Caption: Engineering Open House Guide - 2006
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18th Annual AMD “Jerry” Sanders Creative Design Competition College students from across the Midwest come to participate in the 19th Annual AMD Jerry Sanders Creative Design Competition, a twoday contest of robotic design and engineering. This year, robots will battle against the clock and each other to keep their bases clear of small plastic balls while shooting them at basketball hoops around the 2000 square-foot, two-level course. Additional points can be earned by placing balls in special locations on the course if the robot can traverse the teeter-totters and rippled bridge. Four teams compete simultaneously in ten-minute rounds, and the highest scoring teams advance to the final rounds on Saturday, March 11th. BEYOND IMAGINATION 5 Scoring • • • • 1 point for each ball removed from the base 10 points at the end of the round for a base clear of balls 5, 10, or 15 points for balls placed on the rippled bridge Various points for each basket made, depending on the difficulty of the shot Location and Time March 10 and 11, 2006 Kenney Gym Annex University of Illinois at Urbana –Champaign “Jerry” Sanders III graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1958 with a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering. Since then, he’s gone on to start one of the most successful companies of our times. W.J. “Jerry” Sanders III co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in 1969. Under his leadership, AMD grew from being a “second-sourcer” of other companies’ products to its current position as the fourth largest semiconductor manufacturer in the United States. Schedule Competition will be from around 8:00am to 4:00pm both days with final rounds being on Saturday, March 11th. There will be rounds running during all the times with bonus rounds and even crowd participation events spaced throughout the day. W.J. Sanders III Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Sanders also co-founded several prominent industry groups including the Semiconductor Industry Association, the Santa Clara Manufacturing Group, the Semiconductor Research Corporation and the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation. W.J. “Jerry” Sanders Creative Design Competition Committee Director: Jeff Keith Field Chair: TBA Rules Chair: TBA Publicity Chair: Lawrence Han Volunteers Chair: Rachel Williams Webmaster: Stephen Kempf Student Advisor: Doug Johnson Faculty Advisor: Dan Mast The Wall Street Transcript named Sanders the Best Chief Executive Officer in the semiconductor industry for the years 1983, 1984, and 1985, and runner-up in 1991. Mr. Sanders received the Robert N. Noyce Award from the Semi-conductor Industry Association (SIA) in 1998. In 2001 he received the Medal of Achievement from the AeA, the nation’s largest high tech industry association. Sanders’ continued support for the University of Illinois and in particular this design contest is a testament to his support of education competition, both of which he thinks breeds success, creativity, and excellence. W.J. Sanders III Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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