Igniting young minds. “It makes you feel if you try hard enough, you can do anything.” FIRST Team member EPORT R NNUAL 2008 A

FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1 What’s FIRST?

As the world moves ever closer to a true global economy, the challenge to develop a lasting interest in science and technology in the world’s young people has never been greater. This is what will propel our collective future. And that’s what FIRST TM is all about (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). As founder and renowned inventor Dean Kamen explains, “FIRST gives kids the opportunity to develop the muscle between their ears; to gain experience that will directly affect their future and our future as well.”

A youth inspirational tool A meeting of amazing minds Founded by Kamen in 1989 to “turn young people on” to career Tapping into the selfl ess support of thousands of volunteers, opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, this mentors, sponsors (including some of the world’s largest – 501(c)(3) not-for-profi t organization designs accessible, motivational and smallest – companies), educational institutions, and programs that combine team work, competition, and just plain fun government, teams on average from fi ve to 25 students in four to help build self-confi dence, knowledge, life skills, career paths, different age groups accept the challenge to fund, design, build, and a sense of “Gracious Professionalism.” In 2008, with the tireless and compete with robots of their own creation in local, national, assistance of more than 73,000 committed volunteers, close to 160,000 and international contests. Some win medals and substantial young people from every U.S. state and 37 additional countries were scholarships, but everybody wins new friends, skills, introduced to the joys of problem solving through engineering. confi dence, and untold personal rewards.

Step By Step...

“We are in a heated competition for the hearts and minds of kids, fi ghting for their attention in a world that too often points them in the wrong direction.”

Dean Kamen, FIRST Founder

2 Youth participants ...... 160,000 (ages 6-18) Mentors and volunteers ...... 73,000

An agent of cultural change Number of hours But FIRST is much more than a “techie” competition. donated by volunteers...... 5,671,400 It’s a cultural agent of change that brings all kinds of people together in a multi-generational, multi-talented, multi- U.S. States participating ...... 50 national way to make an impact on how kids think about Countries participating...... 37 themselves and who they choose to admire. Some team members will design and build a robot entry. Others will FRC recognition ...... 50,000 medallions, raise funds and create publicity. Still others will create team 2008 names, logos, and competition outfi ts. The skills they learn 2,200 trophies along the way all but guarantee them extraordinary career opportunities in a host of exciting fi elds. Scholarships available ...... 555 worth close to ACTS $10,000,000 A way to give back F Corporate sponsors ...... 3,500 FIRST also represents an exceptional opportunity for motivated individuals, institutions, and corporations to get FRC donated parts ...... 462,398

involved in the promise of tomorrow. As you learn more FIRST about FIRST in these pages, we hope you will consider Number of joining us in our quest to change the world for the better, robots constructed ...... 13,241 one young mind at a time. Growth of FIRST participation (over 2007) ...... 23% FIRST skills never stop building, starting in elementary schools and continuing through middle and high-school levels. Participants who As students progress from one level to the next, they bring with have a meaningful them mastered skills and concepts to aid in the challenge of learning experience...... 100% learning new and more diffi cult ones.

Ages High School Ages High School Challenge Engineering for results; Ages 6-9 Ages 9-14 Challenge Pre-Engineering (real-world industrial grade up to engineering challenges) 130 lb. robots Challenge Construction and Thematic Challenge Construction and Research ™ ® Solution (cause & effect) Hardware Pitsco TETRIX , LEGO Components FIRSTT Radio Control Set, ® ® Components MIND STORMS Education Sensors and Controllers, Hardware LEGO Education Hardware LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Robot Set, Sensors and Motors, Advanced Components Simple & Motorized Components Education Robot Set Mechanisms Set Controllers Visual Systems Disciplines STEM* Disciplines STEM* Disciplines General Science Disciplines STEM* Competition Thematic Problem Solving and Technology Competition Real-World Competitive Competition Sporting Event Research Project Challenge/Sporting Event Competition Thematic Design/ Exhibition and Robotic Software/ LabVIEW™, C++, Software/ LabVIEW™ Model Building Competition Hardware CompactRIO Hardware NXT-G Show-Me Poster ® ® Software/ LEGO MINDSTORMS ROBOTC Teaches Advanced Control Hardware Education NXT-G Software/ None Engineered Product for Teaches Programming Hardware Teaches Basic Control Real World Sensor Usage Cause & Effect Engineering Constraints Teaches Basic STEM* Advanced Control Team Work Industrial Design Interpersonal Skills Engineering Method Research & Presentation Project Management Building Skills Real-Time Prototyping Critical Thinking Team Work Team Work Project Management Time & Project Management Industrial Design Interactive Reliability Problem Solving Team Work Strategic and Tactical Thinking Tactical Thinking * STEM stands for Science, Co-opetition Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 3 Dean Kamen & John Abele

4 Fuel Fuel Founder’s & Chairman’s Letter

With the 2008 election year behind us, the importance of repairing our fragile global economy, combating the effects of climate change, replacing fossil-fueled energy production, and addressing worldwide public health needs has reached new heights of awareness. Many scholars agree that new discoveries and improvements in science and technology will be the essentials needed to meet all of these challenges head on. But the single most important challenge will be to produce the innovative, passionate scientists, engineers, and technicians who will show us the way. There will never be a shortage of opportunities for people who know how to solve problems.

As adults responsible for the success of future generations, we need only to ignite youthful passion for the wonders and joys of science and technology. But not enough of those young people will stay in school. Or go on to college. Or fi nd a mentor to guide them. That’s why the “cool factor” of FIRST, which attracts young people, has been and will continue to be so important. Its future is self- sustaining. Our “secret sauce” is inspiration…fueling one generation’s imagination to spark the next. As adults, thousands of students who come through the program re-ignite the passion in their communities, schools, and corporations.

2008 was a record year for FIRST participation and volunteering. To keep the fi res burning, to inspire those uninhibited explorers of the unknown, we’ll need more of you in the future. Recent studies on volunteering* conclude that for most people, it isn’t about having the time to volunteer, but having an opportunity to volunteer for something important and lasting. The passion we’ve seen in FIRST mentors and volunteers mirrors that. Working with kids of all ages and watching them discover and use their own talents to solve problems is infectious. Year after year, the inspiring stories we hear from FIRST volunteers, mentors, teams, and communities fi lter into schools and workplaces, planting the seeds for our next wave of volunteers and supporters. Will you be among them? To every mentor, volunteer, sponsor, parent, and team member, thank you for your passion, time, effort, and contributions. FIRST will continue to grow because there are so many people like you.

Dean Kamen, FIRST Founder John Abele, FIRST Chairman

*Volunteering in America, Corporation for National and Community Service, 2008

5 What’s FIRST? ...... page 2

Fuel Founder’s & Chairman’s Letter; President’s Letter .... page 5

Blaze FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) ...... page 8

Ignition FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) ...... page 10

Ember FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) ...... page 12

Kindling Junior FIRST LEGO® League (Jr.FLL) ...... page 14

Sponsors...... page 16

2008 Woodie Flowers Award ...... page 17 TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE

LEGO Prize ...... page 19

2008 Founder’s Award...... page 21

Scholarship Program 2008 ...... page 23

Financials ...... page 38

Leadership ...... page 39

6 “At the end of the competition, the robot goes into a crate in someone’s garage, but it’s the students who carry on that education, that drive, that motivation.” Jennifer Harvey, Teacher Novi High School, Michigan Fuel

President’s Letter

Igniting young minds, indeed. Now in our nineteenth year, FIRST also continues to ignite the passion and generosity of teachers, parents, volunteers, business people, and whole communities alike. Thanks to our 73,000 volunteers who inspired us by serving as engineering mentors, tournament organizers, fund-raisers, judges, referees, pit supervisors, drivers, emcees, and dozens of other jobs, we accomplished another record year!

The impact of FIRST continues to be huge. Middle-school teams in the 2007 FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) identifi ed an estimated $120 million in annual savings from their energy audits. Research on the FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) programs shows that 90% of the team members have gained a greater appreciation of science and technology and developed a greater interest in these fi elds as a direct result of their FIRST experience. But perhaps one of the most impactful fi ndings came from George Lazar, a teacher/team mentor from Warren, Ohio (FIRST Robotics Competition Team 48, “Delphi E.L.I.T.E”) who told me that in the last 10 years, 100% of Team 48 members have completed high school and gone on to higher education or the military, this in a city where only about 50% of incoming freshmen graduate from Harding High School with their class four years later. He explained that FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) members were not a different group of kids; they just discovered a new set of opportunities, thanks to all of the adults who mentored the team during those years.

FIRST continues to mushroom with new teams forming every day worldwide. The 2008/09 season will see newly designed robotics kits, advanced control systems, fi ve new FLL events in three countries, 10 new FTC events in the U.S., as well as new FRC Regional events in Washington, D.C. and Dallas, Texas. It promises all of us another year of inspiration, perspiration, and as Dr. Woodie Flowers says,“the hardest fun you’ll ever have.” Thanks for being part of our efforts to ignite young minds everywhere.

