{"97021":{"#nid":"97021","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech To Host FIRST Robotics Competition Southeast Kickoff","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents and educators from more than 30 high schools in the Southeast, including 15 from Georgia, will gather at the Georgia Institute of Technology on Jan. 4 for the kickoff of the annual FIRST Robotics Competition. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis national competition, in its 12th year nationwide, develops critical skills in science, technology and engineering among high school students.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is the site for one of 16 kickoff events in the United States and Canada. The event features a live NASA broadcast from the main kickoff event in Manchester, NH. At the Georgia Tech kickoff, Ward Winer, chair of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, will open the ceremony. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETeam representatives will receive kits of robot parts, comprised of 900 bits and pieces. The teams will then have six weeks to build robots that will compete against others in competitions later in the year. The competitions are high-tech sporting events, the result of months of focused brainstorming, teamwork, dedicated mentoring, project timelines and deadlines.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWHEN:\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESaturday, Jan. 4, 2003 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Telecast begins at 10 a.m.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWHERE:\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVan Leer Auditorium, 777 Atlantic Drive, Georgia Tech campus\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"High School Students from Throughout Southeast Gather to Learn 2003 Challenge"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Students and educators from more than 30 high schools in the Southeast, including 15 from Georgia, will gather at the Georgia Institute of Technology on Jan. 4 for the kickoff of the annual FIRST Robotics Competition. This national competition, in its 12th year nationwide, develops critical skills in science, technology and engineering among high school students.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2003-01-08 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-12-31T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-12-31T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97031":{"id":"97031","type":"image","title":"FIRST Student Competition","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97031"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/archive\/news_releases\/sportingrobot.html","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s 2002 FIRST Competition Press Release"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Grovenstein - Communications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}