<p>Santash Shah, the lead mentor for 4-H Palindrome Robotics, is illuminated by the camera aboard the team's robot as he makes adjustments during a demonstration at Delaware's National Robotics Day exhibition, held at the Barclay's building in Wilmington on Saturday morning, April 5, 2014.(Photo: KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL, KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL)Story HighlightsFAME Inc., was founded in 1977 by Dupont to increase the number of female and minority scientists and engineers.During the recent recession, there were 3.8 job openings in STEM fields for every jobseeker in those fields.</p><p>WILMINGTON When Derrick Hunter was in sixth grade, a teacher recognized his interest in math and suggested he go to a program on the weekend to enrich what he was learning at school.</p><p>A Saturday of academics did not immediately appeal to him, but his mother urged him to give it a chance. The persistence paid off.</p><p>Now a 17-year-old junior at Mount Pleasant High School, Hunter looks forward to building robots on the weekend. His favorite class in school is engineering. He plans to major in the architectural engineering in college.</p><p><a href="http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/education/2014/04/05/robotics-day-targets-minority-students-careers/7366591/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/handson-with-robots-to-improve-basics/article5876590.ece">Hands-on with robots, to improve basics</a> (The Hindu)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dIdz21vf9wIjg_MuXPcrSLuItplaM&authuser=0&ned=us">2 additional articles.</a></p>