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We can be reached at <a href=\"&#x72;&#105;c&#x68;&#109;&#111;&#x6e;&#x64;&#95;c&#x6f;&#118;i&#x64;&#x40;&#105;e&#x65;&#101;&#46;&#x6f;&#x72;&#103;\">&#114;&#x69;c&#104;&#x6d;o&#110;&#x64;_&#x63;&#x6f;&#118;&#x69;d&#64;&#x69;e&#101;&#x65;&#46;&#x6f;&#x72;&#103;.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Useful External Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=&#8221;COVID&#8217;s Impact on the Younger Generation&#8221;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparethemarket.com\/money\/content\/impact-of-covid-on-young-people\/\">https:\/\/www.comparethemarket.com\/money\/content\/impact-of-covid-on-young-people\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This link contains a great article that lists and discusses some of the effects COVID-19 is having on younger generations.<\/p>\n<p>Of particular note, opportunities for first jobs, attending college campuses, and interacting in social settings are all areas where the young are uniquely affected.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Virginia Department of Health COVID-19 Site&#8221;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/\">https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/covid-19-in-virginia\/\">https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/covid-19-in-virginia\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These sites contain extensive information on COVID-19 in Virginia, including large amounts of downloadable, historical data on the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. The historical data is generally updated daily.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Centers for Disease Control (CDC) COVID-19 Website&#8221;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This website contains extensive information from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the COVID-19 coronavirus. It is regularly updated as new information is learned.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;COVID-19 Executive Orders&#8221;]All teams must follow the applicable COVID-19 safety requirements of their locality. In Virginia, these requirements are generally contained in Executive Orders from the Governor. These requirements can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/\">https:\/\/www.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/<\/a>.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Requirements for Groups Working with Children&#8221; el_id=&#8221;#minors&#8221;]Any individuals who interact with minors will need to follow the IEEE rules that are designed to protect the safety of minors.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals who are participating in the Challenge as a part of organizations that already have rigorous programs for protecting minors, such as most schools, may depend upon those programs.<\/p>\n<p>All other individuals who interact with minors will need to follow the requirements that can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/about\/volunteers\/risk-insurance\/ieee-activities-with-children.html\">https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/about\/volunteers\/risk-insurance\/ieee-activities-with-children.html<\/a>. 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Please reach out if you know of another&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/covid\/pandemic-challenge-useful-resources\/\">Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"parent":8814,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8844","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8844\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":8835,"date":"2021-01-30T03:23:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T08:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/?page_id=8835"},"modified":"2021-02-04T05:47:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T10:47:14","slug":"pandemic-challenge-faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/covid\/pandemic-challenge-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Challenge FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8745&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>General Frequently Asked Questions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=&#8221;When is the Competition?&#8221;]Teams will be presented with the challenges on during a kick off session on March 14th (tentative). Teams will work with mentors and facilitators throughout the challenge, with a symposium on May 24th.<\/p>\n<p>We want teams to have an opportunity to really make an impact on their problem, and would be thrilled to see projects grow post symposium.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Who Can Participate in the Pandemic Challenge?&#8221;]The Challenge is open to all, but the IEEE Richmond Section can only provide financial assistance to teams located primarily within the boundaries of the Richmond Section. The person who requests reimbursements for your team must reside within the boundaries for the Richmond Section.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8760\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/01\/Richmond-Section-Map-2048-x-888.