Team Tech
Team Tech is a SWE committee that works to show the interdisciplinary cross-section of engineering between collaboration, industry, and education. Every year, SWE receives a corporate sponsor that provides a tech-related project with the end goal of competing with other collegiate SWE sections at a national conference. Team Tech works to cultivate hard and soft skills among a diverse group of engineers.
FAQ:
Do I have to be a chair to be an active member?
No, this committee has many general members that are encouraged to come to all of the meetings to work on the project!
Do I need to have (coding/tech) experience to join?
No, we teach you everything you need to learn/use for the project. Everyone is welcome to join!
Does Team Tech have dues?
No, just like the rest of SWE, there are no dues!
How do I join?
All you have to do is join the Slack (or contact the Team Tech director) and come to the meetings!
Directors:
Chairs:
Samitha Nadella | Tech/EOH Chair
Emily Tang | Tech/EOH Chair
Vanisha Nagali | Social Chair
Social Chair: The Social Chair is responsible for fostering a sense of community by planning icebreakers, creating merch, and organizing monthly internal and cross-committee bonding events.
Tech Chair: The Tech Chairs are responsible for introducing new and interesting technology to the team by setting up technical workshops on a biweekly basis, contacting professors or GradSWE members for project mentorship throughout the year, and reaching out to departments and other RSOs to set up collaborative workshops.
Engineering Open House Chairs: The EOH Chairs are responsible for managing technicalities related to EOH by communicating with the Engineering Council, discussing EOH with our sponsor, and ensuring the team is prepared for EOH.
This Year’s Project:
Sponsor: John Deere - Agricultural Equipment Manufacturer
This year’s Team Tech sponsor is John Deere. John Deere tasked us with creating an application that allows a user to optimize their cost-of-harvest. We do this by developing models/methods/toolchains using analytics, field data, and agri-business resources.
Project Conference
Date: October 26-28, 2023
Location: Los Angeles, California
Purpose: Present our final project to a panel of judges; compete with other SWE chapters to showcase learning and win prizes.
Awards:
2021-2022: OCR Application to Support Travel Health Requirements (United Airlines) [Honorable Mention]
2018-2019: Steering and Lift Adaptive Technology (John Deere) [Third Place]
2017-2018: Data Acquisition system for off-road machines (Caterpillar) [First Place]
2015-2016: RFID Doorway Passing Point Tracking (Rauland-Borg) [Third Place]