2025

January 2025

January 5, 2025 Friendship Circle Sunday Funday

2024

November 2024

November 21, 2024 Discovery Day 2024
November 9, 2024 Heinz History Center Girls of Steel Robotics Workshop #2
November 2, 2024 Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Conference
November 2, 2024 Pitt Hill District Workshop #5

October 2024

October 26, 2024 Pitt Hill District Workshop #4
October 26, 2024 Heinz History Center Girls of Steel Robotics Workshop #1
October 22, 2024 International Automated Vehicle Validation Conference
October 19, 2024 Pitt Hill District Workshop #3
October 12, 2024 Pitt Hill District Workshop #2

September 2024

September 28, 2024 Pitt Hill District Workshop #1

March 2024

March 14, 2024 Podcast at the Saturday Light Brigade
March 10, 2024 Chassis Project at the Friendship Circle

February 2024

February 24, 2024 Pitt Hill District Workshop #5
February 17, 2024 Pitt Hill District Workshop #4
February 16, 2024 Banksville Elementary STEM Day
February 10, 2024 Pitt Hill District Workshop #3
February 3, 2024 Pitt Hill District Workshop #2

January 2024

January 31, 2024 Chassis Project at Mt. Lebanon High School
January 28, 2024 Chassis Project and FLL Explore kits at Cooper Siegel Library
January 27, 2024 Pitt Hill District Workshop #1
January 27, 2024 FLL Kits at Murrysville Library
January 15, 2024 Three Rivers Educational Technology Conference
January 3, 2024 FRC Warm Up Panel for FIRST Ladies

2023

December 2023

December 28, 2023 Friendship Circle Lego and Chassis Project Event
December 7, 2023 Pittsburgh SciTech STEM Festival
December 7, 2023 Homewood-Brushton YMCA Hour of Code

November 2023

November 15, 2023 Pittsburgh Robotics Discovery Day
November 6, 2023 HOPE for Tomorrow Workshop #3
November 4, 2023 Pitt Hill District Workshop #6

October 2023

October 31, 2023 Forging the Future event at City Council
October 30, 2023 HOPE for Tomorrow Workshop #2
October 28, 2023 Pitt Hill District Workshop #5
October 23, 2023 HOPE for Tomorrow Workshop #1
October 21, 2023 Pitt Hill District Workshop #4
October 14, 2023 Pitt Hill District Workshop #3
October 9, 2023 KDKA STEM Fest
October 7, 2023 Pitt Hill District Workshop #2

September 2023

September 30, 2023 Pitt Hill District Workshop #1

August 2023

August 27, 2023 Girls of Steel Robotics Demo at Hazelwood Green event
August 14-18, 2023 FLL Challenge Skills Camp Week 2: Building
August 7-11, 2023 FLL Challenge Skills Camp Week 1: Programming
August 5, 2023 Steel City Showdown offseason event “Charged Up+++++”
August 3, 2023 Robotics Workshop #3 at Pitt CEC
July 31 – August 4, 2023 Week 2 of Robotics Feiyue Camp

July 2023

July 28, 2023 Robotics Workshop #2 in Aliquippa
July 24-28, 2023 Week 1 of Robotics Feiyue Camp
July 22, 2023 Robotics Workshop #1 in Aliquippa
July 17, 18, and 20, 2023 Robotics and STEM sessions Camp Gan Israel Chabad Camp 

June 2023

June 27, 2023 Meep Boop workshop with Center for Life
June 3, 2023 FIRST LEGO League Explore meeting #6 and Demo Day!

May 2023

May 27, 2023 FIRST LEGO League Explore meeting #5.
May 20, 2023 Girls of Steel Robotics workshop for Brownies.
May 20, 2023 FIRST LEGO League Explore meeting #3.
May 13, 2023 FIRST LEGO League Explore meeting #2.
May 11, 2023 Girls of Steel Robotics demo at Woolslair Elementary STEAM Night.
May 6, 2023 FIRST LEGO League Explore kicks off with meeting #1.

April 2023

April 12, 2023 Girls of Steel presentation and MeepBoop workshop for CMU’s TechNights students.
April 6, 2023 FIRST Ladies Women in STEM panel at the Greater Pittsburgh Regional Competition event.

February 2023

February 25, 2023 Week Zero Scrimmage at the Girls of Steel Robotics Practice Field at CMU.

January 2023

January 22, 2023 Girls of Steel hosted a robotics workshop for 13 Brownie Girl Scouts.
January 16, 2023 Girls of Steel at 2023 TRETC: presentation, student showcase, and student pitch competition

2022

December 2022

December 14, 2022 Girls of Steel at Mt. Lebanon High School’s “Coding Gals”
December 10, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL Competition robot event at Sewickley Academy
December 9, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL Competition Judging event at Sewickley Academy
December 7, 2022 Girls of Steel at Homewood-Brushton YMCA
December 5, 9, 12, and 16 Girls of Steel hosted a series of workshops at Whitehall Elementary School
December 4, 2022 Girls of Steel presentations at SCRA Workshops at Sarah Heinz House.
December 4, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL DEMO Day event
December 3, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #11.

November 2022

November 20, 2022 Cub Scouts Robotics Workshop at the Practice Field
November 19, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #10.
November 16, 2022 Girls of Steel at Robotics Discovery Day hosted by Pittsburgh Robotics Network
November 12, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #9.
November 5, 2022 Girls of Steel at CMU SWE Event
November 5, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL Scrimmage at SciTech!

October 2022

October 29, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #8.
October 22, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #7.
October 22, 2022 Girls of Steel at the Carnegie Science Center’s You Rock Science event.
October 15, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #6.
October 10, 2022 Girls of Steel at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium for KDKA’s STEAM Fest
October 8, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #5.
October 1, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #4.

September 2022

September 24, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #3.
September 17, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #2.
September 10, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL teams kicked off today with meeting #1. 
September 4, 2022 Girls of Steel at Pittsburgh Pirates “Full STEAM Ahead” event

August 2022

August 30, 2022 Girls of Steel meet Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and CMU President Farnam Jahanian
August 20, 2022 Girls of Steel Hackathon – GoSHacksJr.
August 15-19, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL Skills Camp (5 days)
August 8-10, 2022 Girls of Steel Intro to Scratch Camp (3 days)
August 2, 2022 Girls of Steel presentation at Lemelson-MIT Biogen “Biotech in Action”

July 2022

July 20, 2022 Girls of Steel presentation for NASA CTO Dr. Bhavya Kal July 19, 2022 Girls of Steel presentation at Lemelson-MIT Biogen “Biotech in Action” July 18, 19, & 21, 2022 Girls of Steel at Chabad Camp robotics workshop sessions (3) July 14, 2022 Girls of Steel chassis project workshop for Girl Scouts July 12-14, 2022  Girls of Steel at Lincoln Elementary School STEAM workshop sessions (3) July 8, 2022 Black Girls Drone camp presentation with Near Earth Autonomy July 7, 2022 Black Girls Drone camp presentation

June 2022

June 29, 2022 Girls of Steel presentation at CMU’s “AI for Teachers” workshop
June 28, 2022 Girls of Steel presentation at Lemelson-MIT Biogen “Biotech in Action”
June 26, 2022 Girls of Steel x ARGO AI at Open Streets Pittsburgh
June 13-16 Girls of Steel BuzzBand team at InvenTeams EurekaFest at MIT
June 5, 2022 Girls of Steel Chassis Project Workshop at Camp Kon-O-Kwee.
June 4, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL Explore meeting #5 and DEMO DAY!

