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Dos Pueblos Engineers Robotics Competition Victory
32-member squad defeats defending champs and qualifies for global contest.
The Dos Pueblos High Engineering Academy’s 32-member robotics team won the regional FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition in San Diego last week, qualifying for a global level of competition in the process.
Fifty teams competed in the San Diego regional, including the previous world championship team, which lost to Dos Pueblos in the finals. Worldwide, there are 1,500 teams competing in 40 FIRST regional events.
Dos Pueblos will compete in a second regional competition March 20-22 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Click here for more information.
With the regional win, Dos Pueblos qualified to move on to the global level of competition. Winning teams from the regional events will meet in Atlanta next month for the FIRST world championship.
Click here for information on how you can support the program through the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy Foundation.
Barbara Keyani is the Santa Barbara School Districts’ special projects and communication director.
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» on 03.12.08 @ 02:03 AM
Congratulations!
» on 03.12.08 @ 02:03 AM
The Regional Occupational Program (ROP) of the Santa Barbara County Education Office is so very proud of our teacher, Amir Abo-Shaeer, who founded the engineering academy and Robotics course at Dos Pueblos and continues to run that remarkable ROP program on the school’s campus. Kudos to an outstanding professional for his dedication and amazing successes. This is yet another example of how the partnership between ROP and local school districts pays great dividends for students.
» on 03.12.08 @ 12:54 PM
Why is my mouth always open in these?
» on 03.12.08 @ 02:42 PM
Way to go Team 1717 D’Penguineers! Anyone interested in learning more about the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy (DPEA) or the Robotics’ Team 1717 should visit the following website. http://www.dpengineering.org/ For information about how you can support the DPEA, please visit the Foundation website. http://www.dpeaf.org/ [Editor’s note: Sorry that was not included earlier. It’s been added to the article, too.]
» on 03.14.08 @ 02:33 AM
Who’s that good-looking guy on the far left?
» on 03.15.08 @ 04:58 AM
Congratulations team!
» on 03.18.08 @ 02:22 AM
Amir Abo-Shaeer is a shining example of a teacher who puts everything into his teaching and his students. What a role model! A teacher in every sense of the word! Dos Pueblos is fortunate to have him.
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