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8760\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8760 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/01\/Richmond-Section-Map-2048-x-888-300x130.png\" alt=\"IEEE Richmond Section Map\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/01\/Richmond-Section-Map-2048-x-888-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/01\/Richmond-Section-Map-2048-x-888-1024x444.png 1024w, https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/01\/Richmond-Section-Map-2048-x-888-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/01\/Richmond-Section-Map-2048-x-888-1536x666.png 1536w, https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/01\/Richmond-Section-Map-2048-x-888.png 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/130;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IEEE Richmond Section Map<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The localities that are included in the Richmond Section are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amelia (County)<\/li>\n<li>Brunswick (County)<\/li>\n<li>Caroline (County)<\/li>\n<li>Charles City (County)<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte (County)<\/li>\n<li>Chesterfield (County)<\/li>\n<li>Colonial Heights (City)<\/li>\n<li>Cumberland (County)<\/li>\n<li>Dinwiddie (County)<\/li>\n<li>Emporia (City)<\/li>\n<li>Fredericksburg (City)<\/li>\n<li>Goochland (County)<\/li>\n<li>Greensville (County)<\/li>\n<li>Halifax (County)<\/li>\n<li>Hanover (County)<\/li>\n<li>Henrico (County)<\/li>\n<li>Hopewell (City)<\/li>\n<li>King George (County)<\/li>\n<li>King William (County)<\/li>\n<li>Lunenburg (County)<\/li>\n<li>Mecklenburg (County)<\/li>\n<li>New Kent (County)<\/li>\n<li>Nottoway (County)<\/li>\n<li>Petersburg (City)<\/li>\n<li>Powhatan (County)<\/li>\n<li>Prince Edward (County)<\/li>\n<li>Prince George (County)<\/li>\n<li>Richmond (City)<\/li>\n<li>Spotsylvania (County)<\/li>\n<li>Stafford (County)<\/li>\n<li>Sussex (County)<\/li>\n<li>Westmoreland (County)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;What kinds of participants is the Challenge looking for?&#8221;]Participants in the Challenge generally fall into one or more of the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Problem Solvers \u2013 High school students, university students, and early career professionals who will team up to solve the problems.<\/li>\n<li>Mentors \u2013 Experienced professionals who will help Problem Solvers understand how engineers solve real-world problems.<\/li>\n<li>Problem Owners \u2013 People or organizations that have real-world pandemic-related problems that need to be solved.<\/li>\n<li>Co-Sponsors \u2013 Companies or organizations that are willing to donate funds or services that can be used by teams working on the Challenge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is possible for a person to be in more than one category. For example, people or organizations that have real-world pandemic-related problems that need to be solved and who understand how engineers solve real-world problems might decide to be both a Problem Owner and a Mentor or a Problem Owner and a Co-sponsor.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;What kind of financial assistance is available to teams?&#8221;]The IEEE Richmond Section will reimburse teams for up to $100 for money that they spend working on a solution to their chosen problem. The money will be available on a first reserved, first served basis. The Richmond Section will also help connect teams with co-sponsors of the event who may be willing to provide free goods or services to help teams with their proposed solutions.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Who is IEEE?&#8221;]IEEE (pronounced &#8220;EYE-triple-e&#8221;) is the world\u2019s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. It is a non-profit, global organization of over 400,000 professionals in the fields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Sciences and Information Technology, and related fields of Physical Sciences, Biological and Medical Sciences, Mathematics, Technical Communications, Education, Management, and Law and Policy. For more information on some of the areas that the IEEE is involved in, please see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/about\/at-a-glance.html\">https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/about\/at-a-glance.html<\/a>.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Problem Solver<\/strong> <strong>FAQs<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=&#8221;How will teams get reimbursed for their expenses?&#8221;]Each team will need to have one person who they designate as being responsible for requesting reimbursements from the Richmond Section. This person must live within the Richmond Section. (See the General FAQs for the details on which parts of the state of Virginia lie within the Richmond Section.) This person will collect the receipts for their team and submit an expense reimbursement request using SAP&#8217;s Concur (NextGen) expense reporting program. Concur is widely used by companies to handle expense reports. Expense reports can be submitted from your computer or from your smartphone. Complete instructions for how to file expense reports will be provided to the person who your team designates as being responsible for reimbursements once their identity has been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, co-sponsors <em>may<\/em> choose to help fund some projects. Any reimbursements that come from co-sponsors will be handled directly between the teams and the co-sponsors.[\/vc_toggle][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mentor FAQs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=&#8221;What are Mentors expected to do?