May 2022

May 28, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL Explore meeting #4
May 21, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL Explore Meeting #3
May 21, 2022 Girls of Steel volunteer at May Madness at Boys & Girls Club in Lawrenceville
May 14, 2022 Girls of Steel booth at the STEM and Career Expo at Ross Park Mall
May 14, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL Explore Meeting #2
May 7, 2022 Girls of Steel FLL Explore kicks off 5 weeks of meetings

April 2022

April 18, 2022 Girls of Steel created a video for Session 4 of CMU’s TechNights April 14, 2022 Chassis Project at Assemble’s spring break camp April 10, 2022 Rosie Talks Season 2, Session 5 April 6, 2022 BuzzBand Demo at 18+ Sensory Night at the Carnegie Science Center

March 2022

March 13, 2022 Rosie Talks Season 2, Session 4 March 5, 2022 Robot Demos and Project Demos for Congressman Mike Doyle

February 2022

February 26, 2022 Girls of Steel Robotics InvenTeams Mid Grant Technical Review February 24, 2022 The Girls of Steel Robotics Practice Field opened for local FRC teams. So far FRC teams 117, 4467, and 7274 have joined us there. February 13, 2022 Rosie Talks Season 2, Session 3

January 2022

January 17, 2022 TRETC Presentation
January 16, 2022 Rosie Talks Season 2, Session 2

2021

December 2021

December 19, 2021 Rosie Talks Season 2, Session 1 December 18, 2021 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #12 and DEMO DAY! December 11, 2021 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #11 December 4, 2021 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #10

November 2021

November 27, 2021 SWATposium presentation November 20, 2021 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #9 November 13, 2021 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #8 November 6, 2021 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #7

October 2021

October 30, 2021 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #6 October 23, 2021 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #5 Hybrid meeting #1! October 16, 2021 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #4 October 9, 2021 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #3 October 2, 2021 Girls of Steel FLL teams meeting #2

September 2021

September 25, 2021 Girls of Steel FLL teams kickoff meeting
September 19, 2021 Girls of Steel FTC teams kickoff meeting

August 2021

August 16-20, 2021 Girls of Steel Virtual FLL CampAugust 14-15, 2021 Girls of Steel Virtual Hackathon Jr., GoSHacksJr.!August 9-13, 2021 Girls of Steel Virtual Introduction to Scratch CampAugust 8, 2021 Girls of Steel Virtual Expo

July 2021

July 30, 2021 Girls of Steel presented a team video and accepted the 2021 Strong Award from Strong Women, Strong Girls – Pittsburgh

June 2021

June 30, 2021 Girls of Steel members attended the 2021 Virtual National Advocacy Conference.

May 2021

May 23, 2021 Meeting 6 for 2021 virtual FLL Explore: Playmakers and DEMO DAY! May 16, 2021 Meeting 5 for 2021 virtual FLL Explore: Playmakers May 14, 2021 Met with Sam at the Harrison Center so he could test the head pointer device. May 13-14, 2021 Remake Learning Days Intro to Scratch workshop session 2 May 10-11, 2021 Remake Learning Days Intro to Scratch workshop session 1 May 9, 2021 Meeting 4 for 2021 virtual FLL Explore: Playmakers May 2, 2021 Meeting 3 for 2021 virtual FLL Explore: Playmakers

April 2021

April 25, 2021 Meeting 2 for 2021 virtual FLL Explore: Playmakers April 18, 2021 Kickoff meeting for 2021 virtual FLL Explore program. April 11, 2021 Rosie Talks Webinar Series Session 5

March 2021

March 10, 2021 Participated in a virtual panel “The Future of Tech in Pittsburgh.” March 7, 2021 Rosie Talks Webinar Series Session 4

February 2021

February 19, 2021 We met Sam, his mom, and his therapists about designing his assistive device. February 18, 2021 Girls of Steel presentation at Argo AI All-Hands meeting February 13, 2021 Panelist at STEMGirls Summit with FRC 2468 February 7, 2021 Rosie Talks Webinar Series Session 3

January 2021

January 18, 2021 Presentation at TRETC 2021 “Students’ Perspectives on EdTech Today – This is What Works for Us”January 10, 2021 Rosie Talks Webinar Series Session 2

2020

December  2020

December 12, 2020 Donations delivered to the Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh December 12, 2020 Virtual FLL Demo Day! December 6, 2020 Rosie Talks Webinar Series Session 1  December 5 & 12, 2020 Virtual FLL Meetings December 4, 2020 FIRST Ladies Game Night

November 2020

November 28, 2020 We attended the 2020 SWATposium, an annual FIRST conference hosted by FRC team 771 in Canada and presented three workshops: FIRST Ladies: A Community Supporting Girls in FIRST, Start a Youth STEM Program in Your Community using Scratch, A Conversation on Problem Solving and Troubleshooting. Our presenters were Aditri, Aeryn, Janise, Dusty, and Kelly! November 7, 14, & 21, 2020 Virtual FLL Meetings

October 2020

October 3, 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2020 Virtual FLL Meetings

September 2020

September 20, 2020 First meeting for the FTC teams.  FTC girls meet on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 8 pm on Zoom. September 19 & 26 2020 We kicked off our virtual FLL program on September 19th. Meetings are weekly on Saturdays from 2 to 4 pm on Zoom.

August 2020

August 17-28, 2020 Our 2-week Virtual Introduction to Scratch workshop with 58 registered students ran from 2:00 to 3:30 pm M-F. August 10-14, 2020 Our Virtual FLL Workshop with 53 registered students ran from 2:00 to 3:30 pm M-Th and 2:00 to 4:00 pm on Friday – Demo Day!

July 2020

July 20, 2020 We started working with CovidCast researchers and developers as “bug trackers”.  With the the ongoing pandemic, this is a long-term project so we’ve been holding weekly meetings. https://covidcast.cmu.edu https://www.cs.cmu.edu/news/covidcast-now-monitoring-daily-us-mask-use-covid-19-testing

June 2020

June 13, 2020 was the Virtual Demo Day for students to showcase their projects.
June 6, 2020  Virtual FLL Jr Meeting on Zoom. 

May 2020

May 17, 2020 Girls of Steel Expo An event to learn more about what it is like to be part of the Girls of Steel program and a future high schooler in STEM. May 16, 23, & 30 Virtual FLL Jr Meetings on Zoom. May 10, 2020 We kicked off our Virtual FLL Jr program by emailing all the program materials to 105 registered families.

