Building Blocks To Innovation 2009 Annual Report www.usfirst.org “Someday, some kid in FIRST right now will cure Alzheimer’s, or FIRST Facts 2009 As founder and cancer, or build an engine that doesn’t pollute. They’re the future, and What’s celebrated inventor ? And that’s what FIRST is all about we’re part of it by helping them figure out what to do with their lives.” It’s a world where science and technology are celebrated. For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. Dean Kamen explains: Youth participants Where ordinary youth ages 6 to 18 can accomplish extraordinary 196,000 (ages 6-18) things. Where competition is fierce but cooperation between Mentors and volunteers adversaries is rewarded. Where technology-savvy adults can 85,000 mentor the next generation of budding scientists and engineers. FIRST learning never stops building upon itself, starting The goal of FIRST® is to develop in the world’s young people a Number of hours at age six and continuing through middle and high-school lasting interest in science and technology through participation in donated by volunteers levels up to age eighteen. Young people can participate at any a “sport for the mind.” 5,715,980 level. Participants master skills and concepts to aid in learning U.S. States participating Inspiring young minds science and technology through robotics. Grades K-3 (ages 6-9) Grades 4-8 (ages 9-16) Grades 9-12 (ages 14-18) Grades 9-12 (ages 14-18) ages 9-14 in the US and Canada 50 Founded by Dean Kamen in 1989 to “turn young people on” to career Countries participating opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, FIRST is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that designs accessible, motivational programs Challenge Challenge Challenge Challenge 51 combining teamwork, competition, and just plain fun. FIRST helps young people Construction and Research Construction and Thematic Solution Engineering Engineering for results; industrial FRC recognition build self-confidence, knowledge, life skills, career paths, and a sense of Construction, Programming, and Research (real-world engineering challenges) grade up to 130 lb. robots Components  56,000 medallions, 2,900 trophies “Gracious ProfessionalismTM.” This year, thanks to more than 85,000 committed Components LEGO® Education Simple & Motorized Components Components adult volunteers, more than 196,000 young people from all U.S. states and 50 other ™ ® ® Mechanisms Set ® ® Pitsco TETRIX , LEGO MINDSTORMS FIRST Radio Control Set, Sensors FTC recognition countries were introduced to the joys of problem solving through engineering. LEGO MINDSTORMS and Controllers, Motors, Advanced ® TM Education Robot Set, Sensors and Controllers  3,780 medallions, 495 trophies LEGO Education We Do Education Robot Set & Visual Systems Robotics Construction Set n Custom Assembled Field Component Set Building blocks of learning Disciplines Disciplines FLL recognition Disciplines Disciplines STEM* Four different FIRST programs, starting in elementary school and continuing STEM*  40,000 medallions, Basic STEM* STEM* through middle and high-school levels, act as building blocks to help participants Competition more than 1,000 trophies master skills and concepts they take with them from one level to the next. Tapping Competition Competition Showcase Real-World Competitive Challenge/ into the selfless support of thousands of volunteers, mentors, sponsors, educational Programming Sporting Event Scholarships available Thematic Design/Model Building Sporting Event institutions, and government, teams from six to more than 25 students each accept the Show-Me Poster Thematic Problem Solving Software  630 worth close to $9,800,000 challenge to do research or to fund, design, build, and compete with robots of their Software Research Project LabVIEW™, C++, Java™ own creation in local, national, and international contests. Corporate sponsors Software Exhibition and Robotic Competition LabVIEW™, RobotC, NXT-G ® TM Teaches 3,500 LEGO Education We Do Team Work Changing lives, one at a time n n Teaches Robotics Construction Software Advanced Control FRC donated parts Software Programming Business Planning FIRST brings people of all ages and backgrounds together with the goal of making Teaches 389,300 a positive impact on how kids think about themselves and what they’ll do with their LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Sensor Usage Engineered Product for Real World Basic STEM* lives. Some team members design and build robots. Others help raise funds and Education NXT-G Advanced Control Engineering Constraints Number of robots constructed Interpersonal Skills create publicity. Some create team names, logos, and competition outfits. The skills Engineering Method Industrial Design Building Skills Teaches 16,374 they learn along the way all but guarantee them extraordinary career opportunities Real-Time Prototyping Project Management in a host of exciting fields. Team Work Cause & Effect Project Management Team Work Growth of FIRST Interactive Problem Solving Team Work participation (over 2008) Industrial Design Time & Project Management An outlet for giving back Gracious Professionalismt m Programming Team Work Reliability 23% Research & Presentation FIRST represents an exceptional opportunity for motivated individuals, institutions, Tactical Thinking Participants who have a Critical Thinking Strategic and Tactical Thinking and corporations to get involved in something that helps young people today, and will t m Gracious Professionalism Coopertitiont m meaningful learning experience Gracious Professionalismt m provide dividends for all of us tomorrow. We hope you will consider joining with FIRST n Introduced in 2009 “Smart Move” Season t m 100% in our quest to change the world for the better, igniting one young mind at a time. Gracious Professionalism 2 3 *STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, Math “There will never be a shortage of opportunities for people who know how to solve problems.”

Dean Kamen, FIRST Founder

Founder’s & Chairman’s Letter

Science and the world of FIRST share the commonality of building blocks. Just as scientists, engineers, and inventors use the building blocks of recorded prior knowledge and discovery to create new wonders, or to improve on old ones, FIRST participants meld their own discoveries and problem-solving skills with those of their teammates, coaches, and predecessors to innovate new solutions to their current challenges.

That’s the beauty of FIRST – young people can jump into any program at any time, learn new skills and concepts, and bring those building blocks with them as they move through the more challenging (and fun) programs and on to college and careers. The younger we can “hook” them on the fun and excitement of science and technology, the better chance we have of producing a new generation of innovative problem solvers who will literally change the world. We believe there are kids in FIRST right now who will cure cancer, or build a non-polluting engine, or win a Nobel Prize, or innovate solutions to problems about which we do not yet know. Moving through the continuum of our four programs gives them a chance to discover what they are capable of, how far they can go, and the many rewarding career opportunities awaiting them in science and technology.

Our students’ ideas, enthusiasm, creativity, can-do spirit, inquisitiveness, and don’t-know-it-can’t-be-done spark are the building blocks to the innovations of tomorrow. Which means we need to renew our efforts to support and expand the FIRST family of programs into as many corners of the globe as possible. In 2009, record numbers of you volunteered your talents, experience, vast amounts of time, and financial support. To every mentor, volunteer, sponsor, parent, and team member, we humbly thank you. Many more of you will be needed from our schools, our communities, and our corporations. To help us continue to grow, we urge you to be a FIRST “building block”, sharing your enthusiasm and passion for this truly amazing organization with those around you. Let’s all invest in some really talented kids.

John Abele & Dean Kamen

Dean Kamen, FIRST Founder John Abele, FIRST Chairman

4 5 What’s FIRST?...... page 2 “This is the only sport I know of where everybody who plays can become a pro.”

Founder’s & Chairman’s Letter...... page 5 Walter P. Havenstein, CEO, SAIC

President’s Letter...... page 7 President’s Letter

The stories continue to amaze me. Junior FIRST® LEGO® League...... page 8 A young woman tells me she is a volunteer mentor because as a high-school sophomore contemplating dropping out, she was encouraged to join the school’s FIRST robotics team. She ended up graduating from high school, earned FIRST® LEGO® League...... page 10 a college degree in mechanical engineering, and is now a product designer. She now “gives back” because of the huge impact FIRST had on her life.

A mother says, ”Thank you, FIRST. You changed my son’s life. He struggled in high school, and thanks to a patient, ® FIRST Tech Challenge...... page 12 encouraging mentor, he is now in college on a FIRST scholarship, with aspirations that would make any mother proud.”

One team member I met has just applied for his first patent — he’s 16! Another is using his newly-developed skills to FIRST® Robotics Competition...... page 14 overcome a visual disability by developing a distance vision system so that he can get a driver’s license, and then offer this technology to millions of other visually-impaired individuals. Another convinced her state legislature to provide $150,000 in funding to start more FIRST teams.

