Titan Robotics Team
Congratulations to the Titan Robotics Team (Team #5587) who competed this weekend at the District Championships at The University of Maryland. The team is composed of 21 current and former STEM students as well as some non-STEM students. The team was the runner-up at the regional competition, earning them a spot at District Championships.
We are very proud of their accomplishments as a second-year robotics team and look forward to what they accomplish next year!
B
ike Hack Night
Bryce Cook, Kevin Munson, and Grace Pattarini
On Wednesday December 16 three T.C. Williams STEM 10 students (Bryce Cook, Grace Pattarini, and Kevin Munson) attended a Bike Hack Night as part of the Transportation Techies meetup group. At this event, students learned about several bike related apps, technologies, and data collection methods from five short presentations. The full list of speakers and their topics can be found here.
Getting ready to blend a smoothie!
At this event these students were able to blend a smoothie by riding a bike and, most importantly, networked with local professionals as part of their capstone project. Bryce, Kevin, and Grace intend to create an app to improve accessibility of public transportation in Alexandria.
For more information about the capstone project in the STEM 10 Academy, visit our About page.
Minorities in Energy Forum
Minorities in Energy forum panel
On Thursday September 17, six STEM 10 students attended the Minorities in Energy forum at the Congressional Black Caucus legislative conference. Students heard opening remarks from Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson as well as Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz and the director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the DOE, Dot Harris. In addition, information regarding the energy initiatives in the US was shared by several panelists including the Former Essence Magazine Editor Susan Taylor (Minorities in Energy ambassador), Dr. Marvin Carr, Policy Advisor to the Chief Technology Officer, and Tony Baylis, Director, Strategic Diversity Programs, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Department of Energy.
TC Williams students pose with Dr. Marvin Carr (Policy Advisor to the Chief Technology Officer at the White House)
The students who attended this event were able to introduce themselves to and received contact information from several of the speakers. They learned that there are over 175,000 jobs in solar energy and 1 million new jobs in energy as a whole. We’re glad our students were able to attend and hope they will continue their efforts in STEM as a result of this event!