Create/Engineer/Inspire

2004 ANNUAL REPORT

create/engineer/inspire

FOR INSPIRATION & RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY envision/solve/learn

CONTENTS

Founder’s Message 1 Chairman’s Letter 3 FIRST Robotics Competition 4 FIRST LEGO® League 6 Sponsors 8 Financials 19 Leadership 21 FOUNDER’S MESSAGE

years ago, we saw a problem. Not enough young people recognized the opportunity, power, and joy of a lifetime of solving problems through science, technology, and engineering. So, we invented FIRST. Today, through the work and dedication of mentors, teachers, parents, schools, companies, and volunteers, 15FIRST has achieved extraordinary results. This year over 65,000 students participated in FIRST programs. Those students emerged with new perspectives on their potential and the rewards of a life in science and technology. They also gained access to a career path that provides higher-education scholarship opportunities as well as employment opportunities with the world's leading technology companies. FIRST has begun to reshape both the perception and reality of the science and technology experience for young people. With FIRST, that experience is one of excitement, intensity, competition, and fun, all leading to deeper learning and understanding. In the 15 years since we began, it is clear our invention has begun to make a difference. FIRST celebrates achievement in science, engineering, and technology. So, we can't let 2004 pass without noting the wonderful achievement of NASA and its mission to Mars. During the early part of the year, one could look at any TV, newspaper, or web site and see the celebration of NASA's exploration of Mars. People everywhere were waiting to see the next photo the Rover would reveal. The world discovered just how much one can learn through a robot. It was an inspiring time for anyone supporting the FIRST mission. 2004 was a year to mark progress made and to measure distance ahead. I am deeply grateful for our results to date, and would like to offer my sincere thanks and congratulations to the entire FIRST community for your energy, effort, and example.

Dean Kamen, FIRST Founder President, DEKA Research & Development Corporation

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 1 challenge/react/thrive CHAIRMAN’S LETTER

hile we’re proud of FIRST’s growth, we are more proud of how FIRST is growing. As hundreds of new teams are created and thousands more students participate each year, we strive to preserve the quality— and qualities—of the FIRST experience. For example, under our new Executive Director Paul Shay, Wwe continue building on the work of former director David Brown to enhance the professional organization without tarnishing the spirit of FIRST. We’re improving how we share experiences and knowledge across the organization. We’re also strengthening support for our incredible volunteer base. And we are engaged in exciting discussions with RadioShack with the objective of forging an alliance that will make FIRST accessible to many more young people. To achieve our mission of changing the culture into one that celebrates achievement in science and technology, our participants must reflect the breadth of our culture. And they do. About a quarter are girls, and a quarter are minorities. More importantly, we continue to attract all kinds of thinkers, not just those predisposed to math and science. This is critical because we see the lights go on for kids who never before had a lens to view their own intelligence and potential. Year after year it’s the diverse teams—those comprised of multiple intelligences—that excel in competition. FIRST not only gives diverse students direction in their lives and expo- sure to the excitement of science and technology—FIRST has changed schools, and has influenced whole communities. What all of this makes clear is that FIRST is about more than robots. It’s about helping kids realize that science is cool—50% say they want to pursue a career in science or engineering. FIRST is about creating opportunity — 2004 participants were eligible for $4.9 million in scholarships. In short, FIRST is about shaping the future. And it’s working.

We look forward to 2005, John Abele, FIRST Chairman Founder Chairman, Boston Scientific Corporation

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 3 FIRST ROBOTICS ueled by the tradition of excitement, energy, and COMPETITION intensity from all involved, the FIRST Robotics Competition continues its impressive growth. The 2004 challenge, “FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar,” delivered on the promise of its name. More than 20,000 students on over 900 teams competed in 26 The FIRST Robotics Competition Fregional events, culminating in our biggest-ever championship (FRC) combines the excitement of event at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. sport with science and technology The 2004 season produced more than overflowing excitement. It produced what we at FIRST call co-opetition as teams worked to create a unique varsity sport together in the spirit of gracious professionalism. More importantly, for the mind. FRC helps high the hands-on learning alongside professional mentors, the real- world engineering and project management experience, and the school students discover how teamwork helped students grasp the value of “raising the bar” on rewarding the lives of scientists their own goals and aspirations. and engineers can be. Those aspirations are rewarded for many. In 2004, the FIRST scholarship program grew to over $4.9 million. These scholarships help students pursue their passion for science, technology, engineering, and math at some of the finest colleges and universities. As a volunteer-driven organization, our success is a direct result of individuals who make an extraordinary commitment to organiz- ing, recruiting, and fundraising. In the coming year, we will continue building our support of the parents, teachers, engineers, and other professionals whose volunteer effort makes the FIRST vision a reality.

FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION TEAM GROWTH

1000 927

800 787 642 600 515 400 372 271 199 200 151 94 28 59 0 ‘92 ‘95 ‘96 ‘97 ‘98 ‘99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04

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“…the most memorable and important part of my life in high school… being on the team proved to me the importance of teamwork in a very real and concrete way… the team provides an opportunity to apply the knowledge learned in school from many subject areas.” - Ian McKenzie, Woburn Robotics Team alumnus, now at University of Waterloo (Canada) in Systems Design Engineering

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 5 FIRST LEGO® LEAGUE IRST LEGO League (FLL) continued its out-of-this- world success in 2003 with the Mission Mars challenge. Over 42,000 students from 14 countries participated, Guided by adult mentors and with 34,000 students on 3,450 teams taking part in 46 tournaments in North America alone. In 2004, over their own imaginations, FIRST 55,000 students will participate worldwide. LEGO League (FLL) students solve FEach annual challenge is designed to help kids comprehend the real-world engineering challenges, link between science and solving real-world problems. Mission Mars posed problems similar to those faced by NASA engineers exploring develop important life skills, and Mars. For 2004, the No Limits challenge asks teams to consider life learn to make positive contributions with physical disabilities and to use technology and creativity to improve the lives of those who struggle with activities of daily living to society. FLL is a result of an that many people take for granted. exciting alliance between FIRST Dedicated volunteers are the backbone of FLL. To continue and The LEGO Company. strengthening our volunteer network in 2004, we initiated additional partnerships with professional organizations, government agen- cies, and corporations. These partnerships produce team mentors and event volunteers as well as guest speakers and educators. Nothing introduces middle school students to the excitement and rewards of science, technology, engineering, and math like FIRST LEGO League. In 2004, FIRST asked Brandeis University to assess the impact of the program. The study found that FLL ® largely succeeds in providing an engaging and effective learning experience. Also, 94% of coaches report an increase in students’ understanding of how science and technology can be used to solve problems. And 88% of children report wanting to learn more about science and technology.

FIRST LEGO LEAGUE TEAM GROWTH

5000 881 3450 OUTSIDE NORTH 4000 AMERICA 428 NORTH AMERICA 2573 3000 200 2000 20 1702 1520

1000 960 200 0 ‘98 ‘99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03

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“FLL taught me patience and that I could learn more than I ever thought I could. Oh yeah, and it was fun all at the same time.” - Andre Bauman, FLL Participant

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 7 SPONSORS

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 year-round events and of 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 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.

