WKCTC to Host "Mars Explorer" Robotics Competition for Local Students

West Kentucky Community and Technical College is hosting the Robot Extreme Challenge March 7th, 2015. The competition is open to any student in western Kentucky Three divisions are open to accommodate entrants from elementary, middle, or high school.

Cost of entry per team is $175, and each team must have a Lego EV3 robotics platform. Teams will develop a robot capable of handling 13 different tasks pertaining to a pre-determined theme. This year's theme is "Mars Adventure." Each task will involve performing some function to assist with or improve the lives of people hypothetically living on Mars.

Registration deadline is January 23rd, 2015.

More details are available on rcxrobot.org.

IEEE Students To Meet, Plan for SoutheastCon 2015

The Murray State University student chapter of IEEE will have a Spring 2015 Kickoff / planning meeting Wednesday, January 21st, 2015 at 3.30 p.m., 135 Blackburn.

The meeting will discuss details pertaining to the formation of a Robot Team. The Robot Team will compete at the SoutheastCon 2015 Student Hardware Competition to be held in Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 9th - April 12th, 2015.

The IEEE Robot Team needs members with the following experience or background:

1. Electrical engineering

2. Mechanical engineering

3. Computer programming

All interested Engineering Physics students plus IET majors are encouraged to attend.

Free pizza and drinks will be available.

For more information, please contact Dr. Leedy at aleedy@murraystate.edu