SANFORD -- Central Carolina area students participated in Central Carolina Community College's High Touch/High Tech Weekend Workshop on Robotics on Saturday, April 25th.

The students were instructed and guided by Sandra Castonguay, Electronics Engineering Technology Lead Instructor; Randall Griffin, Mentor-Engineering; David Pope, Laser & Photonics student, and Constance Boahn, Department Chair, Engineering and Computer Information Technologies.

Students built a light sensor line tracing snail robot. Upon completion, the students tested the robot for proper operation and competed against one another in a robot race.

Students attending the event were Eden Rothermund (Cape Fear Christian Academy); Jewel Dunlap (East Lee Middle School); Tanner Autry, Anson Everett, Braxton Norris, Nate Pearce, and Howie Pine (Harnett Central Middle School); Ian Cooke and Cody McCracken (Highland Middle School); Kaleb Taylor and Kaiya Wynee (Homeschooled); and Ylian Camacho (Overhills Middle School).

For more information about Central Carolina's Electronic Engineering Technology degree program, visit the college's web site, www.cccc.edu, or contact Constance Boahn, Department Chair, Engineering and Computer Information Technologies, at cboahn@cccc.edu.

For more information of CCCC's spring 2015 High Touch/High Tech workshops series, contact CCCC Student Outreach and Recruiting Specialist Wrenn L. Crowe at wcrowe@cccc.edu.

To learn more about the 2015 Youth Enrichment Series (YES) Summer Camps, go to www.cccc.edu/yes or call the ECD Student Support Center at (919) 718-7500 for more information.