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Updates from across the ITKAN network: competitions, recognition, partnerships, student stories, and announcements.

The combined ITKAN North Carolina team poses with FIRST Tech Challenge award pennants at the Carolinas Premier EventCompetition

ITKAN Janktastrophe finishes as Finalist Alliance Captain at the Carolinas Premier Event

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN's North Carolina teams joined forces as Team 24064 – ITKAN Janktastrophe for the world's first 24-hour FTC endurance event, closing qualifications as the #1 seed with a world-record 714 before leading their alliance to the championship finals.

Ma'ruf community students hold up laptops showing their Onshape CAD sketches at the ITKAN Innovation HubCommunity

ITKAN + Ma'ruf Robotics Camp goes from building to designing with CAD

Sophia Baragatti & Majdoleen Al-JameBy Sophia Baragatti & Majdoleen Al-Jame

This week at the ITKAN + Ma'ruf Robotics Camp, refugee students traded builds for sketches — learning real CAD fundamentals in Onshape and turning their own drawings into robot parts of their own design.

Students and a mentor gather around a laptop and robot components during ITKAN–MAS Portland's first sessionAnnouncement

ITKAN–MAS Portland, Oregon launches its pilot program

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN–MAS Portland ran its first-ever session this month, and turnout, student skill, and coaching all cleared the bar — the newest sign that ITKAN's community-built model travels well beyond North Texas.

ITKAN students watch live teleop robot code on a large screen at the Innovation Hub while a student tests it with a controllerCommunity

ITKAN's Mantik platform reaches over 4,500 users

Nazim AyubBy Nazim Ayub

Mantik, a free programming curriculum built by ITKAN students, has grown from the Innovation Hub into one of the network's most visible contributions to the wider FIRST community — used by 30+ students locally and discovered by teams across 14 countries since its June 2025 launch.

Ma'ruf community students work with robotics kits at tables in the ITKAN Innovation Hub STEM classroomCommunity

ITKAN + Ma'ruf Robotics Camp takes off at the Innovation Hub!

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN welcomed 15 refugee students from the Ma'ruf community to the Innovation Hub for a hands-on day of robotics and STEM — many experiencing robotics for the very first time, guided by ITKAN's student mentors.

The ITKAN ICQC team poses with their robot at the Istanbul Premier EventCompetition

ITKAN's ICQC team emerges as Rumeli Division Semifinalists at the Istanbul Premier Event

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN's ICQC team traveled to Istanbul, Turkey for the Istanbul Premier Event and finished as Rumeli Division Semifinalists — overcoming a missing practice field and language barriers through teamwork and international collaboration.

ITKAN Solar (FTC #19564) students gather on the competition stage at the Multinational Tech Invitational, beside the red FTC fieldCompetition

ITKAN Solar takes the world stage at MTI and defeats current world champions

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

At the Multinational Tech Invitational, ITKAN Solar proved it belongs among the world's best — reaching the finals and toppling the current world champions and a world finalist along the way.

ITKAN Robotics 9128 and ITKAN Girls 10340 stand together on the TRI competition floor, holding their team banners and robotsCompetition

ITKAN's FRC teams dominate TRI 2026 and take home victory

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN's FRC teams brought home a championship from the 2026 Texas Robotics Invitational — Robotics 9128 and Girls 10340 topping a deep national field through smart alliances, sharp networking, and relentless dedication.

ITKAN Girls 10340 stand at the TRI competition field holding the Texas Robotics Invitational 2026 Champion bannerCompetition

ITKAN Girls 10340 are 2026 TRI Girls Drive Tournament Champions

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

At the 2026 Texas Robotics Invitational, ITKAN Girls 10340 won the Girls Drive Tournament — channeling resilience, teamwork, and their hard-won engineering knowledge into a dominant 3–1 run.

Texas Instruments engineers and ITKAN students and coaches gathered at the ITKAN Innovation HubPartnership

Texas Instruments engineers visit ITKAN to support our FRC team

Ishak JamaBy Ishak Jama

A team of engineers from Texas Instruments joined us at the ITKAN Innovation Hub to meet our students and coaches, walk through the robot's electrical system, and commit their expertise to help us prepare for the upcoming FRC season.

