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Morgan Miller was one of five graduating seniors recognized as an "Outstanding Woman Engineer" at the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) annual Evening with Industry, January, 2012.  Morgan is currently president of the Society of Women Engineers.  She is a Civil Engineering major and an Ethnic Studies Minor.

 

Follow Cal Poly students' ICEX travel to Malta and Sicily

Seven Cal Poly students will travel to Malta and Sicily in March 2012 for this year's International Computer Engineering Exchange (ICEX)program. The students will collaborate with marine archeologists from the Aurora Special Purpose Trust and the University of Malta to investigate previously unexplored underwater archaeological sites using underwater robots. These sites include ancient cisterns (underground water storage systems) and marine caves. The students will be joined by three Cal Poly faculty members – Associate Professor Chris Clark, currently on sabbatical leave at Princeton, Associate Professor Zoe" Wood of Computer Science, and Assistant Professor Jane Lehr of the departments of Ethnic Studies and Women's & Gender Studies -- along with 4 students from Princeton.

The Cal Poly students are working on a number of projects including: 1) the use of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms that employ sonar data to construct 3D maps; 2) the creation of computer graphics applications to construct and visualize geometric models of the underwater data; and 3) a new website designed for teachers and students that will explore the relationships between water and society, using Malta as a case study. The Cal Poly students are also actively introducing young people to the exciting fields of robotics and computer science via class visits to elementary schools in San Luis Obispo, CA (Pacheco Elementary) and Malta.

Follow the students at the ICEX 2012 blog: http://icex2012-malta.blogspot.com/