FIRST Founding Sponsors Dean L. Kamen *** 2003 FIRST LEGO League Connecticut Department of John Abele, Boston Scientific Charles A. Kennedy Sponsors Education: Office of Technology Edith & Godtfred Kirk Christiansens LEGO America Corporation FLL Founding Partner Fond** The Science Center of Connecticut Baxter International, Inc. LEGO Company DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen ** Delaware Official Tournament DEKA R&D Corp. Steven & Michele Kirsch Foundation FLL Official Suppliers Newark, DE Delphi Corporation Klein Tools, Inc. 3M DuPont General Motors Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Steven Krawic LEGO Systems A/S AstraZeneca Johnson & Johnson Lankton Family Foundation * FLL Suppliers Rotary Club of Brandywine Hundred Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Patty Law Duracell Battery FRC Team 365 – MOE Motorola, Inc. Susan Lawrence LEGOLAND - California Connective Power Xerox Corporation Henry Link GM Saturn Vernon R. Loucks, Jr. *** 2003 FIRST LEGO League FMC Anna Maenhout North America Gore Associates 2003 - 2004 FIRST Contributors The Masie Center, Cathy & Elliott Official Tournament Sponsors University of Delaware Masie, & e-Learning CONSORTIUM John E. Abele *** Alabama Official Tournament Odessa Packaging Paul A. Allaire *** Susie Mathieu *** Mr. & Mrs. Lucas Merrow Huntsville, AL Florida Official Tournament Argosy Foundation Rocket City Robotics - FRC Team 34 Melbourne, FL ASME International Thelma Pedersen Meyer Modernista! Ltd. Liberty Middle School Space Coast FRC Team 233 Harry R. Baker DaimlerChrysler Huntsville IEEE Student Chapter – Florida Bancroft - Clair Foundation Motorola Foundation Marian & Brian Murphy Electronics Institute of Technology J. T. Battenberg III *** DaimlerChrysler/UAW Family Florida Institute of Technology David J. Beauchesne NASA Space Grant/University Systems of New Hampshire Training Center Society of Women Engineers Douglas L. Becker *** Local FLL Teams Benthien Associates Cecilia Neumann * Georgia Official Tournament Boston Museum of Science Northrup Grumman Corp. Alaska Official Tournament Atlanta, GA Mr. & Mrs. Barry Brensinger Willard Nott Anchorage, AK Georgia Institute of Technology David W. Brown *** Parthenon Group Alaska Robotics Education Kimberly-Clark Paul & Dorothy Brown, in memory of Pella Rolscreen Foundation Association Netherlands American Community Trust Raymond K. Price, Jr. *** David M. Brown, Columbia Astronaut Alberta Official Tournament Illinois Official Tournament Public Service of New Hampshire Ursula Burns *** Calgary, AB Arlington Heights, IL Catherine & Stephen Reno Camp Inc. Pat Martens - tec-sploration Motorola Michael Robbins & Heather Hauck Francois J. Castaing *** Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Innovations in Science and Dennis A. Roberson *** CEVEQ (Canada) Western Canadian Robotics Society Technology (INSciTE) Steve & Debbie Chism Deborah Rose Concord Academy Viola Rothenberg Arizona Official Tournament Indiana Official Tournament Cisco Systems Inc. Felicita Saiez Phoenix, AZ Fort Wayne, IN Mr. & Mrs. Harold Cooper Robert Schaeberle Arizona FIRST Regional Planning Indiana University Purdue University – Cliff Cramer Dr. Roland W. Schmitt * Committee Fort Wayne, Dept. of Engineering Betsy & Mark Daniels Scope General Motors Desert Proving Ground ITT Aerospace and Communications L. John Doerr III ** Curt M. Selquist *** Arkansas Official Tournament Division Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Doerr Paul Shay *** Mountain Home, AR Iowa Official Tournament Dow Chemical Company Foundation Elizabeth & David Shippey Baxter Health Care Ames, IA Robert Emmett Downes Thomas G. Stephens *** Science & Technology Group, Inc. Maytag Donna Dubinsky Dia Stolnitz 3M Kate Straus British Columbia Official Tournament Terry & Patti Durkin North Vancouver, BC Iowa State University - Professor Woodie Flowers* & Margaret Rick Tashman Engineering Teachers Insurance and Annuity Assoc. BC Original Minds Association Flowers, in memory of Walter Palmer Telus Cotton Family Foundation Fluid Power Educational Foundation 3M Foundation Chuck Kiester Ford Foundation Eric W. Tilenius N. California Official Tournament Scott Frock Mr. & Mrs. Gary Tooker ** San Jose, CA Kentucky Official Tournament Future Forward Events LLC Jack & Wendy Trommer NCaFLL – Northern California Highland Heights, KY Girls, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Tuttle *** FIRST LEGO League Toyota Motor Manufacturing, The Greenspan Foundation Union Leader Corp. West Regional Robotics Foundation North America, Inc. Northern Kentucky Univ. Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Gross University System of New Hampshire S. California Official Tournament Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Hammond James R. Utaski *** iSpace Carlsbad, CA Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Brian Hendrickx Charles J. Vukotich, Jr. LEGOLAND – California John M. Hennessy Foundation, Inc. *** Walker Foundation and the New Louisiana Official Tournament H. R. Hutchinson Hampshire Charitable Foundation Colorado Official Tournament Metairie, LA Institute for Internal Research Inc. Wentworth Institute of Technology Boulder, CO BLAST, Inc. Institute for Women and Josh & Judy Weston Colorado FIRST Couhig Partners LLP Technology with Hewlett-Packard Foundation, Inc. * Lockheed Martin Bruce J. Heim Foundation Robert L. Jackson, Bostrom Seating, Inc. Wieczorek Insurance Connecticut Official Tournament ASME Johnson & Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Wilson New Britain, CT Intralox Trevor O. Jones * Xerox Foundation Central Connecticut State University Tulane University Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Mr.& Mrs. Ronald L. Zarrella ***

