During the competition off-season, growingSTEMS Students have the opportunity to participate in several different activities. One of those activities being Combat Robotics! Very similar to the popular TV Show Battle Bots, just on a smaller scale. All participants build and operate robots at their own risk. Combat robotics is inherently dangerous. There is no amount of regulation that can encompass …
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DoD STEM Education and Outreach Advocate of the Quarter Award
growingSTEMS is proud to announce that one of our very own volunteers / board members, Tim Miedzinski, has been selected as the STEM Education and Outreach Advocate of the Quarter! Tim started his STEM experience when he joined our FIRST Robotics Competition Team, The RoboBees back in 2005. Since then he graduated from Virginia Tech with bachelors in Mechanical Engineering …
FIRST 2020-21 Season Update – Coronavirus Edition
After much discussion and consultation with the ST. Mary’s County Health Department, growingSTEMS has made some decisions about the 2020-2021 FIRST Season for our FRC, FTC, FLL ,and FLL Jr. programs. Given the constantly changing nature of the Coronavirus Pandemic, we will continue to review these decisions as the situation in our area changes.
COVID-19 Update
As of today, we have delivered nearly 2,000 face shields to health care facilities. More than 1,000 face shields went to health care facilities in Maryland, with over half of this focused on our local Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital (MSMH). As of today, 5,880 respirators have been delivered back to MSMH, ready for use, along with 5 intubation boxes.
COVID-19 Community Sponsors
Over the past few days and weeks, we have seen a tremendous outpouring of support from the community. We have have received multiple donations in support of the COVID-19 personal protective equipment manufacturing effort…
COVID-19 Major Delivery
Our team has been working long and hard mass producing these face shields for the community. Last night we delivered 110 face shields to Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital which brings our total to over 200 delivered! These shields, 50 laser cut and 60 3D printed, were produced by our awesome students and mentors in our STEM programs.