by Steve Willingham | Aug 18, 2020 | AMRoC, Education, Entrepreneurship, Fab Lab, Programming, Resources, Training
Our Equity in Entrepreneurship students are benefitting from a diverse pool of expertise in our amazing mentor team. Our next Mentor Spotlight shines on Dr. Diana M. Hechavarria , an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of South Florida (USF)....
by Steve Willingham | Aug 17, 2020 | AMRoC, Education, Entrepreneurship, Professional Development, Programming, Training
Our next Equity in Entrepreneurship Mentor Spotlight, welcomes Justin Heacock to our program. Justin currently works at Florida Polytechnic University as the Entrepreneurship Center Coordinator where he founded the Entrepreneurship Program in 2016. That program has...
by Steve Willingham | Aug 10, 2020 | AMRoC, Education, Electronics, Fab Lab, Programming, Projects, STEM
Larsha Johnson, founder of Bits4Bots, LLC, has been a longtime friend and program partner to AMRoC Fab Lab. This summer, she put together a great early electronics class for elementary school children that can be taught in a small group on-site session as well as...
by Steve Willingham | Jun 26, 2020 | Awards, Competition, Fab Lab, Programming, Robotics, STEM
AMRoC is happy to announce the Frontier Robotics Challenge, in partnership with First Step Marketing . This summer robotics competition invites competitors ages 13+, working with a team of 2 or more, to build a robotic mechanism that can retrieve a variety of premiums...
by Steve Willingham | Jun 24, 2020 | Automotive, Education, Entrepreneurship, Events, Fab Lab, Foundation for Community Driven Innovation, Professional Development, Programming, Projects, Resources, Robotics, STEM, Training
This month – specifically June 23-26 – we celebrate our first anniversary at AMRoC Fab Lab. While it’s a quieter celebration than we would have anticipated earlier this year, it’s still a joyous occasion and we’re proud of what...
by Steve Willingham | Jun 4, 2020 | Education, Events, First Friday at the Fab Lab, Programming, STEM
Our June 5th Virtual First Friday meetup , titled Five Reasons STEM Diversity Matters – takes a timely look at how the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) equity gap starts early at the elementary level and grows as students get older. Hosted by...
