Notre Dame National Robotics Week Event (ND-NRW) (2011 - 2016)
I founded the annual Notre Dame National Robotics Week Event (ND-NRW). NRW is an annual nationwide event that celebrates robotics developments, educates the public about the ways in which robotics impacts society, and encourages K-12 students to pursue STEM careers. Students from my robotics classes presented their capstone projects, and hundreds of other students, faculty, and staff from the university and Michiana community highlighted interactive robotics projects. Across five years, we had over 4000 children and families from the community attend the event.
2015 and 2014 photos and videos of the event can be found on the NDNRW Twitter page. Here are some press articles and videos from previous years: 2014, 2014, 2013, 2012 2012 2012
2015 and 2014 photos and videos of the event can be found on the NDNRW Twitter page. Here are some press articles and videos from previous years: 2014, 2014, 2013, 2012 2012 2012
Other outreach
I have also been involved with US First and Botball in the past, and organized various outreach activities for children with no prior programming experience how to program both mobile and humanoid robots using tangible programming languages. (Here's an article).
In the UK I was involved with Guerilla Science, which aims to steathily embed science outreach into music, art, and cultural events. I brought one of our robots (Elvis) to a Secret Cinema event in London, where they recreated scenes from and screened the film Blade Runner.
In the UK I was involved with Guerilla Science, which aims to steathily embed science outreach into music, art, and cultural events. I brought one of our robots (Elvis) to a Secret Cinema event in London, where they recreated scenes from and screened the film Blade Runner.