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Champion of Mars Rover 2013 State Competiton is  Team Thunder from Flat Lick Elementary,Knox County. Team members: Zach Patterson, Bryson Alewine, Andrew Sizemore, Ryleigh Swafford, Victor Bingham Thanks to our sponsors: Lockheed Martin, CPE and PLTWKY for funding this event.   18 teams from 6 school districts competed. The winners are:   1st place: Knox County, Team Thunder [...]

  Hunter Edward Goree and Jeremy Taylor Shields from Graves County High School won the best project award in the IP Pitch Pilot Contest for their project ‘Rest Easy Hunting Apparatus’! Their idea tackles the unlikelyhood of a hunter wearing safety harness because of discomfort or inconvenience.  By providing maximum protection from taking a fall [...]

PLTWKY hosting IP Pitch pilot contest on UK campus with supprt from the Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship and Kentucky Association of Manufacturers & Foundation of Kentucky Industry. Dates:  March 13-14, 2013, UK Campus, Lexington, KY Location:  Davis Marksbury Building for the pitch contest, followed by Campus Tours of Engineering, the Business School, and Basketball [...]

PLTWKY joins KAM in celebrating Manufacturing Day today, Oct 5, 2012,  by raising awareness of Career Pathway Opportunities. KAM is a partner of  PLTWKY Watch this video, PLTW Pre-Engineering program in Franklin County: http://kytech.ky.gov/PRE_ENGINEERING_FRANKLIN_CO.wmv To highlight the importance of manufacturing to Kentucky’s economy and draw attention to the many rewarding, high-skill careers available in manufacturing [...]

PLTWKY joins KAM in celebrating Manufacturing Day today, Oct 5, 2012,  by raising awareness of Career Pathway Opportunities. KAM is a partner of  PLTWKY Watch this STEM Education Lab video,  Kentucky P20 Innovation Lab:  http://youtu.be/R8twBGoGRqc To highlight the importance of manufacturing to Kentucky’s economy and draw attention to the many rewarding, high-skill careers available in [...]