April 2020

April 18, 2020 Virtual Chairman’s Exchange with FRC 2468 April 17, 2020 Released the Girls of Steel Gratitude Video for health care workers in our community April 16, 2020 Virtual Girls in STEM Presentation with FRC 2468 FIRST In Focus Series April 4, 2020 Virtual GPR FRC event 

March 2020 

March 26, 2020 FIRST Ladies Women in STEM Panel Webinar on Zoom. March 7, 2020  Chassis Project for Girl’s Day event at Boys and Girls Club in Lawrenceville. March 6, 2020 Robot demo for students visiting Carnegie Mellon from the North Elementary School in Morgantown, WV. March 5, 2020 We hosted Fulbright Scholars at Carnegie Mellon University.

February 2020 

February 24, 2020 Chassis Project at Franklin Elementary School, Franklin Park, PA February 22, 2020 Chassis Project at Upper St Clair Township Library, Upper St Clair, PA February 15, 2020 Week Zero Scrimmage at practice field at CMU, Pittsburgh, PA February 12, 2020 Chassis Project at Cranberry Public Library, Cranberry, PA February 5, 2020 Chassis project at All of Us Care in Sharpsburg, PA

January 2020

January 11, 2020 Our 3 FTC teams competed at the FTC Qualifier at Eden Hall Upper Elementary School in Gibsonia PA.

2019

December 2019

December 15, 2019 Donations collected and wrapped for the Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh. December 15, 2019 Snap Circuits and robot chassis driving at the STEAM Festival of Lights at Community Day School. December 14, 2019 FLL Championship Competition at Sewickley Academy. December 12, 2019 Chassis project at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Teen Time. December 9, 2019 Project Demo Day for our 4 FLL Teams.  Teams presented to their families and friends and the red team, 4212, presented their project on accessibility to the Wilkins School Community Center Board of Directors. December 8, 2019 Members of our team presented workshop sessions at the SCRA Workshops at Sarah Heinz House. December 7, 2019 Our 3 FTC teams competed at the FTC Qualifier at Pitt Johnstown

November 2019

November 30, 2019  We made 76 “Snack Bags for Kids” (156 pounds) with our FLL teams for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. November 25, 2019 Chassis Project at Girls Maker Night at Assemble. November 23, 2019 STEAM Carnival at the Children’s Museum and Museum Lab.  We ran a robot demo with 4 other FRC teams – FRC 117, 2051, 2656, and 4150 – alongside a robot chassis building workshop. November 23, 2019 FTC Scrimmage at North Catholic High School.  All three of our FTC teams competed at their first event. November 14, 2019 Chassis Project at the SciTech STEM Festival

October 2019

October 24, 2019 Lights On After School Open House at Carnegie Mellon. October 23, 2019 Mill 19 Chassis Project with kids from Center of Life in Hazelwood. October 19, 2019 We hosted 2 FLL scrimmages at Carnegie Mellon. October 14, 2019 TRETC Student Showcase Chassis Project Demo

September 2019

September 30, 2019 Interview and demos for PBS 39 Tech Takeover September 15, 2019 Girls of Steel FTC teams Boot Camp.  September 6, 2019 Robot demo along with other robotics organizations/clubs at Carnegie Mellon.

August 2019

August 28, 2019 Our four FIRST LEGO League teams kicked off  the City Shaper challenge.  Meetings are every Saturday at Wilkins School Community Center in Pittsburgh. August 20, 2019 Presentation and tour for a Foundation at Carnegie Mellon University August 5 -9, 2019 Annual FIRST LEGO League Skills camp at Carnegie Mellon University. August 3, 2019 Steel City Showdown off-season FRC event at Carnegie Mellon University

July 2019

July 22 – August 3, 2019 Robotics Feiyue camp at Carnegie Mellon University. July 9-11, 2019 Introduction to EV3 Robotics camp at Gwen’s Girls on the North Side. July 3, 2019 NREC Seminar: Girls of Steel Robotics July 1, 2019 Snap Circuits and Chassis Project demo at “The Maker’s Clubhouse” summer camp at The W.A.R.M. Center of Bible Center Church in Homewood.

June 2019

June 29, 2019 Snap Circuits and Chassis Project demo at the “Festival in the Park” at Blueberry Hill Park. 

May 2019

May 28, 2019 Chassis Project workshop at Kiski Area High School in Vandergrift, PA. May 23, 2019 FIRST LEGO League Jr Demo Day at Carnegie Mellon. May 18, 2019  Chassis Project workshop and demo at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s CodeFest Jr. event. May 17, 2019 Chassis Project workshop at Turner Elementary School in Wilkinsburg. May 15, 2019 Remake Learning Chassis Project workshop at Carnegie Mellon. May 14, 2019 Snap Circuits and Chassis Project at Woolslair Elementary School’s STEAM night event in Pittsburgh. May 9, 2019 Chassis Project Demo at Dilworth Elementary School in Pittsburgh. May 9, 2019 Presentation to Fulbright Scholars visiting us at Carnegie Mellon. May 5, 2019 Chassis Project Demo at Community Day School in Pittsburgh. May 2, 2o19  Speakers at the 2019 Pittsburgh Tech Council’s annual STEM Summit at Duquesne University

April 2019

April 15, 2019 Annual Girls of Steel presentation and robot demo at Carnegie Mellon’s Tech Nights. April 14, 2019 We hosted a pre-championships drive practice with FRC 4150 and 1787 at NREC. April 13, 2019 Chassis building workshop and robot demo at Carnival at Carnegie Mellon. April 12, 2019 Robot demo for National Robotics Week at Carnegie Mellon. April 9, 2019 The Girls of Steel FLL Jr team 14558  kicked off the Mission Moon season at Winchester Thurston School in Pittsburgh PA April 8, 2019 The Girls of Steel FLL Jr team 7398  kicked off the Mission Moon season at Providence Heights Alpha School in Allison Park PA April 8, 2019 The Girls of Steel FLL Jr team 7397  kicked off the Mission Moon season at The Falk School in Pittsburgh PA April 8, 2019 The Girls of Steel FLL Jr teams 19073 and 19074 kicked off the Mission Moon season at South Fayette Elementary School in McDonald, PA April 7, 2019 Annual Girls of Steel Symposium for grades 4 to 8 held at Carnegie Mellon University. April 4, 2019 The Girls of Steel FLL Jr teams 2793, 3813, & 10833 kicked off the Mission Moon season at Franklin Elementary School in Franklin Park PA April 3, 2019 The Girls of Steel FLL Jr team 14557 kicked off the Mission Moon season at Sacred Heart Elementary School in Pittsburgh PA April 2, 2019 Chassis building workshop and robot demo at Manufacturing & Technology Conference Night Out at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh PA April 1, 2019 Chassis building workshop and robot demo at Manufacturing & Technology Conference in Pittsburgh PA

March 2019

March 30, 2019 Chassis building workshop and robot demo at Girls Day at the Boys & Girls Club in Carnegie PA March 24, 2019  Chassis building workshop and robot demo at Girls World Expo at the Double Tree Hotel in Cranberry PA March 21, 2019 FIRST Ladies meet-up at the Greater Pittsburgh Regional with our guest Pratima Rao Gluckman, author of Nevertheless She Persisted

February 2019

February 24, 2019 FTC Qualifying competition at Upper St. Clair High School. February 21, 2019 LEGO EV3 Workshop at Cranberry Public Library. February 18, 2019 Chassis project demo at Westinghouse Corp. in Cranberry, PA February 13, 2019 Chassis building workshop at Coding Gals meeting at Mt. Lebanon High School. February 9, 2019 Chassis Building workshop at Carnegie Mellon. February 2, 2019 Chassis Building workshop at Carnegie Mellon.

