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BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CIE/USA-DFW Site - ECPv6.11.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:CIE/USA-DFW Site X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ciedfw.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for CIE/USA-DFW Site REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20150101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180127T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180127T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T151129 CREATED:20200713T003319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200713T003319Z UID:9035-1517040000-1517072400@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2018 CIE/USA-DFW VEX Robotics Tournament – In The Zone DESCRIPTION:VEX Robotics Competition is one of the largest and fastest growing middle school\, high school robotics programs globally (40 countries). Each year\, an exciting engineering challenge is presented in the form of a game and 2018 theme is “In The Zone”. In addition to the competition A Free Seminar will be given from 2:00PM ~ 3:00PM at the same location for parents and students who would like to learn about Robotics and to participate in robotics competition in the future. URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2018-cie-usa-dfw-vex-robotics-tournament-in-the-zone/ LOCATION:Wilson Middle School\, 1001 Custer Rd\, Plano\, TX 75075\, Plano\, TX\, 75075\, United States CATEGORIES:Paid Events,SECC,VEX ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2018-Robotics-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160213T073000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160213T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T151129 CREATED:20200710T075910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250111T231942Z UID:9013-1455348600-1455382800@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2016 CIE/USA-DFW VEX Robotics Tournament – Nothing But Net Challenge DESCRIPTION:Related New Releases:\nCheer In US:[PDF] \nCIE/USA-DFW will be hosting our second annual VEX Robotics Competition (VRC)!  Last year\, CIE/USA-DFW successfully hosted the Skyrise VRC regional level competition at Rice Middle School\, receiving positive feedback from all participating teams and volunteers. This year we aim to have even more participating teams as we prepare to host the Nothing But Net Challenge (regional level) on February 13th\, 2016.   The competition will be located at Schimelpfenig Middle School\, with 24 teams participating. \nThe VEX Robotics Competition\, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation\, is the largest and fastest growing middle school and high school robotics program globally with more than 12\,000 teams from 33 countries playing in over 1\,000 tournaments worldwide. Each year\, an exciting engineering challenge is presented in the form of a game. Students\, with guidance from their teachers and mentors\, build innovative robots and compete year-round in a variety of matches. In addition to learning valuable engineering skills\, students gain life skills such as teamwork\, perseverance\, communication\, collaboration\, project management\, and critical thinking. The VEX Robotics Competition prepares students to become future innovators with 95% of participants reporting an increased interest in STEM subject areas and pursuing STEM-related careers. \nThis year\, teams will be competing in the Nothing But Net Challenge.  Nothing But Net is played on a 12 foot by 12 foot field by two alliances: one red and one blue.  An alliance consists of two randomly paired teams during qualifying rounds or selected teams during the elimination round.  The objective of the game is to score more points than your opposing alliance by making baskets of normal balls in low (1 point) or high (5 points).  In addition to normal balls\, teams have the ability to pick up bonus balls that are worth twice as many points\, 2 and 10 respectively\, for low and high goals.  At the end of the match\, teams also can score additional points by lifting their alliance member’s robot off the ground using their own robot!  For a low elevated robot (one 4 inches of the ground)\, teams will get an additional 25 points.  But if they are able to raise their team member’s robot 12 inches off the ground\, they will score an additional 50 points.  The below diagram shows the layout of the field\, with the red and blue squares signifying the starting points for the robots: \n \nThe tournament hosted by CIE/USA-DFW is one of many local tournaments in the metroplex.  These tournaments are held year-round at the regional\, state\, and national levels.  Local champions go on to compete against the best teams in the world at the VEX Robotics World Championship each April! \nImportant Level of Competition Dates:\n\nDallas Regional Tournament: 16 teams minimum required in attendance.  .\nNorth Texas Regional Championship: February 27th\, 2016 at Greenville High School (Qualifies teams for worlds)\nWorld Championship: April 20th through April 23rd in Louisville\, Kentucky.  The world championship will feature 1\,000 teams from cities all over the world!\n\nEvent Schedule\n\n\n\n7:30 AM\nOpen doors to teams / begin check-in/inspection\n\n\n8:00 AM\nOpen Programming/Skills Challenge\n\n\n9:00 AM\nClose Out the check-in / registration process with all teams in house\n\n\n9:30 AM\nClose robot inspections\n\n\n10:00 AM\nClose Programming/Skills Challenge\n\n\n10:00 AM\nOpening Ceremonies\n\n\n10:15 AM\nQualification Rounds\n\n\n12:15 PM\nLUNCH/SKILLS (visit our concession stand)\n\n\n1:00 PM\nContinue Qualification Rounds\n\n\n3:00 PM\nFinish Qualification Rounds\n\n\n3:00 PM\nAlliance Selections\n\n\n3:30 PM\nElimination Round\n\n\n4:30 PM\nComplete Elimination Rounds\n\n\n5:00 PM\nAwards Ceremony\n\n\n\n2015 Photos\n\nAwards are given out to teams striving four categories: excellence\, tournament champions\, sportsmanship\, Judges award\, and design. Here\, members of the CIE/USA-DFW executive leadership team stand with award winning teams! \n\nTwo alliances attempt to stack cubes in the Skyrise VRC competition at Rice Middle School in 2015. \nChief Judge\n\nMs. Yin Yang is a highly experienced robotics coach and judge. She served as a VEX World Championship Judge for college-level and high school divisions from 2009 to 2015\, a Lead Judge for Regional VEX tournament in 2013\, and our Lead Judge in 2015. She was also Assistant Coach for VEX Team 9090 T-VEX from 2010 to 2012. \nUseful Links:\nVEX Robotics Education: (http://www.roboticseducation.org/ )\nVEX Robotics: http://www.vexrobotics.com/ \n  URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2016-cie-usa-dfw-vex-robotics-tournament-nothing-but-net-challenge/ LOCATION:Schimelpfenig Middle School\, 2400 Maumelle Dr\, Plano\, TX\, 75023\, United States CATEGORIES:Paid Events,SECC,VEX ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2016-Robotics-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150207T073000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150207T170000 DTSTAMP:20250707T151129 CREATED:20200708T061814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200708T061814Z UID:9004-1423294200-1423328400@ciedfw.org SUMMARY:2015 CIE/USA-DFW VEX Robotics Tournament - Skyrise Challenge DESCRIPTION:Related News Release:\nCheer in US: [External Link] [PDF] \n  \nCIE/USA-DFW will be hosting the first VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) in its history. The Skyrise Challenge VRC (regional level) will be hosted on Feb 7\, 2015\, at Rice Middle School\, with 24 teams. \nVEX Robotics Competition (VRC) is for middle and high school (11-18 years old). This uses the VEX Robotics Design System. It offers teams of students that are tasked with designing and building a robot to play against other teams from around the world in a game-based engineering challenge. Classroom STEM concepts are put to the test on the playing field as students learn lifelong skills in teamwork\, leadership\, communications\, and more. More than 10\,000 teams from 32 countries\, in over 750 tournaments. The engineering challenge as game varies by year. The 2014-2015 competition is called Skyrise. There is also a VEX IQ Challenge that is for elementary and middle school (8-14 years old . \nLevels of competition: \n\nRegional competitions that qualify for state: At least 16 teams in attendance.\nRegional Championship (North Texas Regional Championship): Feb 21\, 2015 (Greenville\, TX). This directly qualifies for world championship.\nWorld Championship (North Texas Regional Championship): April 15-18 (Louisville\, KY). Has been in Dallas\, TX and Anaheim\, CA multiple times\, among a few other locations.\n\n \nPhoto from morning of a VEX event (Prosper High School) \nTournaments are held year-round at the regional\, state\, and national levels; local champions go on to compete against the best in the world at the VEX Robotics World Championship each April! \nEvent Schedule\n\n\n\n7:30 AM\nOpen doors to teams / begin check-in/inspection\n\n\n8:00 AM\nOpen Programming/Skills Challenge\n\n\n9:00 AM\nClose Out the check-in / registration process with all teams in house\n\n\n9:30 AM\nClose robot inspections\n\n\n10:00 AM\nClose Programming/Skills Challenge\n\n\n10:00 AM\nOpening Ceremonies\n\n\n10:15 AM\nQualification Rounds\n\n\n12:15 PM\nLUNCH/SKILLS (visit our concession stand)\n\n\n1:00 PM\nContinue Qualification Rounds\n\n\n3:00 PM\nFinish Qualification Rounds\n\n\n3:00 PM\nAlliance Selections\n\n\n3:30 PM\nElimination Round\n\n\n4:30 PM\nComplete Elimination Rounds\n\n\n5:00 PM\nAwards Ceremony\n\n\n\nHead Judge\n \nMs. Yin Yang is a highly experienced robotics coach and judge. She served as a VEX World Championship Judge for college-level and high school divisions from 2009 to 2015\, a Lead Judge for Regional VEX tournament in 2013. She was also Assistant Coach for VEX Team 9090 T-VEX from 2010 to 2012. \nUseful Links\nVEX Robotics site: http://www.vexrobotics.com/ \nThe design system on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VEX_Robotics_Design_System \nVEX Robotics Competition (VRC): http://www.robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/(robotevents.com is associated with REC Foundation) \nFor more information about this year\’s challenge\, please visit http://www.vexrobotics.com/wiki/Skyrise URL:https://ciedfw.org/event/2015-cie-usa-dfw-vex-robotics-tournament-skyrise-challenge/ LOCATION:Rice Middle School\, 8500 Gifford Dr\, Plano\, TX\, 75025\, United States CATEGORIES:Paid Events,SECC,VEX ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ciedfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2015-Robotics-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CIE/USA-DFW":MAILTO:yp@cie-dfw.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR