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FTC Poway Open Scrimmage

12/14/2021

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Please see the attached flyer announcing an upcoming free FTC scrimmage organized and hosted by Poway High School on 12/19. The QR code link on the flyer will connect you with the event and registration details. 

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Science & Engineering summer apprenticeships at Navy labs, apply by Oct 31

8/31/2017

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High school students can apply for paid 8 week summer apprenticeships in science and engineering with Dept. of Navy labs. You must be a US citizen at least 16 yrs old. Stipend for the Science & Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP)  is $3300 for 8 wks, or $3800 for returning students. 

​College students are eligible for a similar 10 week Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP):
http://nreip.asee.org/details

Online applications for SEAP and many more details for high school students are here:
http://seap.asee.org/program_details
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SWE Event April 22 for middle and high school girls: 'Dare to be a Force of Nature'

3/19/2017

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The annual Society of Women Engineers Exploring Technology (SWEET) event is usualy only for middle school girls, but this year they are open for high school girls as well. The event is on the UCSD campus on April 22. Tickets are limited so get yours soon!
​https://www.eventbrite.com/e/society-of-women-engineers-exploring-technology-sweet-dare-to-be-a-force-of-nature-tickets-32245859233
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Post-Season Opportunities, RobotArt Competition

2/28/2017

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  • ​Saturday March 4  -- Opportunity to demo your robot at the Festival of Science and Engineering at Petco Park.  Contact Jon Christopher if interested.
    The Festival of Science and Engineering is on Saturday, March 4 from 10am-5pm at Petco Park.  About 25000 kids, parents and educators are expected to attend, and this is a great outreach opportunity for FTC teams.   If you're interested in participating in this outreach event, please sign up at:
    http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f054fa9ac2ca5fd0-ftcbooth.
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  • Fri-Sat March 10-11 – Opportunity to demo FTC at the FRC (big FIRST bots) tournament at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.  Contact Dan Glenn if interested. 

  • Also, don’t forget the Jump Start program available for newly forming teams until April 14. 
    Start a FIRST Tech Challenge team today and prepare for the season ahead without the pressure of competition. Practice teambuilding skills, programming, robot design, and much more! Teams registering between January 25 and April 14, 2017, will receive a FREE registration for the 2017-2018 season.  
    ​FIRST Jump Start

  • CORRECTION April 1 – Deadline for registration for Robot Art Competition.  $100,000 in cash prizes. 
    The 2nd Annual Robot Art Competition features $100,000 in cash prizes. We're a nonprofit, and the contest is free to enter and open to any age. The goal is to challenge students to produce something visually beautiful with robotics. It's ideal for robotic student projects involved in robotic planning and image processing, especially those who have an appreciation for art. Details, team signup, and last year's winners are at http://robotart.org.
    There is no cost to educational institutions or to students to enter, and students can use any robotic system to produce the artwork. While most teams are using existing robotic arms, the contest is open to custom hardware. Students can enter up to six paintings in each of the competition categories of "fully automated execution" and "manually (semi or tele-robotic) generated" art, where generally, there is little or no specialized software used to control the robot.
    ​The deadline for artwork submission is April 15th.
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MOONBOTS Challenge - another robotics competition!

2/6/2017

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Looking for more robotics fun? The 2017 MOONBOTS Challenge has just opened; it's the Google Lunar XPRIZE Challenge for kids! Five privately-funded teams from around the world are still in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition to launch a robot to the moon and achieve a set of objectives by the end of 2017.

In the MOONBOTS Challenge, kids from 8-17 years old are invited to design, build, and program a parallel challenge. Phase 1 starts now with a video submission to answer, "What would you leave behind on the Moon?" On March 31, twelve finalist teams will be chosen from around the world for Phase 2 - these finalists will receive a robot kit and other materials to complete their robot and challenge design. In July, the 12 teams will have live online sessions with the MOONBOTS judges, and one team will win the Grand Prize of a trip to meet the winning Google Lunar XPRIZE team!

​Past and current team members in the San Diego FTC League have been finalists and prize winners in MOONBOTS:
​2012 MOONBOTS 2nd runner-up: Apollo 19
2010 MOONBOTS 2nd place: Shadowed Craters

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FTC Outreach at Fleet Museum's High Tech Fair

1/27/2017

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On Wed Jan 25 and Thu Jan 26, San Diego FTC teams staffed a booth at the Fleet Science Museum's High Tech Fair held at the Balboa Park Activity Center. The objective was to show middle and high school students as well as the community that FIRST Tech Challenge is a fun and rewarding program that gets students ready for careers in STEM. Green.Griffins 10092, Rise of Hephaestus 4216, and RoBowties 6137 were represented over the two day session. We had display robots, a demo robot for students to drive along, and information about upcoming championships for spectators and web and email contacts for further details. We're hoping to recruit at least a few new teams in the San Diego FTC League for next season!
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Society of Women Engineers presents STEM careers conference for High School girls Feb 25

1/21/2017

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The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is holding Envision, a conference for high school girls to learn about STEM careers on February 25 (sorry - it's the same day as the SD Regional). The conference is free and will be held at UCSD. Get more information and sign up here:
​http://ucsdenvision.wixsite.com/envision
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Gracious Professionalism

1/17/2017

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It's great to hear about teams sharing their knowledge and resources with other teams in a Graciously Professional way over the course of the season! Kudos to 9920 Furious Falcons, 8606 Intergalactic Dragons, 10092 Green.Griffins, 9441 Syndicate, 5229 Dragons, 4216 Rise of Hephaestus, 6137 RoBowties!
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Are there other teams out there getting together? Any teams, especially rookie teams, need some help? Just email web@sdftc.org and we'll have someone get in touch with you.
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