Sponsors...... page 16 There are thousands of such stories of inspiration, innovation, and contributions of time, talent, and resources to create the science and technology heroes we need in our future. On behalf of the FIRST board of directors and staff, I want to thank the 85,000 volunteers, 3,500 corporate sponsors, and the many teachers, parents, friends, and fans that make 2009 Woodie Flowers Award...... page 17 FIRST happen. Through your support, hundreds of thousands of young people are participating in this “sport for the mind”, changing our culture – and our lives – for the common good.

2009 Scholarship Program...... page 19 Despite the economic challenges, through your personal efforts and financial support,FIRST was able to engage more youth for another record year of team growth. We are poised to do so again in the coming season, with new FIRST® Robotics Competition events in North Carolina, Utah, and Massachusetts; with new FIRST® Tech Challenge volunteer partners in 10 states; with additional FIRST® LEGO® League partners, coaches, and teams; and with a growing 2009 Founder’s Award...... page 21 number of six to nine year-olds in the Junior FIRST® LEGO® League program. Thank you for igniting the passions of these students and helping to create the innovators our society needs.

Strategic Partners...... page 23 Dean Kamen & Paul R. Gudonis Financials ...... page 42 Paul R. Gudonis, FIRST President Leadership...... page 43

6 7 Photos provided by Coach, Heidi Buck

Jr.FLL teams are encouraged to gather together to share their projects and experiences with family and friends. In 2008, more than 40 Expos were held in communities across the U.S. and Canada. PROFILE NUMBER OF TEAMS 1,203

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Back row - From left to right: Coach Dr. Pellom McDaniels III, Ellington (age 7), Jack (age 8), Seth (age 8), Coach Chad Philips. 702 Front row - From left to right: Blaise (age 9), Nora (age 7), Ben (age 9).

Coach Dr. Pellom McDaniels III 327 Dr. Pellom McDaniels III, Assistant Professor of History and American Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, was introduced to robotics when his six-year-old son pleaded to be taken 125 to a local FIRST event. The seeds of excitement sown that day inspired not only father and son, but In its fifth year, the Junior FIRST® LEGO® League (Jr.FLL®) an entire community. program grew 20 percent to reach a total of 1,203 teams in the Dr. McDaniels, assisted by parents and teachers, formed the Brainiac Attack Robotics Club 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 U.S. and Canada. Geared toward six to nine year-olds (Grades K-3), (BARC) at Academie Lafayette French Charter School in Kansas City, Missouri, to participate in Jr.FLL introduces the youngest of school-age children to the fun Junior FIRST LEGO League. They learned respect for the environment and how they can have an and excitement of solving problems with science and technology. impact; researched real-world problems; asked questions, sought answers, and deliberated over their ideas; and enjoyed traveling and meeting other teams. As their confidence grew, they explored Guided by adult coaches, teams of up to six children are presented robot building and simple programming in preparation for their progression to FIRST LEGO League. with a real-world challenge based on the same theme as the FIRST® LEGO® League “ Today, BARC has grown to three teams. Working with LEGO League Operational Partner, program, to be solved by research, critical thinking, and imagination. In the 2008 mentorFIRST andgave tome teach the ability the values to work of sportsmanship. with my son as We a FIRST have ignited the flame of enthusiasm for grades K-5.” Anna Simmons, Dr. McDaniels has also grown the Jr.FLL presence in the area. To bring in more “Climate Connections” Challenge, teams investigated the earth’s climate, children from underserved schools in the urban core, the pair trains teachers and counselors to add built LEGO models made out of LEGO elements including a moving part, Doug Geiman, Jr.FLL® Coach robotics to their curriculum. The schools, in turn, recruit parents to run teams. As a result, people see that it’s not difficult to implement the Jr.FLL program, it just takes a coordinated effort. Starting and created a Show-Me poster depicting their research journey. from the excitement of a six-year-old, an entire community now works to turn youngsters on to science and technology. 8 9 Photos provided by Coach, Heidi Buck

Every FLL Challenge reflects an important real-world issue as a way to create awareness among young children, but also to show them how science and technology can contribute to solving problems. FIRST thanks the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Geosciences; the U.S. Army Cold Regions 13,705

Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL); PROFILE and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center Clockwise from the left: for Collective Intelligence, for helping develop 10,941 Faith (age 12); Aydan (age 10); Alejandro (age 12); a theme and robot missions reflective of the Bobby (age 12); Andrew (age 11); and Drew (age 10) hurdles that scientists experience relative 8,847 to climate study. 7,501 “LEGO Guards” Team, Meadow Vista, CA

As children living in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, the NUMBER OF TEAMS 5,859 homeschooled 5th to 8th graders who make up the “LEGO Guards” FLL team are acutely aware of the devastating effects of wildfires. These young environmentalists 4,331 participated in the 2008 FLL “Climate Connections” Challenge, devising an early wildfire detection system that could save lives, land, and property around the world. 3,001 Their creativity really paid off. Marking its tenth anniversary season, ® ® ® 1,902 Their solution uses a network of solar-powered closed-circuit TV cameras the FIRST LEGO League (FLL ) grew 25 percent to a total 1,540 mounted throughout forests and linked to the Internet. Citizen fire watchers view of 13,705 teams participating in 50 countries. The 2008 960 200 the images on the Web to obtain advance warning of fires before they spread. “Climate Connections” Challenge asked teams comprised of nine to sixteen year-old children (nine to fourteen in the U.S. One of 56 teams from 29 countries chosen to attend the May 2009 Children’s 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Climate Call (FLL Open European Championship) in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Canada) to apply research and robotics to explore the earth’s organized by The LEGO Group and FIRST Scandinavia, the “LEGO Guards” were climate. Using LEGO MINDSTORMS® technologies and LEGO Education materials, awarded the event’s Sony® Climate Change Innovation Award. Working with Sony more than 137,000 children learned about past climates, delved into questions engineers and technologists to refine the idea and turn the concept into reality “ME a Coach? I could never do that. Well, two years through a series of workshops, the team participated in key decisions, such as about our current climate, and explored conditions for the future through missions under my belt and many ‘Ah-Ha’ moments later, the type of Sony camera used and the software interface for users as they such as minimizing climatic influences, sequestering greenhouse gases, studying keep a lookout for fires. I must say this is an adventure I’m glad I took.” wildlife, and preparing for climatic conditions. The season included more than 450 The “LEGO Guards” are seeing their solution become a reality. The first qualifying events, 89 Championship Tournaments, and two Open Championships. Rhonda McMillen, FLL Coach and Mentor camera was installed in the Lake Tahoe, California, area in November 2009, and It culminated at the FLL World Festival, where 84 teams gathered to celebrate their the team exhibited their proof of concept on the Sony stand at the Bright Green accomplishments and share their innovative solutions. Exhibition in Copenhagen during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in December 2009. 10 11 Photos provided by Coach, Heidi Buck

FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is the newest and the fastest-growing FIRST program. Teams of up to 10 high-school students who want to compete head-to-head using a sports model get to design, build, and program robots. One of the most accessible programs, FTC applies real-world math and science concepts and develops problem-solving, organizational, and team-building skills.

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Mannie Lowe, Georgia

130 Mannie Lowe will be the first to acknowledge he was a bit skeptical when his employer at the 53 time, Applied Systems Intelligence, asked him to evaluate where he could provide support to FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®) teams. A professional project manager, Lowe was astounded at the For the 2009 season, more than 10,000 high-school design-build skills of FIRST teams, but found out that where they really needed help was in programming students joined the ranks of the FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC®). and project management. In 39 Regional Tournaments across the U.S. and Canada, 986 2005 2006 2006 2007 2008 What began as some corporate volunteer work quickly led to mentoring, pit announcing, coaching, DEMO PILOT teams participated, with 100 of them securing a coveted spot to regional planning committee involvement, and organizing for both the Peachtree FRC Regional and the compete in the World Championship in Atlanta. In FTC’s Georgia FTC Tournament, and now, as FTC Affiliate Partner. “FACE OFF!” challenge, teams of up to 10 students tried to outscore “ Mannie is committed to ensuring the quality of the FTC experience for students through their opposing alliance by removing colored hockey pucks from eight different racks DepartmentWe teach according of Eduation, to the frameworksbut this is how of thewe draw expanded matches and qualifiers. His goal this year is to have a third field in place for Georgia’s FTC around a playing field and placing them in various locations in the center scoring area. them in…. The students love this and it really drives Championship tournament. He believes strongly that FTC provides a great opportunity for students to advance through FIRST, with smaller teams, more hands-on work, accessible cost, and playing greater Teams and their robots were also challenged with a rough or slippery terrain located home the mathematics and science principles they are roles in a cohesive unit. in four areas of the field at the start and the end of the match. Guided by learning, and in a fun way.” adult mentors and using engineering principles complete with an engineering “We can quickly gauge if we’re delivering a quality experience when we see the smiles on notebook, FTC teams designed, built, and competed with a re-useable robot kit Josselyn Winter the students’ faces. I love the program, I love the friends I’ve made, and above all, I’m proud of Electronics Teacher using a variety of programming languages. Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School the contributions I’ve been able to make through FIRST. Without question, I would not have my present job as a technology instructor at Pace Academy if it weren’t for FIRST.” 12 13 Photos provided by Coach, Heidi Buck

With the goal of creating a school-to-career pipeline through which young people are inspired to explore opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), FIRST has the philosophy that today’s culture can be positively transformed by inspiring young people, their schools, 1,683 and their communities to appreciate the need for 1,501 STEM education in 21st century education.