ITKAN students gather for the opening session of the FLL Summer Training Program at the Innovation HubCommunity

ITKAN launches its first-ever FLL Summer Training Program

Jumana OmarBy Jumana Omar

ITKAN expanded its summer training tradition to its youngest competitors. The inaugural FLL Summer Training Program kicked off Saturday, with students assembling SPIKE Prime robots, writing their first lines of block code, and sketching out innovation-project ideas, all in a single day.

ITKAN students coding at laptops during Summer Training, FRC program on the big screenCommunity

ITKAN kicks off Summer Training 2026–2027

Masa HammoudahBy Masa Hammoudah

ITKAN's 8-week Summer Training Program is underway, CAD and programming tracks running in parallel, building toward a competition-ready robot and culminating in a live Mock Season.

Leaders of 25 North Texas masjids and Islamic organizations with ITKAN students at the NTIC LuncheonCommunity

North Texas Islamic community gathers at the ITKAN Innovation Hub

Leaders from 25 masjids and Islamic organizations across North Texas, 35 representatives in all, gathered with the North Texas Islamic Council for a luncheon at the ITKAN Innovation Hub, with addresses from ISNA's CEO, the NTIC President, and community imams.

ITKAN Innovation Summer Camp 2.0 flyer, June 8–18, ages 6–14, ITKAN Innovation Hub, Plano TXAnnouncement

ITKAN Innovation Summer Camp 2.0, registration open

A hands-on STEM & robotics camp for ages 6–14: programming, robotics, electrical engineering, and CAD design through interactive projects. June 8–18 (Mon–Thu), 10 AM–1 PM at the ITKAN Innovation Hub in Plano, TX. Limited spots, register today.

ITKAN Robotics Open House flyer, May 30th, 2–4 PM, ITKAN Innovation Hub, Plano TXAnnouncement

ITKAN Robotics Open House, recruitment now open

Join the award-winning ITKAN Robotics teams as we open recruitment for next season: FTC for grades 6–8 and FRC for grades 9–12. Open House May 30th, 2:00–4:00 PM at the ITKAN Innovation Hub in Plano, TX.

ITKAN Robotics Team 9128 with their trophy and flags at the 2026 FIRST World Championship in HoustonCompetition

From Plano to the world stage: ITKAN at the 2026 FIRST Championship

Safiyya Mohammed & Arfa YoussefSafiyya Mohammed & Arfa YoussefBy Safiyya Mohammed & Arfa Youssef

Both ITKAN FRC teams competed at the FIRST World Championship in Houston. Team 9128 reached the final four of the Newton Division and won the Engineering Inspiration Award; second-year ITKAN Girls 10340 made the playoffs in the Johnson Division.

ITKAN student gives a live robot demonstration to a Texas Instruments volunteer at the Innovation Hub, Plano TXPartnership

Texas Instruments engineers visit the ITKAN Innovation Hub

Yassin AliBy Yassin Ali

Engineers from Texas Instruments, a sponsor of ITKAN Robotics 9128, spent the day mentoring students, watching live robot demonstrations, and opening a direct window into careers in technology.

ITKAN Robotics Team 9128 with the 2026 FIRST In Texas District Championship winner bannerCompetition

ITKAN crowned 2026 Texas State Champions

Rameez NathooBy Rameez Nathoo

At the FIRST In Texas District Championship in Houston, Team 9128 went undefeated through the Apollo Division playoffs to win the District Championship, the state's highest honor, while ITKAN Girls 10340 reached the Finals as an Alliance Captain and earned the Autonomous Award.

ITKAN FTC team in actionPartnership

ITKAN launches FTC team at KAUST in Saudi Arabia

A partnership born on Al Jazeera. AI researcher Dr. Mohammed ElHoseiny found ITKAN through a 2023 Al Jazeera Nightly News feature, visited the lab, and partnered with us to launch only the third FTC team in Saudi Arabia, based at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

ITKAN FRC team carrying their robot at the Farmersville District EventCompetition

FRC 9128 and Itkan Girls 10340 sweep Farmersville

A historic triumph at the Farmersville District Event. Both teams secured District Championships, and 9128 claimed the prestigious Impact Award, FIRST's highest non-competitive honor.

ITKAN Innovation Hub building, Plano, TexasAnnouncement

ITKAN opens 24,000 sqft Innovation Hub in Plano

Our flagship facility is now home to 3 FTC fields and a full FRC field, open to the North Texas FIRST community. From a 500 sqft room in 2022 to 6,000 sqft in 2023, the new Hub is the third home of the network in four years.

ITKAN team at GEM Summit in DohaGlobal

GEM Summit Doha: connecting with 1,000+ innovators from 120 countries

ITKAN took the international stage at GEM Summit in Doha, Qatar: running workshops at our booth, presenting on the main stage, and forming a partnership with the Qatar Foundation to expand STEM/FIRST across the Middle East, India, and Bangladesh.

ITKAN students building a custom ride-on car for GoBabyGoCommunity

Building Azah's car: an off-season GoBabyGo partnership

Our team spent the off-season designing and modifying a ride-on car for Azah, an 8-year-old in Houston with down syndrome. The custom build was delivered in person, and the GoBabyGo collaboration is now a yearly tradition.

ITKAN North Carolina chapter teamCommunity

How one conversation at ICNA 2023 became 10 NC teams

At the ICNA 2023 convention in Baltimore, ITKAN met community leader Ibad Ar-Rahman. That single conversation became the catalyst for our largest non-Texas footprint: 10 teams across North Carolina, with 100% advancement to the State Championship.

The combined ITKAN North Carolina team poses with FIRST Tech Challenge award pennants at the Carolinas Premier EventCompetition

ITKAN Janktastrophe finishes as Finalist Alliance Captain at the Carolinas Premier Event

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN's North Carolina teams joined forces as Team 24064 – ITKAN Janktastrophe for the world's first 24-hour FTC endurance event, closing qualifications as the #1 seed with a world-record 714 before leading their alliance to the championship finals.

Ma'ruf community students hold up laptops showing their Onshape CAD sketches at the ITKAN Innovation HubCommunity

ITKAN + Ma'ruf Robotics Camp goes from building to designing with CAD

Sophia Baragatti & Majdoleen Al-JameBy Sophia Baragatti & Majdoleen Al-Jame

This week at the ITKAN + Ma'ruf Robotics Camp, refugee students traded builds for sketches — learning real CAD fundamentals in Onshape and turning their own drawings into robot parts of their own design.

Students and a mentor gather around a laptop and robot components during ITKAN–MAS Portland's first sessionAnnouncement

ITKAN–MAS Portland, Oregon launches its pilot program

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN–MAS Portland ran its first-ever session this month, and turnout, student skill, and coaching all cleared the bar — the newest sign that ITKAN's community-built model travels well beyond North Texas.

ITKAN students watch live teleop robot code on a large screen at the Innovation Hub while a student tests it with a controllerCommunity

ITKAN's Mantik platform reaches over 4,500 users

Nazim AyubBy Nazim Ayub

Mantik, a free programming curriculum built by ITKAN students, has grown from the Innovation Hub into one of the network's most visible contributions to the wider FIRST community — used by 30+ students locally and discovered by teams across 14 countries since its June 2025 launch.

Ma'ruf community students work with robotics kits at tables in the ITKAN Innovation Hub STEM classroomCommunity

ITKAN + Ma'ruf Robotics Camp takes off at the Innovation Hub!

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN welcomed 15 refugee students from the Ma'ruf community to the Innovation Hub for a hands-on day of robotics and STEM — many experiencing robotics for the very first time, guided by ITKAN's student mentors.

The ITKAN ICQC team poses with their robot at the Istanbul Premier EventCompetition

ITKAN's ICQC team emerges as Rumeli Division Semifinalists at the Istanbul Premier Event

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN's ICQC team traveled to Istanbul, Turkey for the Istanbul Premier Event and finished as Rumeli Division Semifinalists — overcoming a missing practice field and language barriers through teamwork and international collaboration.

ITKAN Solar (FTC #19564) students gather on the competition stage at the Multinational Tech Invitational, beside the red FTC fieldCompetition

ITKAN Solar takes the world stage at MTI and defeats current world champions

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

At the Multinational Tech Invitational, ITKAN Solar proved it belongs among the world's best — reaching the finals and toppling the current world champions and a world finalist along the way.