Paul R. Gudonis, FIRST President

Paul R. Gudonis & Dr. Woodie Flowers

7 Blaze

“I had no opportunities in the past. I didn’t have an interest in building robots and engineering and all that stuff. Now it’s opened up a whole new world for me.” Alicia Coates, Student SIA Tech High School, Hawaii

1500 In the program’s 17th season, close to 38,000 high-school students (1,501 1400 1,501 teams, including 317 newcomers) from all 50 states and seven additional countries 1300 accepted the challenge to compete regionally to earn a coveted spot at the 1200 1,307 1100 FIRST Championship in Atlanta. Robots designed, engineered, and built 1000

by teams raced around a track under time constraints to knock 1,133 900 991 down 40-inch infl ated balls, then move them over or under an 927 800 700

overpass, with extra points awarded if the balls 787 600

could be positioned on the overpass. 642 500

515 400 300

372 200 271 59

199 100 44 151 28 25

number of teams 94 0

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Seventeen years of participation growth in the U.S. and around the world exemplifi es the ability of FIRST to inspire, challenge, teach, lead, and change the lives of students, mentors, and sponsors alike. The program’s experiences give young people the tools to build an extraordinary life and career, and, ultimately, a better society.

8 FIRST Robotics Competition Profi le Ernie DiCicco, New Jersey

Combine engineering passion with a “It all comes down to being able to love for children and you get dedicated work successfully on a small project volunteer Ernie DiCicco, a programmer without enough time, money, and for ABB, Inc. Becoming an advisor to his resources — all the skills needed to be son’s 1997 FRC team was the perfect successful in business. I take things I’ve marriage of his interests. Ernie became so seen in my career that work correctly and hooked on FIRST, he eventually developed try to impart that knowledge to the kids. I Engineering a FIRST program for middle schools love to see their faces light up when they throughout New Jersey, became chairman solve a problem and are able to explain it. passion and of the New Jersey FIRST LEGO League It really makes you feel like you’ve had an a love for Planning Committee, and a head technical impact on their lives.” judge at the FLL’s tournament fi nals. Now children. that’s commitment. “I dropped off some FIRST has become a family affair for the Ernie DiCicco snacks to Michael’s school team one DiCicco’s, with younger son, Matt, an FRC night,” he explains, “and I never left.” participant (leading to Carnegie Mellon, PROFILE MIT, and a job at NASA!) and wife, Gail, an FLL team advisor.

“We need more kids like you…The fact that you’re here means you worked through your problems, you kept after it, you tried new approaches, and you shared ideas. Most important, you did not give up.” President George H. W. Bush

9 Ignition

“The type of student in FIRST is the type of individual I want to run my company.”

Sylvia Little, Sr. Research Engineer Kimberly-Clark

2007/2008

FIRST Tech Challenge, the challenging, mid-level robotics competition designed 800 for high-school students, attracted 8,000 students from the U.S., Canada, and

799 700 Mexico in teams of 10 guided by adult mentors. Using real-world math and 600 science concepts, teams designed, built, and competed with robots to earn a 500

spot among 100 teams competing in the FTC World Championship* in Atlanta. 554 400 “Quad Quandary” challenged them to place three-inch rings on movable single 300 or paired goals, side goals, or posts, with extra points scored for 200 moving single or paired goals into an alliance’s 100 playing fi eld quadrant. 130

number of teams 53 0

2005 2006 2006 2007 DEMO PILOT

In just four years, FIRST Tech Challenge has attracted many new schools and participants across the country. FTC is reaching out to new geographic areas, offering more students a chance to participate in a team sport, broaden their horizons, and rethink math and science as fun challenges that can blossom into successful careers.

* Part of FIRST Championship in Atlanta

10 FIRST Tech Challenge Profi le Michael Coleman, Florida

Engineer Michael Coleman was looking He has helped bring FIRST to groups for an extra-curricular activity with an of young people who typically do not academic focus for his children when he have access to these opportunities. stumbled upon an FLL team exhibit at Michael helped organize an FTC event for an FRC Championship. In a matter of juvenile offenders and arranged a robot minutes, he was sold and so began his demonstration at the Disability Mentoring It is only with affi liation with FIRST in 2002 as an FLL Day Fair for students with disabilities. the support and coach. Since that time, Michael has worn dedication of people many FIRST hats — including mentor, “Using the sports model with robotics to get students interested in like Michael Coleman coach, volunteer, and event organizer. science and technology is a wonderful that FIRST can carry In 2006, when FIRST opportunities idea. I started coaching FLL teams so out its mission. beyond FLL did not exist in his region, that my four children could learn that PROFILE Michael established the state’s fi rst FTC math, science, and engineering are fun event and developed teams to support and exciting. I also wanted my children it. Today, Michael organizes events for 49 to learn about Gracious Professionalism FTC teams across Florida. and co-opetition.”

“The hardships didn’t stop any of them. They just wouldn’t stop learning and we couldn’t stop teaching. The kids were an inspiration to all of us.”

Debbie Worrel, Teacher Mercy Cross High School, Mississippi

11 Ember

“You know when they get it – you just see it on their face. That’s why I do this.”

Steve Roth, Teacher, Robotics Advisor Cole Middle School, California

This year’s FIRST LEGO® League challenged teams of nine to fourteen year-old students to use robotics to understand and create solutions for one of our world’s most critical issues: energy management and conservation. Using LEGO MINDSTORMS® technologies and 10000 LEGO play materials, over 100,000 young people from 38 countries tackled 10,941

17 designed robot missions to fi nd sustainable options to meet our 8,847 5000

planet’s growing energy needs in environmentally sound ways, 7,501 from solar panels, hydro-dams, and planting trees to coal, 5,859 4,331 1000

uranium, and biofuels. At the FLL World Festival*, 3,001 1,902

81 top teams competed while enlightening 1,540

adult audiences on how to solve 960 500 the world’s energy problems.

100

* Part of FIRST Championship in Atlanta number of teams 200

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 In the 2007 season, FIRST LEGO League celebrated 24% participation growth over 2006. FIRST thanks collaborators Gulf Coast Combined Heat and Power Application Center, the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of South Carolina, and Second Hill Group, an independent energy and environmental consultant, for their inspired help in creating the 2007 FLL “Power Puzzle” Challenge, designed to engage students in authentic scientifi c research and hands-on robotics design.

12 FIRST LEGO® League Profi le Tesca Fitzgerald, Oregon

Chrys Griffi ng, volunteer judge for the she was talking about and wasn’t just 2008 FIRST LEGO League World Festival, working from a script.” Turns out being knew immediately he had an amazing team eleven years old did not defi ne Tesca. She to interview — the Fire Breathing Rubber was a freshman in high school, had been “I owe this Duckies, an all-girl team with yellow shirts, programming since she was six, knew duck hats, and infl ated duck inner tubes. four different software languages, and was 11-year-old girl, working as a part-time programmer for her Tesca Fitzgerald, The team’s lead programmer, 11-year-old father’s employer. so much for being Tesca Fitzgerald, explained the program an example of she had developed. “Their robot comes “I want to take every chance I get to ‘Yes, you can do it’...” back to base,” explains Chrys, “the team encourage them – not to just live up to the picks the ‘head’ off, sets it on a different expectations that we have for them, but to

PROFILE chassis, and the robot decides where to blow the roof off of those expectations,” go based on what sensors were tripped.” said Chrys. “I owe this 11-year-old girl so Tesca had fl owcharts to describe what much for being an example of ‘Yes, you would happen when each sensor was can do it!’ to kids who doubt their own triggered. “She appeared to know what ability to fi nish or excel.”

“ Overnight, they were asking and trying things none of our testers ever dreamed of after six months of development. We know we are all in for a treat as these kids move up through society.”

Scott Evans, FLL Challenge Developer FIRST 13 Kindling

“FLL is a tremendous way to get kids to think about ways to solve problems.” Paul Williams Rhode Island Department of Education

Working in teams of six, students ages six to nine worked with traditional, 1000

open-ended LEGO bricks and moving parts to create suggestions on 900 1,004

improving energy effi ciency and exploring energy sources in their 800 community. In 2007, over 1,000 teams participated in the junior 700 version of FLL’s “Power Puzzle” Challenge, a huge 43% jump over 702 2006 and the fastest-growing segment of the FIRST programs. 600 In addition to introducing youngsters to the excitement of science and 500 technology, Jr.FLL widened its view in 2007 by allowing all teams the 400

opportunity to coordinate their own events, increasing team 300

interaction and building greater team recognition. 327 200

100 125 number of teams 0

2004 2005 2006 2007 In 2007, only its fourth season, national interest in Jr.FLL mushroomed, with many states hosting large events. California, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas are all areas with a strong Jr.FLL presence.

14 Junior FIRST LEGO® League Profi le Mallika Winsor, Connecticut

With her grassroots efforts to share the and the Parent Teacher Council of excitement of science and technology, Stamford as primary supporters. FLL alumna Mallika Winsor is passing the Advertising Jr.FLL to all area elementary torch to our youngest generation, bringing schools, she inspired the formation of FIRST values to life and changing our 26 Jr.FLL “neighborhood” teams and culture in the process. organized her high school peers into a cadre of “Junior Mentors” who provided Seventeen-year-old Mallika is truly mentorship assistance to the parent Mallika Winsor is remarkable. Over the course of many volunteer coaches. She also helped passing the torch months, she worked to engage her organize and run a Jr.FLL expo that was to our youngest community in establishing a Jr.FLL attended by 20 teams and more than

PROFILE generation. presence, forming partnerships with the 200 spectators. Stamford Public Education Foundation

“ We motivate kids with the same kinds of rewards as sports—cool medals, exciting championships, huge scholarships, great friends, and dedicated mentors—but we do it in a way that is accessible and lasting.”

