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PROTO

PROTO is a student organization at UNL with the mission of sparking interest in STEM for the next generation of engineers, creative thinkers, and problem solvers.

We aim to support primary education institutions that currently face a lack of current STEM offerings for reasons such as existing budgetary constraints and a scarcity of resources. It is PROTO’s objective to bridge the gap between unimaginable and possible by providing the resources, education, and expertise to start STEM programs at these schools, from the ground up.

Children interacting with legos.

We aim to provide local middle and elementary schools with the tools needed for robotics and engineering education by creating an alternative to the expensive kits used to build model robots/mechanisms (i.e. LEGO EV3 & SPIKE) in addition to curriculum and material that can be used by us, other UNL RSOs, and as an end goal even the schools themselves.


To achieve this goal, we are looking for people with interests in:

  • Mechanical and electrical engineering to design and produce a lego-based kit with custom electronics, and its subsequent improvements.
  • Education to create a curriculum for elementary/middle school-aged students that teaches simple engineering concepts and generates interest in robotics (in the format of an after-school club).
  • Computer science to design a simple pseudo-programming language (A collection of python functions) that can be used by elementary/middle school-aged students to program a small robot or mechanism without needing extensive education beforehand.

Feel free to branch out into whatever interests you most, regardless of major, and if you want to help with some other aspect just reach out and ask.

Schedule

Robotics Focus-Group Session #2 | 10:00am - 12:00pm, Saturday November 16, 2024

The second of two hands-on robotics sessions for middle school students. Interested in attending? Sign up HERE!

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