ITKAN Robotics 9128 and ITKAN Girls 10340 stand together on the TRI competition floor, holding their team banners and robotsCompetition

ITKAN's FRC teams dominate TRI 2026 and take home victory

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN's FRC teams brought home a championship from the 2026 Texas Robotics Invitational — Robotics 9128 and Girls 10340 topping a deep national field through smart alliances, sharp networking, and relentless dedication.

ITKAN Girls 10340 stand at the TRI competition field holding the Texas Robotics Invitational 2026 Champion bannerCompetition

ITKAN Girls 10340 are 2026 TRI Girls Drive Tournament Champions

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

At the 2026 Texas Robotics Invitational, ITKAN Girls 10340 won the Girls Drive Tournament — channeling resilience, teamwork, and their hard-won engineering knowledge into a dominant 3–1 run.

Texas Instruments engineers and ITKAN students and coaches gathered at the ITKAN Innovation HubPartnership

Texas Instruments engineers visit ITKAN to support our FRC team

Ishak JamaBy Ishak Jama

A team of engineers from Texas Instruments joined us at the ITKAN Innovation Hub to meet our students and coaches, walk through the robot's electrical system, and commit their expertise to help us prepare for the upcoming FRC season.

ITKAN students gather for the opening session of the FLL Summer Training Program at the Innovation HubCommunity

ITKAN launches its first-ever FLL Summer Training Program

Jumana OmarBy Jumana Omar

ITKAN expanded its summer training tradition to its youngest competitors. The inaugural FLL Summer Training Program kicked off Saturday, with students assembling SPIKE Prime robots, writing their first lines of block code, and sketching out innovation-project ideas, all in a single day.

ITKAN students coding at laptops during Summer Training, FRC program on the big screenCommunity

ITKAN kicks off Summer Training 2026–2027

Masa HammoudahBy Masa Hammoudah

ITKAN's 8-week Summer Training Program is underway, CAD and programming tracks running in parallel, building toward a competition-ready robot and culminating in a live Mock Season.

Leaders of 25 North Texas masjids and Islamic organizations with ITKAN students at the NTIC LuncheonCommunity

North Texas Islamic community gathers at the ITKAN Innovation Hub

Leaders from 25 masjids and Islamic organizations across North Texas, 35 representatives in all, gathered with the North Texas Islamic Council for a luncheon at the ITKAN Innovation Hub, with addresses from ISNA's CEO, the NTIC President, and community imams.

ITKAN Innovation Summer Camp 2.0 flyer, June 8–18, ages 6–14, ITKAN Innovation Hub, Plano TXAnnouncement

ITKAN Innovation Summer Camp 2.0, registration open

A hands-on STEM & robotics camp for ages 6–14: programming, robotics, electrical engineering, and CAD design through interactive projects. June 8–18 (Mon–Thu), 10 AM–1 PM at the ITKAN Innovation Hub in Plano, TX. Limited spots, register today.

ITKAN Robotics Open House flyer, May 30th, 2–4 PM, ITKAN Innovation Hub, Plano TXAnnouncement

ITKAN Robotics Open House, recruitment now open

Join the award-winning ITKAN Robotics teams as we open recruitment for next season: FTC for grades 6–8 and FRC for grades 9–12. Open House May 30th, 2:00–4:00 PM at the ITKAN Innovation Hub in Plano, TX.

ITKAN Robotics Team 9128 with their trophy and flags at the 2026 FIRST World Championship in HoustonCompetition

From Plano to the world stage: ITKAN at the 2026 FIRST Championship

Safiyya Mohammed & Arfa YoussefSafiyya Mohammed & Arfa YoussefBy Safiyya Mohammed & Arfa Youssef

Both ITKAN FRC teams competed at the FIRST World Championship in Houston. Team 9128 reached the final four of the Newton Division and won the Engineering Inspiration Award; second-year ITKAN Girls 10340 made the playoffs in the Johnson Division.

