Wichita HomeSchool won both the BEST Award and the Head-to-Head Robot Performance event at the 2022 Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) competition.
Kansas BEST is co-sponsored by Wichita State's College of Engineering and is designed to inspire and motivate students toward careers in STEM. This year’s game was titled “Made 2 Order,” and the theme was order fulfillment.
Four of the top competitors qualified for the regional championship in Denver, Colorado, at the Colorado School of Mines, Dec. 3-4. Accompanying Wichita HomeSchool will be: Garden City High School (2nd place BEST Award and 2nd place Robot Performance); Valley Center High School (3rd place Robot Performance); and Canton-Galva High School (4th place Robot Performance).
Other top awards from the 2021 Kansas BEST competition:
- The Founder’s Award for Creative Design by Textron Aviation
Garden City High School - Army ROTC Most Robust Machine Award
Wichita Homeschool - Spirit Aerosystems Best Critical Design Review
Garden City High School - The Top Gun Award for most points scored in a single match
Wichita Homeschool - Spirit and Sportsmanship
Rose Hill High School
A complete list of all the awards presented can be found here, and a video of the presentations can be found here.
The event is co-sponsored by Textron Aviation, ROTC and Spirit AeroSystems.
Wichita State University is Kansas' only urban public research university, enrolling almost 22,000 students between its main campus and WSU Tech, including students from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries. Wichita State and WSU Tech are recognized for being student centered and innovation driven.
Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Wichita State University provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.
The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the Wichita State University main campus, is one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing over 120 acres and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.
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