Science and Engineering Area

2013 Alabama Robotics Competition

In the 2013 contest, there were 32 teams participating from 32 different schools (126 overal students competing and over 350 parents/teachers/students attending).

Below are several links and information about the 2013 event.

A collection of photos from the event is available here.

The official contest problems for the 2013 competition is available here.

Award Recipients

The award winners received a textbook from Pearson, a gift card to Books A Million, and a trophy. The following teams and participants received awards at the 2013 event.

Individual Award

Grades K-5

Grades 6-8

Grades 9-12

Volunteers and Organizers

The volunteers and organizers of the 2013 event were:

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sanjay Singh

 

Dr. Sanjay Singh

Dr. Sanjay Singh holds a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems and Strategic Management from the University of Georgia and currently serves as VP of Community Services at CTS. For 20 years, Sanjay was a faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, teaching and supervising theses for Master’s and Doctoral students in the Schools of Business, Engineering, Computer Science, and Healthcare Administration. Further, he has lectured extensively and studied more than 200 companies in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. He currently serves on the boards of the Rotary Club of Birmingham, Alys Stephen Center, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, McWane Science Center, Birmingham Business Alliance, and Founders Investment Bank. He also started the Indian Cultural Society at The Birmingham Museum of Art dedicated to promoting Indian Art and Culture in Alabama. Sanjay is married to Dora Eugenia Pineda-Rivera and enjoys vacationing with his two children, Vivek Gabriel and Indira Evangelina.

 

The Student of the Future

In this talk I will discuss the following topics:


2013 Sponsors

We gratefully acknowledge the following sponsors for providing support to the 2013 Robotics Competition:

Googlects


Pearson-AW National Science Foundation