ITKAN student gives a live robot demonstration to a Texas Instruments volunteer at the Innovation Hub, Plano TXPartnership

Texas Instruments engineers visit the ITKAN Innovation Hub

Yassin AliBy Yassin Ali

Engineers from Texas Instruments, a sponsor of ITKAN Robotics 9128, spent the day mentoring students, watching live robot demonstrations, and opening a direct window into careers in technology.

ITKAN Robotics Team 9128 with the 2026 FIRST In Texas District Championship winner bannerCompetition

ITKAN crowned 2026 Texas State Champions

Rameez NathooBy Rameez Nathoo

At the FIRST In Texas District Championship in Houston, Team 9128 went undefeated through the Apollo Division playoffs to win the District Championship, the state's highest honor, while ITKAN Girls 10340 reached the Finals as an Alliance Captain and earned the Autonomous Award.

ITKAN FTC team in actionPartnership

ITKAN launches FTC team at KAUST in Saudi Arabia

A partnership born on Al Jazeera. AI researcher Dr. Mohammed ElHoseiny found ITKAN through a 2023 Al Jazeera Nightly News feature, visited the lab, and partnered with us to launch only the third FTC team in Saudi Arabia, based at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

ITKAN FRC team carrying their robot at the Farmersville District EventCompetition

FRC 9128 and Itkan Girls 10340 sweep Farmersville

A historic triumph at the Farmersville District Event. Both teams secured District Championships, and 9128 claimed the prestigious Impact Award, FIRST's highest non-competitive honor.

ITKAN Innovation Hub building, Plano, TexasAnnouncement

ITKAN opens 24,000 sqft Innovation Hub in Plano

Our flagship facility is now home to 3 FTC fields and a full FRC field, open to the North Texas FIRST community. From a 500 sqft room in 2022 to 6,000 sqft in 2023, the new Hub is the third home of the network in four years.

ITKAN team at GEM Summit in DohaGlobal

GEM Summit Doha: connecting with 1,000+ innovators from 120 countries

ITKAN took the international stage at GEM Summit in Doha, Qatar: running workshops at our booth, presenting on the main stage, and forming a partnership with the Qatar Foundation to expand STEM/FIRST across the Middle East, India, and Bangladesh.

ITKAN students building a custom ride-on car for GoBabyGoCommunity

Building Azah's car: an off-season GoBabyGo partnership

Our team spent the off-season designing and modifying a ride-on car for Azah, an 8-year-old in Houston with down syndrome. The custom build was delivered in person, and the GoBabyGo collaboration is now a yearly tradition.

ITKAN North Carolina chapter teamCommunity

How one conversation at ICNA 2023 became 10 NC teams

At the ICNA 2023 convention in Baltimore, ITKAN met community leader Ibad Ar-Rahman. That single conversation became the catalyst for our largest non-Texas footprint: 10 teams across North Carolina, with 100% advancement to the State Championship.

The combined ITKAN North Carolina team poses with FIRST Tech Challenge award pennants at the Carolinas Premier EventCompetition

ITKAN Janktastrophe finishes as Finalist Alliance Captain at the Carolinas Premier Event

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN's North Carolina teams joined forces as Team 24064 – ITKAN Janktastrophe for the world's first 24-hour FTC endurance event, closing qualifications as the #1 seed with a world-record 714 before leading their alliance to the championship finals.

Ma'ruf community students hold up laptops showing their Onshape CAD sketches at the ITKAN Innovation HubCommunity

ITKAN + Ma'ruf Robotics Camp goes from building to designing with CAD

Sophia Baragatti & Majdoleen Al-JameBy Sophia Baragatti & Majdoleen Al-Jame

This week at the ITKAN + Ma'ruf Robotics Camp, refugee students traded builds for sketches — learning real CAD fundamentals in Onshape and turning their own drawings into robot parts of their own design.

Students and a mentor gather around a laptop and robot components during ITKAN–MAS Portland's first sessionAnnouncement

ITKAN–MAS Portland, Oregon launches its pilot program

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN–MAS Portland ran its first-ever session this month, and turnout, student skill, and coaching all cleared the bar — the newest sign that ITKAN's community-built model travels well beyond North Texas.

