Twelve teams from eight ISA Districts and the Latin America Region competed on 2 October for Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals in the 2007 Student Games in Houston. The competitors were from:
District 2
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
District 4
Universidad del Cauca,* Popayan, Columbia
District 6
Northwest Iowa Community College, Sheldon, IA
District 07
ITI Technical College,* Baton Rouge, LA
Latin America Region
IPN Zacatenco, Mexico City, Mexico
Instituto Tecnologico de Ciudad Madero, Tampico, Mexico
Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Tantoyuca,* Mexico
District 10
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, Canada
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, Canada
District 11
California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
District 12
State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, St. Petersburg, Russia
Catania University, Italy
District 13
Lambton College, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
*First time participant
Everyone worked really hard:
Gold—British Columbia Institute of Technology
Silver—Northwest Iowa Community College
Bronze—Lambton College
2007 marked the third year of the all-practical problems format for the Student Games. Problem developers worked hard to produce an interesting, challenging, fair, and fun competition. Every effort was made to produce a quality, signature event that will command your enthusiastic support—and evaluations indicate a huge success.
Not only did the teams attend the Monday night Honors and Awards Banquet, they followed the award recipients in the opening procession carrying flags representing countries where ISA has chartered Sections. Special note was made that today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders in automation. The applause was long and loud!
And a lot of fun was had at YAPFest:
Gold
Ardent Services
Emerson Process Management
Honeywell
ISA Analysis Division
Silver
ABB Analytical
Industrial Instrumentation & Controls Technology Alliance (IICTA)
ISA Life Members Committee
ISA Power Industry Division
ISA Process Measurement & Control Division
Rosemount Analytical
Competition Gift Sponsor
Honeywell
Selection of teams for the International Student Games happens at the District level. To find out how your District identifies its team, contact your District Vice President and learn how your school can be considered to represent your District in the 2008 Games in Houston next October.
If your school did not compete at the District or International level of the Games this year, you missed a great opportunity to expand your knowledge and your network. This was an enjoyable event, but also an intellectually rewarding activity. Don't let 2008 slip by without your involvement.
Are you more interested in a support role for the Games? Contact Laura Crumpler at ISA. Phone: 919-990-9232 or e-mail lcrumpler@isa.org. Hope to see you in Houston next year.