Dean Kamen, FIRST Founder

15 In addition to the formal sponsors, suppliers, and contributors acknowledged on these pages, FIRST extends its sincere appreciation to the tens of thousands of volunteers who generously devote their time and expertise, and the thousands of sponsors of FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, FIRST LEGO League, and Junior FIRST LEGO League teams and events. FIRST could not achieve the powerful impact it does without this tremendous support.

FIRST thanks all of our supporters and makes every effort to ensure complete and accurate SPONSORS listings. If we’ve made an error, please accept our sincere apology, and please help us correct it by letting us know at 1-800-871-8326.

*** Member of the FIRST Board of Directors David & Lori Brooks Vince Gabor Steven Krawic ** FIRST Honorary Director Brown & Company Design Patrick Gallert Rajeev & Sheila Krishnan * Member of the FIRST Executive Advisory Board Paula Brown Nancy & Mark Gallivan Dennis Kurk John T. Buchman Garuda, U.S. Inc Jeff Lafrenierre FIRST FOUNDING SPONSORS William J. Budney GE Foundation Michele Lambdin Baxter International, Inc. Amy Burge General Motors Powertrain Christa Lasher Boston Scientifi c Corporation Ursula M. Burns*** Frank & Helen Gofrank Foundation Sandra Laureano The Chrysler Foundation Geoffrey & Deborah Cahill Marc Goldman Marc Lavigne DEKA Research & Development Corporation William Cangero Alfred & Ann Goldstein Foundation Glenn & Christine Lawrence Delphi Corporation Jean Capen Greater Talent Network, Inc. Jerry & Kelli Lee in honor of Dean Kamen General Motors Corporation William Carboneau Kathleen Lee Sarah Green Johnson & Johnson Carol & Timothy Carman Jerry & Diane Lester The Greenspan Foundation Kleiner Perkins Caufi eld & Byers Christine Carraher David & Catherine Levesque Dr. & Mrs. Gregory Gross Motorola, Inc. Caterpillar Fund Jim & Ellen Liston Deborah L. Grubbe*** Xerox Corporation Thomas & Maureen Chapuran Lockheed Martin Corporation Paul R. Gudonis*** in honor of Dean Kamen Edith & Godtfred Kirk Christiansens Fond FIRST STRATEGIC PARTNERS John Herndon Hammond Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.*** Marcos Chu BAE Systems Robert Hammond Jeanette Lummis Robert Ciavaglia FedEx Corporation H.A.R.C. Challenge Foundation Anna Maenhout in memory of Constance L. Fiske Gary & Betty Clausen General Motors Corporation The Harry Walker Agency, Inc. Supone Manakasettharn Amy Coe in honor of David Blair in honor of Dean Kamen Johnson & Johnson Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza Michael Coll Kimberly Hartsoe NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Ed Martin Kenneth & Mary Higgins Colucci Administration) Walter P. Havenstein*** Susie Mathieu*** Cone, Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Michael Hayes Lloyd & Mary McConnell George Conrades Rockwell Collins, Inc. Stephen & Lynn Hazard McKinsey & Company Harold Cooper Brian Hendrickx 2007-2008 FIRST CONTRIBUTORS Michael McLeod Council of Regional Information Michelle & Kip Hickman Paul A. Allaire** in honor of Paul R. Gudonis Monika & Todd McMahon Karen Hill Joseph Alsop Charles & Abby Crane McShane Family Foundation Anita Holtzman Meron Amanuel Estelita & Oscar Cruz Jennifer Membrino Gordon J. Homer*** American Chemical Society in honor of Dean Birgit & Lawrence Danziger Lucas Merrow Kamen Howard Honig Mark & Susan Deacon Thelma Pedersen Meyer Anonymous Ian & Julia Howell Robert & Victoria Deem Miracor The Argosy Foundation on behalf of John Abele Katharyn Howroyd Paul Delude III MM&T of Maine Association of Clinical Research in honor of Dean Kent H. Hughes* DIRECTV, Inc. Jerry Morrison Kamen Institute for International Research in honor of William Dixon Paul & Anita Moss BAE Systems Dean Kamen DMC Security William P. Murphy, Jr., Ph.D.* Bancroft-Clair Foundation Bruce Ioki Nghia Trong Doan Kerry Mushkin J.T.** & Luann Battenberg III ISPE Boston Area Chapter McClellan A. Dubois Timothy Mushkin Bausch & Lomb Incorporated Rose Jansen & Lewis Elder in memory of Mark Patti & Terry Durkin Cline Robert Myers Donald Bellemare Cathy Durrett Tom Jenquin Ann & Henri Nadjar in honor of Deborah Bereda Lucinda Crabtree & Stu McMichael Edinboro University in honor of Johnson & Johnson Dennis Berkey, Ph.D. Dean Kamen National Institute of Standards and Michael Johnson Ruthann Bigley Technology Christopher & Stephanie Ennis Suzanne & Robert Kahn Tamarah Black Leroy & Anita Nelson Renee Fagan Benjamin Kaila The Boeing Company Charitable Trust Kristopher Nelson Clarence & Francine Farrow John & Nancy Kaindl Eric & Monica Bowen Network for Good Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Dean Kamen*** Joel Bowers Matt & Lynne Neuberburg Mary Jo Fields Barb Keller BP Corporation in honor of Dean Kamen Ceci Neumann* John & Ronda Flanagan David Kelly Bravell Newman’s Own Foundation Foster-Miller, Inc. Stephen Kelly Elisa Bremner in recognition of Mrs. Vinchiarell & Kim & Jeff Nickey Deborah Friedman Mrs. Joyce of Wampus Elementary School William Kelly Willard Nott Nancy Frisch Daniel & Carol Singer Bricklin Charles & Patricia Kennedy Janet C. Oddo in honor of James H. Downing Don & Linda Fuhrman Ira & Myrna Brind Foundation John R. Keough C.S. Ott in the name of George McKaig Fund for World Class Schools at The Boston David Brooks Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen* Foundation in honor of Dean Kamen Josh Padolsky 16 Regina Krawczyk Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) Joseph & Anne Valerio 2008 FIRST SCHOLARSHIP Denis Pellerin Walt Disney World Company PROVIDERS in honor of Dean Kamen Peterson Moore LLP Adelphi University Thomas Wells Brenda Pfahnl American Society of Mechanical Engineers William & Janet Werner David & Suzanne Pfi sterer (ASME) Nicholas Wernick Pheasant Hill Foundation Arizona State University Josh* & Judy Weston Stephen A. Philpott BAE Systems Elias Wettenstein Joseph Piacentine Boston University Jennifer Wideman Eli Pick & Gloria Pruzan Bradley University William Wulf Anita Pinkham Bucknell University Cynthia Wynn Jennifer Plourde California Polytechnic State University-San Shyam & Emily Yadati Luis Obispo/BAE Systems Susan Pohl Ronald L. Zarrella*** Capitol College James Porter, Jr. City College of New York (CUNY) Public Service Electric & Gas 2007-2008 Clarkson University Spurgeon Richardson PROFESSIONAL Cleveland Institute of Art Ariel Rideout ASSOCIATIONS College for Creative Studies Bridget & Joseph Rintye American Electronics Association College of Southern Maryland Carmen Rivers American Society of Mechanical Engineers Colorado State University-Ft. Collins David Robbie (ASME) Mark Breadner Colorado State University-Pueblo Rockwell Automation, Inc. Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) Colorado Technical University-Denver 2008 Woodie Flowers Jill Ronda Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Columbia University Viola Rothenberg Computer Science Teachers Association Award Recipient Daniel Webster College Frances Rubinsohn in honor of Adam Girl Scouts of the USA Rubinsohn Girls, Inc. DePaul University William Sahlman IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics DeVry University Since the inception of FRC Team 188 Helen Sampson Engineers) DigiPen Institute of Technology in Toronto, the very fi rst FIRST team in William Sandberg ITT Technical Institute Drexel University Canada, Mark Breadner has been an National Defense Industrial Association Sargent Production Services Eastern Michigan University indispensable source of FIRST leadership National Society of Black Engineers Dilip Sathe Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and inspiration, not only in his native James & Tyla Sawyer Society of Automotive Engineers Fabricators and Manufacturers Association Foundation country, but around the world. As a devoted John A. Scaldara, Jr. Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Fairleigh Dickinson University SciFi Channel in honor of Dean Kamen Society of Manufacturing Engineers teacher, he helped found 74 teams in Ferris State University Martha Sears Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Ontario, and went on to create his country’s Florida Atlantic University Second Congregational Society Unitarian Women in Engineering Leadership Institute fi rst-ever FRC Regional event. Universalist Florida Institute of Technology 2008 FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP Mark’s passion for FIRST led him to Sensors Unlimited, Inc. Employees Georgia Institute of Technology SPONSORS a three-year sabbatical from teaching to Paul Silberberg Grand Valley State University become Canada’s Regional Director. In this Michael Silver Offi cial Championship Sponsor Hampshire College role, he created a funding program so that Dylan Small Autodesk, Inc. Henry Ford Community College SolidWorks Corp. in honor of Dean Kamen Hofstra University every public high school in Toronto could FIRST Championship Sony Corporation of America Illinois Institute of Technology start a FIRST team, bringing Dean Kamen’s Sponsors Manthiri Soundararajan ITT Technical Institute dream of having a team in every high school Abbott Laboratories Allan Sowinski & Andrea Billin Johnson & Wales University BAE Systems closer to realization. Steven Spitz Kansas State University The Coca-Cola Company Today, as vice-principal of Woburn Sports Marketing & Entertainment in honor Kettering University of Dean Kamen Collegiate Institute, Mark continues to play FIRST Shipping Sponsor Lake Superior State University Sprint Foundation in honor of Andrew Lawrence Technological University a critical role in establishing connections Shimamoto FedEx Corporation Marquette University between the team and its community. As a Sprint Nextel FIRST Machine Shop & Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) team mentor, Mark’s guidance has helped Susan & Edward Stehulak Satellite Broadcaster Michigan State University Raymond Stits countless students fulfi ll their true potential. NASA Michigan Technological University Dia Stolnitz His legacy includes several former students FIRST Safety Partner Molloy College Linda Stone whose careers led them into engineering, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Montclair State University Stratasys, Inc. science, and technology disciplines. In New Hampshire Technical Institute Mohana Sundaran FIRST Hall of Fame Sponsor reality he is a mentor to every Canadian New Jersey Institute of Technology/ Juliet & Josh Sweetkind-Singer Delphi Corporation Mercedes-Benz USA team, as evidenced in the standing ovation Virginia Szymanowski FIRST Hospitality Center The New School he receives at every Canadian FRC event. Technology Association of Georgia Northeastern University Glen Thompson Sponsor For his outstanding ability to Ohio State University Brogan Thomsen Dassault Falcon Jet communicate, his wisdom in relating to Olin College of Engineering Peter & Melissa Tieslink young people, and dedication to FIRST, FIRST Sponsor Oregon Institute of Technology John Toebes Lockheed Martin Corporation Oregon State University Dr. William P. Murphy, Jr. and Small Parts Toro Giving Program and Community Pace University Inc., who sponsor this award, and the Relations FIRST Judges Room & Pennsylvania College of Technology Janet Treger Dinner Sponsor entire FIRST community congratulate Pennsylvania State University/BAE Systems Justin Trice Association