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NUMBER OF TEAMS 642 Mike Hayes, Man of Science and Mystery

515 What compels a man of science and technology to focus on his artistic side? Ironically, for mechanical engineer Mike Hayes, it’s FIRST. 372 A supply chain quality process leader for GE Transportation and theater buff, Mike 271 has been a FIRST volunteer since 1998 and mentor to Team 291 since 1999. Along the 199 way, Mike discovered a satisfying and lucrative way to combine his love of science and In the program’s 18th season, more than 42,000 151 94 theater. Hayes writes, directs, produces, and performs “murder mystery” dinner plays high-school students (1,683 teams, including 321 Rookie teams) 28 whose profits support local FRC teams. During the past 11 years, he has raised over $100,000 for the teams. from 48 states and 10 additional countries accepted the challenge “Solving a mystery and conquering a design challenge aren’t really all that different,” to compete in LUNACYTM. The game paid homage to the Apollo 11 mission during NASA’s 1992 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Hayes says. “Both present you with a puzzle that is solvable, but only by paying attention 40th anniversary of landing a man on the moon in July 1969. Navigating on a low-friction to the details. And in both cases, it’s an awful lot of fun to know that you’ve solved it.” floor, robots were designed to pick up nine-inch ‘Orbit Balls’ and score them in trailers Hayes’ theater group does one production a year conceived from a variety of hitched to their opponents’ robots for points during a two minute and 15 second match. “I’m standing in front of some of the best and the brightest subjects, including politics, the Internet, and the nightly news. His current show is Additional points were awarded for scoring a special game ball, the ‘Super Cell,’ in the in the U.S. and from around the world, and I know you titled Zootsuits and Zipguns. GE is the major sponsor, underwriting food and providing the performance facility. The “actors” are a combination of GE employees, FIRST students, opponents’ trailers during the last 20 seconds of the match. Teams participated in 40 are going to do things that people said could never be done.” and people who just want to have fun. Hayes says it’s not too difficult to Regional Competitions, seven District Competitions, one State Championship (MI), and corral the players. “All you need is a sense of adventure, a good sense of humor, Joe Astroth, Ph.D. and a knack for improvisation.” the international Championship at the Georgia Dome, Atlanta GA. All team members were Vice President of Learning and Education, Autodesk eligible to apply for over $9.8 million in college scholarships from over 130 providers. Hayes never loses sight of the ultimate goal: inspiring more young people by raising money for FIRST. With that in mind, he has a robot present at every performance so that “people can see what they are supporting by their attendance.” 14 15

