The world's only DawgZooka – a remote-controlled robotic air cannon that can fire projectiles several hundred feet – made its premiere appearance at the SIUC Arena during half time of the November 21 game, when it blasted five t-shirts, one at a time, far into the upper deck seating areas, to the delight of chanting fans.

Electronic Systems Technologies student Tim Byrnes (r) demonstrates DawgZooka to (from l) SIUC Athletics PR Coordinator Mike Trude, Athletics Director Paul Kowalczyk and College of Applied Sciences and Arts Dean Paul Sarvela at the SIUC Arena.

The DawgZooka was developed by Electronic Systems Technologies students in the College’s Department of Information Management Systems, under the direction of Professor Martin Hebel in his Embedded Programming Course.

(right) The SIUC DawgZooka Squad: Electronic Systems Technologies (EST) students (back row, from l) Michael Steinbach, Kurt Eickelberg, Tim Byrnes, Elmo Dowd, Jason Hartle, Andrew Boyd, (front, from l) Dan Prevett, Nathan Donovan and EST Professor Martin Hebel.