for Laboratory Automation Mark Breadner, the thirteenth recipient Phil Clancy Memorial Scholarship Robert M. Tuttle*** of the Woodie Flowers Award. FIRST Scholarship Polytechnic University Karsten & Lisa Goss Ulland Row Sponsor Purdue University/BAE Systems Paul Ulland Georgia Institute of Technology Raytheon Company Unica Corporation Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/BAE University of Minnesota Institute in honor of FIRST Robotics Conference Systems Dean Kamen Sponsors Rochester Institute of Technology Ron Urbanski Central Intelligence Agency Schoolcraft College James R. Utaski*** Rolls-Royce 17 18 SPONSORS LEGO Systems A/S 3M FLL Official Suppliers The LEGOGroup FLL FoundingPartner SPONSORS 2007 FIRSTLEGOLEAGUE Worcester PolytechnicInstitute LutheranCollege Wisconsin PatersonUniversity William Wayne StateUniversity Washtenaw Community College Washington State University CommonwealthUniversity Virginia Vermont Technical College University ofWaterloo University ofWashington University ofToronto University ofTexas-Austin California University ofSouthern University ofSouthFlorida University ofSouthCarolina University ofRochester University ofNewOrleans/Northrop Grumman University ofNewHampshire/BAE Systems University ofNevada-LasVegas University ofNebraska-Lincoln University ofMissouri-KansasCity University ofMissouri-Columbia University ofMinnesota University ofMichigan/Delphi University ofMassachusetts,Lowell University ofMaryland-CollegePark/BAESystems University ofKansas University ofIllinois-Chicago(UIC) University ofHawaiiatManoa/BAESystems University ofHartford University ofDenver University ofDelaware University ofCentralFlorida University ofCalifornia-Davis University ofArkansas-LittleRock University ofArizona/BAESystems Tulane University Temple University Stevens InstituteofTechnology Spring ArborUniversity RegionalRoboticsForum California Southern Society ofWomen Engineers(SWE) Seattle Pacifi c University (SCRRF) BC Hydro Burnaby, BritishColumbia British Columbia Western Achrib Waiward SteelFabricatorsLtd. Spectrum NascoEducationalSuppliesLtd. AlbertaInstituteofTechnologyNorthern Event Pro Planner Association ofScienceandEngineering Association ofProfessional Engineers,Geologists Aecon Edmonton, Alberta Alberta Canada EDAcom TECHNOLOGIA Brazil Stichting Techniekpromotie Belgium HANDS onTECHNOLOGYe.V. Austria PRIME FLL Australia TOURNAMENT SPONORS AND CHAMPIONSHIP HOST ORGANIZATIONS 2007 FIRSTLEGOLEAGUE Vestas SystemsA/S Wind Rockwell Collins,Inc. Rockwell Automation,Inc. National InstrumentsCorporation FLL Sponsors Nova Scotia Business,Inc. Michelin Keane IMP Group eLab, Inc. EastPoint EngineeringLimited EastLink Blomidon Inn Acadia University Wolfville, NovaScotia Nova Scotia VerafiInc. n Newfoundland ScienceCentre Newfoundland Hydro Memorial UniversityFacultyofEngineeringand INTRD (InnovationTrade andRuralDevelopment), Foxtrap, Newfoundland Newfoundland Technology Professionals ofAlberta and GeophysicistsofAlberta Applied Science ofNewfoundlandandLabrador Government Sun Rich Spectrum NascoEducationalSuppliesLtd. SMLS Parent Association St. Mildred’s-Lightbourn School Quaker Our KidsPublications Ontario PowerGeneration NSERC (NaturalScienceandEngineering General MotorsofCanadaLimited FIRST Children’s Technology Workshop The BurgessFamily S.M. BlairFoundation Jalynn Bennett Bell Canada Attridge Transportation Inc. Aramark CanadaLtd. 3M Canada Edwards, Ontario Ontario Verkfræðideild HáskólaÍslands Iceland HANDS onTECHNOLOGY e.V. Hungary SEMIA Limited Hong Kong FIRST Greenland HANDS onTECHNOLOGYe.V. Germany Planète Sciences France FIRST Scandinavia Faroe Islands IEEE (InstituteofElectricalandElectronics Egypt FIRST Denmark HANDS onTECHNOLOGYe.V. Czech Republic Fundación GlobalAC&T Colombia SEMIA Limited China Fundación Chile Chile RIM NSCC Nova ScotiaPower Nova ScotiaEconomicDevelopment Nova ScotiaDepartmentofEducation Parent Association Research CouncilofCanada) Engineers), GOLDEgyptsection Scandinavia Robotics Canada Scandinavia Sasbadi SduBhd Malaysia Lietuvos ”MintiesOdisejos”Asociacija Lithuania King HusseinFoundation Jordan FIRST Japan FIRST Israel Walla Walla University University Southern North AmericanDivision Offi ce ofEducation Andrews University Berrien Springs,MI Adventist RoboticsLeague United States FIRST United Kingdom Smartkids Turkey K.Kingdom, Inc. Taiwan HANDS onTECHNOLOGYe.V. Switzerland FIRST Sweden Fundació Scientia Spain Co.Ltd. Advanced Learning South Korea Tshwane UniversityofTechnology South Africa HANDS onTECHNOLOGYe.V. Slovakia Heartware Network Singapore National Talents Training Center Saudi Arabia Evoluir21-Associação parao Portugal HANDS onTECHNOLOGYe.V. Poland Asociacion RoboticayTecnologia delPeru Peru FIRST Norway Stichting Techniekpromotie The Netherlands Explora Descubre yCrea, A.C. Mexico Ciência, Tecnologia eRobótica Desenvolvimento deCompetênciasem HandTechnology Limited Scandinavia Scandinavia Japan Israel Alabama Booz Allen Hamilton Indiana Huntsville, AL Computer Explorers Fort Wayne, IN Clark Wood Associates Excel Energy ITT Corporation FRC Team #442 Lee High School Rocket University of Colorado Iowa City Robotics Leengineers Woodward Governor Company Ames, IA Heritage Elementary School Connecticut Cotton Family Foundation Lee High School New Britain, CT Mark & Carolyn Guidry Scientifi c-Atlanta Central Connecticut State University, School Lockheed Martin Corporation Alaska of Engineering and Technology Rockwell Collins, Inc. Anchorage, AK Connecticut Science Center Loren Zachary BP Connecticut State Department of Education Kentucky ConocoPhillips Dominion Millstone Power Station Bowling Green, KY GCI LEGO Systems Inc. Apogee Interactive, Inc. Girl Scouts of the USA Northeast Utilities Applied Physics Institute Motorola, Inc. Delaware Carol Gatton Math and Science Academy M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Newark, DE Cyber Defense Laboratory University of Alaska, Anchorage AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc. School of Engineering Brandywine Hundred Rotary Insight Cable Fairbanks, AK Chrysler Dean Kamen receives NBC station BP Delmarva Power prestigious LEGO Prize Toyota Motor Engineering and Fairbanks North Star Borough Drexel University Manufacturing North America School District DuPont Western Kentucky University: GCI General Motors Corporation Provost Initiative for Excellence Ogden In April, 2008, the 10th Anniversary year Girl Scouts of the USA College of Science and Engineering W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. of the founding of FIRST LEGO® League, Motorola, Inc. Louisiana Rohm & Haas Company M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Metairie, LA founder Dean Kamen received the LEGO Society of Women Engineers (SWE) University of Alaska, Fairbanks American Petroleum Institute – Delta Prize for his passionate commitment to University of Delaware Arizona Chapter FIRST. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, LEGO Owner, Florida Phoenix, AZ Baker Hughes presented the prize at the LEGO Idea Melbourne, FL Best Tech Computer Services Falcon Robotics, FRC Team 842 Conference. The $100,000 prize IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Council of Petroleum Accountants Societies General Motors Corporation Engineers), FIT Chapter of New Orleans was donated by Kamen to the Harley-Davidson Motor Company The Pink Team Desk and Derrick Clubs FIRST organization. Honeywell Hometown Solutions Rockwell Collins, Inc. The Bruce J. Heim Foundation Link West, Inc. “We are particularly proud to be able to Society of Women Engineers (SWE)-Space Kentwood Water Science Foundation of Arizona Coast Chapter New Orleans Geological Society honor Dean Kamen for his personal and The Tooker Family Foundation Walt Disney World Design & Engineering OCS BBS (Offshore Oil Scouts Association) untiring commitment to child development www.tryrunningkids.com Arkansas PIPE (Petroleum Industry Promoting and learning. Children learn best when Georgia Education) Mountain Home, AR new knowledge is presented in play form, Mountain Home High School Atlanta, GA Professional Landmen’s Association of New Orleans and in founding FIRST, Dean has created Science and Technology Group Hewlett-Packard The Schreier-Edisen Foundation an organization which – uniquely and California – Central The Netherlands Community American Trust, Inc. Shell Exploration & Production Company through systematic, creative play – helps Clovis, CA School of Electrical and Computer Society of Independent Professional Earth children and young people understand and American Tees Engineering at Georgia Institute of Scientists – New Orleans Chapter Technology Clovis Unifi ed School District Society of Petroleum Engineers – Delta appreciate science and technology. We say Shell Oil Section Doc Buchanan High School FIRST Robotics that the future belongs to our children, and Competition Team Women in Electrical and Society of Petrophysicists & Well Log Computer Engineering Analysts Dean Kamen plays an immensely important Madtown Robotics-Madera High School FIRST Robotics Competition Team Women in Engineering Maine role in creating a better future – harnessing RetroBill.com Hawaii Castine, ME the fantastic creativity and inventiveness Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers- Honolulu, HI Maine Maritime Academy that children and young people experience Fresno Chapter Alexander & Baldwin Foundation Maine School Administrative District 6 through involvement in FIRST programs.” California – Los Angeles Construction Academy State of Maine Department of Economic & Manhattan Beach, CA Community Development Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation The LEGO Prize Frank Kenny Real Estate Team, Keller Hawaiian Electric Industries Charitable Maryland Williams Realty Foundation Baltimore, MD Manhattan Beach Unifi ed School District The LEGO Prize, founded in 1985, is IsisHawaii Lockheed Martin Corporation Mr. B’s Bricks awarded to individuals and institutions who McKinley High School Northrop Grumman Corporation Anita L. Nelson, MD have made an extraordinary contribution State of Hawaii Department of Education Massachusetts – Eastern Rockwell Collins, Inc. on behalf of children and young people. Tesoro Community Foundation Quincy, MA California – Northern Traders for Charity Past recipients include individuals Astrid Proctor & Gamble/Gillette San Jose, CA Idaho Quincy Public School System Lindgren, Paul Newman, John Feierabend, Google Inc. Meridian, ID Massachusetts – Western Mario Lodi, and organizations Associacão Hewlett-Packard Idaho 4-H Endowment Worcester, MA Santa Therinha (Brazil), The SaekDong Los Altos Robotics Idaho National Laboratory Raytheon Company Organisation (Korea), and Papalote Museo Ohlone College Idaho Space Grant Consortium Worcester Polytechnic Institute Semiconductor Industry Association del Niño (Mexico). The LEGO Prize was last LCF Enterprises Michigan – Flint awarded in 1997. California – Southern University of Idaho, College of Agriculture & Flint, MI Carlsbad, CA Life Sciences Delphi Automotive LEGOLAND University of Idaho, College of Engineering FANUC Robotics America, Inc. Colorado Illinois Flint Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Denver, CO Arlington Heights, IL General Motors Corporation Agilent Technologies, Inc. Motorola, Inc. Genesee County Board of Commissioners Sonoscan, Inc. 19 20 SPONSORS Montana