team NEMESIS: Press Releases
Beth McGrath, Director, Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at Stevens Institute of Technology provided testimony before the House Appropriations Sub-committee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies citing Robbinsville High School team NEMESIS member Ridi Alvi and team advisor Joy Wolfe relating to their FIRST experience and the BUILD IT program:
Robbinsville High School Student Ridi Alvi states, "Since I was always interested in technology, BUILD IT helped me foster those interests and make them academic and career goals. [This program] gave me the opportunity to explore and learn the "tricks of the trade" of an engineer, and what it truly means to become one.”
Robbinsville teacher Joy Wolfe says: “As a result of our BUILD IT experience, we won a $6,000 NASA Rookie grant and started a FIRST robotics team that ultimately placed second in the NJ FIRST Robotics competition and earned the right to compete in the 2008 national competition in Atlanta. The team has been honored by their peers, administration, the town council, members of the business community, local papers, and the local radio station. They have raised the positive awareness of STEM activities, experienced and helped portray engineering as fun and exciting, and added a "cool" factor to the discipline. Our students are athletes, artists, theater people, writers, student government, and come from all areas of interest.
“The majority of BUILD IT seniors applied to colleges as engineering majors and have a firm foundation of what to expect as they start their college careers. They believe that engineers make the world a better place…”
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