{"id":217830,"date":"2010-01-20T11:45:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T16:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www1.cuny.edu\/mu\/forum\/?p=6020"},"modified":"2010-01-20T11:45:27","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T16:45:27","slug":"ccny-students-host-%e2%80%98first%e2%80%99-lego-league-qualifier-january-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/217830","title":{"rendered":"CCNY Students Host \u2018FIRST\u2019 Lego League Qualifier January 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u2014 Challenge Seeks Robotics Solutions to Transportation Issues \u2014<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The Latin American Engineering Student Association Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (LAESA-SHPE) at the City College of New York (CCNY) will host the FIRST\u00ae LEGO\u00ae League (FLL) Manhattan Qualifier, 9:30 a.m. \u2013 3:00 p.m. Sunday, January 24, in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall on the CCNY campus in Harlem.<\/p>\n

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), is an organization founded to inspire young people\u2019s interest and participation in science and technology.\u00a0 Over 146,000 children, ages 9 to 14 and in more than 50 countries participate in FIRST\u2019s annual challenge.\u00a0 This year FIRST is asking students to explore robotic solutions to issues in modern transportation through hands-on, minds-on teamwork revolving around the 2009 FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Challenge: \u201cSmart Move.\u201d
\n\u201cSmart Move\u201d is a two-part challenge.\u00a0 In the Project phase of the challenge, teams identify a problem involving the way people, animals, information, or things travel in their community.\u00a0 Then they create an innovative solution and share it outside the team.<\/p>\n

In the robotics part of the challenge, teams confront today\u2019s transportation safety and efficiency problems and apply robotics, sensor technology and fresh thinking to solve them.\u00a0 Missions in the challenge include efficiency planning, object avoidance, climbing steep bridges with no guardrails, passenger transport and crash tests.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Smart Move\u2019 gives kids a hands-on, real-world experience allowing them to use their imaginations and creativity in combination with science and technology, and lets them experience first-hand the very real and exhilarating struggle that world leaders and inventors face,\u201d says Dean Kamen, FIRST founder.<\/p>\n

For the second consecutive year, FIRST has teamed up with engineering students from LAESA-SHPE to bring the FLL Challenge to Manhattan.\u00a0 Middle schools students participating in the qualifier will come to The City College campus to showcase their research and innovative ideas to help transform transportation.
\nThis FLL Manhattan Qualifier is made possible with support from the University Transportation Research Center, The Grove School of Engineering civil engineering department and The City College of New York School of Education.
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\nAbout LAESA-SHPE<\/strong>
\nLAESA\u2013SHPE is the largest and most recognized undergraduate student organization at The City College of New York.\u00a0 Its founders were a dedicated group of students whose goals were to unite all Latino and minority students in engineering, share cultural ideas and promote leadership.\u00a0 In 1985, they founded LAESA as a medium to achieve their goals.\u00a0 Shortly after in 1991, LAESA joined forces with SHPE to better achieve these goals.\u00a0 This partnership has continued to flourish over the years, and today LAESA is a firm supporter of the SHPE core values \u2013 education, professionalism and leadership \u2013 while still remaining true to its original mission.\u00a0 With more than 100 members, LAESA-SHPE has been able to gather motivated students from all engineering disciplines and cultural backgrounds.<\/p>\n

LAESA-SHPE Contact:<\/strong>
\nElizabeth Vilchis, (914) 803-5342, evilchi00@ccny.cuny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> Ellis Simon, 212\/650-6460, esimon@ccny.cuny.edu<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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