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DESCRIPTION:Rules and Guidelines for the Competition\n\n- Students shall pa
 rticipate in teams (2 students maximum). Every team will be given their ow
 n laboratory station. The competition duration will be three hours. If mor
 e groups register than can be accommodated by a single laboratory\, the la
 boratory spaces will be assigned randomly. The quality of equipment may va
 ry between laboratories\, but all students will have access to the same eq
 uipment including at minimum: an oscilloscope\, a function generator\, a m
 ulti-meter\, a power supply\, a breadboard\, and common circuit components
 .\n- Each team will be allowed the use of personal calculators and two bou
 nd books of their choice. They may not bring outside laboratory equipment\
 , computers/laptops\, unbound reference material\, etc. Also\, no internet
  access\, computer data acquisition\, or software resources will be allowe
 d.\n- The circuit will consist of up to 6 discrete components. The circuit
  will contain no more than 2 non-linear devices\, if any. The non-linear d
 evices are restricted to diodes and transistors (discrete BJTs and MOSFETs
  are possible\, but ICs will not be included). The three standard linear d
 evices\, i.e.\, R\, L\, and C\, will most likely all be present. The stude
 nts will have access to four terminals that will be connected to four diff
 erent points in the circuit. Power connections\, if required\, will be in 
 addition to the four access terminals and the power specifications will be
  given.\n- All requests\, questions\, etc. must go through the contest coo
 rdinator stationed in the contest room. Help related to using the laborato
 ry equipment will be given to the teams\, but no help that directly relate
 s to the circuit will be given.\n- An essay book will be supplied to each 
 team. The documentation and solutions will consist of only handwritten ent
 ries\, figures\, and data\; no printout will be considered.\n- Multiple ju
 dges will examine and consider the notebooks only. The winners will be det
 ermined by a number of factors\, including the correct answer (or proximit
 y to) and the documented steps and logical conclusions used to get that an
 swer. Thus\, a schematic\, while necessary\, is not sufficient alone.\n- E
 ach judge will rank the teams and award 5 points to first\, 4 points to se
 cond\, 3 points to third\, 2 points to fourth\, and 1 point to fifth. The 
 points awarded by the judges will be tallied and the winners determined by
  the scores. Ties will be resolved by a majority vote of the judges.\n- Ju
 dges’ decisions will be by majority vote and will be final with regard t
 o disputes\, eligibility\, team certification\, tie results\, and other co
 ntest conduct. In particular\, cheating will not be tolerated and is groun
 ds for immediate disqualification. Cheating includes disrupting another gr
 oup\, copying another team's work\, and collaborating with another group o
 r outside individuals.\n\nAgenda: \nDate: Sunday\, November 5\, 2023\n\nLo
 cation: School of Engineering\nSouthern Illinois University Edwardsville\n
 Edwardsville\, IL 62026\nParking: Free parking will be available in Lot E\
 n\nTime: Check-in and lunch: 11:30 am – 12:00 pm\nContest: 12:00 pm – 
 3:00 pm\nResults and Awards: 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm\n\nParticipants: Open to 
 all currently enrolled IEEE undergraduate Student Members at one of the St
 udent Branches of the Saint Louis Section. The competition is not open to 
 graduate students! Up to two teams (a maximum of two students on a team) f
 rom each school are allowed. (If more teams register\, the local Section C
 hair will certify the official teams.)\n\nCost: The competition is free to
  everyone!\n\nPrizes: Cash prizes for First ($400)\, Second ($250)\, and T
 hird ($150) place will be awarded. At least one member of each winning tea
 m should attend the Section’s Awards Banquet to be recognized. The banqu
 et will be held at The Engineers’ Club of St. Louis on Lindell Blvd in S
 t. Louis on a December weekend (most likely 12/09 around noon).\n\nRegistr
 ation: Teams must register here: https://forms.gle/KJ7JDz4Z17VCbv9c7. Regi
 stration must be received by Monday\, October 30 (5:00 pm).\n\nFood: Lunch
  will be provided.\n\nJudges: Each participating school is invited to send
  one judge. The host school and the St. Louis IEEE Section will provide ad
 ditional judges as needed.\n\nContact: Dr. Amardeep Kaur\, SIUE IEEE\, kau
 r.amardeep@ieee.org\n\nRoom: EB 2008\, Bldg: School of Engineering\, South
 ern Illinois University Edwardsville\, Edwardsville\, Illinois\, United St
 ates\, 62026
LOCATION:Room: EB 2008\, Bldg: School of Engineering\, Southern Illinois Un
 iversity Edwardsville\, Edwardsville\, Illinois\, United States\, 62026
ORGANIZER:kaur.amardeep@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:10
SUMMARY:Analog Blackbox Competition
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/377170
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong><u>Rules and Guidelines for the Co
 mpetition</u></strong></p>\n<ol>\n<li>Students shall participate in teams 
 (2 students maximum). Every team will be given their own laboratory statio
 n. The competition duration will be three hours. If more groups register t
 han can be accommodated by a single laboratory\, the laboratory spaces wil
 l be assigned randomly. The quality of equipment may vary between laborato
 ries\, but all students will have access to the same equipment including a
 t minimum: an oscilloscope\, a function generator\, a multi-meter\, a powe
 r supply\, a breadboard\, and common circuit components.</li>\n<li>Each te
 am will be allowed the use of personal calculators and two bound books of 
