Robots invade SLO campus
Science project showcase is May 23
Nick Powell
Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: News
Science is the future and the future is now and now is the time. You know what that means: it's science time.
Cuesta is set to host the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathmatics (STEM) Showcase on May 23 in the Student Center from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Derrick Lavoie, director of the Discovery Institute, is organizing the event.
"The STEM showcase gives students a platform to share their science projects with their peers and generate excitement about science and engineering," said Lavoie.
The showcase is slowly coming together with an entry deadline of May 15, but for an event that might feature a robot competition and will definitely have free Big Daddy pizza, there's surprisingly few entrants at present.
Greyhound Revolutionary Robotics, which consists of 14 students from Atascadero High, four from Cal Poly and two from Cuesta, will exhibit their robot, the Raptor. It's a remote controlled conveyor belt that wheels around sucking imitation moon rocks into a hopper and spits them into a basket.
"We won a regional competition in LA and went on to the semi-finals at the National level," said Cuesta student Rose Fortone. "It was cool to see the different designs everyone came up with to perform the same task."
John Lindsey, PG&E's meteorologist for Diablo Canyon, will give a lecture concerning how power is harnessed, the effects on the planet and the future of energy.
"These kids will be the ones solving our energy problems and combating climate change," said Lindsey.
 Media Credit: Nick Powell Jared Price, left, and Rose Fortone show of the practice version of the robot. |
"The STEM showcase gives students a platform to share their science projects with their peers and generate excitement about science and engineering," said Lavoie.
The showcase is slowly coming together with an entry deadline of May 15, but for an event that might feature a robot competition and will definitely have free Big Daddy pizza, there's surprisingly few entrants at present.
Greyhound Revolutionary Robotics, which consists of 14 students from Atascadero High, four from Cal Poly and two from Cuesta, will exhibit their robot, the Raptor. It's a remote controlled conveyor belt that wheels around sucking imitation moon rocks into a hopper and spits them into a basket.
"We won a regional competition in LA and went on to the semi-finals at the National level," said Cuesta student Rose Fortone. "It was cool to see the different designs everyone came up with to perform the same task."
John Lindsey, PG&E's meteorologist for Diablo Canyon, will give a lecture concerning how power is harnessed, the effects on the planet and the future of energy.
"These kids will be the ones solving our energy problems and combating climate change," said Lindsey.
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