&#8221;]Mentors are expected to help Problem Solver teams with the process of discovering and implementing solutions to their chosen problems. They should not just be presenting the solution to their Problem Solver team and asking them to implement it.<\/p>\n<p>Mentors may be experienced in a particular technology that can be used to solve a problem or they may be experienced in how the product development process works. They do not need to experts in &#8220;everything.&#8221; Teams may choose to have multiple Mentors who help them with different aspects of their proposed solution.<\/p>\n<p>Mentors who work with children will need to comply with the IEEE &#8220;Requirements for Groups Working with Children.&#8221; (These requirements can be found under the &#8220;<a href=\"\/richmond\/covid\/pandemic-challenge-useful-resources\/\">Other Useful Resources<\/a>&#8221; section of this website.) Mentors who do not wish to be bound by requirements for working with minors can still be Mentors but may not mentor any Problem Solver teams that include minors.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Problem Owner FAQs<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=&#8221;What are Problem Owners expected to do?&#8221;]Problem Owners need to describe the problem that needs to be solved. They do not need to describe the exact solution to the problem, but they do need to describe any key characteristics that the solution needs to satisfy. For example, if the solution needs to be portable, they would need to say so. Also, the Problem Owner should describe who the solution will be for and why they need the solution. This is not meant to be a &#8220;justification&#8221; for the solution. It is meant to help the Problem Solvers understand whether their proposed solution is viable. For example, if the solution is meant to be used by an in-home healthcare nurse, the Problem Solving team may look at their proposed solution and say to themselves &#8220;But this won&#8217;t work for an in-home healthcare nurse because&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Problem Owners should also be willing to respond to Problem Solvers&#8217; questions.<\/p>\n<p>Problem Owners <strong>are not<\/strong> expected to pay for the Problem Solver teams to work on solutions to their problems. Any Problem Owners who do want to help teams financially or with free goods and services are invited to also register as Co-sponsors.[\/vc_toggle][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Co-sponsors FAQs<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=&#8221;What are Co-sponsors expected to do?&#8221;]Co-sponsors are companies, groups, or organizations that choose to work with the IEEE Richmond Section on the Pandemic Challenge by offering Problem Solver teams some type of free goods, services, or funding that they can make use of while working on the Pandemic Challenge. Co-sponsors will be acknowledged on this website and in the various forums that we use to promote the event.<\/p>\n<p>Co-sponsors must agree to abide by the IEEE Requirements for Groups Working with Children (see the link in the Useful Resources section of this website) or an equivalent set of requirements. For example, a school system that provided some type of goods or services to Problem Solver teams could make use of their own internal requirements for working with minors. A company that chose to not work with minors could impose that as a requirement for providing assistance to Problem Solver teams. The important thing is that any children who do participate must be able to do so in a safe way.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_cta h2=&#8221;&#8221; txt_align=&#8221;center&#8221; add_button=&#8221;top&#8221; btn_title=&#8221;Sign Up Today!&#8221; btn_style=&#8221;3d&#8221; btn_color=&#8221;danger&#8221; btn_size=&#8221;lg&#8221; btn_align=&#8221;center&#8221; btn_link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fr3.ieee.org%2Frichmond%2Fcovid%2Fpandemic-challenge-signup%2F|title:Pandemic%20Challenge%20Signup&#8221;][\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8745&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-3&#8243;][vc_column_text] General Frequently Asked Questions [\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=&#8221;When is the Competition?&#8221;]Teams will be presented with the challenges on during a kick off session on March 14th&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/covid\/pandemic-challenge-faqs\/\">Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"parent":8814,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8835","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8835\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":8814,"date":"2021-01-29T17:34:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T22:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/?page_id=8814"},"modified":"2021-10-09T08:01:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T12:01:44","slug":"covid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/covid\/","title":{"rendered":"IEEE Richmond Pandemic Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator border_width=&#8221;7&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8745&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The IEEE Pandemic Challenge has Landed! <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Check out the challenge problems to see what our Problem Owners and Challengers are working on!<\/p>\n<p><em>Still need to register? Not a problem. Click the <strong>Sign Up<\/strong> button below!<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;View The Challenge Problems&#8221; style=&#8221;3d&#8221; color=&#8221;blue&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;bounceInDown&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fr3.ieee.org%2Frichmond%2Fcovid%2Fcovid-problems%2F|title:Problems%20List&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;View The Challenge Solutions&#8221; style=&#8221;3d&#8221; color=&#8221;blue&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;bounceInUp&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FplG0-Xe8iuk|title:Problems%20List&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;10\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>About the Challenge<\/h3>\n<p>The IEEE, a non-profit organization of engineering professionals, is sponsoring a competition this Spring to find solutions to real-life problems related to the coronavirus and COVID-19. The Challenge will have self-forming teams of Problem Solvers consisting mainly of high school students, university students, and young professionals working with experienced Mentors to solve problems that have been identified by Problem Owners from a variety of public and private sectors. Sign up to get involved!<\/p>\n<p><strong>There is no charge to participate in this Challenge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Questions? please check our FAQs below, and feel free to reach out to <a href=\"&#114;&#x69;&#x63;h&#109;&#x6f;n&#100;&#x5f;c&#111;&#x76;i&#100;&#x40;&#x69;&#101;&#x65;&#x65;&#46;&#111;&#x72;g\">&#x72;&#105;c&#x68;&#109;&#111;&#x6e;&#x64;&#95;c&#x6f;&#118;i&#x64;&#x40;&#105;e&#x65;&#101;&#46;&#x6f;&#x72;&#103;<\/a> if you have any additional questions.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_cta h2=&#8221;&#8221; txt_align=&#8221;center&#8221; add_button=&#8221;top&#8221; btn_title=&#8221;Sign Up Now!&#8221; btn_style=&#8221;3d&#8221; btn_color=&#8221;danger&#8221; btn_size=&#8221;lg&#8221; btn_align=&#8221;center&#8221; btn_button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; btn_link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fr3.ieee.org%2Frichmond%2Fcovid%2Fpandemic-challenge-signup%2F|title:Pandemic%20Challenge%20Signup&#8221;][\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_btn title=&#8221;Frequently Asked Questions&#8221; style=&#8221;3d&#8221; color=&#8221;blue&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fr3.ieee.org%2Frichmond%2Fpandemic-challenge-faqs%2F|title:Frequent%20Asked%20Questions&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Video Recordings<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_tta_accordion color=&#8221;blue&#8221; spacing=&#8221;2&#8243; c_icon=&#8221;triangle&#8221; active_section=&#8221;0&#8243; collapsible_all=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Kickoff Recording &#8211; Mar 25, 2021&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1616748270322-d711403d-8f55&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/1cwPD5VwV9I&#8221;][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;First Q&amp;A Session &#8211; Feb 24, 2021&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1614373304239-a8a10c96-10f7&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8937&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/KsUYUTbrvWw&#8221;][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][vc_wp_rss items=&#8221;5&#8243; options=&#8221;show_date&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/category\/coronavirus\/feed\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Challenge Blog Feed&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_btn title=&#8221;Other Useful Resources&#8221; style=&#8221;3d&#8221; color=&#8221;blue&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fr3.ieee.org%2Frichmond%2Fpandemic-challenge-useful-resources%2F|title:Useful%20Resources&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-lg&#8221;][vc_cta h2=&#8221;&#8221; txt_align=&#8221;center&#8221; add_button=&#8221;top&#8221; btn_title=&#8221;Sign Up Now!&#8221; btn_style=&#8221;3d&#8221; btn_color=&#8221;danger&#8221; btn_size=&#8221;lg&#8221; btn_align=&#8221;center&#8221; btn_link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fr3.ieee.org%2Frichmond%2Fcovid%2Fpandemic-challenge-signup%2F|title:Pandemic%20Challenge%20Signup&#8221;][\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator border_width=&#8221;7&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8745&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text] The IEEE Pandemic Challenge has Landed! Check out the challenge problems to see what our Problem Owners and Challengers are working on! Still need&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/covid\/\">Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8814","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":8781,"date":"2021-01-28T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/?page_id=8781"},"modified":"2021-02-04T05:20:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T10:20:27","slug":"pandemic-challenge-signup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/r3.ieee.org\/richmond\/covid\/pandemic-challenge-signup\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic 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Old Version &#8211; 1\/29\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8745&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]The IEEE, a non-profit organization of engineering professionals, is sponsoring a competition to find solutions to real-life problems related to the coronavirus and COVID-19. The Challenge will have self-forming Problem Solver teams consisting mainly of high school students, university students, and young professionals working with more senior Mentors to solve problems that have been identified by Problem Owners from a variety of public and private sectors.