New England Institute of Technology to Host FIRST® Robotics Competition
| Feb 05, 2014
EAST GREENWICH, RI – New England Institute of Technology will sponsor the eighth annual FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge on Saturday, February 8, 2014, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Serving as Rhode Island’s FIRST® Tech Challenge Affiliate Partner, NEIT will host 32 high school robotics teams at the college’s Center for Automotive Technology located at 101 Access Road, Warwick, Rhode Island.
Accomplished inventor, Dean Kamen, founded FIRST® in 1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in students through the fun of robotics. The goal is to engage students in order to develop problem solving, critical thinking, and innovative reasoning skills using custom-designed robots. The participating Rhode Island high school teams will compete for the chance to travel to regional and national competitions.
New England Tech will serve as the central point of contact for all participating high schools as well as various after school robotic teams. The event is free and open to the public. For more information on the FIRST® Tech Challenge, please contact Erin Flynn, Manager of Admissions Outreach and Events at New England Tech at 401-739-5000, ext. 3462 or by email eflynn@neit.edu. To learn more about the FIRST® organization, please visit www.usfirst.org.
Under the leadership of President Richard I. Gouse, New England Institute of Technology is a private, non-profit technical college with an enrollment of more than 3,000 students. The college offers over 35 associate, bachelor and master’s degree programs and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. For more information, please visit www.neit.edu or follow NEIT on Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, and the New England Tech Blog found on the college’s website.
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