STEDTRAIN 2026-27 Seed Grant Awards Ceremony

We held our 2026-27 STEDTRAIN Seed Grant Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 29 August 2026, where our 14 award winners presented a brief overview of their programs. Our guest speaker was Mr. Jesse Barber, the Ombudsman at Army Materiel Command. Some of the donors that made these awards possible also made remarks at this meeting.

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Chapters:
0:00:00 Introduction, Paul Agarwal
0:01:00 Torch Helps, Stephen Doud
0:04:50 HATS Presentation, Paul Agarwal
0:10:54 STEDTRAIN Presentation, Paul Agarwal
0:12:30 NDIA, Dr. Joe Fitzgerald
0:18:05 IEEE, Dr. Ebonee Walker
0:22:50 Erika Jones, Cardboard Creation Lab
0:26:05 Guest Speaker Jesse Barber
0:28:50 Emma Haynes, Robotics
0:31:35 Teresa Hodge, Self Driving Car Project
0:33:10 Monica Hobson, 26-27 Team 34 Robotics
0:35:40 Danielle Paseur, 3D Design and Innovation
0:44:40 Erin Malone, Coding Beyond the Screen
0:47:10 Dr. Amanda Buck, Programmable Drone Programmable
0:51:40 Morgen Perez, Rolling with Robotics
0:55:28 Danielle Paseur for Dr. Rachel Evans; Sequencing, Coding and Collaboration
0:59:30 Cristine King, Genetics and Embryology
1:05:30 Josh Gentry, Vex Robotics
1:07:25 Burnie Stedham, Forensics Farm
1:15:25 Marty LeBlanc, Lincoln County Schools Robotics Programmable
1:21:48 Tennessee Valley Unified Robotics Region
1:32:20 Closing remarks from Paul Agarwal