Season Updates

Season Updates
Scrimmage
SWENext DesignLab Portland
Oregon Department of Education

Season Updates


Are you all caught up on your game updates?  It can be difficult to Keep on top of everything this time of year.

For those of you who are planning to attend Championship in Houston this year hopefully you have noticed that there are some changes to long standing rules.  The size of crates has changed as well as what items are allowed in the crate for shipment.  

Scrimmage

If you are one of the lucky 28 teams that will be attending Scrimmage next weekend in Corvallis you should have received an email today with the event details.  There will be at least 4 robot inspectors on hand to help teams identify potential problems as well as judges for those teams wanting to run through their Chairman's presentations.

Didn't get registered?  You are always welcome to bring a group of students down to watch and scout what the other teams are doing.  The Scrimmage is being held at Corvallis High School.  Practice matches and field practice with alternate every other hour beginning at 9:30am.  If you have questions or would like to be placed on a waitlist please contact 2018scrimmage@gmail.com.

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Saturday, April 7, 2018
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront
1401 SW Naito Pkwy
Portland, OR 97201
SWENext DesignLab encourages girls to choose a career in engineering. During the half-day program, middle school students work with local SWE members to complete hands-on engineering activities. While the girls are busy having fun and inventing new ideas, parents and educators learn about engineering careers, scholarships, college admission and resources. Participants also see how engineering can directly impact their community through presentations by award winning high school students.

Please help us promote SWENext DesignLab Portland to…

Download and share our event flyer:
        
Watch our recap from the 2017 DesignLab events.
Check out our All Together blogpost about SWENext DesignLab and share or use the content in your own post:
         
Email designlab@swe.org with any questions.


Was your team supported this season by a grant from the Oregon Department of Education?  Help us share your story about the impact you are able to make with your students.  Please send us a thank you note from your team and we will deliver it to your State Representative in person on March 6th.  Submissions must be received by February, 28th.  Do you have students that would like to come and participate with ORTOP?  Let me know, there is space available if teams would like to bring a robot for a demonstration.



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