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FIRST History
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded by Dean Kamen in 1989. The goal of FIRST is to inspire students to enjoy and pursue science, math and technology and consider these fields as a career. FIRST relies mostly on vast amounts of dedicated volunteer mentors to keep the program alive. Currently FIRST has over 25,000 volunteers all together which allows it to reach over 90,000 students. FIRST is a program that is deeply rooted in Canada and the United States, and is spreading throughout the world in countries such as Australia and Israel. FIRST offers many different programs for kids of all ages. For the young, budding engineer elementary school and junior high students in grades 4-8 they have a program called FIRST Lego League (FLL), where students build a robot that completes nine missions autonomously. For High School students they have FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) and FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). FTC is a robot competition in which teams build a small 18 inch box robot to compete in sport based games. This program is intended for developing communities who cannot support a FRC team. FRC is very similar, except to a much larger extent. It gives teams a chance to design, build, assemble, and test a robot that is capable of completing a task in competition against other robots with only a six week build season. With any program by FIRST students are guaranteed to experience more than they could ever imagine. By being involved with FIRST, students have a better understanding of today's world and technologies. They gain experiences that will prepare them for their futures. FIRST is like no other organization due to the innovative ways it prepares the future leaders of the world to become their best.
Dean Kamen is an American entrepreneur and inventor most famous for his development of the Segway. He is involved in the development of many other inventions such as the iBOT wheelchair and water purification and energy production inventions for underdeveloped countries. In 1989, Dean Kamen founded FIRST in hope to encourage the world's youth to consider the possibilities within the science and technology fields. Today FIRST is an international organization challenging the minds of students within Israel, Brazil, Canada, Australia, and the United States. Kamen has received many awards for his contributions in the engineering field including the Lemelson-MIT Prize and the Heinz Award as well as honorary degrees from many prestigious colleges.
Woodie Flowers is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology specializing in mechanical engineering. Earning a Bachelors of Science at Louisiana Polytechnic University and masters and doctorates at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Woodie Flowers became an assistant professor in 1972 and a professor in 1988. In 1989 Woodie co-founded FIRST with Dean Kamen to inspire students across the world within the science and technology fields. Every year since 1996, an award has been given to a single mentor or coach dubbed the "Woodie Flowers Award" for outstand involvement and contributions to FIRST. Woodie is also contributed with authoring the phrase "Gracious Professionalism," the basis of FIRST's goals and intent. "Gracious Professionalism" is competing competitively throughout the competition while also having everyone win by supplying a helping hand when necessary. There are winners and losers in FIRST but in the end what matters most is having fun and experiencing science and technology FIRSThand.
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21300 College Boulevard
Olathe, KS, 66061
Email:
For General Team Questions
dworcester@olatheschools.com
For Sponsorship Information
cfo@ravonics.net
For Website Issues
cio@ravonics.net