<\/p>\n<p>There is no charge to participate in the Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>For questions that are not answered below, please contact <a href=\"rich&#109;&#111;&#110;&#100;&#95;&#99;&#111;&#x76;&#x69;&#x64;&#x40;&#x69;&#x65;&#x65;&#x65;&#x2e;org\">&#x72;&#105;&#99;&#x68;&#x6d;&#111;&#110;&#x64;&#x5f;&#99;&#111;&#x76;&#x69;&#100;&#64;&#x69;&#x65;&#101;&#101;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#114;&#103;<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_cta h2=&#8221;&#8221; add_button=&#8221;top&#8221; btn_title=&#8221;Sign Up Now!&#8221; btn_color=&#8221;blue&#8221; btn_align=&#8221;center&#8221; btn_link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fr3.ieee.org%2Frichmond%2Fcovid%2Fpandemic-challenge-signup%2F|title:Pandemic%20Challenge%20Signup&#8221;][\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Posts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_wp_rss items=&#8221;5&#8243; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/130;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IEEE Richmond Section Map<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The localities that are included in the Richmond Section are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amelia (County)<\/li>\n<li>Brunswick (County)<\/li>\n<li>Caroline (County)<\/li>\n<li>Charles City (County)<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte (County)<\/li>\n<li>Chesterfield (County)<\/li>\n<li>Colonial Heights (City)<\/li>\n<li>Cumberland (County)<\/li>\n<li>Dinwiddie (County)<\/li>\n<li>Emporia (City)<\/li>\n<li>Fredericksburg (City)<\/li>\n<li>Goochland (County)<\/li>\n<li>Greensville (County)<\/li>\n<li>Halifax (County)<\/li>\n<li>Hanover (County)<\/li>\n<li>Henrico (County)<\/li>\n<li>Hopewell (City)<\/li>\n<li>King George (County)<\/li>\n<li>King William (County)<\/li>\n<li>Lunenburg (County)<\/li>\n<li>Mecklenburg (County)<\/li>\n<li>New Kent (County)<\/li>\n<li>Nottoway (County)<\/li>\n<li>Petersburg (City)<\/li>\n<li>Powhatan (County)<\/li>\n<li>Prince Edward (County)<\/li>\n<li>Prince George (County)<\/li>\n<li>Richmond (City)<\/li>\n<li>Spotsylvania (County)<\/li>\n<li>Stafford (County)<\/li>\n<li>Sussex (County)<\/li>\n<li>Westmoreland (County)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;What kinds of participants is the Challenge looking for?&#8221;]Participants in the Challenge generally fall into one or more of the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Problem Solvers \u2013 High school students, university students, and early career professionals who will team up to solve the problems.<\/li>\n<li>Mentors \u2013 Experienced professionals who will help Problem Solvers understand how engineers solve real-world problems.<\/li>\n<li>Problem Owners \u2013 People or organizations that have real-world pandemic-related problems that need to be solved.<\/li>\n<li>Co-Sponsors \u2013 Companies or organizations that are willing to donate funds or services that can be used by teams working on the Challenge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is possible for a person to be in more than one category. For example, people or organizations that have real-world pandemic-related problems that need to be solved and who understand how engineers solve real-world problems might decide to be both a Problem Owner and a Mentor or a Problem Owner and a Co-sponsor.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;What kind of financial assistance is available to teams?&#8221;]The IEEE Richmond Section will reimburse teams for up to $100 for money that they spend working on a solution to their chosen problem. The money will be available on a first reserved, first served basis. The Richmond Section will also help connect teams with co-sponsors of the event who may be willing to provide free goods or services to help teams with their proposed solutions.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Who is IEEE?&#8221;]IEEE (pronounced &#8220;EYE-triple-e&#8221;) is the world\u2019s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. It is a non-profit, global organization of over 400,000 professionals in the fields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Sciences and Information Technology, and related fields of Physical Sciences, Biological and Medical Sciences, Mathematics, Technical Communications, Education, Management, and Law and Policy. For more information on some of the areas that the IEEE is involved in, please see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/about\/at-a-glance.html\">https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/about\/at-a-glance.html<\/a>.[\/vc_toggle][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Frequently Asked Questions from Problem Solvers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=&#8221;How will teams get reimbursed for their expenses?&#8221;]Each team will need to have one person who they designate as being responsible for requesting reimbursements from the Richmond Section. This person will collect the receipts for their team and submit an expense reimbursement request using SAP&#8217;s Concur (NextGen) expense reporting program. Concur is widely used by companies to handle expense reports. Expense reports can be submitted from your computer or from your smartphone. Complete instructions for how to file expense reports can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.ieee.org\/resources\/travel,-medical-and-insurance\/ieee-expense-report\">https:\/\/corporate.ieee.org\/resources\/travel,-medical-and-insurance\/ieee-expense-report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, co-sponsors <em>may<\/em> choose to help fund some projects. Any reimbursements that come from co-sponsors will be handled directly between the teams and the co-sponsors.