January 2019

January 13, 2019 Girls of Steel FTC meeting at NREC. January 12, 2019 Chassis building workshop at Carnegie Mellon. January 5, 2019 We hosted team 7274, Brashear Bulls Robotics at our kickoff brainstorming meeting at Carnegie Mellon.

2018

December  2018

December 21, 2018 Gift wrapping at Barnes & Noble at the Waterfront in Homestead PA. December 19, 2018 Chassis building workshop at Hampton Middle School, Hampton, PA. December 16, 2018 Girl Scouts workshop for Brownies to earn “Showcasing Robots” badge at Carnegie Mellon. December 16, 2018 Girls Scouts workshop for Daisies to earn “What Robots Do” badge at Carnegie Mellon. December 15, 2018 Girls of Steel donated and wrapped personal care items and bedding/linens for Bethlehem Haven Women’s Shelter in Pittsburgh. December 14, 2018 Gift wrapping at Barnes & Noble at the Waterfront in Homestead PA. December 9, 2018 Gift wrapping at Barnes & Noble at the Waterfront in Homestead PA. December 8, 2018 FTC Qualifier at University of Pittsburgh Johnstown, PA. December 7 and 8, 2018 FLL Championship Competition at Sewickley Academy. December 6, 2018 Chassis project build at Teen Time at the Carnegie Library in Squirrel Hill. December 5, 2018 FIRST LEGO League Demo Day at NREC.  Our 4 FLL teams presented theirresearch projects,core values and robot presentations to families and friends. December 2, 2018 Gift wrapping at Barnes & Noble at the Waterfront in Homestead PA. December 2, 2018 We attended the SCRA Workshops hosted by FRC 3260 at Sarah Heinz House and students presented two sessions: “Plate and Standoff” and “Starting and Running an FLL Team as a Student”.

November 2018

November 19, 2018 Chassis project build at Girls Maker Night at Assemble. November 17, 2018 Girls of Steel FLL teams competed at the scrimmage at Shady Side Academy Middle School. November 17, 2018 We attended SWATposium in Oakville Ontario where we presented two sessions: Plate and Standoff and Building a Pipeline for Students in STEM. November 15, 2018 Presentation and chassis project build workshop as a team-bonding exercise for about 30 students and faculty from DC’s Dwight D. Eisenhower School, National Defense University. November 14, 2018 Chassis project build at Teen Time at the Carnegie Library in Squirrel Hill. November 10, 2018 Our FTC teams competed at the Pittsburgh Area Scrimmage at Peters Township Middle School. November 7, 2018 Food drive with our FLL teams. The teams made 72 “snack bags for kids” which weighed 138.5 pounds.  Donations were delivered to the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank. November 6, 2018 Chassis project demo at the 2018 TRETC Student Showcase. While we were at the conference we also had the role of “robot handlers” for theDouble Roboticstelepresence robot. November 6, 2018 Presentation at 2018 TRETC “Building a Pipeline for Students in STEM.”

October 2018

October 31, 2018 We were invited to the White House to attend the “Pledge to America’s Workers” event.  One of our students, Anna N., spoke about Girls of Steel.  October 28, 2018 FTC Drive It! Workshop at NREC. The FTC field is now set up and ready for practice! October 25, 2018 We hosted a robot demo at NREC for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s event for the Performing Arts Center Consortium leadership group. October 24, 2018 We hosted STEM activities including Snap Circuits and robot chassis building at the Carnegie Library in Squirrel Hill. October 22, 2018 We met with Congressmen Doyle and Lamb at the Energy Innovation Center where school officials and business leaders learned all about FIRST and Girls of Steel Robotics. We showcased robots from all our FIRST teams. October 20, 2018 We hosted 2 FLL “Educational Scrimmages” at NREC. 11 FLL teams attended the morning session of Rosie’s Robotics Revelry and 9 FLL teams (including our 4 teams) attended the afternoon session. October 18, 2018 We hosted a robot demo and chassis building activity at the Sci Tech Academy’s STEM Festival. 

September 2018

September 18, 2018 First preseason meeting for the Girls of Steel FTC teams: 9820 Girls of Steel Lovelace, 9821 Girls of Steel Hopper, and 9981 Girls of Steel Hypatia. September 16, 2018 Girls of Steel FTC teams Boot Camp. 

August 2018

August 18, 2018 First meeting for the four Girls of Steel 2018 FLL Teams competing in the Into Orbit challenge.  The teams meet weekly at NREC on Wednesdays and Saturdays.  There are 30 boys and girls in grades 4 to 8. August 14, 2018 Robot Demo and Meeting with Ivanka Trump at Astrobotic Technology in Pittsburgh. August 6 -10, 2018 FIRST LEGO League Skills Camp for 27 area 4th to 8th grade boys and girls.  This camp started in 2014, making this year our 5th year! August 7, 2018 Aspinwall National Night Out Event.  We offered a demo of our chassis project to members of the community.

July 2018

July 23-August 4, 2018 Robotics Feiyue camp for 38 students. This camp started in 2013 making this year our 6th year! July 13, 2018 Robot demo at Earthen Vessels Outreach. July 11, 2018 Robot demo and presentation to students attending CMU’s AI4All session. July 9-11, 2018 Introduction to Robotics Camp using LEGO EV3 kits with Gwen’s Girls on the Northside. July 5, 2018 Story time and Q&A with Earthen Vessels Outreach.

June 2018

June 25, 2018 Robot chassis building workshop at CMU for high school students visiting from China. June 24-26, 2018 Girls of Steel FRC members attended the 5th annual FIRST National Advocacy Conference in DC.

