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March 31, 2009

2009 FIRST Award Winners

The Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering along with the sponsors for the 5th Anniversary of the FIRST Robotics Las Vegas Regional Competition: NSTec, LLC, Cirque du Soleil, Bechtel SAIC, American Pacific Corporation, UNLV Offices of the President; Student Life; CSUN, Undergraduate Recruitment & Admissions; and Catering, Thomas & Mack Center, Albertsons, Pepsi, Nevada Beverage Corporation, and Spectronix, are pleased to announce the award winners from the competition this past weekend.

Friday, March 27 Awards:

Autodesk Visualization
This award is determined by the student peers.  This award celebrates excellence in student animation and clearly illustrates the spirit of FIRST Robotics.
Team 585 “Cyber Penguins” from Tehachapi, CA

Imagery
Celebrates attractiveness in engineering and outstanding visual aesthetic integration from the machine to the team appearance.
Team 1538 “The Holy Cows” from San Diego, CA

Rockwell Automation Innovation in Control
Celebrates an innovative control system or application of control components to provide unique machine functions.
Team 8 " The Vikings" from Palo Alto, CA

Xerox Creativity
Celebrates creative design, use of a component, or a creative or unique strategy of play.
Team 1160, “Firebird Robotics” from San Marino, CA

Delphi “Driving Tomorrow’s Technology”
Celebrates an elegant and advantageous machine feature including, but not limited to design, wiring methods, material selection, programming techniques, and unique machine attributes.
Team 2037 “UCR” from AFNORTH AMERICAN DODEA Brunssum, Netherlands

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship
Celebrates the entrepreneurship spirit of a team which, since its inception, has developed the framework for a comprehensive business plan in order to scope, manage, and obtain team objectives.
Team 687 “Nerd Herd” from Carson, CA

Judges Award
Special merit recognition from the competition Judges.
Team 2543 “Titan Bot” from Chula Vista, CA

Website
Recognizes excellence in student-designed, built and managed FIRST team websites.
Team 1540 “Flaming Chickens” from Portland, OR

2009 Las Vegas Woodie Flowers Finalist
The Woodie Flowers Award celebrates effective communication in the art and science of engineering and design.  One adult mentor at each of the 40 Regional competitions is selected.

“By nurturing EVERY team member’s ideas, instilling patience and fairness, he gives us the spark of imagination that helps us focus on learning by doing, not just by observing a mentor.  Instead of just standing at the white board and drawing for us, he encourages us to list functions, to prioritize alternatives, and give constructive criticism in an engaging way, helping each other to understand what might, could, should, and CAN work.  He makes this FUN!”

Congratulations to Team 585, Thomas McMullen, the 2009 Las Vegas Regional Woodie Flowers Awardee.

Saturday, March 28 Awards:

General Motors Industrial Design
Celebrates form and function in an efficiently designed machine that effectively achieves the game challenge.
Team 1622  “Team Spyder” from Poway, CA

Motorola Quality
Celebrates machine robustness in concept and fabrication.  Quality is defined as a “degree of excellence” and “a high standard.”
Team 254 “Cheesy Poofs from San Jose, CA

Johnson & Johnson Gracious Professionalism
Celebrates outstanding sportsmanship and continuous gracious professionalism in the heat of competition, both on and off the playing field.
Team 60 “Bionic Bulldogs” from Kingman, AZ

Chrysler Team Spirit
Recognizes enthusiasm and spirit through an exceptional partnership and teamwork.
Team 3021 “The Caiman Agents” from Escondido, CA

Judges
Special merit recognition from the competition Judges
Team 330 “Beach Bot” from Hermosa Beach, CA

Rookie Inspiration
Celebrates a rookie team for outstanding effort as a FIRST team in community outreach and recruiting students to engineering.
Team 3006 “Fautline Robotics” from Salt Lake City, UT

Rookie All Star
With 6 rookie teams this was a difficult decision this year.  “They may be new, but they “Get it!”
Team 3009, “High Scalers” from Boulder City, NV

Highest Rookie Seed
Celebrates the highest seeded rookie team at the conclusion of the qualifying rounds.
Team 3006 “Fautline Robotics” from Salt Lake City, UT

Underwriter’s laboratories Industrial Safety
Celebrates the team that progress beyond safety fundamentals by using innovative ways to eliminate or protect against hazards.
Team 1622 “Team Spyder” from Poway, CA

Regional Finalist
Congratulations on making it to the finals!
Teams: 330 from Hermosa Beach, CA; Team 1197 from Torrance, CA; and 3006 from Salt Lake City, UT

Regional Champions
Congratulations to the 2009 Las Vegas Regional Champions:
Teams 987 from Las Vegas, NV; 1013 from Queen Creek, AZ, and 1622 from Poway, CA.

Engineering Inspiration
Inspiring other to respect science, engineering, and technology requires passion, knowledge, and commitment.
Team 1266 “The Devil Ducks” from San Diego, CA

Regional Chairman
Created to keep the central focus of the FRIST Robotics Competition on FIRST’s ultimate foal of transforming our culture in ways that will inspire greater respect for science and technology, and to encourage more young people to appreciate the real life rewards and career opportunities in those fields.
Team 987 “Highrollers” from Las Vegas, NV

Congratulations to all award winners and participants. We look forward to seeing you next year.

Engineer a Difference.