StateUniversity: Montana SpaceGrantConsortium Bozeman, MT Montana The SocietyofAmericanMilitaryEngineers St. LouisCommunityCollegeFlorissantValley Mulligan Printing St. Louis,MO Missouri –St.Louis University ofMissouriKansasCity, Schoolof Ewing MarionKauffman Foundation Kansas City, MO Missouri –KansasCity NASA StennisSpaceCenter Mississippi PowerEducationFoundation Mississippi GulfCoastCommunityCollege Hancock MedicalCenter Global FinancialAidServices,Inc. Cisco Systems,Inc.: Gautier, MS Mississippi Xcel Energy University ofMinnesotaInstituteTechnology The Toro Foundation Stratasys, Inc. Seagate Corporation Private donors The PentairFoundation The Medtronic Foundation Lockheed MartinCorporation Honeywell, Inc. Best BuyChildren’s Foundation Adventium Labs ADC Foundation 3M Foundation Robbinsdale, MN Minnesota General MotorsCorporation FANUC RoboticsAmerica,Inc. Novi, MI Michigan –Novi Rowe Professional Engineering Genesee RegionalChamberofCommerce Technology Transfer Offi ce ofResearch, Creativity & College ofEngineering (COE) at MontanaStateUniversity Center forBio-Inspired Nanomaterials Campus Electrical EngineeringDepartment Computing &Engineering,ComputerScience 21st CenturySchoolsProgram Alumni Society Services Company Thermal BiologicalInstitute QWEST Foundation National ScienceFoundation– Rochester, NY New York –FingerLakes Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute, Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute New York StateFoundationforScience, New York StateEnergyResearch & GE (GeneralElectricCompany) Albany, NY New York Siemens DiagnosticsProducts Mount OliveBoard ofEducation County CollegeofMorris Flanders, NJ New Jersey BAE Systems Nashua, NH New Hampshire Snap Fitness FIRST Cimarron-Memorial HighSchool Bechtel SAICCompany, LLC Albertsons Las Vegas, NV Nevada Hewlett-Packard MatchingGift Hauppauge HighSchool Richard &RandiGertler First Trade UnionBank The EventPros Group Brookhaven NationalLaboratory Biscotti, Toback &Company, PC Alken Industries,Inc. Middle Island,NY New York –LongIsland Xerox Corporation University ofRochester: Rochester GasandElectric Postler &JaeckleCorporation LaBella Associates,PC IBM Bausch andLombCorporation Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Experimental Program toStimulate Center forFuture EnergySystems Technology &Innovation Development Authority “High RollersTeam 987” Applied Sciences School ofEngineeringand Offi ce ofAdmissions NV Pleasantville, NY New York –LowerHudson Thayer &Gertlerm,LLP Syosset ChessMates,Inc. Jeffrey Stern Sideboard Computers Sandata Technologies, Inc. New York StateTechnology EducationAssociation Longwood CentralSchoolDistrict Long IslandFLLPlanningCommitteeMembers Lenetix MedicalScreening Lab,Inc. Wright-Patterson AirForce Base Ohio EducationalOutreach Foundation Battelle-Dayton Operations American SocietyofMechanicalEngineers Dayton, OH Ohio University ofNorthDakota,SchoolEngineering University ofNorthDakota Ralph EngelstadArena, Inc. Otter Tail PowerCompany Minnkota PowerCooperative,Inc. HB Sound&Light,Inc. Cargill, Incorporated Bobcat Company Basin ElectricPowerCooperative,Inc. Advanced Engineering&Environmental Services, Grand Forks,ND North Dakota United Technologies Corporation(UTC) Philip MorrisUSA NASA Gateway UniversityResearch Park Bryan Foundation Applied Materials,Inc. NC Greensboro, North Carolina Josh* &JudyWeston Verizon Polytechnic University New JerseyInstituteofTechnology The NetherlandsAmericanCommunityTrust, Inc. David L.Klein,Jr. Foundation Independence CommunityFoundation Con Edison New York, NY New York –NewYork City Pace University Educational Outreach (ASME)-Dayton Section and Mines Inc. Wright StateUniversity Whittier ConsultingGroup Vernier Software andTechnology Tektronix, Inc. The Standard Rockwell Collins,Inc. &JulieReiersgaard William RadiSys PH Tech PGE Foundation Pacifi c PowerFoundation Oregon Nanoscience& Fred Meyer Mentor GraphicsFoundation McMenamins, Inc. June &BillLattin Intel Oregon IBM ESCO Corporation The CatlinGabelSchool Bonneville PowerAdministration Automatic DataProcessing, Inc. Hillsboro, OR Oregon Tennessee Tech University Tennessee Societyof Professional Engineers Cookeville, TN Tennessee South Carolina DepartmentofEducation Clemson University Clemson, SC South Carolina toDesign Time University Roger Williams Rhode IslandSchooloftheFuture Lush Group, Inc. IEEE (InstituteofElectricalandElectronics Bristol, RI Rhode Island Robomatter, Inc. National ScienceFoundation National RoboticsEngineeringConsortium The HeinzEndowments The GrableFoundation DSF CharitableFoundation Pittsburgh, PA Pennsylvania –Western Microtechnology Institute Engineers), Providence Section UT-Battelle Casper College Massachusetts Championship Texas – Central Central Wyoming Board of Cooperative Tournament Education Services Palmer, MA Round Rock, TX Natrona County Joint Powers Pathfi nder Regional Vocational Technical 3M Recreation Board High School HEB Natrona County School District #1 Mexico Championship Tournament KVUE-TV Mexico City, D.F. 2007 FIRST TECH Art Center de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Media Event Concepts CHALLENGE SPONSOR Club de Yates de Acapulco, A.C. National Instruments Corporation Autodesk, Inc. General Motors de Mexico Silicon Laboratories PROMEDICI, S.A. de C.V. SpawGlass 2007 FIRST TECH CHALLENGE Universidad Panamericana Texas – Houston EVENT SPONSORS Dr. Ignacio Navarro Zermeño Houston, TX Arizona Championship Tournament Education Foundation of Harris County Phoenix, AZ Midwest Championship Tournament Carl Hayden High School Omaha, NE Houston Independent School District IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Falcon Robotics, FRC Team 842 Insight Technical Solutions Engineers) BAE SYSTEMS Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. British Columbia Championship Mount Michael Benedictine Tournament NASA Johnson Space Center Oriental Trading Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Jim Schulte Technical Writing Today British Columbia Institute of Technology 2008 Founder’s Award Recipient University of Houston, College of Technology British Columbia Original Minds Association Missouri Championship Tournament Texas – Tri-State St. Louis, MO BAE Systems California – Los Angeles Area St. Louis Community College Florissant Canyon, TX Championship Tournament Valley Campus Each year, FIRST Founder Dean Kamen Amarillo College Northridge, CA St. Louis Science Center California State University, Northridge presents the Founder’s Award to a company, Amarillo National Bank Montana Championship Tournament CSUN Chapter, SME individual, or entity that does something B&W Pantex Bozeman, MT Small Manufacturers Institute Center for Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials at Bell Helicopter Textron extraordinary to help FIRST keep growing and Montana State University Don Harrington Discovery Center California – San Diego Area to keep its mission focused. Montana NSF EPSCoR Helen Piehl Championship Tournament San Diego, CA Montana Space Grant Consortium In 2003, BAE Systems became involved with Puff Niegoes Madison High School Montana State University, College of FIRST as sponsor of a single FIRST Robotics Stanley and Geneva Schaeffer Engineering Madison Robotics Team Competition (FRC) team and as the sole Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering New Jersey Championship Tournament Amarillo Chapter Northern California Championship Ewing, NJ sponsor of the FRC Regional and FIRST LEGO Texas Tech University Tournament BAE Systems Fremont, CA League (FLL) State Tournament events in New West Texas A&M University EMC Corporation The College of New Jersey Hampshire. In 2008, BAE Systems agreed to Xcel Energy Foundation Evergreen Valley College New Jersey Technology Education Association a strategic partnership with FIRST, making Virginia/DC Playing @ Learning PSEG Foundation an additional $1 million donation of money, Harrisonburg, VA Starbucks Corporation New York Championship Tournament resources, and employee volunteering. The The Accelerating Innovations Foundation Connecticut Championship Tournament New York City, NY company supported 60 FRC teams, seven City of Harrisonburg Manchester, CT Con Edison Manchester High School FRC Regionals, the FLL tournaments in New Dominion Polytechnic University James Madison University: Diamond State Championship Verizon Hampshire, and offered college scholarships College of Education Tournament Josh* & Judy Weston for FIRST students attending select universities Wilmington, DE College of Integrated Science and Drexel University across the U.S. Technology North Carolina Championship DuPont Research and Public Service Tournament Under the leadership of President and University of Delaware Greensboro, NC Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine North Carolina A&T State University CEO Walt Havenstein, BAE Systems sets NTC Communications Florida Championship Tournament Project Commit to Prevent an unbelievable example of what corporate Shentel Orlando, FL Blue Dot Film Ohio Championship Tournament America can do. A member of the FIRST Board Washington Lake Highland Preparatory School Cincinnati, OH of Directors, Havenstein tirelessly supports Bellevue, WA iSpace Stage Equipment and Lighting, Inc. FIRST with his time and efforts. He is also a K&L Gates Oregon Championship Tournament Georgia Championship Tournament Hillsboro, OR role model for tens of thousands of engineers MAQ Software Atlanta, GA IBM – Oregon Microsoft Corporation DeVry University in his own organization. ON Semiconductor West Virginia Illinois Championship Tournament Pennsylvania Championship Tournament Wheeling, WV Chicago, IL “FIRST is the best hope I know of Agape Werks Weatherly, PA American Electric Power Weatherly Area School District for regaining the cultural leadership Illinois Institute of Technology LEGO Education Rhode Island Championship Tournament necessary in science and technology Las Vegas Championship Tournament Private donors Warwick, RI Las Vegas, NV Atrion leading to engineering that we so West Virginia Space Grant Consortium Palo Verde High School Hasbro desperately need for our future workforce Wheeling Jesuit University Maryland Championship Tournament NEIT and our future economic viability…This is Wisconsin La Plata, MD Apple Spice Junction South Carolina Championship the only sport I know of where everybody Appleton, WI CCTC (Charles County Technology Council) Tournament who plays can become a pro. We are Fox Valley Technical College Orangeburg, SC College of Southern Maryland Foundation GE (General Electric Company) AT&T counting on each and every one of you.” ETC (Energetics Technology Center) J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc. Michelin FLL 4160 Cyber Knights Plexus Corporation South Carolina Department of Education Prior recipients include The FRC 836 Robobees Rockwell Automation, Inc. South Carolina State University LEGO Group, FedEx, NASA, Innovation First, Incorporated Honeywell, Johnson & Johnson, Xcel Energy Southwest Championship Tournament Walt Disney Co., United Johnston and Associates Wyoming Arlington, TX Technologies Corporation, and Patuxent Partnerships The University of Texas at Arlington, General Motors. Casper, WY College of Engineering TIME (Technology & Innovation in Casper Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Manufacturing Education) Center