 their choice. They may not bring outside laboratory equipment\, computers/
 laptops\, unbound reference material\, <em>etc</em>. Also\, no internet ac
 cess\, computer data acquisition\, or software resources will be allowed.<
 /li>\n<li>The circuit will consist of up to 6 discrete components. The cir
 cuit will contain no more than 2 non-linear devices\, if any. The non-line
 ar devices are restricted to diodes and transistors (discrete BJTs and MOS
 FETs are possible\, but ICs will not be included).&nbsp\; The three standa
 rd linear devices\, i.e.\, R\, L\, and C\, will most likely all be present
 . The students will have access to four terminals that will be connected t
 o four different points in the circuit.&nbsp\; Power connections\, if requ
 ired\, will be in addition to the four access terminals and the power spec
 ifications will be given.</li>\n<li>All requests\, questions\, etc. must g
 o through the contest coordinator stationed in the contest room. Help rela
 ted to using the laboratory equipment will be given to the teams\, but no 
 help that directly relates to the circuit will be given.</li>\n<li>An essa
 y book will be supplied to each team. The documentation and solutions will
  consist of only handwritten entries\, figures\, and data\; no printout wi
 ll be considered.</li>\n<li>Multiple judges will examine and consider the 
 notebooks only. The winners will be determined by a number of factors\, in
 cluding the correct answer (or proximity to) and the documented steps and 
 logical conclusions used to get that answer. Thus\, a schematic\, while ne
 cessary\, is not sufficient alone.</li>\n<li>Each judge will rank the team
 s and award 5 points to first\, 4 points to second\, 3 points to third\, 2
  points to fourth\, and 1 point to fifth. The points awarded by the judges
  will be tallied and the winners determined by the scores. Ties will be re
 solved by a majority vote of the judges.</li>\n<li>Judges&rsquo\; decision
 s will be by majority vote and will be final with regard to disputes\, eli
 gibility\, team certification\, tie results\, and other contest conduct. I
 n particular\, cheating will not be tolerated and is grounds for immediate
  disqualification. Cheating includes disrupting another group\, copying an
 other team's work\, and collaborating with another group or outside indivi
 duals.</li>\n</ol><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><u>Date</u>:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&
 nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \;&nbsp\; <strong>Sunday\, November 5\, 2023</strong></p>\n<p><u>Location<
 /u>:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; School of Eng
 ineering<br />&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs
 p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&
 nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville<br /
 >&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nb
 sp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
 &nbsp\;&nbsp\; Edwardsville\, IL 62026<br /><u>Parking:</u>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&
 nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Free parking will 
 be available in Lot E</p>\n<p><u>Time</u>:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs
 p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Check-i
 n and lunch: 11:30 am &ndash\; 12:00 pm<br />&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&
 nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Contest: 12:00 
 pm &ndash\; 3:00 pm<br />&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
 &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs
 p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Results and Awards: 4:00 pm &ndash\
 ; 4:30 pm<br /><br /></p>\n<p><u>Participants</u>:&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Open to a
 ll currently enrolled IEEE undergraduate Student Members at one of the Stu
 dent Branches of the Saint Louis Section. <u>The competition is not open t
 o graduate students!</u> Up to two teams (a maximum of two students on a t
 eam) from each school are allowed. (If more teams register\, the local Sec
 tion Chair will certify the official teams.)</p>\n<p><u>Cost</u>:&nbsp\;&n
 bsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\
 ;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; The competition is free to everyone!</p>\n<p><u>Pri
 zes</u>:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nb
 sp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Cash prizes for <strong>First ($400)\, Second ($250)\, 
 and Third ($150</strong>) place will be awarded. At least one member of ea
 ch winning team should attend the Section&rsquo\;s Awards Banquet to be re
 cognized.<strong> </strong>The banquet will be held at The Engineers&rsquo
 \; Club of St. Louis on Lindell Blvd in St. Louis on a December weekend (m
 ost likely 12/09 around noon).</p>\n<p><u>Registration</u>: &nbsp\; Teams 
 must register here: <a href="https://forms.gle/KJ7JDz4Z17VCbv9c7">https://
 forms.gle/KJ7JDz4Z17VCbv9c7</a>. Registration must be received by <strong>
 Monday\,</strong> <strong>October 30 (5:00 pm)</strong>.</p>\n<p><u>Food</
 u>:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&
 nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Lunch will be provided.</p>\n<p><u>Judges</u>:
 &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs
 p\; Each participating school is invited to send one judge. The host schoo
 l and the St. Louis IEEE Section will provide additional judges as needed.
 </p>\n<p><u>Contact</u>: &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
 &nbsp\; Dr. Amardeep Kaur\, SIUE IEEE\, <a href="mailto:kaur.amardeep@ieee
 .org">kaur.amardeep@ieee.org</a></p>
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