Our Outreach Goals
Our goal for community outreach is to create a sustainable Minneapolis FIRST community, specifically in the FTC program. This is important because many students could be very successful and learn a lot through a FIRST program and we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to do so. While doing so we hope to empower young women in STEM, and help them to gain self-confidence about their skills.
Our goal in business outreach is to educate professionals about FIRST programs, and help them to understand the impact that it can have on students. We hope to help more professionals become involved with teams, and allow them to have a meaningful impact.
Our goal in business outreach is to educate professionals about FIRST programs, and help them to understand the impact that it can have on students. We hope to help more professionals become involved with teams, and allow them to have a meaningful impact.
Media
www.southwestjournal.com/news/schools/2016/12/minneapolis-robotics-rubies-southwest-high-school/
This is a link to the front-page article, written by Southwest Journal about our team and our mentor ship in the Minneapolis community
www.startribune.com/students-show-off-their-robots-at-industry-conference/415047524/
This link connects you to an article written by the Star Tribune highlighting the RUBIES as an all girls FTC team at the Robotics Alley Conference
https://soundcloud.com/colin-gardner-springer/the-rubies-on-kfai.
This link has our interview on KFAI Radio on International Womens Day
This is a link to the front-page article, written by Southwest Journal about our team and our mentor ship in the Minneapolis community
www.startribune.com/students-show-off-their-robots-at-industry-conference/415047524/
This link connects you to an article written by the Star Tribune highlighting the RUBIES as an all girls FTC team at the Robotics Alley Conference
https://soundcloud.com/colin-gardner-springer/the-rubies-on-kfai.
This link has our interview on KFAI Radio on International Womens Day
Outreach Events 2017-2018
Lake Harriet STEAM Day (5/5/2017): Our team helped to increase interest in STEM among students at an early age and educated them about FIRST programs such as FLL Jr.. We got to demo our 2016/17 robot to the kids and their parents and explain how certain systems worked.
Shingle Creek STEAM Expo (5/6/2017): This event was hosted by the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Council at Olson Middle School where we talked to members of their community how they can get involved with robotics and programs that relate to STEM.
Linden Hills Festival (5/21/2017): We were able to converse with our local community and talk to the older students about joining FTC or FRC and how it leads to a future in STEM based work.
Southwest FTC Informational Meeting (5/31/2017): Our team talked to a group of people to increase interest in the FTC programs and helped them understand what FTC is about. We were able to tell middle schoolers who were interested in the about the program. They will eventually be forming 2-4 teams and this event helped them learned more about what FIRST is.
Twin Cities Maker Faire (6/3/2017): We were invited by Stratasys (a 3D printing company) to demo our robot to many business professionals and members of the local community in the State Fair Grandstand.
Project Management Learning Session (6/9/2017): Our team spoke with one of our sponsors, Software for Good, about the organizational tools that tech businesses use to manage tasks and about different applications, like Asana, to increase productivity.
Shingle Creek STEAM Expo (5/6/2017): This event was hosted by the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Council at Olson Middle School where we talked to members of their community how they can get involved with robotics and programs that relate to STEM.
Linden Hills Festival (5/21/2017): We were able to converse with our local community and talk to the older students about joining FTC or FRC and how it leads to a future in STEM based work.
Southwest FTC Informational Meeting (5/31/2017): Our team talked to a group of people to increase interest in the FTC programs and helped them understand what FTC is about. We were able to tell middle schoolers who were interested in the about the program. They will eventually be forming 2-4 teams and this event helped them learned more about what FIRST is.
Twin Cities Maker Faire (6/3/2017): We were invited by Stratasys (a 3D printing company) to demo our robot to many business professionals and members of the local community in the State Fair Grandstand.
Project Management Learning Session (6/9/2017): Our team spoke with one of our sponsors, Software for Good, about the organizational tools that tech businesses use to manage tasks and about different applications, like Asana, to increase productivity.
Meeting with Brandy and Tyler Patterson (6/27/2017): This meeting with Brandy and Tyler, two IT professionals, focused on project management and the systems that they use at work. We also discussed how to collaborate on code with the team.
Meeting for MURA (7/25/2017): We developed new ideas for MURA this season, RUBIES involvement in the program and creating new teams in Minneapolis.
National Night Out Demos (8/1/2017): Our team helped out the new Southwest FTC teams at their first demos with talking to possible sponsors and helping to fix issues that come up from the robot.
