Tournament Information
Driving Directions & Maps
- Driving Directions to UT Knoxville
- UT Campus map – Print this map ahead of time and distribute to your team members to help them navigate campus on event day.
Parking on Campus
Cars and Vans
Parking will be available for tournament participants in the University Center Parking Garage and Lot 9 at no charge. To reach the parking garage from Cumberland Avenue turn onto Phillip Fulmer Way. The parking garage will be located on your right immediately after the University Center. Lot 9 is the first surface lot on your right after passing the UC Parking Garage and Andy Holt Blvd. Please print a TSOST Parking Permit ahead of time and display on your dashboard. If you do not display the parking pass, you may be ticketed or charged the hourly rate upon exiting the garage. DO NOT park in any other lots on campus, you may be ticketed!
Buses
Bus parking will be reserved in the metered parking spaces along the Northeast bound lane of Volunteer Blvd from Lake Loudon Blvd to Andy Holt Ave. These spaces will be reserved using meter bags. (These spaces are along the street in front of the Claxton Education Building.)
Information on Event Day
The information table will be located in front of the Auditorium in the University Center.
Dining on Campus
The newly renovated Rocky Top Café in the lower level of the University Center will be open on Tournament Day.
06:30 – 09:00 am – Breakfast (eggs, biscuits, sausage, etc.)
09:00 – 11:00 am – Grab ‘N Go (sandwiches, salads, candy & drinks)
11:00 – 03:00 pm – Lunch (Quizno’s, Sbarro, Mayfield Ice Cream, Grab ‘N Go)
The Rocky Top Café accepts cash & credit.
Schedules
Coaches Meeting – University Center, Shiloh Room, 7:15 – 8:00 am
One coach from each team MUST be present at the coaches meeting for registration, last minute announcements, and distribution of student name tags.
Reception – University Center, Ballroom, 3:00 – 4:15 pm
Following the conclusion of events, a celebration reception will take place. Refreshments will be served. All participants, coaches and parents are invited to attend.
Awards Ceremony – Alumni Memorial Building, Cox Auditorium, 4:30 pm
Cheer on your team and your competitors as individual event medals and team trophies are awarded.
Impound Events
Division B – Robo-Cross, Scrambler and Trajectory
Division C – Electric Vehicle and Robot Ramble
Devices are to be impounded between 7:15 and 8:00am. See the tournament schedule for impound locations.
All impounded devices should be retrieved after the completion of the event. Please be prompt, event coordinators will close their event venues shortly after the completion of their event. Any unclaimed devices can be retrieved from Walters Life Sciences, M313 after the conclusion of the Awards Ceremony. Unclaimed devices will be discarded after tournament day.
Event Information
Experimental Design - This is a closed event. Parents, coaches, and other observers will not be permitted entrance. Only event judges and contestants will be allowed in the room during competition.
Robo-Cross - This is a closed event. Parents, coaches, and other observers will not be permitted entrance. Only event judges and contestants will be allowed in the room during competition.
Robot Ramble - This is a closed event. Parents, coaches, and other observers will not be permitted entrance. Only event judges and contestants will be allowed in the room during competition.
Trajectory – Teams must impound their projectile with their device and graphs. This is a closed event. Parents, coaches, and other observers will not be permitted to the lower foyer. Only event judges and contestants will be allowed in the lower foyer during competition. Observers may stand in the upper foyer and observe the trajectory (as long as they do not interfere with the event).
Team Rooms
Each team has been assigned a team room in the Humanities and Social Science Building. See the list of Participating Schools for your assigned room number. Please respect the University and leave your room in the condition you find it upon arrival… discard all refuse, leave furniture in its original location, and leave white/blackboards clean. Please remember to collect all of your items at the end of the day. Items left behind may be discarded when the rooms are cleaned following the tournament.
Shuttle to Ag Campus
We will be operating shuttles for the Food Science event between the University Center Parking Garage and the Food Safety Building on the Ag Campus during the hours of 8:50 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. We will load at the University Center from the curbside passenger lane on garage, street level. Drop-off will be at the Food Safety Building on the Ag Campus. Approximately 10 minutes round trip, both directions.
08:50 - 09:10 a.m. Depart UC to Ag Campus
10:10 - 10:25 a.m. Depart Ag Campus to UC
10:10 - 10:25 a.m. Depart UC to Ag Campus
11:30 - 12:30 p.m. Depart Ag Campus to UC