May 2018

May 24, 2018 FLL Jr Demo Day at NREC for our 7 FLL Jr teams!
May 22, 2018 Remake Learning Days Chassis Workshop at Carnegie Mellon University.
May 21, 2018 We hosted a robot display and talked about Girls of Steel and FIRST robotics with educators at the Next Generation Learning Challenges conference in Pittsburgh.
May 19, 2018 Chassis building workshop at Code Fest Jr at the Carnegie Library in East Liberty. Our participants built and drove 2 robot chassis in less than 2 hours.
May 17, 2018 We ran 3 chassis building workshops at the Education Outreach Day event during 2018 ISEF competition in Pittsburgh.
May 11, 2018 Carnegie Science Center Sleepover event: Robot Roundup! Chassis building workshop and robot driving for girls staying overnight at the science center.
May 9, 2018 Infinity Charter School tour and presentation. About 40 middle school students from the Infinity Charter School in Harrisburg PA visited us at CMU.
May 6, 2018 Daisy Girl Scouts visited CMU and earned the “What Robots Do!” patch.

April 2018

April 20, 2018 Robot demo at Carnegie Mellon’s National Robotics Week event. April 16, 2018 The annual Girls of Steel Open House presentation and robot demo for Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science Tech Nights program. April 14, 2018 We co-hosted the annual post season FRC scrimmage with FRC 3260 at the CMU/Girls of Steel robotics practice field at NREC.  FRC teams 117, 291, 2656, 7274 attended. April 14, 2018 Presentation and robot demo for the Woodlands Foundation. April 9, 2018 We hosted members of a Botball team from Doha, Qatar. April 9, 2018 Girls of Steel FLL Jr team 7398 kicks of at the Providence Heights Alpha School in Allison Park, PA. April 8, 2018 3rd Annual Aspiring Young Women in Robotics & STEM Symposium was held at Carnegie Mellon University.  April 5, 2018 Girls of Steel FLL Jr teams 2793, 3813, and 10833 kick off at Franklin Elementary School in Franklin Park, PA. April 4, 2018 Girls of Steel FLL Jr team 7397 kicks of at the Falk School in Pittsburgh. April 3, 2018 Girls of Steel FLL Jr team 14558 kicks off at Winchester Thurston School in Pittsburgh. April 2, 2018 Girls of Steel FLL Jr team 14557 kicks off at the Colfax School in Pittsburgh.

March 2018

March 25, 2018 Robot and chassis project demo at Girls World Expo at Sheraton Station Square. March 11,  2018 Chassis project demo at the 2018 Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show. March 7, 2018 Girls of Steel at the Carnegie Library in Squirrel Hill. LEGO EV3 robot demos and LEGO building activities, including a story time reading of Rosie Revere Engineer .

February 2018

February 19, 2018 Presentation at the SEI STEM Speaker Series event. February 19, 2018 We celebrated National Engineers Week at Westinghouse in Cranberry PA.  We did a demo of MO, our 2017 robot, and we went on a tour. February 17, 2018 We hosted the 7th annual Week Zero Scrimmage at the robotics practice field at NREC.  12 FRC teams joined us: 117, 291, 1708, 2656, 3260, 3511, 3954, 3955, 4027, 4150, 4467, & 7274! February 10, 2018 Girls of Steel at the International Festival at Pittsburgh’s Obama Academy

January 2018

January 13, 2018 Our two FTC teams, 9820 Hypatia and 9981 Lovelace, competed at the Pittsburgh Area Qualifier Competition at Upper Saint Clair High School. January 13, 2018  Our four FLL teams competed at the FLL Grand Championship held at La Roche College.  In general all the teams made improvements in their robot scores throughout the day.  The red team, FLL 4212 Dot Dot Dot, received a 2nd place Research Award in the Open Division. January 10, 2018 FLL Demo Day at NREC.  FLL teams 2641, 4212, 18137, and 33303 presented their robots and projects to families and friends. January 6, 2018 We hosted Brashear Bulls Robotics FRC 7274, the rookie team we are mentoring, at our kickoff meeting at CMU. 

 2017

December 2017

December 16, 2017 Along with our FLL and FTC teams we collected, wrapped, and donated over 100 gifts for the Bethlehem Haven Women’s Shelter in Pittsburgh.
December 13, 2017 Girls of Steel hosted a robot demo and presentation for the Coding Gals club at Mt Lebanon High School.
December 12, 2017 Girls of Steel host members of FRC 7274 from Pittsburgh’s Brashear High School at all-hands meeting at Carnegie Mellon University.
December 10, 2017 Girls of Steel students and mentors were presenters at the SCRA workshops hosted by SHARP at Sarah Heinz House.
December 9, 2017 Girls of Steel FRC students mentored the Girls of Steel FTC teams 9820 and 9981 at the Pittsburgh Area Scrimmage at Peters Township Middle School.
December 9, 2017 Girls of Steel FLL teams 2641, 4212, 18137, and 33303 collected and donated snacks to create 47 snack bags for kids.  The bags were delivered to the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank.
December 7, 2017 Daisy Girl Scouts from troop 16121 visited us at CMU to learn about robots. 
December 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, and 22, 2017 Gift wrapping at Barnes & Noble in Homestead at the Waterfront:  Fridays 6 to 10 pm and Sundays 1 to 5 pm.

November 2017

November 26, 2017 We kicked off the holiday season with our first gift wrapping session at Barnes & Noble in Homestead at the Waterfront.
November 16, 2017 GoS presented a robot demo at the annual Sci Tech STEM Festival. 
November 12, 2017 GoS hosted a chassis building workshop at the Mini Maker Faire at Barnes & Noble in Homestead at the Waterfront.  

October 2017

October 21, 2017 We hosted Mr. Latham, a Scholastic Outreach Representative from Alcosan. He ran a workshop called, “Drains, Pipes, and Interceptors, Oh My!” for our FLL teams.
October 29, 2017 The Western PA FTC Drive It! Workshop was hosted by Girls of Steel FTC teams 9820 and 9981 at the robotics practice field at NREC.
October 28, 2017 We hosted 2 FIRST LEGO League “Halloween Bash” scrimmages at the Girls of Steel Robotics Practice Field at NREC. 
October 26, 2017 We hosted a robot demo at the Carnegie Mellon University Board of Directors event at NREC. 
October 26, 2017 We hosted the  Robot Chassis Project Workshop and presentation at NREC with Eisenhower School students from Washington, D.C..
October 14 and 15, 2017 We ran a robot demo with our 2017 FRC robot along with several other FRC teams and the Steel City Robotics Alliance, and we hosted the popular safety glasses decorating activity at the Pittsburgh Maker Faire.  
October 11, 2017 We were guest experts at Assemble’s Motion and Movement Learning Party we ran a demo of MO, the 2017 STEAMWORKS robot.
October 6, 2017 Girls from the GEMS club in Oil City PA visited Girls of Steel at CMU. There was a presentation about Girls of Steel and a demo of MO, the 2017 STEAMWORKS robot.

September 2017

September 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30, 2017 Girls of Steel FLL teams 2641, 4212, 18137, and 33303 held meetings at NREC from 12 to 4 pm.
September 19, 2017 Girls of Steel Robotics held the new girl orientation meeting for this year’s girls who are new to FRC and FTC.  We have two FTC teams: FTC 9820, Girls of Steel Hypatia and FTC 9981, Girls of Steel Lovelace.

