{"492271":{"#nid":"492271","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Georgia Tech FIRST LEGO League Tournament","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Saturday January 30, 2016, 32 teams will gather at the\u0026nbsp;Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons to pit their LEGO robots against one another in the Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;FIRST\u00ae\u0026nbsp;LEGO\u00ae League Tournament. This all-day event will have about 300-400 students ages 9-14 on campus, along with their families, friends, and other members of their entourage to cheer them on.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the 2015\/16 FIRST\u00ae\u0026nbsp;LEGO\u00ae\u0026nbsp;League TRASH TREK\u003Csub\u003ESM\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;Challenge FLL teams will explore the fascinating world of trash. From collection, to sorting, to smart production and reuse, there is more to your trash than meets the eye. During the TRASH TREK\u003Csub\u003ESM\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;season, teams will build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS\u00ae\u0026nbsp;to solve a set of missions in the Robot Game. They will also choose and solve a real-world question in the Project. Throughout their experience, teams will operate under FLL\u2019s signature set of Core Values.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis event is coordinated by the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA live webcast is scheduled to start at 12:45 p.m. with the opening ceremony, followed by competition rounds. The closing ceremony is scheduled to end around 5 p.m. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/live.media.gatech.edu\/W1280\/H720\/ece_presentation\u0022\u003EView the livestream\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Saturday January 30, 2016, the top 32 student teams (out of 400 across the state) will\u0026nbsp;pit their autonomous LEGO robots against each other in the Georgia Tech FIRST LEGO League Tournament.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On Saturday January 30, 2016, the top 32 student teams (out of 400 across the state) will pit their autonomous LEGO robots against each other in the Georgia Tech FIRST LEGO League Tournament."}],"uid":"27842","created_gmt":"2016-01-28 12:40:40","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:16:52","author":"Ashlee Gardner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-01-30T08:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-01-30T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-01-30T17:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-01-30 13:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-01-30 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-01-30 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.firstlegoleague.org\/","title":"FIRST\u00ae LEGO\u00ae League"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5537","name":"First LEGO League"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Leyla Conrad\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:leyla.conrad@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eleyla.conrad@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}