ITKAN students watch live teleop robot code on a large screen at the Innovation Hub while a student tests it with a controllerCommunity

ITKAN's Mantik platform reaches over 4,500 users

Nazim AyubBy Nazim Ayub

Mantik, a free programming curriculum built by ITKAN students, has grown from the Innovation Hub into one of the network's most visible contributions to the wider FIRST community — used by 30+ students locally and discovered by teams across 14 countries since its June 2025 launch.

Ma'ruf community students work with robotics kits at tables in the ITKAN Innovation Hub STEM classroomCommunity

ITKAN + Ma'ruf Robotics Camp takes off at the Innovation Hub!

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN welcomed 15 refugee students from the Ma'ruf community to the Innovation Hub for a hands-on day of robotics and STEM — many experiencing robotics for the very first time, guided by ITKAN's student mentors.

The ITKAN ICQC team poses with their robot at the Istanbul Premier EventCompetition

ITKAN's ICQC team emerges as Rumeli Division Semifinalists at the Istanbul Premier Event

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN's ICQC team traveled to Istanbul, Turkey for the Istanbul Premier Event and finished as Rumeli Division Semifinalists — overcoming a missing practice field and language barriers through teamwork and international collaboration.

ITKAN Solar (FTC #19564) students gather on the competition stage at the Multinational Tech Invitational, beside the red FTC fieldCompetition

ITKAN Solar takes the world stage at MTI and defeats current world champions

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

At the Multinational Tech Invitational, ITKAN Solar proved it belongs among the world's best — reaching the finals and toppling the current world champions and a world finalist along the way.

ITKAN Robotics 9128 and ITKAN Girls 10340 stand together on the TRI competition floor, holding their team banners and robotsCompetition

ITKAN's FRC teams dominate TRI 2026 and take home victory

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

ITKAN's FRC teams brought home a championship from the 2026 Texas Robotics Invitational — Robotics 9128 and Girls 10340 topping a deep national field through smart alliances, sharp networking, and relentless dedication.

ITKAN Girls 10340 stand at the TRI competition field holding the Texas Robotics Invitational 2026 Champion bannerCompetition

ITKAN Girls 10340 are 2026 TRI Girls Drive Tournament Champions

Sophia BaragattiBy Sophia Baragatti

At the 2026 Texas Robotics Invitational, ITKAN Girls 10340 won the Girls Drive Tournament — channeling resilience, teamwork, and their hard-won engineering knowledge into a dominant 3–1 run.

Texas Instruments engineers and ITKAN students and coaches gathered at the ITKAN Innovation HubPartnership

Texas Instruments engineers visit ITKAN to support our FRC team

Ishak JamaBy Ishak Jama

A team of engineers from Texas Instruments joined us at the ITKAN Innovation Hub to meet our students and coaches, walk through the robot's electrical system, and commit their expertise to help us prepare for the upcoming FRC season.

ITKAN students gather for the opening session of the FLL Summer Training Program at the Innovation HubCommunity

ITKAN launches its first-ever FLL Summer Training Program

Jumana OmarBy Jumana Omar

ITKAN expanded its summer training tradition to its youngest competitors. The inaugural FLL Summer Training Program kicked off Saturday, with students assembling SPIKE Prime robots, writing their first lines of block code, and sketching out innovation-project ideas, all in a single day.

ITKAN students coding at laptops during Summer Training, FRC program on the big screenCommunity

ITKAN kicks off Summer Training 2026–2027

Masa HammoudahBy Masa Hammoudah

ITKAN's 8-week Summer Training Program is underway, CAD and programming tracks running in parallel, building toward a competition-ready robot and culminating in a live Mock Season.

Leaders of 25 North Texas masjids and Islamic organizations with ITKAN students at the NTIC LuncheonCommunity

North Texas Islamic community gathers at the ITKAN Innovation Hub

Leaders from 25 masjids and Islamic organizations across North Texas, 35 representatives in all, gathered with the North Texas Islamic Council for a luncheon at the ITKAN Innovation Hub, with addresses from ISNA's CEO, the NTIC President, and community imams.

