Purdue University VEX U Midwest Qualifying Tournament, West Lafayette, IN
- Date
- 22-Feb-2019 - 23-Feb-2019 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VEXU-18-5719
- Program
- VEX U Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Field Control System
- VEXNet Field Control
- Capacity
- 18
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Indiana
- Standard Registration Opens
- 20-Aug-2018 13:41 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 22-Feb-2019 13:42 EST
- Price
- $70.00
- This event currently has no spaces available.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Boiler Robotics is excited to host the Purdue VEX U Midwest Qualifying Tournament! We will be hosting the competition within our home, the Lawson Computer Science Building.
Purdue's Team, ACM SIGBots, will be in attendance and welcomes any Vex U team who wants to compete. They will also be ready to answer any technical questions teams may have with VEX hardware and/or PROS.
Whether you are a new team or veteran team, we welcome you to join us!
*If the event is full please feel free to contact us regarding availability and to be added to a wait list.
Grade Level: College
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 22-Feb-2019 - 23-Feb-2019
Venue/Location:North University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
United States
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-------------- Friday, February 22, 2019 --------------------------------------
06:00 pm - Team Load Inand Pit Area Opens
06:30 pm - Practice Field Opens
11:00 pm - Practice Field & Venue Closes
This will be enforced! We will not be allowing teams to spend the night in Lawson working on their bots overnight. If you need to work on them, take them back to your hotel.
-------------- Saturday, February 23, 2019 ------------------------------------
08:00 am - Team Load In, Pit Area, Registration & Inspection Opens
08:30 am - Field Opens for Practice
One of the three fields will remain open all day as a dedicated practice field.
08:30 am - Judges Meeting
09:00 am - Referees Meeting
09:00 am - Engineering Notebooks DUE
An engineering notebook must be turned in to interview and qualify for the Excellence Award.
09:30 am - Drivers Meeting
Please send at least one and no more than three members per team.
10:00 am - Qualification Rounds Begin
We will run in "IQ" style. Please reset the field after your match is over and before you leave the field. We will have two dedicated qualification fields running until lunch.
10:00 am - Interviews begin
If you would like to be considered for the Excellence Award (and turned in an engineering notebook), please schedule an interview during a time slot that you do not have a match. We will do our best to stay on schedule.
12:00 pm - Lunch break
Teams are on their own for lunch. We will not be ordering pizza as a group, but feel free to have food delivered, bring your own lunch, go out for lunch, etc.
12:45 pm - Qualification Rounds Continue
04:45pm - Qualification Rounds End
05:00 pm - Playoff Rounds Begin
06:00 pm - Tear down/Venue closes
Volunteer
http://volunteer.purduerobotics.com
Please email [email protected] if you are interested in volunteering or have any questions.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations please visit the event on events.vex.com where I will post updates about the event status as needed. Please feel free to contact the Event Coordinator by phone if you are going to be late to the event. Match Lists will be generated as scheduled and cannot be re-run.
Refund and Payment Policies
Event payments are expected to be paid when you register for the event and must be completed 3 weeks prior to the event date. Teams that have not paid will be removed from the event to allow teams on the wait list to register. Please contact me if there are considerations to be made.
All requests for refunds must be made 3 weeks prior to the event. Refunds, if approved, will be processed within 1 month following the event.
Date: 22-Feb-2019 - 23-Feb-2019
Lawson (Richard and Patricia) Computer Science BuildingNorth University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
United States
Travel Info
If you are traveling from afar, there are many lodging options near the university for your stay.
Here is a short list of some of the most popular (in order of closest proximity to campus):
Union Club Hotel (on Purdue's campus)
101 N Grant St
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906
(765) 494-8900
Campus Inn
200 Brown Street
West Lafayette, IN 47906
(765) 743-9661
Hilton Garden Inn West Lafayette Wabash Landing
356 East State Street
West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906
(765) 743-2100
Holiday Inn Lafayette-City Centre
515 South St
Lafayette, IN 47901
(765) 423-1000
Four Points By Sheraton West Lafayette
1600 Cumberland Ave
West Lafayette, IN 47906
(765) 463-5511
Webcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7klg2MND_M