HESTEC Week [Image 12 of 19]

EDINBURG, TX, UNITED STATES

10.08.2015

Photo by Burrell Parmer 

U.S. Navy           

EDINBURG, Texas (Oct. 8, 2015) Houston native, Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Equipment Zachary Hill (lt) and Lafayette, La. native, Yeoman 1st Class Lester Levene, recruiters with Navy Recruiting District San Antonio, inspect robots during Robotics Day hosted at the 2015 Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology Week (HESTEC) on the campus of the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). Robotic Day Competition was for sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th graders using the Lego Mindstorms EV3. Students had to design and build their own robot as well as devise offensive and defensive programming strategies to best their opponents in several "best-of-three" matches. HESTEC Week is an educational conference that features events geared towards promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education to people of all ages and backgrounds. The Theme for this year's conference is "Change the World through STEM". (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, Navy Recruiting District San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)

• Date Taken: 10.08.2015
• Date Posted: 10.11.2015 00:27
• Photo ID: 2225899
• VIRIN: 151008-N-ND850-494
• Resolution: 6000x4000
• Size: 2.51 MB
• Location: EDINBURG, TX, US
• Hometown: HOUSTON, TX, US
• Hometown: LAFAYETTE, LA, US