Martin Willis, a technology teacher at Jal Junior High, instructs his students at the Air Force Research Laboratory's La Luz Academy Robotic Challenge Expo March 9 at Kirtland. Willis brought 31 students to the event, that saw more than 100 students representing seven schools compete. The event aims to stretch students' programming skills, as well as generate interest in the science, technology, engineering and math fields in the next generation of scientists and engineers.