TEAM DUCT TAPE

Evaluating our robot
We had a great time visiting the USF Racing Team yesterday, and got some terrific construction and design ideas from looking at their baja cars.  We learned a lot about strengthening up the robot’s construction, got more ideas for improving our belt design and learned a bit about electrical considerations.
It was great fun [...]

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 [...]

Duct Tape Zombie!
TDT members have worked like the living dead (but with a lot more energy!) on their robot the last couple of days –  — trying to complete a robot design everyone feels will be competitive and successful.  TNT was an edifying experience that compelled team members to rework their initial design, after testing [...]

[ June 19, 2009; 9:00 am; ] On Friday, Team Duct Tape members will be visting Coastal Caisson, a deep foundation services company based in Odessa, to learn about other engineering applications.

Team members have spent the last few days getting plans in order for our upcoming FIRST LEGO League summer camps, hosted by the THINK Day homeschool learning cooperative. The first week [...]