2016 Alabama Robotics Competition

In the 2016 contest, there were 42 teams participating from 30 different schools (155 overall students competing and over 250 parents/teachers attending).

Below are several links and information about the 2016 event.

News Stories

Competition Photos

A collection of photos from the event is available here.
A video sample from the contest is available here.

Competition Problems

The official contest problems for the 2016 competition are available here.

Competition Schedule and Team Rosters

The offical contest schedule and team rosters for the 2016 competition is available here.

Award Recipients

The award winners received a textbook from Pearson, a gift card to Best Buy, and a trophy. The following teams and participants received awards at the 2016 event.

Grades K-5

First Place: Moores Mill Intermediate - Team 1 (218)
Second Place: Elvin Hill Elementary - Team 2 (204)
Third Place: Verner Elementary - Team 3 (200)
Honorable Mention: Elvin Hill Elementary - Team 1 (188)

Grades 6-8

First Place: Tuscaloosa Magnet Middle - Team 2 (260)
Second Place: Calhoun County West (250)
Third Place: Berry Middle - Team 1 (250)
Honorable Mention: Berry Middle - Team 2 (234)

Grades 9-12

First Place: Muscle Shoals Robotics (296)
Second Place: Hartselle High School (284)
Third Place: Pelham High School (236)
Honorable Mention: Indian Springs School (232)

Volunteers and Organizers

The volunteers and organizers of the 2016 event were:

Contest Administrators
Dr. Jeff Gray
Jonathan Corley
Jamie Thompson
Valerie Trull
Wendy Bryant
Kathy Degraw
Huseyin Ergin
Xin Zhao

UA Volunteers
Christian Brewton
Vicky Davis
Jessica Deyo
Connor Filipovic
Kenya Foster
Maggie Gembala
Yasin Gokmen
Britney Green
Angela Griffin
Amber Gupta
Trey Harrison
Alishah Hussaini
Autumn Jackson
Morgan Kendrick
Eian Landis
Jenna Lisicky
Rosie McGuigan
Dr. Becky Odom-Bartel
Joseph Parker
Amy Puente
Amyo Rahman
Vinod Samuel
Nicole Tollman
Jake Trower
Nath Tumlin
Xian Wan
Christopher West
Elizabeth Williams
Thomas Willingham

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nan Boden, Director of Engineering at Google

Technology as the Tool for

Changing the World for the Better

Dr. Nan Boden is a Director of Engineering at Google in Mountain View, CA, joining in 2013 to help develop Google’s next-generation data centers.

Nan formerly was the CEO of Myricom, a successful California Institute of Technology (Caltech) spin-off founded in 1994 that pioneered high-performance computer networking. Over the years at Myricom, Nan migrated from the techie world into the business world, serving as Executive Vice President, CFO, a member of Myricom's Board of Directors, and then becoming CEO in 2010.

Nan earned her PhD and MS degrees in Computer Science from Caltech and her BS degree from the University of Alabama in Applied Mathematics. Nan's PhD research in "Runtime Systems for Fine-Grain Multicomputers" led directly into her work at Myricom, where she wrote the software that controlled the company's first products. With the goal of adding formal business education to her business experience, Nan completed her MBA at UCLA-Anderson in 2011.

In her current role at Google, Nan works at the strategic intersection of technology and business.