Ribbon Cutting at Texas State Capitol Launches Eight New State-of-the-Art Mobile Labs

Nonprofit Learning Undefeated is partnering with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to engage the next generation of innovators through state-of-the-art mobile STEM labs – and they’re coming straight to the school parking lot.

A ribbon cutting event on the Texas State Capitol Mall on September 10, 2025 celebrated the launch of eight new Texas Mobile STEM Labs vehicles for Texas public schools.

“The Texas Mobile STEM Labs program began with a simple idea: what can we do to bring hands-on STEM learning to students across the state of Texas?” said Brian Gaines, CEO of Learning Undefeated at the ribbon cutting event. “With the launch of eight new labs today, this program is directly preparing our students for the future workforce, educating the next generation of leaders for the high-demand STEM careers that will power Texas forward.”

a group of people cutting a red ribbon in front of a mobile laboratory — Learning Undefeated mobile lab ribbon cutting in Austin, Texas on September 10, 2025.

TEA, Learning Undefeated Launch Texas Mobile STEM Lab Expansion at the Texas State Capitol

Eight simultaneous ribbon cutting events held statewide

Said TEA Deputy Commissioner Alejandro Delgado, “In an ever-changing world, access to STEM education remains critical to help prepare our students for career pathways and lifelong success. At the [Texas Education] Agency, our mission is to ensure that students have access to college, career, and the military.”

Nonprofit Learning Undefeated launched the first Texas Mobile STEM Laboratory in partnership with TEA in 2020. All nine labs are custom-outfitted STEM learning spaces offering engaging, hands-on STEM experiences for students and teachers, teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics topics and skills. The TEA-approved curriculum models STEM practices and encourages teachers to integrate engineering design challenges into everyday classroom activities.

Simultaneous ribbon cutting events were also held onboard all other labs in the Texas Mobile STEM Labs fleet, deployed at schools across the state.

a group of people holding a ribbon cutting event at the Texas Mobile STEM Lab — Students at Rice Elementary School in Rice, Texas celebrate the expansion of the Texas Mobile STEM Labs program with a ribbon cutting event at their school.

All Mobile STEM Laboratories deliver K-8 STEM activities that integrate content knowledge, the engineering design process, and technology/equipment that can be transported to all regions of Texas. The Mobile STEM Laboratories contain technology, consumables, equipment, and activity guides for educators aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Each mobile lab will serve at least 30 campuses annually.

Onboard any of the Texas Mobile STEM Labs, K-8 students solve TEA-approved, TEKS-aligned engineering design challenges taught by professional STEM educators. All curriculum and lab visits are provided free of charge for schools. Thanks to an exciting program expansion for the 2025/26 school year, the Texas Mobile STEM Labs program now includes nine traveling laboratories, visiting 270 school districts in all 20 education service regions. Since its inception in 2020, the program has served over 33,000 Texas K-8 students to date.