Congratulations to Chris Wyatt on receiving the EIT 2008 Student Excellence Award in the Bachelor’s Degree Category.

Chris Wyatt is a graduating senior from the UALR EIT Systems Engineering program with an emphasis in mechanical systems. He has had the opportunity to perform undergraduate research in the field of Mars Rover dust mitigation and interned during the summer of 2007 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. During this internship, Chris pursued advanced research in dust mitigation practices. He has served several positions in campus organizations including as president of INCOSE. Chris has been the proverbial “thorn in the side” for getting the SAE Baja collegiate design competition started at UALR; and in 2007-08, has joined a group of 5 other seniors, as well as underclassmen from several other disciplines, to bring UALR’s first Baja racing buggy to life. This summer he is set to intern for Lockheed Martin in Colorado Springs and then go on to a graduate research assistantship position and work towards a Masters of Aerospace Engineering degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Noting the experience of his undergraduate career, Chris feels that the Systems Engineering program has allowed him to go far beyond that of any other program in Arkansas. “This program has an amazing potential, and businesses are starting realize that we are the future of the ever-growing complexity of engineering solutions.”