Tuesday, February 26, 2008

APEC 08 Micromouse Champion!

The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) has emerged World Champion at the APEC
Micromouse Competition, held in Austin, Texas, in the US, after edging out 19 strong contenders
from the US, Korea, Japan, India and Singapore. The 22nd in its series, this year’s APEC Micromouse Competition drew a record number of entries. Twenty mice were entered for the
“battle”. ITE’s winning mouse, Excel-5 hit the finishing line at an impressive 10.4 seconds. Its creator was Mr Khiew Tzong Yong, a Higher Nitec in Electronics Engineering graduate who is currently a Technical Support Offi cer with ITE. Another competitor, Sathiyasilan s/o Rasandrean, a second-year Higher Nitec in Electronics Engineering student from ITE College
West, also received the Best Student Award for clocking in 11.64 seconds, with his micromouse, Ladybug.



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