College of Engineering Ratliff Relays

UT Tyler College of Engineering

Rules for Carboard Canoe:

Carboard Canoe Rules

Rules for Robotics:

Robotics Rules

Register:

Register Here!

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:

Campus Map

Contacts:

For questions, please email coe@uttyler.edu or Dr. Michael McGinnis at mmcginnis@uttyler.edu 

FAQ:

1. 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)
2. What is the target age range? ANSWER: All high school students are encouraged to participate.
3. Is there a possibility of scholarships for winning teams? ANSWER: Unknown at this time, but this concept is being exlpored - stay tuned!
4. 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.