21 22 SPONSORS AndyMark, Inc. Analog Devices,Inc. Platinum Suppliers Parker-HannifiCorporation n ebm-papst Inc. Diamond Suppliers SMC CorporationofAmerica National InstrumentsCorporation Microchip Technology Inc. Intelitek, Inc. Innovation First,Incorporated Gates Corporation FedEx Corporation Autodesk, Inc. Altium Limited Offi COMPETITION SUPPLIERS 2008 FIRSTROBOTICS NASA COMPETITION KICKOFFSPONSOR 2008 FIRSTROBOTICS Kuka Appleton, WI Wisconsin ChampionshipTournament Xavier HighSchool Bellevue, WA Washington StateChampionshipTournament CommonwealthUniversity,Virginia Schoolof Engineering University ofVirginia, State FairofVirginia Robins Foundation NASA LangleyResearch Center Lowes ofMidlothian Knockawe Woodworking Innovation First,Incorporated Genworth Financial Dominion Charlottesville, VA Virginia ChampionshipTournament Ontario ScienceCentre FIRST Toronto, Ontario,Canada Tournament Toronto OntarioProvincial Championship Tennessee Technical University Barbara Golden Filter-Mart Corporation Filter-Fab Corporation Ian Bartik All AmericanStorage Cookeville, TN Tennessee ChampionshipTournament cial Suppliers cial Engineering RoboticsCanada MMB BearingCompany, Inc. Keyang ElectricMachineryCo,Ltd. Idle LoopSoftware GE (GeneralElectricCompany) Fluid PowerEducationFoundation Fisher-Price Bayer MaterialScience BaneBots LLC Bronze Suppliers Taigene ElectricMachineryCo.,Ltd. Schumacher ElectricCorporation NASON Monnier, Inc. Microsoft Corporation KERK MotionProducts Globe Motors Freelin-Wade Co. Festo Corporation Bearings Eastern Delphi Corporation Corporation BishopWisecarver AutomationDirect.com 4FX Design Silver Suppliers Tyco Electronics Corporation Rockwell Automation,Inc. Norgren MSC Direct MK Battery FCI-BURNDY Products Clippard InstrumentLaboratory, Inc. Gold Suppliers Terminal SupplyCo. Parametric Technology Corporation(PTC) igus, Inc. Gardner DenverThomas Diversifi ed Systems,Inc. Bimba Manufacturing Monofl Inc. o International, Mabuchi MotorCo.,Ltd. LORD Corporation Kent ElastomerProducts, Inc. HPE Automation,Inc. Honeywell DENSO International Delphi Packard Electrical/Electronic Architecture Contract SupportGroup CCL IndustrialMotors,Ltd. B&D Manufacturing Anderson PowerProducts® Allegro Microsystems, Inc. Contributors REGIONAL SPONSORS COMPETITION 2008 FIRSTROBOTICS WIKA InstrumentCorporation Intertechnology,Vishay Inc.-OptoSemiconductor Vestmoore Warehousing TaunTek Seattle Fabrics Pelham Plastics SolidWorks Corp. PIPE (Petroleum Industry Promoting Education) Pailet, Meunier&LeBlanc, LLP Orleans ParishSchools NASA Motiva Enterprises Louisiana EngineeringAdvancementProgram Lockheed MartinMichoudSpaceSystems ITT Technical Institute-St.Rose Intralox Bruce J.HeimFoundation Blast, Inc. AT&T Anonymous American SocietyofMechanicalEngineers New Orleans,LA Bayou Regional BAE Systems Manchester, NH BAE SystemsGraniteStateRegional inStitches Wishes Wells FargoFoundation Valley oftheSunUnitedWay (Microchip ST Microelectronics, Inc. Science FoundationofArizona Steve*** &MariaSanghi Maledon Osborn NXP Semiconductors(fkaPhilipsSemiconductor) Microchip Technology Inc.Employees Microchip Technology Inc. Intel Corporation General MotorsProving Grounds/General Motors Freescale Semiconductor Enterprise Network Jan Corey Barbara &CraigBennett Avnet, Inc. Arizona ScienceCenter Phoenix, AZ Arizona Regional Division (LEAP) (ASME)-New Orleans Employees) Foundation Snow Bear Schlumberger Rolls-Royce Purdue UniversityOffi ce oftheProvost Purdue UniversityOffi ce ofEngagement Purdue SchoolofMechanicalEngineering Purdue CollegeofEngineeringScholarships Purdue AgExtension/4-HPrograms IUPUI SchoolofEngineering&Technology Information Technologies atPurdue Indiana SpaceGrantConsortium General MotorsFoundation DuPont Delphi Foundation The Coca-ColaCompany BAE Systems AndyMark, Inc. West Lafayette,IN Boilermaker Regional Worcester PolytechnicInstitute Textron Inc. SolidWorks Corp. Richard &SusanSmithFamilyFoundation Qdoba Philips ColorKinetics Olin CollegeofEngineering MillDam PublicAffairs Main LightIndustries Lincoln Laboratory, MassachusettsInstituteof ITT Technical Institute-Boston iRobot Infoscitex Gillette Soil Fresh Tilled FLIR Systems Draper Laboratory Crescent RidgeDairy, Sharon Phillip Carter Boston University Boston MuseumofScience Blue ManGroup Bain Atlas Devices Analogic The AltshullerInstituteforTRIZStudies,Inc. Boston, MA Boston Regional University ofNewOrleans Tulane University Scholarships Brian &DebraKnez Robert &DanaSmith John, Amy, Jennifer&JamesBerylson Richard &SusanSmith Technology (MIT) Buckeye Regional IHS, Inc. University of Florida Cleveland, OH Intercall University of South Florida Alphaport Level3 Communications, Inc. Walt Disney Company Battelle Memorial Institute Lockheed Martin Corporation Wyle Laboratories CAPRA (Cleveland Aerospace Partnership & Regional Alliance) Maverick Enterprises Great Lakes Regional Cleveland Engineering Society MDC Holdings Ypsilanti, MI AVL Cleveland Foundation Stellar Solutions The Chrysler Foundation Cleveland Indians Technetronic Solutions Delphi Foundation Cleveland State University University of Colorado, School of Engineering EDS Cuyahoga Community College Foundation Veneco, Inc. FANUC Robotics America, Inc. East Suburban Business Advisory Council XCEL Foundation The Ford Fund Fairmount Minerals General Motors Foundation First Energy Connecticut Regional Hartford, CT ITT Technical Institute Forest City Enterprises BAE Systems Kettering University George Gund Foundation The Connecticut Light and Power Company, Magna-Intier Automotive Seating Great Lakes Science Center Yankee Gas Services Company, and NU Transmission Toyota Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Connecticut Science Center United States Army Tank Automotive Lincoln Electric Research, Development and General Dynamics-Electric Boat MAGNET Engineering Center (TARDEC), Gerber Scientifi c Joint Center for Robotics NASA Glenn Research Center Susan Skemp Washtenaw Community College NASA TFOME Contract United Technologies Corporation (UTC) WWJ News Radio 950 Nord Family Foundation University of Hartford Nordson Corporation Greater Kansas City Regional Detroit Regional Kansas City, MO Nortech Aquila, Inc. Detroit, MI FIRST Scholarship Ohio Aerospace Institute Castaing Family Foundation AT&T Ohio Space Grant Consortium The Chrysler Foundation Bayer HealthCare-Animal Health Division Program 2008 Paragon TEC DTE Energy Foundation Black & Veatch Corporation Parker-Hannifi n Corporation FANUC Robotics America, Inc. Burns & McDonnell Engineering Plain Dealer Ford Motor Company Fund Butler Manufacturing FIRST is all about educational Rockwell Automation, Inc. General Motors Foundation Cisco opportunities. In 2008, all FIRST Robotics RPM Guardian Automotive DeVry University Competition team members were eligible RSIS SAE Detroit Section DST Systems, Inc. for 555 individual college scholarships, Sierra Lobo, Inc. Siemens PLM Software Dunn Family Foundation valued at $9.8 million. Over 70% of SMART Consortium Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Garmin Superior Mobility United States Army Tank Automotive General Motors Fairfax these scholarships were also available Research, Development and Swagelok Great Plains Network to students participating in the Engineering Center (TARDEC) Timken H&R Block VITEC FIRST Tech Challenge. Zin Technologies Honeywell FM&T-Kansas City Wayne State University The majority of FIRST scholarships Chesapeake Regional Sponsored by Internet2 Finger Lakes Regional are provided by colleges or universities BAE Systems Kansas City Kansas Community College Rochester, NY Annapolis, MD Bausch & Lomb Incorporated Kansas City Power & Light for enrollment at their campuses. The BAE Systems Maggie Brooks, County Executive Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation remainder are provided by corporations Baltimore Area Alliance Teams Democrat & Chronicle LifeSize and professional associations and The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Eastman