Game of Drones Hackathon
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Think you have what it takes to conquer the throne? Try your luck and win a drone! Join your house and face the 4 challenges together to create and code your virtual drone. Will you have what it takes to conquer the Hackathon?
Session Details
Cost per Participant: Free
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Location: Virtual
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Program: Game of Drones Hackathon
Grade 7 - 12
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Date | Time (EST) | Activity |
Day 1: July 22, 2022 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Introduction, guest speaker, house sorting, sendoff, start your drones! |
Day 2: July 23, 2022
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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Second guest speaker, working on drone activities, mentor sessions, final submissions |
Day 3: July 24, 2022
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11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Third guest speaker, judging of drones, winner announced, closing remarks |
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Meet our Speakers
Meet Our Speakers
Nicholas Varas
Speaker
Studying Mechatronics Engineering at Ontario Tech University, Nicholas works as an Engineering intern for the Paint Department at Honda of Canada Manufacturing, where he interacts with robots, machines and AI. In addition to his passion for robots and AI, Nicholas writes music and plays video games!
Brianna Strong
Speaker
Brianna studied Electrical engineering at Ontario Tech University and graduated in 2021. She works as a Protection & Control Field Engineer in Training for Hydro One. In this position, she commissions, maintains and troubleshoots various devices in a power grid.
Alishba Imran
Speaker
Alishba is a machine learning (ML) developer who has worked on computational approaches to accelerate rehabilitation tech, robotics, and energy storage to create smarter machines. Currently, she's working on putting ML models for perception and prediction at Cruise into production and doing research at NVIDIA on RL-based simulation for teleoperated surgical robotics.
If you have any questions about the Hackathon, please email engineeringoutreach@ontariotechu.ca
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