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2018 FIRST Championship Conferences
Alumni and Career
- Ace Your Next Interview: Inside Secrets from a Professional Recruiter - Ilene Rein (Detroit)
- College 101- A QA with College Admissions Professionals - Michelle Long (Detroit)
- College 101- A QA with College Admissions Professionals - Michelle Long (Houston)
- Navigating the Selective Admissions Process at STEM focused Colleges and Universities - Michael Koch (Detroit)
- Putting FIRST to Work for You: Leveraging your FIRST Experience for Internship and Job Opportunities - Michelle Long (Houston)
- Putting FIRST to Work for You: Leveraging your FIRST Experience for Internship and Job Opportunities - Michelle Long (Detroit)
- Resumes: Learn the Inside Secrets to Grab a Recruiter’s Attention - Ilene Rein (Houston)
- Turning your FIRST Robotics Experience into a Compelling College Admissions Essay - Michael Koch (Houston)
- Using the FIRST Scholarship and Internship Portals - Michelle Long (Detroit)
Diversity and Inclusion
- Assessing Your Own Cultural Awareness and Biases - Shelley Henderson (Houston)
- Building a Community of Technical Women - John Kelly (Houston)
- Developing Your Girls in STEM Strategy - Kaitlyn Sandor (Detroit)
- The Secret to Engaging Girls: Discovering Twice the Power of WOW - Kira Hirsch (Houston)
- The Boys and Girls Club of America Robotics Initiative - Greg Greenlee (Detroit)
- Understanding and Acceptance Inclusiveness for LGBTQ+ people in STEM - Kiran Loewenstein (Detroit)
Education
- FIRST Across the Elementary Curriculum - Jennifer Martin (Houston)
- NASA’s Missions to Small Bodies across our Solar System - Cathy Olkin (Houston)
- STEMMing the Tide of Social Inequalities: Engaging at Risk Students - Scott Heister (Detroit)
- Why K-12 STEM Education is Flawed and What We Can Do to Change Its Culture - Ronit Tiwary (Detroit)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Applying Agile Principles to Your FIRST LEGO League Team - Keith Newstadt (Detroit)
- Experiencing the Technology of Tomorrow, Today: The Wide Range of Applications and Careers in Robotics - Michka Tosan (Detroit)
- How a FIRST Team Can Get Involved With the e-Nable Alliance - Jordan Sayegh (Detroit)
- Innovation: From an Idea to a Life-Changing Technology - Toni Nosbush (Detroit)
- Lenses of Invention with the United States Patent and Trademark Office - Juan Valentin (Detroit)
- Using Design Thinking to Solve Problems - Suzanne McHenry (Detroit)
- Using Machine Learning to Build an Image Classification App! - Neil Deshmukh (Detroit)
Mentor and Coach Resources
- A Gracious Plan for Professional Growth - Richard Evans (Houston)
- Branding Your FIRST Tech Challenge Team - Danielle Boyer (Detroit)
- Business on FIRST Team Fundraising, Budgeting, and Business Plans - Annalee Soohoo (Houston)
- Business Plans Made Easy as Pi - Mike Wenig (Houston)
- Core Values: The Secret to Discovering Your Team’s Mission and Vision - Yoji Shimizu (Detroit)
- Core Values: The Secret to Discovering Your Team’s Mission and Vision - Yoji Shimizu (Houston)
- Creating a Robotics Community Center with FIRST Programs - Scott Chase (Detroit)
- Filmmaking 101 Master Class - Chris Caddell (Houston)
- Finding and Writing Grants to Sustain Your Program - Danielle Evansic (Houston)
- GoBabyGo! Changing a Child’s Life, One Car at a Time - Paige Smith (Detroit)
- Large Scale Outreach, NOW! A Blueprint to build a Cohesive Local, State, and Federal FIRST Advocacy - Steve Hyer (Houston)
- Leading Leaders: Student Autonomy and Mentor Engagement - Christopher Kuszmaul (Detroit)
- Leading Leaders: Student Autonomy and Mentor Engagement - Christopher Kuszmaul (Houston)
- Motivate! Do Not Teach: Motivation Leads to Ownership and Ownership Leads to Innovation - Mufrid Krilic (Detroit)
- Taking FIRST LEGO League to the Next Level with Drones - Gardner Chambliss (Houston)
- The Power of Off Seasons & the Showcase Scrimmage - Terri Willingham (Houston)
- The Secret to a Better Robot: Team Building in FIRST - Liam Fay (Houston)
Technical Resources
- An Innovative Way to Learn How to Code a Robot - Kenny Bae (Detroit)
- Building a Scouting Application that Learns - Wade Gilliam (Houston)
- Building and Contributing to WPILib Suite - Brad Miller (Houston)
- Building and Using a Dynamometer to Characterize FIRST Tech Challenge Legal Electric Motors - John Fraser (Houston)
- Developing a Winning Game Strategy - Mark Taylor (Houston)
- FIRST Robotics Competition Drive Train Motor Training Results - Collin Fultz (Detroit)
- Plate and Standoff Construction: A Simple 2D Method for Creating Accurate 3D Parts - George Kantor (Detroit)
- POWER-FUL SCOUTING: Scouting Strategies and Using Tableau for Improved Decision Making - Andrew Raine (Detroit)
- Selecting Gear Ratios - Basel Alghanem (Detroit)
- Strategies for Using Computer Vision for FIRST Robotics Competition Robots - Brad Miller (Houston)
- The Basics of Swerve Drive - Owen Dray (Detroit)
- Top 20 Robots in FIRST Robotics Competition - Andy Baker
- Understanding Battery Testing for Optimal Robot Performance - Robert Most (Detroit)
- Where Do Robots Come From: Ideas, Designs, and Production - Greg Needel (Detroit)
- Where Do Robots Come From: Ideas, Designs, and Production - Greg Needel (Houston)