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Dec. 10, 2018Maryville, MO |  By: Ryan Elliot

Top prizes go to Northwest Computer Science majors

Six Northwest Missouri State University students have earned cash prizes and experience from a Computer Science and Informations Systems competition through Kansas City Power and Light.  The competition is conducted by faculty of Northwest's School of Computer science.  Students submit research papers and a panel of faculty selects a group of finalists to present their papers to a panel of judges from KCP&L.  A senior computer science major form Gran Valley, Missouri, David Moyer, took 1st place in the competition and won a $340 prize for his presentation on virtual reality.  Patrick Blair, a senior computer science major from Dallas Center, Iowa, took 2nd place.  Chulho Yoon, a senior accounting and management information systems major from South Korea, took 3rd.  Honorable mentions went to Randall Porter, a senior form Bowling Green, Missouri; Robert Becthold, a junior form Runnells, Iowa; and Kaleb Odle from Dearborn, Missouri.