[\/vc_toggle][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Frequently Asked Questions from Problem Owners<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=&#8221;What are Problem Owners expected to do?&#8221;]Problem Owners need to describe the problem that needs to be solved. They do not need to describe the exact solution to the problem, but they do need to describe any key characteristics that the solution needs to satisfy. For example, if the solution needs to be portable, they would need to say so. Also, the Problem Owner should describe who the solution will be for and why they need the solution. This is not meant to be a &#8220;justification&#8221; for the solution. It is meant to help the Problem Solvers understand whether their proposed solution is viable. For example, if the solution is meant to be used by an in-home healthcare nurse, the Problem Solving team may look at their proposed solution and say to themselves &#8220;But this won&#8217;t work for an in-home healthcare nurse because&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Problem Owners should also be willing to respond to Problem Solvers&#8217; questions.<\/p>\n<p>Problem Owners <strong>are not<\/strong> expected to pay for the Problem Solver teams to work on solutions to their problems. Any Problem Owners who do want to help teams financially or with free goods and services are invited to also register as Co-sponsors.[\/vc_toggle][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Frequently Asked Questions from Mentors<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=&#8221;What are Mentors expected to do?&#8221;]Mentors are expected to help Problem Solver teams with the process of discovering and implementing solutions to their chosen problems. They should not just be presenting the solution to their Problem Solver team and asking them to implement it.<\/p>\n<p>Mentors may be experienced in a particular technology that can be used to solve a problem or they may be experienced in how the product development process works. They do not need to experts in &#8220;everything.&#8221; Teams may choose to have multiple Mentors who help them with different aspects of their proposed solution.<\/p>\n<p>Mentors who work with children will need to comply with the IEEE &#8220;Requirements for Groups Working with Children.&#8221; (These requirements can be found under the &#8220;Useful Resources&#8221; section of this website.) Mentors who do not wish to be bound by requirements for working with minors can still be Mentors but may not mentor any Problem Solver teams that include minors.[\/vc_toggle][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Frequently Asked Questions from Co-sponsors<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=&#8221;What are Co-sponsors expected to do?&#8221;]Co-sponsors are companies, groups, or organizations that choose to work with the IEEE Richmond Section on the Pandemic Challenge by offering Problem Solver teams some type of free goods, services, or funding that they can make use of while working on the Pandemic Challenge. Co-sponsors will be acknowledged on this website and in the various forums that we use to promote the event.<\/p>\n<p>Co-sponsors must agree to abide by the IEEE Requirements for Groups Working with Children (see the link in the Useful Resources section of this website) or an equivalent set of requirements. For example, a school system that provided some type of goods or services to Problem Solver teams could make use of their own internal requirements for working with minors. A company that chose to not work with minors could impose that as a requirement for providing assistance to Problem Solver teams. The important thing is that any children who do participate must be able to do so in a safe way.[\/vc_toggle][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Useful Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Virginia Department of Health COVID-19 Site&#8221;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/\">https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/covid-19-in-virginia\/\">https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/covid-19-in-virginia\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These sites contain extensive information on COVID-19 in Virginia, including large amounts of downloadable, historical data on the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. The historical data is generally updated daily.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Centers for Disease Control (CDC) COVID-19 Website&#8221;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This website contains extensive information from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the COVID-19 coronavirus. It is regularly updated as new information is learned.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;COVID-19 Executive Orders&#8221;]All teams must follow the applicable COVID-19 safety requirements of their locality. In Virginia, these requirements are generally contained in Executive Orders from the Governor. 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