Eric J. Van Gemeren
Executive Chair, FIRST in Texas
“ITKAN is one of the most rapidly growing and impactful robotics networks I've seen in Texas.”
Impact
Industry Connections.
Founders, CEOs, and research institutions back ITKAN — and corporate partnerships fuel the pipeline that takes students from a first robot to a STEM career.
Recognition
Founders and executives across manufacturing, media, technology, and research who endorse the work.
Sandia National Laboratories
U.S. National Research Laboratory
“Local Islamic Center kids and their Sandia coach win big at the international FIRST LEGO League STEM competition.”
Aneesa Muthana
Founder of M&M Grinding Services
Endorses ITKAN
Yusuf Omar
Founder of SEEN TV Network
Endorses ITKAN
Lena AlAbbasi
Founder of Spectrum Scan
Endorses ITKAN
Raymond Soussa
Co-Founder of Eternal Sparks
Endorses ITKAN
Anas AlJumaily
Co-Founder of Gently
Endorses ITKAN
Marwan Nafal
CEO of Jamy Properties
Endorses ITKAN
Shazim Mohammed
Founder of Glorious Gaming
Endorses ITKAN
Partnerships
The corporate and research partnerships behind ITKAN's labs, tools, and global reach.
01
T-Mobile Foundation — CAD Lab
A $20,000 grant funded ITKAN's CAD Lab; T-Mobile engineers came onsite to build out the space, and the company now lists ITKAN as an official volunteer program.
02
SWYFT — open-source manufacturing
ITKAN's open-source CAD library and free laser-cutting service, used by 3,000+ FIRST teams across 20 countries.
03
Sandia National Laboratories
ITKAN's roots trace to a Sandia scientist teaching robotics in New Mexico; the lab publicly celebrated the team's breakout international win.
04
KAUST, Saudi Arabia
A partnership with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology launched one of Saudi Arabia's first FTC teams at a world-class research institution.
05
Texas Instruments
Featured at TI's Bring Your Kids to Work Day, putting ITKAN robotics in front of engineering families across DFW.
06
$1.24M secured · train-the-trainer
ITKAN has secured $1.24M in grants for its own operations, then taught grant-writing to mentee teams who have raised $500K on their own.