Howard Honig Sheri McCoy n Thomas & Jane Propst Eric Huang McDowell’s Auto Body John & Stephanie Ptak Kent Hughes s In addition to the formal sponsors, suppliers, and contributors acknowledged Nina Lander McElroy PTC/USER, Inc. in honor of John Abele Intel Volunteer Grant Program on these pages, FIRST extends its sincere appreciation to the tens of thousands Michael McLeod in memory of Craig & Susan Quisenberry Internal Revenue Service, Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Sims Roger Quon of volunteers who generously devote their time and expertise, and the Paul James Matthew McQuaid RAS Communications thousands of sponsors of FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, Kamton & Edna Joe Timothy & Helen McVey Renita Prevot Insurance Agency Scott & Charlene Jo Johnson and teams and events. Markus Meister & Elizabeth Gib Ariel Lauren Rideout FIRST LEGO League, Junior FIRST LEGO League JPMorgan Chase Foundation Microsoft Giving Campaign Robin Ripley FIRST could not achieve the powerful impact it does without this Michael & Jacqueline Judith Amy, Michael, & Barbara Miles in honor of RJG Foundation tremendous support. John & Nancy Kaindl Dr. Thomas Weisser David Robbie Victoria Katzman The Milk Money Foundation, Inc. Steven Roberts Charles & Patricia Kennedy Roger & Tracy Miller E.R. Rodriguez & Betty Hilliard FIRST thanks all of our supporters and makes every effort to ensure John R. Keough Chi Cao Minh Alexander Romashkov complete and accurate listings. If we’ve made an error, please accept our Anthony & Sharon Kerrison William Miskovetz Sheldon Rosen & Karen Hill sincere apology, and please help us correct it by letting us know at Elizabeth Kilchoer Gary & Diane Mitchell Neil & Nancy Rosenberg Jonathan & Jacqueline King Ann Moore Viola Rothenberg 1-800-871-8326. Edward Klein Laura Moore - Cunningham Foundation Phillip & Karen Roux Kollsman, Inc. Robert & Venita Morell J. Russell John Novak Vincent & Suzanne Kral Noel & Antoinette Morlas Sargent Production Services SPONSORS 2009 Woodie Flowers Award Recipient Steven Krawic Nancy Morris Dilip Sathe Dr. William P. Murphy, Jr., Founder Cordis Corp. (left) Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen s Paul & Anita Moss Roland Schmitt s presents award to John Novak KEY Jeffrey & Katherine Altschuler Kristin Solberg Camorlinga McClellan Dubois Garuda, U.S. Inc. William & Allison Lacy Amy Kaii Mottram James & Cynthia Scholes n Member of the FIRST Board of Directors Howard Anderson Robert & Lynn Dunlop General Electric Foundation v David & Penny Lalejini Brian & Marian Murphy Show Ready Events LLC s Member of the FIRST Executive Advisory Board Louis & Linda Capobianco Michael & Nancy Andes Dura-Crafts Gerald & Laura Giammatteo Vincent Lam John Murphy l FIRST Honorary Director Timothy & Carol Carman Joan Sides John Novak and his wife planned their wedding around FIRST and he warned v Matching Gift Ant’s Eye View LLC Tom & Marina Carpenter Terry & Patti Durkin GivingExpress Online Shantija Larue Kerry Mushkin Michael Silver her beforehand that he “had a thing for robots.” An engineer at Baxter Healthcare, Mario & Mary Mendez Ashla Scott Casavant John & Sharon Dusek Frank L. & Helen Gofrank Foundation Caroline Leach Timothy Mushkin Society of Manufacturing Engineers — Chapter 354 John has been a dedicated and irreplaceable presence on FIRST Robotics BAE Systems Employee Paula Catron e.Republic Incorporated Alfred G. Goldstein Robert & Hope Le Francis David Neiman FIRST FOUNDING SPONSORS Community Fund, Inc. v in honor of Dean Kamen Thomas Spencer Alexandra Cattelan David Golman Diane Leibowitz Leroy & Anita Nelson Competition (FRC) Team 16 “Baxter Bomb Squad” of Mountain Home, Arkansas, Baxter International, Inc. David Baker Marcus Eick & Yenny Eick-Guede Edward & Karen Spofford Karen Cell Google Matching Gifts Program v Advarest & Lorraine Leoreid Network for Good since the team’s formation in 1996. At the FIRST Championship in Atlanta, John Boston Scientific Corporation David & Karen Bakkegard Empire Entertainment in honor of Dean Alexis & Edith Grabbe Jerry & Diane Lester Matt & Lynne Neuerburg Rebecca Spurling The Jennifer A. Chalsty Foundation Kamen received the 2009 Woodie Flowers Award for demonstrating excellence in teaching The Chrysler Foundation Thomas Ball & Nancy Gibbs Edward Greco & Gina Gill Jeffrey & Shannon Lewis Cecilia Neuman s Gregory & Susan Stachelczyk Thomas & Maureen Chapuran Employees Community Fund of science, math, and creative design. DEKA Research & Development Corporation Bancroft-Clair Foundation Jeffrey & Wanda Greene Tom Liang Newman’s Own Foundation Sterling Staffing, Inc. Marcos Chu The Boeing Company v Delphi Corporation Lev & Monica Barinsky The Greenspan Foundation Larry Liberto Newry Corp. in honor of Dean Kamen Jeffrey & Stephanie Stern Bruce Churchill Joseph & Angela Enrico General Motors Corporation M.J. & S.R. Barlog John Gregor Library of Congress in honor of Dean Kamen Karen Nichols Raymond Stits Team members describe John as “the heartbeat and the brainwave of the The Claremont Colleges Michael & Maomi Eskenazi Johnson & Johnson Elizabeth C. Bellaver in honor of Dean Kamen Wendy T. Gross Sitaram Lingam Philip & Danielle Niedzwiecki Martina Stoeckl Eureka Ranch Technology Bomb Squad.” From creating an electronics club to teaching evening engineering Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Susan Bennett Richard & Nicole Clark in honor of Dean Kamen Deborah L. Grubbe n Lorman Education Services Jeffrey Norris Dia Stolnitz classes, John has given students the ability to independently use the knowledge Motorola, Inc. Dennis & Catherine Berkey Erin Stone Neil Clemmons Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Paul R. Gudonis n Lorman Education Services Norwich University in honor of Dean Kamen he shares. He and his students volunteered to be a Beta test team for the new Xerox Corporation Kenneth & Jill Bernstein Michael Coll in honor of Dean Kamen Amin & Donna Hakim in honor of Dean Kamen John & Valerie Novatny Mohana Sundaran FRC control system, creating a road show to share their findings about the new FIRST STRATEGIC PARTNERS Ruthann Bigley Community Group Therapy Consulting, LLC Facilitec, Inc. Robert Hammond Paul & Susan Lucci Melinda Nussey K. Suresh BAE Systems John & Cynthia Boehm Deborah Conger Milad Fathibitaraf Richard Hansen David & Jeanette Lummis Thomas & Sandra Otremba Farrokh & Tanaz Sutari system with more than 70 other teams. The Boeing Company The Boeing Company v George Conrades Michelle Miller Ferreira Brandon Hansen Kenneth & Kathleen Lutter Robert n & Elizabeth Parkinson in memory Takehiko Suzuki DEKA Research & Development Corporation Jennifer Bowers Harold Cooper Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Scott D. Harmsen Lux Research, Inc. in honor of Dean Kamen of Jack Kamen Joshua Sweetkind-Singer John has helped the team survive tough times. He and his wife started a paper- FedEx Corporation Paul & Linda Brennan Creative Cities Summit Joseph Fincher Harris Bank Foundation v Paul Madson Partners of ‘63 Dirk Sweigart & Angela Grimes shredding business to help with team finances and gave some team members General Motors Corporation Jeanette Breton in honor of Dean Kamen Anna Maenhout Joseph & Candace Pascucci Robin Sykes Margaret Fischer Richard Hart much needed part-time jobs. He converted the basement of his home into a team Johnson & Johnson Daniel & Carol Singer Bricklin Creative Problem Solving Institute Jerry & Alane Fisher in memory of Jack Harvard Kennedy School in honor of Dean Deepak & Judith Malhotra Marc Pawliger Virginia Szymanowski Motorola Foundation Ira & Myrna Brind Foundation in honor of Dean Kamen Kamen Kamen Supone Manakasettharn Linda Paxton Carol Taft build room. During a very aggressive ice storm, John used the generator that was NASA (National Aeronautics and David & Lori Brooks William & Ellen Cross Scott & Dawn Fitzgerald Yasuko Hata Peter & Deborah Mancuso Denis & Starr Pellerin Scott & Martha Tardiff powering his house to power the tools needed to finish this year’s robot and ship Space Administration) Susan Brownlee Lori Dacko Forum Nokia in honor of Dean Kamen Brian & Lucinda Hautaniemi Sarah Manka Tim & Gail Peter Robert Tash it on time. National Instruments Corporation Sarah Bryant Dancing Tides Foundation David & Wendy Fotland Walter n & Judith Havenstein Soundararajan Manthiri Pheasant Hill Foundation Teradata Corporation Rockwell Automation, Inc. Lawrence & Birgit Danziger John T. Buchman William Frazier Michael Hayes Siva Marella & Padmaja Tummala Joseph Piacentine Gary & Annelise Tinkcom John has also given his time and talent to area FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Rockwell Collins, Inc. William J. Budney Russell Dash Martin & Deborah Friedman Stephen & Lynn Hazard Raymond & Pamela Marra Eli Pick & Gloria Pruzan John Albert Toebes and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams. In fact, every team John has coached 2008-2009 FIRST CONTRIBUTORS Margaret Burch Lynden Davis Scott Frock Brian Hendrickx The MASIE Center, Inc. Jimmie Pierce Joseph Trocino or mentored has gone on to compete at the FIRST Championship. John is John Abele n Lisa Butler Mark & Susan Deacon Chris & Paula Fuld John Herndon Susie Mathieu n Susan & Douglas Pohl Robert Tuttle n Paul & Jacqueline Akert Michael & Elizabeth Byrd Dale & Mitzi DeYoung Todd & Marijane Gadbury Leslie Herr Bart & Cheryl Mayforth Gordon & Susan Powell Karsten & Lisa Ulland determined to reach kids and to make a difference in their lives. As his students Mario Albuja & Norma Crespo Deborah A. Cahill DirecTV Matching Gift Center Peter Gagnon Jeffrey & Lori-Jo Higgins Bruce & Susan McCarthy Robert & Stacy Pressman Paul & Judy Ulland put it, “None of us can imagine that anyone else could possibly do more for a Robert & Carole Doody Paul Allaire l David Calhoun Mark & Nancy Gallivan Walter Hix Earvin & Jeannette McClure Stacy Price University of Maryland team or live a life that embodies the message of FIRST so completely.” 