{"64564":{"#nid":"64564","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Volunteers Needed for Annual FIRST LEGO League State Tournament","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudent, faculty, staff, and alumni volunteers are needed to assist at the State of Georgia FIRST LEGO League Robotics Tournament, to be held on Saturday, January 29, 2011 from 7 am-5 pm at the Georgia Tech Student Center. The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing; and the LEGO Robotics Design and Outreach Community are co-hosting this event.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an organization that was founded to inspire interest in science and engineering among young people. The 2010 Challenge theme, \u0022Body Forward,\u0022 will have teams of students aged 9-14 exploring the cutting-edge world of biomedical engineering to discover innovative ways to repair injuries, overcome genetic predispositions, and maximize the bodies\u0027 potential, with the purpose of leading happier, healthier lives.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this year\u0027s tournament, 337 teams are competing in 12 qualifiers and three super-regional contests, involving a total of 2,500 students. Through these qualifiers, the field will be narrowed to 48 teams, involving 450 students, that will advance to the January 29 tournament at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVolunteers are needed to serve as referees, scorekeepers, scorekeeper assistants, queue runners, pit monitors, food coordinators, judges\u0027 assistants, judges, and registration table attendants. For more information, please contact ECE Associate Professor Jeff Davis at 404.894.4770, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jeff.davis@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejeff.davis@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E, or visit \u003CA href=\u0022http:\/\/www.georgiafll.org\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.georgiafll.org\/\u003C\/a\u003E or  \u003CA href=\u0022http:\/\/firstlegoleague.org\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/firstlegoleague.org\u003C\/a\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Yearly Robotics Event Taking Place January 29"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Student, faculty, staff, and alumni volunteers are needed to assist at the State of Georgia FIRST LEGO League Robotics Tournament, to be held on Saturday, January 29, 2011 from 7 am-5 pm at the Georgia Tech Student Center. The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing; and the LEGO Robotics Design and Outreach Community are co-hosting this event.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Annual FIRST LEGO League Robotics Tournament taking place Jan. 2"}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2010-11-17 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:15","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64565":{"id":"64565","type":"image","title":"FIRST LEGO League logo for 2010 Challenge, Body Fo","body":null,"created":"1449176753","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:53","changed":"1475894567","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:47","alt":"FIRST LEGO League logo for 2010 Challenge, Body Fo","file":{"fid":"192023","name":"tgo35190.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tgo35190_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tgo35190_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":37120,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tgo35190_0.jpg?itok=w7uvtVwZ"}}},"media_ids":["64565"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.georgiafll.org\/","title":"Georgia FIRST LEGO League"},{"url":"http:\/\/firstlegoleague.org\/","title":"http:\/\/firstlegoleague.org\/"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8557","name":"Center for Education Integrating Science Mathematics and Computing"},{"id":"5537","name":"First LEGO League"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"12081","name":"LEGO Robotics Design and Outreach Community"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJeff  Davis\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jeff.davis@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Jeff  Davis\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-4770\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jeff.davis@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}