CLD STEM encourages STEM through Robotics

The Center for Leadership and Diversity in STEM traveled to Atlanta, GA and Spartanburg, SC to conduct a mobile STEM workshop using VEX Robotics for LEADS and Spartanburg/Union Alumni Society, respectively. Both workshops targeted students from surrounding schools and neighborhoods garnering support and participation from over 50 middle schoolers. The students first received a presentation on the benefits of pursuing STEM education, and how USMA, the Nation’s first school of engineering, teaches those skills to cadets. CDT’s Ni Daniel Zheng, Derrick Engram and Nikiay Comer spent the remainder of the morning assisting the students in building their “unmanned ground vehicles.” The afternoon witnessed the students attempting a scenario where they employed their unmanned ground vehicles” to deliver supplies to victims of a natural disaster. Small prizes being awarded to the most exceptional students.