OLATHE, Kan. – School starts back up for most next week, but some students are already kicking off 2015 with engineering, communications, and business skills. It’s all part of the kickoff for the 2015 FIRST Robotics season. High school tech enthusiasts around the world will set...
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – KC STEM Alliance announced 2014-2015 program grants totaling $63,750.00 to 23 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams in the 5 county Kansas City region. (Johnson and Wyandotte in Kansas; and Clay, Jackson, and Platte in Missouri.) Recipients include...
FIRST® is excited to announce a funding opportunity exclusively available to Rookie teams participating in the 2015 FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®) season! Details about the FIRST® 2015 FRC® Rookie Team Grant: Awarded teams will receive $6,000 (restricted to registration) over the course of 2 seasons Teams will receive $4,000 in season 1...
Kansas City has been a center of engineering excellence for a century, its firms producing everything from local bridges and gathering places to power plants halfway around the world. Three of the top 25 firms in the Engineering News-Record 2014 list of top design firms are...
US FIRST Robotics – Greater Kansas City Region Posting Date: 7/7/14 The Kansas City STEM Alliance is seeking qualified individuals to support the implementation the FIRST regional robotics initiative in the Greater Kansas City area. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a national...
KC STEM Alliance is currently looking for a FIRST AmeriCorp VISTA member to serve with our current member, Malcolm Strickland, from August, 2014 – August, 2015. FIRST VISTA members work to support and assist teams, mentors, coaches and volunteers with an emphasis on securing and sustaining...
Innovative competitions push students to build both technical engineering and creative thinking skills. When high school students from across the country gather to compete in the annual robotics championship hosted by For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) it's clear they need the technical...
Woodie Flowers looks every bit the part of the ’70s guru. He’s got it down, with his silvery ponytail, wispy mustache, easy smile. If anyone knows how the 58 student teams in Kansas City this weekend should wage their attack in the latest iteration of FIRST...
Instead of seeing 58 robots competing, Dr. Woodie Flowers sees 58 solutions to a problem he created. Flowers is a Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, original host of the PBS series “Scientific American Frontiers” and the co-founder and creator of the yearly...
Six Kansas City area teams advance to World Robotics Championship, and teams from Missouri, Kansas and surrounding states receive other top honors. Kansas City, Mo. (March 15, 2014) Attended by thousands of fans, families, educators and industry leaders, the Greater Kansas City Regional FIRST® (For...