BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210422T001214Z UID:640520D0-746B-4F06-A3E5-8815C2EB1242 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210501T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210501T210000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE Region 6 Student Project Competition\n\nShare what your pr oject is about!\n\nPrizes!\n\nThree Tracks\n\nHardware/Software\n\nHumania rian\n\nMicromouse\n\nLive via Zoom\n\n.\n\nIEEE Region 6 Guidelines for S tudent Design Contest\n\nPurpose\n\nThe IEEE Region 6 Student Design Conte st offers undergraduate IEEE student members opportunity to exercise and i mprove entrepreneurial\, product development as well as verbal communicati on skills. They will present an oral presentation via Zoom. The presentati on will be 10 minutes with a 5 minute Q&A. There will be a Hardware/Softwa re track\, and a Humanitarian Track\, and a Micromouse track.\n\nEligibili ty\n\n- Students must be members of IEEE or else complete and submit an ap plication for membership in IEEE prior to entry in the Contest.\n\nRegistr ation\n\n- To advertise the competition and get an audience\, the registra tion will close 10 days before the event.\n- The link for up to date infor mation\, and to register is https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/263050\n\nPri zes\n\n- The prize levels for all tracks of the Student Design Contest are : First Prize $750\, Second Prize $500\, Third Prize $250\n- There will ha ve to be at least four entries in a track to hold the competition. Two tra cks will be combined to get 4 or more teams\, if needed.\n- If selected as one of the winning prizes\, you will be provided with a US IRS tax form t o fill out before you receive your prize.\n\nOral Presentation\n\n- Ten(10 ) minutes shall be allotted for the oral presentation as well as prototype demonstration and five (5) minutes for questions from the audience.\n- Th e paper contest chairman shall arrange a timing system\, with the followin g characteristics:\n\n(1) A Signal will be given at the beginning of the o ral presentation.\n\n(2) A warning signal will be given at the end of seve n (7) minutes.\n\n(3) A stop signal will be given at the end of ten (10) m inutes.\n\n(4) The contestant should cease talking when the stop signal is given. The contest judges will assess penalties for running overtime.\n\n (5) The contestant will be stopped by the judges at the end of twenty (15) minutes if he continues past the stop signal.\n\n- Individuals asking que stions during the discussion period shall use the chat feature. If the aud ience does not present any questions\, the judges should do so. Questions will be stopped at the end of five (5) minutes.\n- PowerPoint slides shall be used for the concept presentation.\n\nJudging\n\n- Each team presentat ion will be evaluated and judged on the basis of ten equally weighted judg ing criteria.\n- There shall be three (3) to seven (7) judges.\n- The judg es shall be selected to represent a cross section of various disciplines i n electrical\, electronics and related fields of engineering. The Section and Regional SAC should be called on to assist in the selection of judges at all levels of the contest.\n- The judges should have a record of experi ence in written and oral communication skills.\n\nAgenda: \nAgenda will be posted before the competition\n\none space park\, Redondo Beach\, Califor nia\, United States\, 90278\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/26 3050 LOCATION:one space park\, Redondo Beach\, California\, United States\, 9027 8\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/263050 ORGANIZER:c.jackson@ieee.org SEQUENCE:10 SUMMARY:Region 6 Online Student Design Competition URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/263050 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>IEEE Region 6 Student Project Competition< /p>\n<p>Share what your project is about!</p>\n<p>Prizes!</p>\n<p>Three Tr acks</p>\n<p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; Hardware/Software</p>\n<p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; Hum aniarian</p>\n<p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; Micromouse</p>\n<p>Live via Zoom</p>\n<p> .</p>\n<p>IEEE Region 6 Guidelines for Student Design Contest</p>\n<p>Purp ose</p>\n<p>The IEEE Region 6 Student Design Contest offers undergraduate IEEE student members opportunity to exercise and improve entrepreneurial\, product development as well as verbal communication skills. &nbsp\;They w ill present an oral presentation via Zoom.&nbsp\; The presentation will be 10 minutes with a 5 minute Q&amp\;A.&nbsp\; There will be a Hardware/Soft ware track\, and a Humanitarian Track\, and a Micromouse track.</p>\n<p>&n bsp\;Eligibility</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Students must be members of IEEE or else c omplete and submit an application for membership in IEEE prior to entry in the Contest.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Registration</p>\n<ol>\n<li>To advertise the competition and get an audience\, the registration will close 10 days bef ore the event.</li>\n<li>The link for up to date information\, and to regi ster is&nbsp\;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/263050&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</li>\n </ol>\n<p>Prizes</p>\n<ol>\n<li>The prize levels for all tracks of the Stu dent Design Contest are: First Prize $750\, Second Prize $500\, Third Priz e $250</li>\n<li>There will have to be at least four entries in a track to hold the competition. Two tracks will be combined to get 4 or more teams\ , if needed.</li>\n<li>If selected as one of the winning prizes\, you will be provided with a US IRS tax form to fill out before you receive your pr ize.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Oral Presentation</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ten(10) minutes shal l be allotted for the oral presentation as well as prototype demonstration and five (5) minutes for questions from the audience.</li>\n<li>The paper contest chairman shall arrange a timing system\, with the following chara cteristics:</li>\n</ol>\n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;& nbsp\; (1) A Signal will be given at the beginning of the oral presentatio n.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; (2) A warning signal will be given at the end of seven (7) minutes.</p>\n<p>& nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;(3) A stop sign al will be given at the end of ten (10) minutes.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nb sp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;(4) The contestant should cease talking when the stop signal is given. The contest judges will assess pen alties for running overtime.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&n bsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\ ;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;(5) The contestant will be stopped by the judges at the end of twenty (15) minutes if he continues past the stop signal.</p>\ n<ol start="3">\n<li>Individuals asking questions during the discussion pe riod shall use the chat feature. If the audience does not present any ques tions\, the judges should do so. Questions will be stopped at the end of f ive (5) minutes.</li>\n<li>PowerPoint slides shall be used for the concept presentation.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Judging</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Each team presentati on will be evaluated and judged on the basis of ten equally weighted judgi ng criteria.</li>\n<li>There shall be three (3) to seven (7) judges.</li>\ n<li>The judges shall be selected to represent a cross section of various disciplines in electrical\, electronics and related fields of engineering. The Section and Regional SAC should be called on to assist in the selecti on of judges at all levels of the contest.</li>\n<li>The judges should hav e a record of experience in written and oral communication skills.</li>\n< /ol>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>Agenda will be posted bef ore the competition</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR