The Quad City Engineering and Science Council (QCESC)

December 11, 2011 Quad Cities FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Regional Qualifier 

On Saturday, December 10, 2011, the 3rd annual Quad Cities FIRST LEGO League (FLL) regional was held at the Putnam Museum in Davenport, Iowa.  35 of 37 teams invited competed at the event with 9 teams being selected to go to the Iowa State FLL Championship held on January 14, 2012 at Iowa State University.  In addition, 10 teams received special awards at the regional.  An estimated 1,600 people were in attendance at the event at the Putnam including all the participates, volunteers, supporting staff and people watching.

Pictures and other information from the event will be added in the next few days.

Results from Quad Cities 2011 Regional:

Awards Below

Award Team
Number		 Team Name Organization Name City
9 Awards Earning A Trophy and Advancing to Iowa State Championship on January 14, 2012  
Champion's Award - 1st Place 4620 Germ Busters Williams Intermediate School Davenport
Champion's Award - 2nd Place 2223 Radioactive Robots Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Davenport
Core Values 14146 Darthbotics John Deere Middle School Moline
Core Values &
Robot Performance		 10263 Robodogs Bettendorf Community Schools Bettendorf
Project 6543 Eggsperts Carver Elementary Dubuque
Project 2756 Lemonheads Cedar County 4H First Lego League Tipton
Rising Star 2349 Team Tobor Camanche Elementary School Camanche
Robot 2346 Riverdale Rocks Robots Riverdale Heights Elementary Bettendorf
10 Awards Earning Certificates        
Gracious Professionalism 4391 Skeleton Crew Girl Scouts Davenport
Innovation & Strategy 14309 Starbots - Way Cool STEM Science Club  Woodrow Wilson Middle School Moline
Innovative Solution 7230 The Brick Builders Iowa State University Extension DeWitt
Inspiration 4362 Masterminds Rivermont Collegiate Bettendorf
Mechanical Design 5341 Goin’ Bananas Girl Scouts  Moline
Presentation 2490 Team Roadkill Pleasant Valley Junior High LeClaire
Programming 2997 Burgersaurus   Tipton
Research 3945 LCS Team B.O.T.'s  Lourdes Catholic School Bettendorf
Robot Performance - Honorable Mention 14146 Darthbotics John Deere Middle School Moline
Teamwork 1642 Robocards Maquoketa Middle School Mauqoketa

Special thanks to the event sponsors Rockwell Collins and the Iowa State University College of Engineering (Camille Sloan Schroeder, Kim Glenn, and Brandon Newendorp who was our MC) along with the Putnam Museum (Kim Findlay& Nichole Myles) who hosted the event.

We would also like to thank the our food sponsors who kindly donated food for the volunteers for the event including:  Donuts & More, E. Kimbery Hy-Vee, W. Locust Happy Joe’s, Schnuck’s, Bruegger’s Bagels, Capriotti’s, Chick-fil-A, Van’s Pizza, Pub & Grill and Clarion.

And finally - thanks to the 70+ volunteers that helped make the event possible as listed below:
Name for Badge Company/Organization Badge Title
Vandana Aggarwal John Deere Volunteer
Kristin Allen John Deere Judge - Project
Joshua Attig US Air Force Judge - Project
Pat Barnes John Deere Tournament Director
Lou Behrend Retired School Teacher Judge -Core Values
Daniel Britton Western Illinois University Judge - Robot
Evan Brown John Deere Judge - Robot
Michael Clifton  Student - Pleasant Valley High School Volunteer
Melissa Edkin  Davenport Community Schools Food Volunteer
David Findlay    Volunteer
Marsha Findlay   Volunteer
Bryan Finley  CNH America LLC Judge Advisor
Colin Fly    Volunteer
Blake Gasaway  Consultant Special Assistant
Connor Gasaway Student - Pleasant Valley High School MC Assistant
Hannah Gasaway  Student - Pleasant Valley High School Volunteer
Kim Gasaway Davenport Community Schools Volunteer & Food Coordinator
Avery Gott  Student - Moline High School Volunteer
Mark Fortenbacher HNI Technology Score Keeper
Walt Grove Exelon Referee
Abhishek Gurram  Student - Pleasant Valley High School Volunteer
Spencer Hickman Student - Pleasant Valley High School Volunteer
Joe Hockett John Deere Judge Advisor
Larry Howell John Deere Judge Advisor
Riat Jagtar John Deere Judge - Project
John Johnson John Deere Infrastructure Coordinator
Katherine Johnson    Volunteer
Prasanna Kedilaya John Deere Judge - Project
Lacy Killens John Deere Referee
Krishna Kumar John Deere Judge -Core Values
Ron Leemans John Deere Volunteer
Carl Loweth John Deere Judge -Core Values
James Malm John Deere Judge -Core Values
Steve Mapley Northrop Grumman Assistant Tourn, Director
Diana Mastanduno John Deere Judge Advisor
David McHugh John Deere Judge - Robot
Karin McHugh   Volunteer
Maggie McHugh  Student - Riverdale Volunteer
Jenita McNulty   Special Assistant
Jeff Melvin Exelon Head Referee
Lexi Melvin Student - Pleasant Valley High School Volunteer
Rajvanshi Mikki John Deere Volunteer
Jeff Milligan John Deere Pit Manager
Dale Morrow John Deere Photographer
Susan Muldowney  John Deere Judge -Core Values
Jenel Nels John Deere PR Coordinator
Brandon Newendorp  Iowa State University MC
Ben Reis  Davenport West High School Volunteer
Jeffrey Richland Alcoa Judge - Robot
Ben Robertson  Student  
Quinton Sandry    Volunteer
Eric Schelin John Deere Judge - Robot
T.V. (SESH) Seshadri John Deere Judge Assistant
Nancy Shell  Stanley Consultants Volunteer
Dave Smith Retired - John Deere Registration & Documentation
Andrea Spainhower John Deere Referee
Ben Stelk   Volunteer
Chad Stephenson Student Volunteer
Steve Stone   John Deere Referee
Tom Stewart John Deere Judge Assistant
Rick Sundin Self-Employeed Volunteer
Dana Taylor  RCH Innovative Technology Partners Timekeeper
Britni Townsend Exelon Referee
Badri Viswanathan John Deere Judge - Robot
Karl Washburn  John Deere Judge Advisor
Ben Whigham Student - Pleasant Valley High School Volunteer

Quad City FLL News Prior to the Regional:

Link to Results and Pictures from Past QC FLL Regionals:

Pictures from State Championship and World Championship:

Quad Cities FLL Regional Qualifier Planning Team

Key FLL Links
 
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Last updated December 22, 2011 12:15 AM