16 17 Joseph Alsop Patti Camilo Karl Drehobl & Amy Alpert Christopher & Cynthia Galvin Donna Holland Kirk McClure Shivakumar Probhat in honor of NEC in honor of Dean Kamen 2009 FIRST Scholarship Providers New Jersey Institute of Technology University of Toronto Brazil Montclaire ConocoPhilips Iceland Adelphi University New Mexico State University/Boeing University of Washington/Boeing EDAcom TECHNOLOGIA NSERC JLFondet FIRST LEGO League á Íslandi American Petroleum Institute - Delta Chapter The New School University of Waterloo Canada Our Kids Publications Mærsk Oil Háskoli Islands Norfolk State University University of Wisconsin-Madison Krumma Gull Arizona State University Alberta Quaker SKS ASME - ASME Auxiliary Northeastern University Vermont Technical College Edmonton, Alberta S.M. Blair Foundation Sony Europe Marel Food Systems BAE Systems Northwestern University Virginia Commonwealth University Aecon SMLS Parent Association SpareBank Nora Boston University Ohio State University Virginia Tech/BAE Systems Association of Professional Engineers, Spectrum Nasco Educational Supplies Ltd. StatoilHydro Tækniskólinn Bradley University Olin College of Engineering Washington State University Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta Sun Rich Tekna University of Iceland Bucknell University Oregon Institute of Technology Washington University in St. Louis/The Association of Science and Engineering St. Mildred’s-Lightbourn School France Ireland Boeing Company Technology Professionals of Alberta California State University, Los Angeles/ Oregon State University Tim Horton’s Planète Sciences First Hand Technology Limited Boeing Washtenaw Community College Event Pro Planner Pace University Chile Altran BP CalPoly San Luis Obispo/BAE Systems Wayne State University Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Penn State/BAE Systems Fundación Chile Farnell Ford Capitol College Westwood College Spectrum Nasco Educational Supplies Ltd. Pennsylvania College of Technology Adexus FING Microsoft Carnegie Mellon University/Boeing William Paterson University Waiward Steel Fabricators Ltd. Phil Clancy Memorial Scholarship Edubrick IBM Rapid Communications Case Western Reserve University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Western Achrib scholarship Plymouth State University Educarchile MDP Israel City College of New York, CUNY Polytechnic University 2008 FIRST LEGO LEAGUE SPONSORS British Columbia El Mercurio Safran FIRST Israel program Clarkson University Vancouver, British Columbia Purdue University/BAE Systems FLL Founding Partner Fundación Mustakis Syntec Informatique Applied Materials College for Creative Studies BC Original Minds Association Raytheon Company The LEGO Group IBM Yuasa General Motors Chevrolet College of Southern Maryland British Columbia Institute of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/BAE FLL Official Suppliers La Tercera Germany Intelitek Systems Technology, Burnaby Colorado State University HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e.V. SPONSORS 3M Motorola The Kahn Foundation (R.A.) Colorado Technical University - Denver Rochester Institute of Technology Simon Fraser University, Surrey LEGO Systems A/S Motorola Foundation mellowmessage National Instruments Daniel Webster College Schoolcraft College TELUS FLL Sponsors Nacap Motorola Rashi Foundation FIRST is all about educational opportunities. DePaul University Seattle Pacific University Newfoundland UTE City Charitable Trust ITT Technical Institute National Instruments Corporation SAP MPDV Technion DeVry University SME Education Foundation St. Mary’s, Newfoundland & Labrador In 2009, all FIRST Robotics Competition team Donna Van Ness National 4-H Council Rockwell Automation, Inc. Siemens National Instruments Josh Weston s, ADP Society of Petroleum Engineers - Delta INTRD (Innovation Trade and Rural members were eligible for over 630 scholarship DigiPen Institute of Technology SAP Frederic & Melanie Varin National Defense Industrial Association Rockwell Collins, Inc. Development), Government of Sodimac Japan Drexel University Section opportunities, valued at more than $9.8 million. David & Glenda Villarrubia National Society of Black Engineers Vestas Wind Systems A/S Newfoundland and Labrador Universidad Catolica Vision Components FIRST Japan Eastern Michigan University Society of Women Engineers - Houston Area James & Lynne Vogt Society of Automotive Engineers IPEX, International Inc. Universidad de Magallanes Greenland CREFUS FIRST Tech Challenge students were eligible Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Society of Women Engineers - 2008 FIRST LEGO LEAGUE William Von Alt II Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Space Coast Section Memorial University China FIRST Scandinavia Eikoh for over $7.3 million of these scholarship funds. Fabricators & Manufacturers Association HOST ORGANIZATIONS AND Society of Manufacturing Engineers ASML Russell Wallace Foundation Southern California Regional Robotics Forum CHAMPIONSHIP Faculty of Engineering and SEMIA Limited Learning Systems Society of Women Engineers (SWE) (SCRRF) Applied Science ConocoPhilips The majority of FIRST scholarships are Cheryl Walsh Fairleigh Dickinson University TOURNAMENT SPONORS Colombia Zenkyoken Women in Engineering Leadership Institute Spring Arbor University Newfoundland Science Centre JLFondet provided by colleges and universities for Stacy Weaver Ferris State University Australia Fundación Global AC&T Jordan Stevens Institute of Technology Verafin Software Inc. Mærsk Oil Michael & Shari Webb 2009 FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP SPONSORS Florida A&M University/Boeing PRIME FLL Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá National Educational Center for Robotics enrollment at their campuses. The remainder Sweet Briar College SKS Tom Wetherald Official Championship Sponsors Florida Institute of Technology Modern Teaching Aids (MTA) Nova Scotia Municipio de Sopó, Cundinamarca King Abdullah II Design and are provided by corporations and professional Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Temple University Wolfville, Nova Scotia Sony Europe Development Bureau Abbott Laboratories Fluid Power Educational Foundation Moore Educational Czech Republic associations and are awarded for use at any Dr. Gary L. White Teradata Corporation Acadia University SpareBank King Abdullah II Fund for Development Autodesk, Inc. Georgia Institute of Technology Austria HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e.V. school. Listed in this 2009 report (on page 18) Tulane University Blomidon Inn StatoilHydro King Hussein Foundation Derek White BAE Systems Grand Valley State University HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e.V. mellowmessage University of Arizona/BAE Systems EastLink Tekna MOE Jordan are 130 FIRST Scholarship Providers, Jennifer L. Wideman The Coca-Cola Company Hampshire College mellowmessage Motorola Daniela Wieczorek University of Arkansas-Little Rock EastPoint Engineering Limited Haiti 26 of whom are new this year. FIRST Championship Sponsor Hofstra University Motorola SAP Lithuania Vince Wilczynski s University of California-Davis eLab, Inc. FLL Haiti Lietuvos ”Minties Odisejos” Asociacija The Boeing Company Idaho State University MPDV Vision Components Some FIRST scholarships are awarded for Paulette Williams University of Delaware IMP Group CCIPN FIRST Shipping Sponsor Illinois Institute of Technology National Instruments Denmark Malaysia Tandy Wilson University of Denver Keane Caribintair special majors such as engineering, math, FedEx Corporation International Fluid Power Society SAP FIRST Scandinavia Sasbadi Sdu Bhd Todd Wolfson University of Hartford Michelin Innocap s.a. science, computer science, or technology. ITT Technical Institute Vision Components ConocoPhilips Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia William R. Wright FIRST Machine Shop & Satellite University of Hawaii at Manoa/BAE Systems Nova Scotia Business, Inc. La Fondation pour l’éducation et le Johnson & Wales University JLFondet Pusat Sains Negara MOSTI Others can be used for any course of study. Broadcast Sponsor University of Illinois at Chicago Belgium développement d’Haïti (FEDUDEVH) Shyam & Emily Yadati Nova Scotia Department of Education The values of scholarships vary from full NASA Kansas State University Stichting Techniekpromotie Mærsk Oil Mexico Richard & Geraldine Zimmerman University of Kansas Nova Scotia Economic Development Lakay Marie Kettering University ASML SKS Explora, descubre y crea, A.C. tuition to under $1,000. Most are renewable FIRST Safety Partner University of Maryland/BAE Systems Nova Scotia Power Symbiosis Foundation 2008-2009 PROFESSIONAL Lake Superior State University Assembleon Sony Europe American School Foundation, A.C. Underwriters Laboratories Inc. University of Massachusetts Lowell NSCC Hong Kong annually if the student maintains an acceptable ASSOCIATIONS Lawrence Technological University BOM SpareBank Canieti FIRST Judges Room & Dinner Sponsor University of Michigan/Delphi RIM SEMIA Limited academic average. (Fiscal year July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009) Lindenwood University Bosch Rexroth StatoilHydro Edacom, S.A. de C.V. Association for Laboratory Automation University of Minnesota/PTC Hungary American Electronics Association Marquette University BrainCenter Ontario Tekna Herramientas Inteligentes, S.A. de C.V. University of Missouri Edwards, Ontario HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e.V. American Society of Mechanical Engineers FIRST Event Sponsor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ITAM - Instituto Tecnológico Frencken Group