Game Manual part one!

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) has released game manual part one for the FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) 2021-2022 game season “Freight Frenzy”. The game manual is, for those unacquainted, a document divided into part one and part two stating the rules and characteristics of the game that we will be playing…

Visitors from Annapolis

At our July 1st meeting , we were visited by two midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy, Nicholas Hilaire and Carolyn Prickett.

Tires, Tanks, and Treads, Oh my!

When researching tank drive systems, what could be a better source of information than a REAL TANK? It has been several years since the team has had a tank drive drivetrain and unfortunately we chose to disassemble it in order to reuse the parts. So as one of our summer projects, we have been hard…

Meet Mrs. Gordon

Education Outreach Coordinator for the U.S. Army Engineer Research Development Center (ERDC) Tracy Gordon recently paid a visit to our team’s workshop. Because of her experience as an educator in the Vicksburg-Warren School District, we have had the fortunate opportunity of partnering with Mrs. Gordon in the planning and execution of some of our outreach…

Home again, Home again

Thanks to recently relaxed COVID-19 restrictions at Vicksburg’s Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC), our team has been able to resume regular operations in our workshop in the ERDC Future Workforce Development (FWD) Center. After moving back into our workshop we invited Civil Engineer and friend of the team, Joseph Arthur, for a visit. We…