August 2017

August 19, 2017 The four Girls of Steel FLL teams 2641, 4212, 18137, and 33303 held their kick off meeting with 28 students on 4 FLL teams.  The teams meet every Saturday at NREC.
August 14, 2017 Girls of Steel Helen and Kristina assisted students with building VexIQ robots at Pittsburgh Urban Christian School’s robotics camp.
August 7-11, 2017 Girls of Steel Anna N., Helen, Janet, Riley, and Ziya were mentors at the 4th annual FLL Skills camp at NREC.  27 students participated and had a great time doing reverse engineering, an ice cream social, a scrimmage, and more.
August 5, 2017 Girls of Steel participated at and volunteered at Pittsburgh’s first off-season FRC event, The Steel City Showdown, held at Carnegie Mellon University.
August 3, 2017 Girls of Steel Alex, Anna N., and Helen gave a presentation about Girls of Steel to girls at Winchester Thurston’s coding camp.
August 1, 2017 Girls of Steel hosted a chassis building workshop at the Aspinwall National Night Out event in Aspinwall.

July 2017

July 24 – August 5, 2017 The 5th annual Robotics Feiyue camp at Carnegie Mellon University for 36 high school students from China. Girls of Steel were TAs at camp and one of our alums, Mackenzie, was a mentor. 
July 19, 2017 Girls of Steel hosted a robot demo for members of board of The Grable Foundation.
July 11 and July 13, 2017 Girls of Steel Alex, Anja, and Anna N. joined Mars Robotics FTC 10083 students, Adrian and Michael, at a collaborative EV3 programming camp in Mars PA.
July 5-7, 2017 Girls of Steel Anja, Anna, and Jimin mentored at the Introduction to Robotics and FTC camp with Gwen’s Girls held at their facility on the North Side.  Here’s a video showing the 4 robots built by the students.

June 2017

June 26, 2017 Girls of Steel Anna N., Arushi, Corinne, and Maansi  attended the 2017 National Coalition of Girls School Conference “Education Innovation” in DC as presenters of an Innovation Odyssey session called: Empowering and Inspiring Girls in STEM through Robotics.
June 25-27, 2017 Girls of Steel Anna N., Arushi, Corinne, and Maansi attended the 4th annual FIRST National Advocacy Conference in DC where they met members of several other FIRST teams and learn about making presentations to their Senators and Representatives before heading to Capitol Hill for meetings with Senators Casey and Toomey, and Congressmen Doyle, Murphy, and Rothfus . Jack R., a member of Horsepower FRC 4991, also attended the conference and joined us in presenting at meetings.
June 14, 2017 Girls of Steel, Corinne, Janet, and Maansi, were guest speakers at the NREC seminar. After the seminar presentation they did a robot demo at the practice field space.

May 2017

May 25, 2017 FIRST LEGO League Jr Demo Day at NREC.  Our 5 FLL Jr teams from 3 local schools: The Falk School, Providence Heights Alpha School, and North Allegheny’s Franklin Elementary School gave presentations and demonstrations of their project to families and friends.
May 24, 2017 Remake Learning Days Robot Chassis Workshop at CMU.
May 23, 2017 Robot demo at NREC for 33 Ambassadors from around the world as they “Experience Pittsburgh.”
May 22, 2017 Robot Chassis Workshop at Assemble.
May 15, 2017 Girls of Steel held a demo of the robot chassis project at the Remake Learning Days Kickoff at PNC Park.
May 8, 2017 Girls of Steel were guests on Pittsburgh Today Live to preview their robot chassis building workshop for Remake Learning Days in Pittsburgh.
May 7, 2017 Girls of Steel Aspiring Young Women in Robotics & STEM Symposium at Carnegie Mellon University attended by 65 middle school girls from the Pittsburgh area.  Workshops included: Hand Tools, 4moms Reverse Engineering, and Hummingbird Robots.
May 5 & 6, 2017 Girls of Steel Juniors at the Mars New Year Robotics demo with Michelle, their 2017 FTC robot.
May 4, 2017 Robot demos – MO, Michelle, and the robot chassis – for 3rd graders visiting CMU.May 3, 2017 Robot Demo at the Bots + AI conference hosted by LivePerson.com at Carnegie Mellon University.

April 2017

April 21, 2017 Robot demo at the Carnegie Mellon University National Robotics Week event.
April 18, 2017 Presentation and robot demo for Botball champions visiting CMU from Doha, Qatar.
April 17, 2017 Annual presentation and robot demo for CMU’s TechNights Open House.
April 12, 2017 Presentation at the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute (ARM) meeting at NREC. We also hosted a FIRST Steamworks robot demo with FRC teams 2150, 2656, 3260, and 3955.
April 11, 2017 The three FIRST LEGO League Jr Teams: 2397, 3813, and 10833 kicked off at Franklin Elementary School. The teams will meet through mid May. Demo Day is scheduled for May 25th at the CMU/Girls of Steel Practice Field at NREC.
April 4, 2017 FIRST LEGO League Jr Team 7397 kicks off at The Providence Heights Alpha School. The team will meet through mid May. Demo Day is scheduled for May 25th at the CMU/Girls of Steel Practice Field at NREC.
April 3, 2017 FIRST LEGO League Jr Team 7398 kicks off at The Falk School. The team will meet through mid May. Demo Day is scheduled for May 25th at the CMU/Girls of Steel Practice Field at NREC.

March 2017

March 25, 2017 Chassis Project Workshop for middle school girls with Carnegie Mellon University’s Gelfand Outreach Center.
March 12, 2017 Chassis Project Workshop and robot demo at the Home and Garden Show at the David Lawrence Convention Center.

February 2017

February 27, 2017 Skype call with the “Eveys” – students from the Every Girl Robotics after school program at the Bronx House in New York.  They wore the bandanas we sent to them – so many future Rosies!
February 18, 2017 Week Zero Scrimmage at the CMU/Girls of Steel Robotics Practice Field at NREC with 13 FRC teams.
February 18, 2017 Presentation at SWE WE Local Pittsburgh, “Girls of Steel Robotics: A K-12 Outreach Program at Carnegie Mellon University.”
February 16, 2017 Skype call with FRC team 5871, The Chickadees.
February 14, 2017 Chassis Project and FTC robot demo at 2017 PETE&C in Hershey, PA.
February 8, 2017 Chassis Project demo at Assemble’s Circuits and Contraptions Learning Party.

January 2017

January 23, 2017 Skype with the “Eveys” students from the Every Girl Robotics after school program at the Bronx House in New York.
January 14, 2017 FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifier at Upper St. Clair High School with the Girls of Steel Juniors, FTC team 9820.  9820 finished in 5th place and they were captains of the 4th alliance with 6961 and 8867. 
January 7, 2017 – FIRST LEGO League Championship competition at La Roche College with our three FLL teams, The Green Gears FLL 18137, CM Blues FLL 2641, and Dot Dot Dot FLL 4212. The teams competed in the open division and were honored to receive two awards. 18137 received a 2nd Place Research Award and 4212 received a 1st Place Core Values Award.
January 4, 2017 FIRST LEGO League Demo day at NREC.  Our three FLL teams, The Green Gears FLL 18137, CM Blues FLL 2641, and Dot Dot Dot FLL 4212 presented their research projects, Core Values presentation, and demonstrated their robots for families and friends.