Egypt mellowmessage (ASME) Google University of Nebraska-Lincoln 3M Canada Autónomo de México Metropolitan Community College IBM The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) University of Nevada, Las Vegas Aramark Canada Ltd. Motorola FIRST Scholarship Row Sponsor Milwaukee School of Engineering The Mathworks Engineers (IEEE), GOLD Egypt section Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) University of New Hampshire/BAE Systems Attridge Transportation Inc MPDV Superiores de Monterrey Georgia Institute of Technology Missouri University of Science Philips IEEE Computer Science Teachers Association University of Rochester The Burgess Family National Instruments Papalote Museo del Niño and Technology TechnoKids FIRST Robotics Conference Sponsors SenterNovem IOP SAP Girl Scouts of the USA Molloy College University of South Carolina Children’s Technology Workshop SAP México, S.A. de C.V. Central Intelligence Agency University of Technology Eindhoven Faroe Islands Vision Components Girls, Inc. Montclair State University University of South Florida FIRST Robotics Canada Rolls Royce University of Utrecht FIRST Scandinavia IEEE Institute (Institute of Electrical and University of Southern California GM of Canada 18 Worcester Polytechnic Institute New Hampshire Technical Institute Vision Dynamics 19 Electronics Engineers) University of Texas - Austin Netherlands Singapore United Kingdom Progressive Software Computing Inc. Indiana Society of Petroleum Engineers – Fort Wayne, IN Stichting Techniekpromotie Heartware Network First Hand Technology Limited Rohm & Haas Company Delta Section ASML EPSON BP Rowan University ITT Corporation Society of Petrophysicists & Well Log Analysts Assembleon ITE College Central Ford Society of Women Engineers Iowa Ames, IA The Faculty, Staff and Students of J.D. BOM LEE Foundation Microsoft University of Delaware Meisler Middle School Cotton Family Foundation Bosch Rexroth Manyang Polytechnic Rapid W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. The Schreier-Edisen Foundation K. Engel K-12 Engineering Endowment BrainCenter Maybank United States Florida Tulane University Frencken Group Microsoft Melbourne, FL Mark & Carolyn Guidry Adventist Robotics League The University of New Orleans Rockwell Collins, Inc. IBM Nothacker Berrien Springs, MI FIT IEEE Chapter Loren Zachary Maine The Mathworks Sakae Sushi North American Division Office of Education The Pink Team Castine and Standish, ME Philips SMRT Southern University Rockwell Collins, Inc Kentucky Bonny Eagle High School, MSAD #6 SenterNovem IOP Bowling Green, KY Slovakia Walla Walla University Society of Women Engineers — Fisher Charitable Foundation Vision Dynamics HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e.V. Space Coast Chapter Apogee Interactive, Inc. National Instruments — Austin, Texas Alabama Libra Foundation Walt Disney World Design & Engineering Applied Physics Institute Norway mellowmessage Huntsville, AL Maine Maritime Academy, Castine 2009 Founder’s Award Recipient www.tryrunningkids.com Carol Martin Gatton Academy of FIRST Scandinavia Motorola Clark Wood Associates Mathematics and Science in Kentucky Maryland Dr. James Truchard, ConocoPhilips MPDV FRC Team #442 Lee High School Rocket City Georgia Cyber Defense Laboratory Baltimore, MD President, CEO, and Cofounder, National Instruments JLFondet National Instruments Robotics Leengineers Atlanta, GA Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation Mærsk Oil SAP Heritage Elementary School Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Insight Cable Northrop Grumman Corporation Norwegian Ministry of Education Vision Components Lee High School Netherlands Community American Trust At every FIRST Championship, Dean Kamen presents the Founder’s Award to a NBC station Massachusetts - Eastern Norwegian Ministry of Research Scientific-Atlanta School of Electrical and Computer SPONSORS South Africa Engineering at Georgia Tech Toyota Motor Engineering and Quincy, MA company, individual, or entity that does something extraordinary to help FIRST grow its SKS Tshwane University of Technology Alaska Shell Oil Manufacturing North America Proctor & Gamble/Gillette programs and further its mission. Sony Europe F’SATIE Anchorage, AK Women in Electrical and Computer Western Kentucky University (WKU) Quincy Public School System SpareBank Hands-On-Technologies Alaska Robotics Education Association Science and Technology Group California - Northern San Jose, CA Engineering Chemistry Department StatoilHydro Anchorage School District Town and Country Foods Massachusetts - Western With the goal of creating a school-to-career pipeline through which young people are SAP Women in Engineering Center for Gifted Studies Worcester, MA Tekna BP Wal-Mart Arrow Packaging inspired to explore opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics South Korea College of Education Raytheon Company GCI Girl Scouts of Northern California Hawaii Peru Advanced Learning Co. Ltd. California – Los Angeles Honolulu, HI College of Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute (STEM), National Instruments (NI) shares FIRST’s philosophy that today’s culture can be Manhattan Beach, CA Google Inc. Asociacion Robotica y Tecnologia del Peru ICIRA Juneau Economic Development Council Department of Architectural and positively transformed by inspiring young people, their schools, and their communities Palo Alto Research Center Alexander and Baldwin Charitable Michigan - Flint ARPL Peru Springboard Anita L. Nelson, M.D. Foundation Manufacturing Sciences Spain SAP Labs Flint, MI to appreciate the need for STEM education in 21st-century education. BB Tecnología Industrial University of Alaska, Anchorage School Boys and Girls Club of Camarillo Department of Geology and Geography Fundació Scientia City & County of Honolulu Delphi Automotive of Engineering Frank Kenny Real Estate Team, Keller California- Southern Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt Cein Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation/ Ogden College of Science and Williams Realty Carlsbad, CA Engineering FANUC Robotics NI has generously supported FIRST since 1998, contributing millions through annual Deltron Citi Lab Alaska DBEDT Fairbanks, AK Girl Scouts - Mt. Wilson Vista Council LEGOLAND® California Physics and Astronomy Department Flint Area Convention and Visitors Bureau in-kind donations, resources, technology, training, and employee volunteerism. Siemens GMV Innovation Solution Hawaiian Electric Industries Charitable Alaska Robotics Education Association Glendale Unified School District Foundation Provost’s Initiative for Excellence General Motors Corporation Siena Group SAC La Salle Colorado BP LEGOLAND® California Denver, CO Hoku Scientific Genesee County Board of Commissioners Poland Parque Cientifico Y Tecnologico Louisiana NI joined with The LEGO Group in 1998 to collaborate on the programming Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Manhattan Beach Unified School District Agilent Technologies, Inc. Honolulu Community College – Metairie, LA Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e.V. Sweden Rowe Professional Engineering software for the original LEGO MINDSTORMS product. In 2006, the FIRST LEGO Juneau Economic Development Council Mr. B’s Bricks Booz Allen Hamilton Construction Academy API - American Petroleum Institute – Delta mellowmessage FIRST Scandinavia Services Company Springboard Pleasant Valley Education Foundation Computer Explorers isisHawaii Chapter League adopted NI’s MINDSTORMS NXT software. In 2009, FRC teams used the NI Motorola ConocoPhilips University of Alaska, Fairbanks Rockwell Collins, Inc. Excel Energy McKinley High School Baker Hughes Michigan - Novi CompactRIO controller powered by NI’s LabVIEW graphical system design software. MPDV JLFondet ® Novi, MI Six Flags Magic Mountain University of Colorado ROC - Robotics Organizing Committee Best Tech Computer Services Through this collaboration, an estimated 200,000 FIRST participants gain hands-on National Instruments Mærsk Oil Arizona FANUC Robotics Phoenix, AZ Southern California Regional Robotics Forum Woodward Governor State of Hawaii Department of Education Council of Petroleum Accountants Societies SAP robotics software experience with technology widely used by professional engineers. SKS Teradata Corporation on behalf Tesoro Corporation – Hawaii of New Orleans General Motors Corporation Vision Components Audio Video Resources Connecticut Sony Europe of Mr. Jerry McGlynn University of Hawaii – College of Engineering Desk and Derrick Clubs Falcon Robotics, FRC Team 842 New Britain, CT Minnesota Portugal SpareBank Women in Technology/MEDB FIRST University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus “We must inspire today’s students to be tomorrows innovators,” says Ray Almgren, LEGO retail store, Chandler California - Central Central Connecticut State University, School Evoluir21 - Associação para o StatoilHydro Clovis, CA of Engineering and Technology The Bruce J. Heim Foundation 3M Foundation Vice President of Academic Relations at NI. “NI chooses to invest in FIRST because Desenvolvimento de Competências em The Tooker Family Foundation Idaho Tekna Jefferson Parish School Board ADC Foundation Ciência, Tecnologia e Robótica American Tees Connecticut Science Center Moscow, ID we know the programs offer dynamic, hands-on experience with a proven ability to Arkansas John C. Stennis Space Center Adventium Labs Arabot Hi-Fi, Material Electrónico e Switzerland Mountain Home, AR California Imaging Institute Connecticut State Department of Education Idaho 4-H Endowment spark student interest in engineering and science.” HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e.V. Clovis Unified School District Idaho National Laboratory Kentwood Water Best Buy Children’s Foundation Didáctico, Lda Baxter Credit