BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Central BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T150239Z UID:133DE0B7-1141-494C-9820-65321E41D184 DTSTART;TZID=US/Central:20260404T110000 DTEND;TZID=US/Central:20260404T130000 DESCRIPTION:QC Elite Team 648 Robotics ( www.qcelite.com ) competes annuall y to inspire its Quad Cities high school participants to be future enginee rs and scientists. Each January\, teams across the country receive a robot kit\, and must design and build a robot over the next two months to compe te against robots from other teams in the region\, leading to the internat ional competition. Each year’s contest is new\, requiring distinctive ro bot behaviors.\n\nQC Elite is nearing completion of its 2026 season. The t eam will display and explain the mechanical\, electrical\, and programming features of this year’s robot that distinguish it from past competition s\, and will also demonstrate the behavior of a working robot from a previ ous competition.\n\nThe tour and lunch will be held at their maker space o n the north side of Southpark Mall across from the Riverbend Food Bank and near VonMaur - "QC STEM Alliance".\n\nWe will order pizza for lunch for t he Section members\, SAU Student Branch and for the Flaming Squirrels.\n\n Agenda: \n11:00-Noon Arrival and informal observation of team building act ivity\n\nNoon-12:30 Lunch - Assorted Pizza\, Soft Drinks\, Chips\, Cookies \n\n12:30-1:00 Brief presentation on this year’s design and build\n\n450 0 16th St\, Moline\, Illinois\, United States\, 61265 LOCATION:4500 16th St\, Moline\, Illinois\, United States\, 61265 ORGANIZER:j.johnson@ieee.org SEQUENCE:20 SUMMARY:IEEE Iowa-Illinois Section & Computer Society Meeting - QC Elite Ro botics Team Demonstration & Pizza Lunch URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/548441 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>QC Elite Team 648 Robotics ( <a href="http ://www.qcelite.com">www.qcelite.com</a> ) competes annually to inspire its Quad Cities high school participants to be future engineers and scientist s.&nbsp\; Each January\, teams across the country receive a robot kit\, an d must design and build a robot over the next two months to compete agains t robots from other teams in the region\, leading to the international com petition.&nbsp\; Each year&rsquo\;s contest is new\, requiring distinctive robot behaviors.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>QC Elite is nearing completion of its 202 6 season. The team will display and explain the mechanical\, electrical\, and programming features of this year&rsquo\;s robot that distinguish it f rom past competitions\, and will also demonstrate the behavior of a workin g robot from a previous competition.</p>\n<p>The tour and lunch will be he ld at their maker space on the north side of Southpark Mall across from th e Riverbend Food Bank and near VonMaur - "QC STEM Alliance".</p>\n<p>We wi ll order pizza for lunch for the Section members\, SAU Student Branch and for the Flaming Squirrels.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>11:00-Noon &nbs p\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Arrival and informal observation of team building activ ity&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Noon-12:30&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\; Lunch - Assorte d Pizza\, Soft Drinks\, Chips\, Cookies</p>\n<p>12:30-1:00&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&n bsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Brief presentation on this year&rsquo\;s design and build</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR