College of Engineering Ratliff Relays
UT Tyler College of Engineering
Rules for Carboard Canoe:
Rules for Robotics:
Register:
Agenda and Important Dates:
March 1: Registration Due
March 15: Robots Supplied to Registered Teams
March 29 and April 1: Zoom mentoring sessions for Robotics (March 29 from 5-7 PM and April 1 from 10 AM-Noon)
April 8: 10AM-Noon- In-Person Robotics Mentoring
April 22: Event Day
- 8-9 AM..........................Welcome and Technical Briefing
- 9:30-10 AM................... Laboratory and Campus Tour
- 10 AM-Noon..................Canoe Design and Construction
- Noon-12:30 PM.............Lunch (Provided)
- 12:30-1:30 PM...............Poster and Presentation Judging
- 2:30-4 PM......................Racing
- 4-4:30 PM......................Award Ceremony
Campus Map:
Contacts:
For questions, please email coe@uttyler.edu or Dr. Michael McGinnis at mmcginnis@uttyler.edu
FAQ:
- Can our school register more than one team per event, or register for more than one event? ANSWER: Absolutely, registration is unlimited. For example, if your school has 30 students intrested feel free to register 6 teams of 5 spread across the competitions (or 6 teams all in the same competition)
- What is the target age range? ANSWER: All high school students are encouraged to participate.
- Is there a possibility of scholarships for winning teams? ANSWER: Unknown at this time, but this concept is being exlpored - stay tuned!
- Does each team need an adult sponsor/teacher/coach? ANSWER: Each high school student needs and adult sponsor/coach/teacher to attend the event. This responsible adult may serve this role for all of the teams from that particular high school.