More Than Robots
The intent of the UTEP Robotics Program is to attract K-12 students into engineering through FIRST® robotics competitions then encourage the pursuit of education and careers in STEM-related fields, inspire them to become leaders and innovators, and enhance their 21st century work-life skills. The UTEP College of Engineering and its partners believe in the FIRST® core values and philosophies of Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition®. Our program starting in 2010 with FIRST® LEGO League and since 2018 have the complete family of 4 competition available to teams in the El Paso area.
WATCH: FIRST Game Changers
The following table compares the different competitions and how each may apply to your team. FIRST® also has educational impact reports and global reach numbers for everyone to see.
2020-2021 Season Resources
- Effects of Manual Resistance Training, Lizette Terrazas, M.S Department of Kinesiology
- The effects of a COVID-19 lockdown on vertical jump performance with professional martial artists, Samuel Montalvo, a Ph.D. candidate in Health Sciences
2019-2020 Season Resources
- An Interdisciplinary, International Approach to Smart Cities: How can you participate?, Dr. Villanueva, Computer Science Assistant Professor
- Designing for Communities: Peace Engineering, Dr. Santiago, Civil Engineering Clinical Professor
- Sustainable & Resilient Buildings, Mariana Benitez, Civil Engineering Ph.D. Student
Partners/Sponsors
- El Paso Electric
- El Paso Water
- FIRST
- FIRST In Texas & University Interscholastic League
- IEEE, El Paso Professional Section
- IEEE Robotics & Automation Society, UTEP Student Chapter
- Marathon
- Schneider Electric
- SISD Robocom
