Education and Sponsorship with WCI

We believe that education in STEM principles and manufacturing trades is important to the future success of our community. Waterjet Cutting of Indiana offers sponsorship and mentoring to students all across the country. Over our years of business we have sponsored student teams in robotics, motorsports, cycling, design, and academics. Our owner, Michael Trapp believes in giving every student the opportunity to learn industry-leading design and manufacturing methods. Mr. Trapp has been a  mentor in FIRST robotics since 2004, and opens WCI for hundreds of students each year to help make their ideas a reality.

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Opportunities Available

We support educational programs in a variety of ways. What is listed here is what WCI historically has supported, but the ways we can help the future scientists, designers, and engineers that contact us are always growing!

Programs Assisted and Services Donated by Waterjet Cutting of Indiana:

• Robotics
  • FIRST
  • VeX
  • Lunar Challenge
  • DARPA Grand Challenge
  • BattleBots
• Motorsports
  • Formula SAE
  • University-level Baja
  • Super Mileage
• Senior Projects
  • Adaptive Headlighting
  • Automated Card Dealing
  • Automated Aquatic Golf Ball Recovery
• Engineering Competitions
  • Solar Vehicle
  • Electric Motorsports
  • Human-Powered Vehicle
• Internships
  • Engineering CAD/Quotation
  • Skilled Trades

Rules and regulations for eligibility:

Visit https://www.protomax.com/software to acquire a 90-day seat of the OMAX Intellimax software. All parts are required to be drawn and pathed prior to sessions at WCI. Schedule a time to be taught how to use the software with WCI after your seat is installed.

​04/28/17: All FIRST team awards are not eligible for sponsored machining/material donation
​05/08/17: All FIRST off-season projects are not eligible unless under special permissions
01/16/19: FIRST Teams can have field components cut from FIRST provided nests for an at-cost charge