UT ECE students Kyle Fernald, Chao Chen, Maher Dakkak, and Bryant Tran won second place at the IET Present Around the World Americas Finals, in Ottawa, Ontario on Sept. 11th. The Present Around the World Competition is an annual event held by the Young Members and Professionals of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. The multi-stage event includes members and students from all around the world, participating from different fields of engineering.

The Gestune team, presented by Kyle Fernald, finished second among eleven competitors from Texas, New England, Canada and Trinidad and Tobago.

Kyle graduated in May 2010 with a B.S. in Computer Engineering and currently works at Intel in Austin.