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January 17, 2009
The UNLV Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering, along with fellow sponsors:
UNLV Office of the President, UNLV-CSUN, National Security Technologies, LLC, Cirque du Soleil, American Pacific Corporation, Bearing Belt Chain, and Albertson's are pleased to announce the
5th Annual FIRST FRC Las Vegas Regional Competition March 26 through 28, 2009 at the Thomas and Mack Arena.
Team registration at this point indicates we will host a full regional with 54 high school teams from across the country and two international teams. Local Las Vegas teams include:
Arbor View High School
Basic High School
Canyon Springs High School
Cimarron-Memorial High School
Clark High School
Coronado High School
Del Sol High School
Eldorado High School
Legacy High School
Palo Verde High School
Rancho High School
SECTA High School
Valley High School
Kingman, Arizona and Boulder City, Nevada complete the 'local' teams we support.
All teams invite engineering and computer science professionals to assist them over the next six weeks and beyond. The next six weeks are critical in that this is the 'robot build time.'
Teams design and build a robot that is approximately five feet in height and weighing about 120 pounds.
At this year's regional, the teams will compete, playing a game called LUNACY.
Additional information may be found at: usfirst.org and or at http://www.lvfirst.egr.unlv.edu
Inquiries may also be directed to the Regioanl Chair, Christine Wallace at christine.wallace@unlv.edu
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