ITKAN Innovation Summer Camp 2.0 flyer, June 8–18, ages 6–14, ITKAN Innovation Hub, Plano TXAnnouncement

ITKAN Innovation Summer Camp 2.0, registration open

A hands-on STEM & robotics camp for ages 6–14: programming, robotics, electrical engineering, and CAD design through interactive projects. June 8–18 (Mon–Thu), 10 AM–1 PM at the ITKAN Innovation Hub in Plano, TX. Limited spots, register today.

ITKAN Robotics Open House flyer, May 30th, 2–4 PM, ITKAN Innovation Hub, Plano TXAnnouncement

ITKAN Robotics Open House, recruitment now open

Join the award-winning ITKAN Robotics teams as we open recruitment for next season: FTC for grades 6–8 and FRC for grades 9–12. Open House May 30th, 2:00–4:00 PM at the ITKAN Innovation Hub in Plano, TX.

ITKAN Robotics Team 9128 with their trophy and flags at the 2026 FIRST World Championship in HoustonCompetition

From Plano to the world stage: ITKAN at the 2026 FIRST Championship

Safiyya Mohammed & Arfa YoussefSafiyya Mohammed & Arfa YoussefBy Safiyya Mohammed & Arfa Youssef

Both ITKAN FRC teams competed at the FIRST World Championship in Houston. Team 9128 reached the final four of the Newton Division and won the Engineering Inspiration Award; second-year ITKAN Girls 10340 made the playoffs in the Johnson Division.

ITKAN student gives a live robot demonstration to a Texas Instruments volunteer at the Innovation Hub, Plano TXPartnership

Texas Instruments engineers visit the ITKAN Innovation Hub

Yassin AliBy Yassin Ali

Engineers from Texas Instruments, a sponsor of ITKAN Robotics 9128, spent the day mentoring students, watching live robot demonstrations, and opening a direct window into careers in technology.

ITKAN Robotics Team 9128 with the 2026 FIRST In Texas District Championship winner bannerCompetition

ITKAN crowned 2026 Texas State Champions

Rameez NathooBy Rameez Nathoo

At the FIRST In Texas District Championship in Houston, Team 9128 went undefeated through the Apollo Division playoffs to win the District Championship, the state's highest honor, while ITKAN Girls 10340 reached the Finals as an Alliance Captain and earned the Autonomous Award.

ITKAN FTC team in actionPartnership

ITKAN launches FTC team at KAUST in Saudi Arabia

A partnership born on Al Jazeera. AI researcher Dr. Mohammed ElHoseiny found ITKAN through a 2023 Al Jazeera Nightly News feature, visited the lab, and partnered with us to launch only the third FTC team in Saudi Arabia, based at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

ITKAN FRC team carrying their robot at the Farmersville District EventCompetition

FRC 9128 and Itkan Girls 10340 sweep Farmersville

A historic triumph at the Farmersville District Event. Both teams secured District Championships, and 9128 claimed the prestigious Impact Award, FIRST's highest non-competitive honor.

ITKAN Innovation Hub building, Plano, TexasAnnouncement

ITKAN opens 24,000 sqft Innovation Hub in Plano

Our flagship facility is now home to 3 FTC fields and a full FRC field, open to the North Texas FIRST community. From a 500 sqft room in 2022 to 6,000 sqft in 2023, the new Hub is the third home of the network in four years.

ITKAN team at GEM Summit in DohaGlobal

GEM Summit Doha: connecting with 1,000+ innovators from 120 countries

ITKAN took the international stage at GEM Summit in Doha, Qatar: running workshops at our booth, presenting on the main stage, and forming a partnership with the Qatar Foundation to expand STEM/FIRST across the Middle East, India, and Bangladesh.

ITKAN students building a custom ride-on car for GoBabyGoCommunity

Building Azah's car: an off-season GoBabyGo partnership

Our team spent the off-season designing and modifying a ride-on car for Azah, an 8-year-old in Houston with down syndrome. The custom build was delivered in person, and the GoBabyGo collaboration is now a yearly tradition.

ITKAN North Carolina chapter teamCommunity

How one conversation at ICNA 2023 became 10 NC teams

At the ICNA 2023 convention in Baltimore, ITKAN met community leader Ibad Ar-Rahman. That single conversation became the catalyst for our largest non-Texas footprint: 10 teams across North Carolina, with 100% advancement to the State Championship.