Union Dominion Millstone Power Station mellowmessage Doc Buchanan High School FIRST Robotics Idaho Space Grant Consortium Michoud Cargill Foundation Caltec Baxter Healthcare LEGO Systems Inc. Under the leadership of Dr. James Truchard, President, CEO, and Cofounder, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Motorola Competition Team Northeast Utilities LCF Enterprises New Orleans Geological Society Ecolab Foundation Canteen NI (pictured above) has set a wonderful example of what companies dedicated to SAP Educational Employees Credit Union University of Idaho, College of Agriculture & OCS BBS (Offshore Oil Scouts Association) HB Fuller Foundation Saudi Arabia Carter’s Jewel Chest Delaware Vision Components Fresno State College of Engineering Life Sciences Orleans Parish Schools Honeywell International, Inc. furthering U.S. education can do. A tireless member of the FIRST Executive Advisory National Talents Training Center Ellison Electric Inc. Newark, DE Home Depot University of Idaho, College of Engineering PIPE (Petroleum Industry Promoting Lockheed Martin Corporation Board, NI supports FIRST with the time and efforts of their staff resources throughout Aseer Scientific Club Taiwan Harp’s Market Brandywine Hundred Rotary Pelco Education) The Medtronic Foundation British International Schools K.Kingdom, Inc. Infodash The Chrysler Foundation Illinois the year, and serves as a role model for all of corporate America, committed to inspiring Precision Plastics Arlington Heights, IL Professional Landmen’s Association of New The Pentair Foundation Dar Al Fikr Schools Turkey McDonalds Delmarva Power Orleans creativity and innovation in our schools and helping to shape the future of education. RetroBill.com Caterpillar Private donors Manarat Al Sharkiya Schools Smartkids Mountain Home Public Schools Drexel University The Schreier-Edisen Foundation Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers - Seagate Corporation Royal Commission Community Service Creative Children’s Association DuPont Five Star Audio Visual Prior recipients include: BAE Systems, The LEGO Group, FedEx, NASA, Honeywell, Mountain Valley Spring Water Fresno Chapter Shell Exploration and Production Company Club in Jubail Motorola, Inc. Stratasys, Inc. Johnson & Johnson, Walt Disney Co., United Technologies Corporation, and General Motors. Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Pepsi Cola Bottling Company General Motors Corporation Society of Independent Professional Earth 20 The Toro Foundation 21 Hy-Point Farms Sonoscan, Inc. Scientists – New Orleans Chapter IBM David L. 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Technology Commission Dean Kamen is an inventor, entrepreneur, Mississippi Texas-West Northern California Championship Tournament Spoehrer Family Charitable Trust Bechtel SAIC Company, LLC Sideboard Computers Otter Tail Power Company Canyon, TX Rockwell Collins Charles County Technology Council Gautier, MS Mountain View, CA St. Louis Community College and tireless advocate for science and Cimarron-Memorial High School Ralph Engelstad Arena, Inc. Virginia Public Television (WVPT) College of Southern Maryland Cisco Systems: 21st Century Schools Program Jeffrey Stern Amarillo College Computer History Museum technology. His passion and determination to “High Rollers Team 987” Simonson’s Lumber and Hardware College of Southern Maryland Foundation Montana Championship Tournament Global Financial Aid Services, Inc. Syosset Chess Mates, Inc. 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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Playing@Learning QWEST Foundation Ohio Corporation Mississippi Power Education Foundation New Hampshire Pace University Puff Niegoes Microsoft Corporation Sun Microsystems Laboratories Nashua, NH Dayton, OH Northrop Grumman Corporation RightNow Technologies, Inc. Mississippi State University - New York – Mid Hudson Helen Piehl West Virginia FIRST recognized 11 organizations BAE Systems American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Colorado Championship Tournament The Patuxent Partnership Zoot Enterprises Bagley College of Engineering Poughkeepsie, NY Stanley and Geneva Schaeffer Wheeling, WV Dayton Section Golden, CO as Strategic Partners in 2009. 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Sunsource Hydraulic Service and Repair Team Corp The Texas High School Project Fund of Putterz Rashi Foundation The Robobees San Antonio TAME Sentrinsic SMED Gravatai Spidertel Superior Industries Team Elmer’s Communities Foundation of Texas Qcept Technologies RAUK Enterprises Robotics Engineering Excellence San Diego College, Career & Technical SES-Americom The Smith Family Foundation Spirent Communications Supervisor Covington Team Vision, LLC Texas Institute for Educational Robotics Qimonda Rayconnect ROC & Friends of Robotics Education Seven Studios Smith-Debnam Spirit Aerosystems Surf n Sea Team221 LLC Texas Instruments Incorporated Qimonda NA Raytheon Company Roche Carolina The San Diego County Fair Seward County Community Area Technical Smiths Medical Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce Surface Combat Systems Center TeamBank N.A. 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TGM Robotic Mentors QuadTech a division of Quadgraphics Raytheon NCS Rogue Engineering San Diego High Foundation Shawnee Mission Education Foundation Thales Group Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems Rohm & Haas Company Snap-on Tools Sprint Corporation Swingen Construction TechnOdyssey Quakertown National Bank San Diego Turf Shell Snapple Square D - Schneider Electric Symantec Corporation Technology Department Southwestern That Computer Place QUALCOMM Incorporated RBC Dominion Securities Rolla Alumni of Beta Sigma Psi San Dieguito Academy Foundation SHELL Oklahoma State University Thayer School of Engineering RCB Bank Aaron Rollison Memorial Fund Society of American Military Engineers SRI International Symphony Service Corporation Quality Tax Service San Jose Job Corps Shell International Technology, Inc. at Dartmouth College Society of Hispanic Engineers and Science SRT-STEM Center Synaptics Technology Garden Quality Vessel Engineering RD Tool Rolls-Royce Corporation San Marino High School PTSA Jerry Shelton Students (SHESS) TechSmith Theorem, Inc. Rebar Setters, Inc. RoMan Manufacturing SSyD Syngenta The Quan Family San Ramon Valley Education Foundation Sherbrooke University ThermoGenesis Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Staccato Communications Synnex Corporation Techworks Queens College, CUNY Recapture Metals Ronald C. Crane Sanders Sound Systems Sheridan College Society of Mexican American Engineers and Tecla Company, Inc. Thermopylae Sciences & Technology Recticel North America Inc. ROP Contra Costa Co, CA Stafford County Economic Tableau Software Queen’s University Sandvik, Inc. Sheridan Tent and Awning Scientists (MAES) THHA Development Authority Taek Force, Inc. TECO pneumatic Quexco Red Jacket Rotary Rosebank Properties Santa Barbara Applied Research Sheridan Winnelson Society of Professional Engineering Stahlin Enclosures Ted’s Bakery THHS PTA Reeves Automation Rosendale Technologies, Inc. TAH Enterprises Quicksilver clothing Santa Barbara County ROP Sherrard Kuzz LLP Employees in Aerospace Thomas Nelson Community College Stanley Associates Talleres Lucas Tejon Ranch Quiktrip Refurbished Equipment Marketplace Rossbacher Insurance Service Society of Women Engineers Santa Clara University Shiflett Transport Service Stanley Works Tel Aviv Municipality Thomson-Reuters Region One ESC GEAR UP Rotary Club of Agincourt Tallmadge Foundation 38 Quimby Family Foundation Santee Cooper Shigeru Tsubota Thor Labs 39 William J. Stanley, Jr. TAMA Tulsa Area Manufacturers Teledyne Thrivent Financial Tulane University Université de Sherbrooke Wiesbaden Boosters Club Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Tulsa Talons Arena Football University of Bridgeport Wiesbaden Spouses Club Thunder Tower Harley Davidson Turner The University of California at San Diego Wilco Machine and Fab ThunderBots Turner Broadcasting, Inc. University of California, Los Angeles-MESA Wildbit TUV Rheinland Tiger Enterprises University of Denver Wilkinson Woodworking Tha n k Y o u! Timberwolf Construction Twin Oaks Garage University of Detroit Mercy Williams and Fudge Time, Inc. TWISThink University of Hartford “It was a lot of fun. We learned about The Williams Companies Foundation, Inc The Timken Company Tyco Electronics University of Hawaii College of Engineering Williams Corporation FIRST is supported Tire Warehouse TYCO Electronics Foundation University of Hawaii Physics Department- building robots and had to figure out ways Williams Energy by a strong network Titan Inc. U.S. Army Research Laboratory Melvin Matsunaga to make it work. If we tried something and Williams Engineering TKL U.S. Coast Guard Academy University of Hawaii-KCC Williams Tooling of corporations, TKL Products Corp. U.S. Cease Guard Alumni Association University of Hawaii-Manoa, it didn’t work, we had to find other things Williams, Adley & Company, LLP College of Engineering foundations, TMA Systems U.S. Coast Guard Foundation The Williamson Free School University of Hawaii to work with.” U.S. Engineering educational The Tobacco Commission Maui Community College Willow Glen Foundation U.S. Marine Corps Tonnard Mfg. Corp. University of Illinois Kane County Extension Wilson Electric and professional U.S. Steel Dalton Hedgepeth Toronto District School Board University of Maine Windward School Robotics UAW institutions, and Total Soccer University of Michigan FLL “Team Chaos” member WIT UAW 686 Town & Country Group University of Michigan Witco Inc. individuals. Town of Goderich UAW Local 14 College of Engineering WizardOfAz Town of Middletown The UCSD Machine Perception Laboratory Wolverine This support,

