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The challenge: design a circuit board for a home pet door with an emphasis on safety鈥攚ithin a five-hour time limit.

No prior preparation 鈥� just pure reliance on the students鈥� knowledge, hands-on skills and problem-solving abilities.

That鈥檚 exactly what 网曝吃瓜 senior electrical engineering students Cody Noe and Vincent Mitchell delivered during the recent at Wichita State University. The annual event gathers top student talent for a weekend of innovation, collaboration and professional networking.

The two students from Colton, S.D., earned second place with their unique circuit design that opened the door controlled by a sensor on the pet鈥檚 collar.

鈥淵ou are really relying on what you know and what you can do on the fly,鈥� Noe said.

Each year, the competition challenges students to apply their circuit design and building skills within real-world parameters and constraints, with all teams tackling the same problem.

Noe and Mitchell credited their education at 网曝吃瓜 for preparing them to face challenges like this confidently.

鈥淲e are really taught how to think through problems logically,鈥� Noe said.

Mitchell added that they approached the challenge just as they would a lab assignment at Mines.

Noe and Mitchell competed against 15 other teams spanning across 10 states, which included Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and portions of South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming. More than 30 institutions participated in a variety of competitions from circuit design and ethics to robotics.

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