2016

December 2016

December 21, 2016 – Repair the World EduCrew Meeting was held at Assemble.  After speaking about our experiences as members of the Girls of Steel and in school, we offered participants a chance to check out the robot kit and drive the chassis project robot.  To learn more about Repair the World, check out theirFacebook page.
December 14, 2016 – Learning Party at Assemble – We brought the chassis project to Assemble’s SensorsLearning Party . The students had a chance to operate the previously assembled robot chassis and/or they were offered the tools to assemble the kit. We always have a great experience at Assemble.
December 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 Gift wrapping, and demos of robots and STEM toys at Barnes & Noble at the Waterfront in Homestead PA.December 1, 2016 – Demos of FTC and FRC robots at the Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy’s STEM Festival.
December 1, 2016 – Demos of FTC and FRC robots at the Junior Achievement Inspire Career Fair at the Monroeville Convention Center.

November 2016

November 27, 2016 – The first of several gift wrapping dates at Barnes & Noble at the Waterfront in Homestead PA.  We also hosted demos ofLittleBitsand LEGOs in the Children’s Department of the bookstore.
November 19, 2016 – We visited the youth and teens group at theWoodlands Foundationin Wexford, PA.  Three Girls of Steel gave a presentation about FIRST and GoS and demoed Byte, our 2016 robot.

October 2016

October 30, 2016 – We hosted the FTC Drive It! workshop at the CMU/Girls of Steel Practice Field at NREC.
October 29, 2016 – Girls of Steel hosted the Halloween Bash FLL Scrimmage at the CMU/Girls of Steel Practice Field at NREC.  
October 15 and 16, 2016 – Girls of Steel participated at the Pittsburgh Maker Faire with other FRC teams at the SRCA booth.  They demoed Byte, helped kids make buttons, and assisted FRC 3260 with the box robot crafts.
October 13, 2016 – Girls of Steel hosted a demo of the chassis project at the first ever White House Frontiers Conference.  The conference was held at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.

September 2016

September 17, 2016 – Introductions about FIRST Robotics and the Girls of Steel at Pittsburgh’s Rec2Tech Demo Party at  Schenley Plaza.
September 8, 2016 – Chassis Workshop for STEM Girlz held at Propel Homestead.

August 2016

August 27, 2016 – The three Girls of Steel FIRST LEGO League teams 2641, 4212, 18137 started their weekly meetings.  Teams meet at NREC every Saturday from 12 to 4 pm.  The teams will compete in scrimmages in October and December as well as at the Regional Championship competition in January.
August 5-9, 2016 – FIRST LEGO League Skills Camp for 25 students entering 4th to 8th grade.  Camp was held at the CMU/Girls of Steel Robotics practice field located at NREC.

July 2016

July 31, 2016 – Demonstration and presentation at Robotics & Remote Systems Division of the American Nuclear Society conference held in the Sheraton Station Square hotel.
July 25 – August 6, 2016 – Robotics Feiyue Summer Camp for 32 students from China held at Carnegie Mellon University.  This year the students designed and built a robot to compete in FIRST Stronghold at the WVROX off-season competition hosted by MARS FRC 2614 at West Virginia University.
July 19, 2016 – Presentation about FIRST and Girls of Steel plus a robot demo for rising 9th graders enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh’s “Investing Now” program.
July 14, 2016 – We were guest speakers at a coding camp at Winchester Thurston for middle school girls.
July 5-7, 2016 Summer Camp – Introduction to FTC Robotics with 14 middle school girls from Propel Schools in Pittsburgh.  The girls were divided into 4 groups and learned to build and operate the FTC kit bot “Push Bot.”

June 2016

June 30, 2016  – We were guest speakers at a coding camp at Winchester Thurston for middle school girls.
June 12, 2016 – Robot building, assembling Snap Circuits, making buttons, problem solving and coding with Digital Dream Labs’ Puzzlets, and playing with LEGOs were among the activities we hosted in the Remake Learning Tent in the Giant Eagle Creativity Zone at the Three Rivers Arts Festival.
June 11, 2016 – Presentation, tour, and robot demo for high school students visiting CMU from Chicago, IL.

May 2016

May 26, 2016 – FLL Jr Demo Day was held at the practice field at NREC.  Students from all 4 teams presented their “Show Me” posters and LEGO models to their families and friends.  Each team chose a piece of trash and researched the ways the trash could be processed.  ZoZo Mindblowing Bananas, FLL Jr team 7397, from Avonworth Primary Center presented their poster and model about recycling clothing.  The Couch Crushers, FLL Jr team 7398, from Environmental Charter School presented their poster and model about how couches are “crushed.” The Trash LEGOs, FLL Jr team 3813, from Winchester Thurston’s North Campus presented their poster and model about recycling and reusing egg cartons. The Greek Goddesses, FLL Jr team 2397, from Winchester Thurston’s City Campus presented their poster and model about banana peels.
May 20, 2016 – We held our first “Aspiring Young Women in Robotics and STEM Symposium” at CMU for 71 middle school girls from the Pittsburgh area and as far away as Lewisburg PA in Union County.  Special guest speakers were: Howie Choset, PhD, CMU; Sarjoun Skaff, PhD, Bossa Nova Robotics and Jodi Forlizzi, PhD, CMU; Jared Rosenthal, 4moms. We also held 3 workshops: “Hand Tools” presented by Girls of Steel students and mentors, “Hummingbird Robotics Kits” presented by Birdbrain Technologies, and “mamaRoo dissection” presented by 4moms.
May 14, 2016 – American Association of University Women North Hills Pittsburgh Branch hosted Tech Savvy at La Roche College, an all-day event for middle school girls interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).  We presented our Girls of Steel pipeline during two sessions with demos of FRC, FTC, and FLL robots.
May 10, 2016 – Junior Achievement Career Fair.  We did a robot demo for hundreds of 5th graders and high school students from the Pittsburgh area.

April 2016

April 20, 2016 – After receiving the 2016 American Association of University Women (AAUW) “Gateway to Equity Award” from the North Hills Pittsburgh Branch we did a presentation about Girls of Steel for the members of the branch.
April 19, 2016 Today we kicked off the 4th FLL Jr team at Environmental Charter School.
April 16, 2016 – Fifth Annual Post-Season Scrimmage co-hosted with FRC 3260 SHARP.  Members of 8 FRC teams attended: FRC 117, FRC 1708, FRC 2656, FRC 3260, FRC 3504, FRC 4150, FRC 4467, and FRC 5740.
April 15, 2016 – Robot demo at the National Robotics Week Open House at CMU.
April 11, 2016 – Girls of Steel presentation and robot demo at CMU’S Tech Nights Open House.
April 6, 2016 – Girls of Steel meet presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at CMU and demo their 2016 robot, Byte.
April 4, 2016 – Today we kicked off three Girls of Steel FLL Junior teams at Avonworth Primary Center, Winchester Thurston City Campus and Winchester Thurston North.  A total of 18 girls are enrolled, 6 at each school.  