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Trophy Robotics United Technologies Research Center USC Vermont Technical College The Weatherly Institute for Robotics Waialua Federal Credit Union and Engineering Weyerhauser Ronald L. Zarrella n TruCut Machine Unitronics USC College of Engineering Vertec Tool, Inc. Waialua High School Foundation Weber Electric Wham Engineering Services Zazzle TrueStone Unity Surgical Center USC-MESA Vessel Statistics Waialua Lions Club WebGuy Communications The White House Restaurant ZelTech Trumpf Universal Machining Services UT Electronic Controls VEXrobotics.com Universidad Andres Bello Waialua Plumbing Websites by Leslie White-Rodgers Zenoss TRW James R. Utaski n VFW Post 961 Universidad del Valle de Wainewright Consulting Ltd The Wee Family Whitestone Capital LLC Leslie Zola Science Scholarship Tshwane University of Technology UTC Fire and Security ViaSat Mexico-Campus Queretaro Jim and Jane Walker Aneta Whitetail Tube Methods (a United Technologies Company) Viastore Systems, Inc. The Wee-Thompson Family 40 The Wallace Foundation 41 (As Restated) STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITES June 30, 2009 June 30, 2008 Operating revenues and other support: Program registration fees $ 15,535,666 $ 14,461,818 Leadership Financials Contributions and grants 16,315,420 15,143,000 Rental income, net 175,629 172,400 Board of Directors Robert L. Parkinson, Jr. Carl Bass Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Throughout fiscal year 2008-2009, Other income 428,360 839,534 John E. Abele, FIRST Chairman Chairman & CEO President & CEO President Net assets released from restrictions 2,231,912 1,321,005 FIRST provided consistently high quality Founder Chairman, Retired Baxter International, Inc. Autodesk, Inc. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Boston Scientific Corporation experiences to its rapidly growing Total operating revenues and other support 34,686,987 31,937,757 Dennis A. Roberson Mark Breadner Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen James R. Utaski, FIRST Vice Chairman Vice Provost, New Initiatives Vice Principal Owner & Vice Chairman number of teams across all programs. Operating expenses: Partner Illinois Institute of Technology Woburn Collegiate Institute LEGO Group FIRST Robotics Competition (“FRC”) 25,259,844 22,841,964 Donations reached record levels as Whitestone Capital, LLC Steve Sanghi Robert Kruse FIRST LEGO League (“FLL”) 3,714,529 3,025,709 Nick Caporella many individuals, businesses, and FIRST Tech Challenge (“FTC”) 1,169,372 1,004,250 Robert M. Tuttle, FIRST Treasurer President & CEO, Chairman of the Board Chairman & CEO President foundations continued or increased FIRST Place (“FP”) 145,855 85,749 General Partner Microchip Technology Inc. National Beverage Corp. E V Consulting, LLC Management and general 3,382,414 3,273,371 1848 Associates their support, and new sponsors joined Thomas G. Stephens Cosema Crawford Gordon Lankton Operation of building 160,420 149,371 Paul R. Gudonis, FIRST Secretary Vice Chairman, Global Product Development Senior Vice President, US Engineering Chairman FIRST – a sign of how essential its Depreciation 348,288 293,148 President General Motors The Louis Berger Group, Inc. Nypro Inc. science, technology, engineering, and FIRST Total operating expenses 34,180,722 30,673,562 Ronald L. Zarrella Michael Dubno David Lavery math (STEM) programs are Dean L. Kamen, FIRST Founder Chairman Emeritus Founder & Partner Program Executive for Operating surplus 506,265 1,264,195 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated Gadgetoff Solar System Exploration to the future. President NASA DEKA Research & Development Corporation Peter Gould Non-operating: Honorary Directors 90% of funds spent this year were for team Ursula M. Burns Vice President, Engineering & Chief Engineer, Paul Lazarus Refundable advances – amortization 319,968 319,969 Paul A. Allaire services and program growth; general and Chief Executive Officer Space and Airborne Systems President Increase in unrestricted net assets $ 826,233 $ 1,584,164 Xerox Corporation FIRST Chairman: 1995-2000 Raytheon Company White Dwarf Productions administrative expenses comprised 8% and Chairman & CEO, Retired François J. Castaing Greg Hale Rey Moré fundraising costs were only 2%, reflecting a Xerox Corporation Statements of Financial Position President Chief Safety Officer, Vice President, Safety, Senior Vice President, policy of applying the maximum amount of funds Castaing & Associates J.T. Battenberg III Accessibility & Advanced Technology Chief Quality Officer, Retired Assets: Chairman & CEO, Retired Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Motorola possible to directly benefit teams.FIRST has Cash and cash equivalents $ 4,948,493 $ 3,388,273 Deborah L. Grubbe, P. E. C Eng. Delphi Corporation Owner Erik Halleus Dr. William P. Murphy, Jr. consistently maximized resources available to Short-term investments 5,400,000 7,799,712 L. John Doerr III Pledges, receivables, and other assets 7,785,144 2,942,890 Operations & Safety Solutions, LLC President & CEO Founder individual teams by carefully balancing public Partner EuroScandia Enterprises Cordis Corporation Net property, plant, and equipment 4,134,969 4,139,427 Walter P. Havenstein need with funding from many sources. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Chief Executive Officer Michael Heffron Ceci Neumann There were no audit findings or questioned Science Applications and International Corporation Gary L. Tooker President, Electronics, Intelligence & Support Attorney Total assets, end of year 22,268,606 18,270,302 Chairman of the Board, Retired (SAIC) BAE Systems, Inc. Dr. Roland Schmitt costs in fiscal 2008-2009 andFIRST received Motorola Liabilities and net assets: James Heppelmann President Emeritus an unqualified opinion from its auditors, Gordon J. Homer President & COO Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Total liabilities 2,950,323 3,436,001 President Executive Advisory Board Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker. The Office of Net assets: Gordon J. Homer Advisory Services Parametric Technology Corporation Jeanne Shaheen Unrestricted 11,090,135 10,263,902 Dr. Woodie Flowers Management and Budget’s Circular A-133 audit U.S. Senator & Former Governor Temporarily restricted 8,228,148 4,570,399 Elliott Masie FIRST Executive Advisory Board Chairman Marc Hodosh of FIRST’s federal grant awards had no findings Chair Pappalardo Professor Emeritus of President New Hampshire The Learning CONSORTIUM at the MASIE Center Mechanical Engineering TEDMED or questioned costs and FIRST continues to be Total net assets, end of year 19,318,283 14,834,301 Josh S. Weston Massachusetts Institute of Technology Susie Mathieu Fred Hubacker Honorary Chairman qualified as a “low-risk” auditee. Total liabilities and net assets, end of year $ 22,268,606 $18,270,302 Partner Ray Almgren Executive Director Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Spirit Hockey LLC Vice President, Product Marketing and Conway Mackenzie Dunleavy Captain Vincent Wilczynski, Ph.D. Academic Relations Sheri McCoy Kent H. Hughes Dean of Engineering National Instruments Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals Director of Science, Technology, America U.S. Coast Guard Academy Johnson & Johnson and The Global Economy The financial information presented here is condensed and does not include the value of all donated services and materials. Audited financial statements (AFS) are available on the website at www.usfirst.org under “ABOUT US/Annual Report & Financials.” Certain amounts reported Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars for 2008 have been restated. For details, please refer to the accompanying notes which are an integral part of the AFS, at the above Web address. 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