Kodak Company Metropolitan Community College Capitol College are awarded for use at any school. In Harris Corporation, RF Communications Midwest Research Institute 2008, FIRST attracted 109 scholarship CCBC’s TIME Center Division MOREnet DeVry University M&T Bank providers, a dramatic 40% increase Polycom The Henry Foundation Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. over the previous year. Roundtrips Hughes (a Johnson & Johnson Company) University of Missouri-Kansas City: William Pollock Some FIRST scholarships are awarded Lockheed Martin Corporation Civil and Mechanical Engineering Morgan State University Rochester Business Journal Computer Science for special majors such as engineering, Electrical Engineering NASA Rochester Institute of Technology math, science, computer science, V-Brick Systems, Inc. PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Research Philip Saunders design, or technology. Others can be Manufacturers of America) Xerox Corporation Greater Toronto Regional used for any course of study. The values Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Sylvan/Laureate Foundation Ronald L. Zarrella*** Argosy Foundation of scholarships vary from full tuition TESSCO Technologies Incorporated Florida Regional Bell Canada UniStar Nuclear Energy to under $1,000. Most are renewable Orlando, FL Jalynn Bennett United States Naval Academy ABB annually if the student maintains an Bombardier Aerospace Colorado Regional AT&T acceptable academic average. Boston Scientifi c-Canada Denver, CO DeVry University Orlando FIRST Robotics Canada Anchor Point Foundation Florida High Tech Corridor General Motors of Canada Limited Ball Corporation Fluor Corporation Donald F. Hunter Charitable Foundation Booz Allen Hamilton Harris Corporation Imperial Oil Foundation C.R.E.S.T. Leftwich Consulting Engineering The Kingbridge Conference Centre & CXO Lockheed Martin Corporation Institute DeVry University Motorola, Inc. McMaster University Mark Dotterweich NASA Kennedy Space Center Power Corporation of Canada DPS Foundation Northrop Grumman-St. Augustine Province of Ontario HALL Group LLC Progress Energy Rockwell Automation, Inc. Hewlett-Packard Sypris Test & Measurement Ryerson University IEEE (Institute of Electrical and United Space Alliance Electronics Engineers) TD Bank Financial Group University of Central Florida 23 24 SPONSORS Arthur Ross Foundation,Inc. Daniel &Joanna S.RoseFund Joseph E.Robert,Jr. Morris Offi t The NeubauerFamilyFoundation Motorola Foundation Microsoft Corporation Thomas E.&PaulaGabrieleMcInerney Sebastian “Mike”Martone Bernard Marcus Robert J.Levenson Harvey Krueger Earle W. Kazis Dean Kamen*** Kahn FamilyFoundation Matex-JamesColeman International Roger &SusanHertog Michael Granoff Jeff Goodman Alfred G.Goldstein Marc Goldman Irwin Dorros James Dimon The Leon&Toby CoopermanFoundation CMS EndowmentFoundation CMS Companies Richard Cavanagh James Cannavino Bovin FamilyFoundation Bialkin FamilyFoundation Richard &LoriBerke Ariel InvestmentCompany Tel Aviv, TA, Israel Israel RegionalSponsored byMicrosoft WestPac Inc. International, University ofHawaii State ofHawaii NASA Floyd Matsumoto Matson NavigationCompany Marriott International Hawaiian ElectricCo.Inc. Hawaii AirCargo Booz AllenHamilton BAE Systems Menoa Valley, Oahu,HI by NASA&BAESystems Hawaii RegionalSponsored Xerox Canada University ofWaterloo University ofToronto University ofOntarioInstituteTechnology Toronto Hydro Josh Weston-ADP Josh Weston* Stanley A.Weiss Harlan Waksal Turnworks, Inc.-Greg Brennema Henry &MarilynnTaub H.SmithFamilyFoundation Winthrop Stephan Shepard &Lynn Povich Edward B.Rust,Jr. Woodforest NationalBank TransOcean Tellepsen FamilyFund Fayez Sarofi m Rockwell Fund NASA JohnsonSpaceCenter Longenbaugh Foundation Lockheed MartinCorporation Kirby Corporation Kellogg Brown &Root,LLC(KBR) Jacobs Engineering ITT Technical Institute The HoustonEndowment GriffiMrs. William n ExxonMobil Foundation Christopher Egan Conoco Philips BP BAE Systems Aquinas Companies American SocietyofMechanicalEngineers Amergy BankofTexas Katy, TX Lone StarRegional University ofNevada-LasVegas, Tronox LLC TIMET Southwest GasCorporation National SecurityTechnologies, LLC Dr. RobertMendenhall/LasVegas Paving FIRST Cirque duSoleil Bechtel Foundation/BechtelSAICCo.,LLC American Pacifi c Corporation Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Regional Disney Imagineering The Annenberg Foundation The AmhansonFoundation Los Angeles,CA Los AngelesRegional (ASME) College ofEngineering and theHoward R.Hughes Offi ce ofthePresident Corporation NV USC CollegeofEngineering Toyota MotorSales,USA The ArthurSpitzerFoundation Raytheon Company The RalphM.ParsonsFoundation Oppenheimer FamilyFoundation K.T. &E.L.NorrisFoundation NASA JetPropulsion Laboratory Frieda FoxFund Disney Worldwide Outreach Booz Allen Hamilton BluePrint Automation Richmond, VA NASA /VCURegional The Toro Foundation The Medtronic Foundation Lockheed MartinCorporation Institute ofTechnology-University ofMinnesota Boston Scientifi c Corporation BAE Systems 3M Minneapolis, MN Minnesota Regional University ofIllinois-Chicago(UIC) Michael &RobertaSeedmanFamilyFoundation Rockwell AutomationFoundation Dennis A.Roberson*** Ralph Pini Payne William OCA Ventures Motorola Foundation Vernon R.Loucks,Jr.*** Susan Lawrence Illinois InstituteofTechnology Gregory Gross Christopher B.GalvinFamilyCharitableTrust Field Museum Antiques,Inc. Father Time DeVry University Caterpillar Inc. Andrea Brazzale-Anderson The BoeingCompany Baxter Healthcare Corporation Adler Planetarium Chicago, IL Midwest Regional Seattle RoboticsSociety Microsoft Corporation ITT Technical Institute ITT EducationalServices,Inc. Enterprise International Seattle, WA Microsoft SeattleRegional Virginia CommonwealthUniversity Virginia United StatesPatentandTrademark Offi ce SyCom Technologies State FairofVirginia Sprint Nextel Sonic Tools LP Science MuseumofVirginia Ltd./TechnologyRonald A.Williams, for Robins Foundation Richmond JointEngineers’Council Raytheon Company Qimonda The NetherlandsAmericanCommunityTrust, NASA LangleyResearch Center Moore FamilyofDealerships Micron Technology, Inc. Lowe’s ofShortPump Lockheed MartinUnderseaSystems Lockheed MartinCorporation Jewett Machine Intuitive Surgical,Inc. The Groot FamilyFoundation Greater RichmondTechnology Council Greater RichmondPartnership,Inc. 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US Motion Walt Disney Imagineering Women in Engineering and Science Programs USC Walt Disney World Company at Kansas State University USC, College of Engineering Walt Disney World Ride and Show Engineering Women in Technology (WIT) USC-MESA Atlanta, GA Walter N. Coffman, Inc. 37 Financials Throughout many years of rapid growth, FIRST has steadily strengthened its fi nancial position thanks to the time, energy, and funds donated by individuals, businesses, and foundations. All of us here at FIRST endeavor to apply as much of this support as possible to directly benefi t the student participants and invest in program growth. In fi scal year 2008, general and administrative costs comprised less than 10% of total expenses and fundraising costs were limited to less than 3%. FIRST’s broad base of support – ranging from volunteer mentors at local schools to global sponsors of our teams and events – has made these fi nancial results possible. The ongoing involvement of FIRST’s community of contributors will ensure that FIRST will continue to meet the growing need for its programs worldwide, while remaining fi nancially sound. For our fi scal year ended June 30, 2008, there were no audit fi ndings or questioned costs and FIRST received an unqualifi ed opinion from its auditors, Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker (BDMP). Additionally, the Offi ce of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Circular A-133 audit of FIRST’s Federal grant awards had no fi ndings or questioned costs. FIRST continues to be qualifi ed as a “low-risk” auditee.

STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITES JUNE 30, 2008 JUNE 30, 2007 Operating revenues and other support: Program registration fees $ 14,461,818 $12,763,146 Contributions and grants 12,485,266 9,827,940 Rental income 589,568 573,424 Other income 839,534 599,609 Net assets released from restrictions 1,321,005 781,277

Total operating revenues and other support 29,697,191 24,545,396 Operating expenses: FIRST Robotics Competition (“FRC”) 20,558,122 17,068,171 FIRST LEGO League (“FLL”) 2,651,817 1,954,249 FIRST Tech Challenge (“FTC”) 1,004,250 880,681 FIRST Place (“FP”) 85,749 95,038 Management and general 3,333,371 2,937,205 Operation of building 373,426 345,619 Depreciation 426,261 399,464

Total operating expenses 28,432,996 23,680,427

Operating surplus 1,264,195 864,969

Non-operating: Refundable advances – amortization 319,969 319,969 Net assets released from restrictions for the purchase of equipment - 17,460

Change in unrestricted net assets $ 1,584,164 $ 1,202,398

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION Assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,388,273 $1,242,645 Short-term investments 7,799,712 6,860,888 Pledges, receivables and other assets 2,942,890 1,468,241 Net property, plant, and equipment 4,139,427 3,969,378

Total assets, end of year $18,270,302 $13,541,152 Liabilities and net assets: Total liabilities $ 3,436,001 $ 3,330,547 Net assets: Unrestricted 10,263,902 8,679,738 Temporarily restricted 4,570,399 1,530,867

Total net assets, end of year 14,834,301 10,210,605

Total liabilities and net assets, end of year $18,270,302 $13,541,152

The fi nancial information presented here has been abbreviated and does not include the substantial value of donated services and materials. FIRST’s complete, audited fi nancial statements are available on the website at www.usfi rst.org under “Who We Are/Annual Report/Financials.” Certain amounts above in the 2007 column have been reclassifi ed to conform to the current year presentation (2008). 38 FIRST Leadership

Board of Directors Ronald L. Zarrella Fred Hubacker John E. Abele, FIRST Chairman Chairman Emeritus Executive Director Founder Chairman, Retired Bausch & Lomb Incorporated Conway MacKenzie Dunleavy Boston Scientifi c Corporation Kent H. Hughes James R. Utaski, FIRST Vice Chairman Honorary Directors Director of Science, Technology, America Partner Paul A. Allaire and the Global Economy Whitestone Capital, LLC FIRST Chairman: 1995-2000 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Robert M. Tuttle, FIRST Treasurer Chairman & CEO, Retired Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson General Partner Xerox Corporation President 1848 Associates J.T. Battenberg III Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Paul R. Gudonis, FIRST Secretary Chairman & CEO, Retired Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen President Delphi Corporation Owner & Vice Chairman FIRST L. John Doerr III LEGO Group Dean L. Kamen, FIRST Founder Partner Robert Kruse President Kleiner Perkins Caufi eld & Byers Executive Director DEKA Research & Development Corporation Gary L. Tooker Global Vehicle Engineering Chairman of the Board, Retired Hybrids, Electrical Vehicles & Batteries Douglas L. Becker General Motors Corporation Chairman & CEO Motorola Laureate Education, Inc. Gordon Lankton Executive Advisory Board Chairman Ursula M. Burns Nypro Inc. President Dr. Woodie Flowers Xerox Corporation FIRST Executive Advisory Board Chairman David Lavery Pappalardo Professor Emeritus of Program Executive for Solar System François J. Castaing Mechanical Engineering Exploration President Massachusetts Institute of Technology NASA Castaing & Associates Ray Almgren Paul Lazarus Deborah L. Grubbe, P. E. C Eng. Vice President, Product Marketing and President Vice President – Process Safety Academic Relations White Dwarf Productions BP p.l.c. National Instruments Rey Moré Walter P. Havenstein Carl Bass Senior Vice President, Chief Quality Offi cer President & CEO President & CEO Motorola BAE Systems, Inc. Autodesk, Inc. Dr. William P. Murphy, Jr. Gordon J. Homer Gwen Campbell Founder President Senior Vice President Cordis Corporation Gordon J. Homer Advisory Services UBS Financial Services, Inc. Ceci Neumann Vernon R. Loucks, Jr. Nick Caporella Attorney Chairman Chairman & CEO Aethena Group LLC Dr. Roland Schmitt National Beverage Corp. President Emeritus Susie Mathieu Cosema Crawford Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Partner Senior Vice President & Chief Engineer Spirit Hockey LLC Jeanne Shaheen MTA New York City Transit U.S. Senator (January 2009) Sheri McCoy Greg Hale & Former Governor A Worldwide Group Chairman Chief Safety Offi cer, Vice President, Safety, New Hampshire Johnson & Johnson Accessibility & Advanced Technology Josh S. Weston Dennis A. Roberson Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Honorary Chairman Vice Provost, New Initiatives Erik Halleus Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Illinois Institute of Technology President & CEO Captain Vincent Wilczynski, Ph.D. Steve Sanghi EuroScandia Enterprises Dean of Engineering President & CEO James Heppelmann U.S. Coast Guard Academy Microchip Technology Inc. Executive Vice President Thomas G. Stephens Parametric Technology Corporation Executive Vice President GM Global Powertrain & Global Quality

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