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Leonhard Center Speaking Contest
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February 2, 2017
112 Kern

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Films of Past Contests

Finalists

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Margo Blake: Chemical Engineering
Evan DiBiase: Mechanical Engineering
Casey Mrazik: Civil Engineering
Victoria Scutti: Chemical Enginering
Steven Von Bueren: Industrial Engineering

Steven Weber: Computer Science
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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.
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Chemical engineering sophomore Margo Blake discusses an innovative treatment for Parkinson's disease in the 2017 Contest.
This semester marks the eight running of the contest. Attendance of the finals now exceed 250 people and attendance of the semi-finals runs about 75 people. Because of the excellent effort by students and their instructors in their course Effective Speaking for Engineering, this contest is raising the level of presentations among all engineering students in the Penn State College of Engineering.
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Computer engineering sophomore Steven Weber discusses innovations for autonomous vehicles in 2017 Contest.
The contest draws from the hundreds of Penn State engineering students who each semester take a course on effective speaking. Managing the contest is the Penn State student organization Utree (Undergraduate Research and Teaching Experiences in Engineering).
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Evan DiBiase, a junior in mechanical engineering, discusses a new approach to helping people with leg injuries walk.

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Finalists (from left to right): Evan Dibiase, Margo Blake, Steven Von Bueren, Casey Mrazik, Steven Weber, and Victoria Scutti.

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Judges (from left to right): Chris Shoemaker, grad student in Aerospace Engineering; Dr. Meg Handley, Engineering Leadership Program; and Thomas J. Sanbolt, New Design Director of Nuclear Naval Laboratory.
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