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Leonhard Center Speaking Contest
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Recent Contest: February 7, 2019
​7:00 p.m., 111 Forum


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Films of Past Contests

Spring 2019 Contest

Speakers
​Jared Bunch
 
Sabrina Dobron
Erin Liddy
Roman Pero 
Kaitlyn Pigeon 
TJ Ricca
​Joel Seidel
​Mike Walwro


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Coordinator
Lindsey Cicchino

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Judges
Dr. Kathryn Kirsch
Prof. Jessica Menold
Jacob Snyder 
Department
​Mechanical Engineering
Biomedical and Mechanical Engr
Industrial Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Computer Science
​General Engineering
​Nuclear Engineering
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Department
Biological Engineering


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Affiliation
KFC
Assistant Professor, SEDTAPP
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
Sponsored by
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​www.rockwellautomation.com
Contest Results:
First Place:            Jared Bunch
Second Place:      Kaitlyn Pigeon
People's Choice:  Erin Liddy
People's Choice:  Joel Seidel

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Mechanical engineering sophomore Rachel Perini discusses the dangers in hip replacements and a possible solution at the Spring 2014 Contest.
Spring 2019 marks the thirteenth running of the contest. Attendance of the finals now exceeds 350 people and attendance of the semi-finals runs about 100 people. Because of the excellent effort by students and their instructors in their course Effective Speaking for Engineering (CAS 100A for Engineers), this contest is raising the level of presentations among all engineering students in the Penn State College of Engineering.
To raise the level of presentations given by engineering undergraduates, the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education has initiated a contest in which engineering students from Penn State's College of Engineering vie to give the best 10-minute presentation that presents an engineering solution to a societal problem.​ The eight finalists arise from a nationally recognized speaking course for engineering students. More than 350 engineering students take this course each semester. Managing the contest is the Penn State student organization Utree (Undergraduate Research and Teaching Experiences in Engineering).
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Kate Waskiw, a sophomore in industrial engineering, discusses using a new way to treat moringa seeds to purify water in the Fall 2014 Contest.
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