Summer Robotics Summit (8/5/2017): Some teammates presented on programming and talked about advanced techniques. We also attended sessions that other teams hosted about robot design and an FTC discussion.
Tour of Machining Technology (8/9/2017): We toured the machining facility of Machining Technology to learn how they machine their parts and the assembly of their system.
Meeting with Cindi Solz (8/10/2017): Cindy Solz works at Federal Reserve Bank and we had a discussion about project management that we can incorporate into our team dynamic.
Notebook Mentorship (8/15/2017): We met with the team Code Blooded to give feedback on their engineering notebook and sections that we recommend they include inside it.
Meeting with Karel Kalthoff (8/16/2017): Our team met with Karel, who is a firmware engineer who works at a local company named Punch Through Design, to talk about how she can mentor our team and what she does in her career.
MN FTC Kickoff 2017-18 (9/9/17): We presented to rookie teams to prepare them for their first competition and helped veteran teams learn more.
MN Waterjet Tour (9/14/17): Our team learned a lot about the waterjet process and we educated them about the program that we participate in.
MURA Workshop (9/23/17): Helped some MURA teams start to create an Engineering Notebook and introduced the basics of build and programming strategy.
CAD/Programming Worshop (9/23/17): We volunteered at this event at Lakeville North High School to help them learn CAD and Java programming so that they can be more competitive in the upcoming season.
Meeting with Kianoosh Ehtiatkar (10/1/17): Kianoosh is a representative from Metronic that we met with to educate about FIRST programs and understand how he can help our team improve.
Treasure Recognition Ceremony (10/12/17): Our team was nominated for a local award and won it! This allowed us to further spread the word about our work with the community and exposed others to how they could help Minneapolis FIRST teams.
3M Demonstration (10/24/17): We were able to talk to business professionals from 3M and demoed our robot for them.
Meeting for High Tech Kids (11/11/17): High Tech Kids asked us to come in to speak to a potential sponsor for them to show the impact that FIRST has on its participants and the importance to keep the program going.
Meeting for MURA (7/25/2017): We developed new ideas for MURA this season, RUBIES involvement in the program and creating new teams in Minneapolis.
National Night Out Demos (8/1/2017): Our team helped out the new Southwest FTC teams at their first demos with talking to possible sponsors and helping to fix issues that come up from the robot.
Summer Robotics Summit (8/5/2017): Some teammates presented on programming and talked about advanced techniques. We also attended sessions that other teams hosted about robot design and an FTC discussion.
Tour of Machining Technology (8/9/2017): We toured the machining facility of Machining Technology to learn how they machine their parts and the assembly of their system.
Meeting with Cindi Solz (8/10/2017): Cindy Solz works at Federal Reserve Bank and we had a discussion about project management that we can incorporate into our team dynamic.
Notebook Mentorship (8/15/2017): We met with the team Code Blooded to give feedback on their engineering notebook and sections that we recommend they include inside it.
Meeting with Karel Kalthoff (8/16/2017): Our team met with Karel, who is a firmware engineer who works at a local company named Punch Through Design, to talk about how she can mentor our team and what she does in her career.
MN FTC Kickoff 2017-18 (9/9/17): We presented to rookie teams to prepare them for their first competition and helped veteran teams learn more.
MN Waterjet Tour (9/14/17): Our team learned a lot about the waterjet process and we educated them about the program that we participate in.
MURA Workshop (9/23/17): Helped some MURA teams start to create an Engineering Notebook and introduced the basics of build and programming strategy.
CAD/Programming Worshop (9/23/17): We volunteered at this event at Lakeville North High School to help them learn CAD and Java programming so that they can be more competitive in the upcoming season.
Meeting with Kianoosh Ehtiatkar (10/1/17): Kianoosh is a representative from Metronic that we met with to educate about FIRST programs and understand how he can help our team improve.
Treasure Recognition Ceremony (10/12/17): Our team was nominated for a local award and won it! This allowed us to further spread the word about our work with the community and exposed others to how they could help Minneapolis FIRST teams.
3M Demonstration (10/24/17): We were able to talk to business professionals from 3M and demoed our robot for them.
Meeting for High Tech Kids (11/11/17): High Tech Kids asked us to come in to speak to a potential sponsor for them to show the impact that FIRST has on its participants and the importance to keep the program going.