NOTE: The original Build IT project has officially ended. However, a new project has begun with the goal of scaling up the Build IT curriculum.
For more information, go to http://waterbotics.org.
April 27, 2010
Underwater ROVs Help to Stop a Major Oil Leak
On April 20, there was a large explosion on an offshore oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 people and damaged an oil pipe, causing a huge leak of around 42,000 gallons of oil per day into the ocean. Stopping the leak is a very complex task, and underwater ROVs have been deployed as the best chance of stopping the leak quickly.
Several articles discuss the robots as well as give background on the incident.
July 1, 2009
CIESE BUILD IT Underwater Robotics’ competition was featured on Live Science.com, "Boat-'Bots for Brainiacs: LEGO Subs Launch Young Engineers"
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June 5, 2009
CIESE BUILD IT Underwater Robotics’ competition was featured in Stevens Undergraduate Admissions Blog, "Build IT"
June 4, 2009
CIESE BUILD IT Underwater Robotics’ competition was featured on WMBC-TV News
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CIESE BUILD IT Underwater Robotics’ competition was featured on SciTimes Video
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August 29, 2008
CIESE Build IT program was featured in Sentinel, North/South Brunswick, "Students 'ship' off to Stevens Institute for robotics workshop"
May 16, 2008
CIESE ITEST Build IT program was highlighted in the MyCentralJersey.com, "Incubating Ingenuity"
October 2007
October 30, 2007
The ITEST BUILD IT program was featured on WABC-TV Channel 7 Eyewitness News
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October 24, 2007
The ITEST Build IT program was highlighted in The Record, "Alpine students take robotics class"
October 24, 2007
The ITEST Build IT program was highlighted in The Record, "Seventh- and eighth-graders get their feet wet in robotics "
September 2007
September 27, 2007
The ITEST Build IT program was highlighted in the Westfield Leader, "Teachers Participate in 'Build IT' Program"
September 21, 2006
CIESE Awarded 3-Year, $1.2M NSF ITEST Grant
Innovative underwater robotics projects funded for N.J. K-12 classrooms
September 16, 2007
The ITEST Build IT program was highlighted in the Sunday Courier News, "Westfield Winning robots"
August 2007
August 11, 2007
The ITEST Build IT program was featured in the Ocean County Observer, "Lego learning: Robotics bring science to earth"
August 6, 2007
The NSF-sponsored BUILD IT Program in which teachers and students from 36 middle and high schools across New Jersey
learn science, engineering and IT in the context of an engaging underwater robotics projects is featured on Cablevision broadcast.
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August 5, 2007
CIESE program ITEST Build IT was feature in the Suburban Trends, "Four take part in scientific experiment at tech school"
August 2, 2007
The ITEST Build IT program was highlighted in the West Essex Tribune, "Livingston People"
August 1, 2007
The ITEST Build IT program was feature in the Luso-Americano, "NJ/NY teachers to participate in Stevens’ National Science Foundation
ITEST program BUILD IT project uses underwater robotic vehicles to build IT and pre-engineering skills"
July 24, 2007
NJ/NY teachers to participate in Stevens’ National Science Foundation ITEST program
BUILD IT project uses underwater robotic vehicles to build IT and pre-engineering skills
