News Release
LETU Engineering Students Win First, Second at ASME Competition
Fri, May 21 2010
LeTourneau University engineering students from Dr. Roger Gonzalez’ dynamics class won first
and second place at the 2010 Regional ASME Student Design Competition in Oklahoma recently by
designing a recycling system that separated metals, plastics and glass. The teams were accompanied
to competition by Dr. Oscar Ortiz.
The first place team comprised junior
Cameron Jensen of Frankfort, Ill. as the team lead, with sophomore
Michael Stockholm of Maumelle, Ark. and junior
Phillip Cowels of Prescott Valley, Ariz.
The second place team comprised junior
Zach Jones of Midland, Texas as the team lead with junior
Jared Schaffer ofLexington, Ill.
The engineering students were charged with designing, building and testing an autonomous
system to accurately sort waste materials including ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, plastics
and glass into distinct waste containers.