March  2016

March 19, 2016 – Mikayla, Corinne, Kristina, and Jean Marie led the chassis building workshop for 7 students in the Gelfand Saturday Class called “Intro to Mobile Robotics”.  They learned about safety and tools, and then assembled and tested the 6-wheel-drop kit bot chassis.

February 2016

February 26, 2016 – Alex, Clarisa, Eden, Gigi, Madelyn, and Natalie represented the Girls of Steel at the National Engineers Week demo at Westinghouse headquarters in Cranberry, PA.  They demoed Atlas and talked to lots of people about FIRST and Girls of Steel.  People stopped by for a chance to drive and play catch with Atlas.
February 23, 2016 – Alex, Cheyenne, Hope, Melissa, and Sydney represented the Girls of Steel at the Student Showcase at 2016 PETE&C in Hershey, PA.  They demoed Atlas, the 2014 robot, and Dori, the 2016 FTC robot, for other students and conference participants.  They also appeared on the PETE&C live stream.  Their post-trip comments included, “It was so great to see all of the people and children interested in our robots.”  and ” We visited the exhibitors and I loved looking at what other innovations to science and technology have been made.“
February 17, 2016 – Cub Scouts from Pack 600 in Bethel Park visited Girls of Steel at the practice field at NREC during a drive team meeting.  They learned about the 2016 game, Stronghold, and had a chance to explore the field set up – crawling under the low bar and crossing over the ramparts, and peeking through the low goals. Plus they took turns driving our outreach robot, Atlas.
February 14, 2016 – Girls of Steel junior members FTC team 9820 second competition: I Heart Robotics Qualifier Tournament at Emmaus High School in Emmaus PA.  They finished 13th of 23 teams.

January 2016

January 23, 2016 – Skype call with rookie FRC team 5871 The Chickadees from Boise Idaho.
January 16, 2016 – Girls of Steel junior members of FTC team 9820 had their first competition: Pittsburgh Area FTC Qualifier Tournament at Shady Side Academy. They decided to register for a 2nd qualifying competition, coming up on February 14, 2016
.January 10, 2016 – FTC team 7143, Fluid Fusion, visited CMU to practice at the FTC Res-Q practice field with the Girls of Steel juniors.
January 9, 2016 – The Girls of Steel FLL teams 2641, 4212, and 18137  competed at the Western PA Championship Competition at  La Roche College.  Unfortunately this was the same day as FRC kickoff, so some of the girls missed the kickoff event, watching the events online using their cellphones.

2015

December 2015

December 19, 2015 – End of Preseason Project mock competition with FRC teams 3260 and 117, along with robot demos by the Girls of Steel FTC and FLL teams for our guests at the Holiday Open House.
December 12, 2015 – We helped the Girls of Steel junior members of FTC team 9820 at their first scrimmage: Pittsburgh Area FTC Scrimmage at Peters Township Middle School.
December 12, 2015 – We helped the Girls of Steel FLL teams 2641, 4212, and 18137 at their competitive scrimmage at Sci Tech Academy.
December 4, 6, 11, 18, 20, 21, & 23, 2015 – Girls of Steel volunteered at the Waterfront Barnes & Noble gift-wrapping station.  We wrapped lots of cool gifts and talked about Girls of Steel and FIRST with dozens of people.

November 2015

November 29, 2015 – Girls of Steel volunteered at the Waterfront Barnes & Noble for their first gift-wrapping session of the season. We displayed books and toys that we share at various outreach events. For example: Rosie Revere Engineer, Snap Circuits and Little Bits.
November 22, 2015 – Girls of Steel hosted a Chassis Building Workshop at the IU1 Fab Lab in Grindstone, PA, Fayette County. 10 middle school girls joined us to learn how to assemble a robot chassis and drive it.
November 13, 2015 – Girls of Steel welcomed members of FRC team 1816 The Green Machine for a tour of our new workspace.  The Green Machine was in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon to make a presentation at the oSTEM conference.
November 8, 2015 – Barnes & Noble Mini Maker Faire Girls of Steel hosted the chassis building workshop at the Mini Maker Faire event at the Barnes & Noble at the Waterfront.  Children stopped at our table to learn about FIRST, Girls of Steel, and assemble the drive train and electronics on the chassis.  After assembling the robot there was a little bit of time left to drive the robot before taking it apart for the next workshop.

October 2015

October 31, 2015 – FIRST LEGO League educational scrimmage at the CMU/Girls of Steel Practice Field.  We hosted a total of 11 teams (150 people) for the Halloween Scrimmage.  It was a lot of fun to see all the kids in costumes testing and competing with their LEGO robots.
October 29, 2015 – Sci Tech Academy Fall Festival We hosted a demo of Ada, button making, balancing robots, etc. We weren’t able to drive Ada, but the participants still had lots of questions about how the robot was made and how it works.
October 11, 2015 – International Day of the Girl at the Union Project in Pittsburgh. Lots of local girls visited our table where we had activities such as the marshmallow tooth pick structure building activity and Snap Circuits.  The other cool thing about the International Day of the Girl is that, thanks to one of our mentors, GoS was one of the sponsors and our logo is on their website and the DOTG t-shirt.
October 10 & 11, 2015 – Maker Faire Pittsburgh This was a two-day event with over 200 groups or vendors.  We were part of the Pittsburgh FRC team booth with SHARP, Quasics, and FRobotics.  We had a table where kids could decorate safety glasses to wear when driving Ada and make buttons, and each day there were robot demos. “The Pittsburgh Maker Faire was a refreshing blast of creativity. There were art and science activities as the primary interactive exhibits. Visitors had the opportunity to experience unique, innovative toys and ideas, and immerse themselves in a diverse environment.”
October 4, 2015 – “Girls Rock Science” at the Carnegie Science Center  Girls of Steel hosted the chassis building workshop at the “Girls Rock Science” event.  Children stopped at our table to learn about FIRST, Girls of Steel, and assemble the drive train and electronics on the chassis.  We didn’t get to drive the robot due to space limitations, but the kids still had fun taking part in building a robot.

September 2015

September 26 & 27, 2015 – Girls of Steel hosted Robot Petting Zoo Makeathon at the Practice Field. High school students worked from 10 to 5 on both Saturday and Sunday using Hummingbird robotics kits to create a variety of animals for the Robot Petting Zoo at Maker Faire Pittsburgh: triceratops, unicorn, bat, monkey, elephant, & dragon.
September 23, 2015 – Time Travel Learning Party at Assemble.  Anne Kailin and Becca hosted a variety of STEM activities at the Learning Party.