2015 in Springfield, Missouri. Dr. Christi Patton Luks will serve as conference chair. The midwest section of the ASEE includes the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. ASEE Zone III included the Midwest Section, the Gulf Southwest Section and the North Midwest Section.