TEAM DUCT TAPE

Mentor Paul Markun checks out our robot
Thanksgiving is a great time to reflect on all the great people who support and encourage Team Duct Tape members, individually and as a team.  Today, a couple of TDT members visited Paul Markun at his Tampa Technik machine shop in St. Petersburg.   We were treated to a look [...]

FWCS-ASME Pres. Pete Grotsky shares interview guidance
Team Duct Tape enjoyed an instructive visit from FWCS-ASME President Pete Grotsky, of Government Programming Contracting and Management Services, who shared his insights on elements of a good interview,  what a quality Engineering notebook should look like, and how a good team conducts itself.   He enjoyed learning about the [...]

Some Team Duct Tape members joined FWCS-ASME engineers for their monthly dinner meeting which, this month, featured Paul Wahnish of the Career Technical Education Foundation.  Mr. Wahnish, whose work with FIRST in Florida includes the annual off-season event, Tempest ‘n Tampa and East Lake High School’s Robotics Boosters programs, gave a great overview of the [...]

[ February 20, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] [caption id="attachment_400" align="alignleft" width="357" caption="Team Duct Tape with Mr. Pete Grotsky and Ms. Awilda Lopez Cepero, of the FWCS-ASME, during the NETA Conference in January."][/caption]

A couple of Team Duct Tape members are joining the Florida West Coast Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at this week’s Tampa Bay Engineers Week Banquet.

Held to mark [...]

Mr. Pete Grotsky, of the Florida West Coast Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, joined Team Duct Tape for this week’s meeting to mentor students on good interview and team presentation practices.
He went over things like what makes a good Engineering notebook, dressing for success, posture, voice and attitude, and the importance of [...]

Team Duct Tape’s Holiday Pot Luck provided a great opportunity for some recreational down time with family, mentors and friends. Mr. Peter Grotsky, president of the Florida West Coast Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and his wife Carol joined us for an afternoon of conversation, great grilled burgers, courtesy of [...]