8 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT *** Member of the FIRST Board of Directors ** FIRST Honorary Director * Member of the FIRST Executive Advisory Board E. Massachusetts Official Tournament Ontario Official Tournament Virginia Official Tournament National Instruments Quincy, MA Toronto, ON Blacksburg, VA Norwegian Research Council FRC Team – FRC Hyper Crescent School National Institute of Aerospace SAP Gillette Company General Motors of Canada NASA Langley Research Center Shell Oil W. Massachusetts Official Tournament Imperial Oil Foundation Virginia Cooperative Extension 4-H Singapore Department of Education Worcester, MA AV Projects Virginia Polytechnic College of Statoil Worcester Polytechnic Institute Oregon Official Tournament Engineering, College of Liberal Arts & TEKNA Hillsboro, OR Human Sciences, University Outreach TNO Maine Official Tournament AIAA – Hampton Roads Section University of Eindhoven Brewer, ME Intel Corporation Washington Official Tournament Agent Institute, University of Maine – Orono Mentor Graphics Sao Bellevue, WA 2004 FIRST Robotics Maryland Official Tournament The Catlin Gable School FRC Team 1099 – Lions Brookfield Competition Official Bel Air, MD RadiSys High School Sponsors and Suppliers Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford Cty. Boys and Girls Clubs of Portland, OR Washington Technical and University of Maryland, Baltimore Girl Scouts, Columbia Council Outreach Council Official Sponsors Tacoma Park Middle School – OMSI – Oregon Museum of Science Bellevue School District – Newport Autodesk, Inc. Montgomery County Public Schools and Industry High School SMALL PARTS, Inc. Michigan Official Tournament OSU Extension 4-H Program Institute of Technology – University Official Suppliers Detroit, MI PARTS – Portland Area Robotics Society of Washington, Tacoma FedEx Corporation General Motors Milford Proving Ground Portland Youth Works Performance Sign Products Microsoft® University of Detroit Mercy, College of Software Associates of OR Camp Fire USA – Central Puget Telelogic Engineering and Science Advance Data Processing Sound Council Platinum Suppliers MKTX West Virginia Official Tournament Minnesota Official Tournament Oregon University System, et al. Delphi St. Louis Park, MN Parkersburg, WV ebm-papst Inc. Honeywell, Inc. E. Pennsylvania Official Tournament West Virginia University - Parkersburg Innovation First, Inc. Innovations in Science and Technology Drexel Hill, PA Caperton Technology Center Microchip Technology, Inc. (INSciTE) Drexel and PECO Grants Wisconsin Official Tournament Nypro Inc. Benilde-St. Margaret’s School NASA Sussex, WI The Timken Company Upper Darby School District University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point Missouri Official Tournament Gold Suppliers C. Pennsylvania Official Kimberly-Clark Corporation St. Louis, MO Bosch Rexroth Corporation, St. Louis Community College at Tournament Pneumatics Florissant Valley Pottsville, PA 2003 FIRST LEGO League DENSO Corporation St. Louis Science Center Pottsville Area School District Outside North America Exide® Corporation Schuylkill IU 29 Host Organizations FESTO New Hampshire Official Tournament Wachovia Corp. HPE Automation Nashua, NH W. Pennsylvania Official Austria Robert Bosch Power Tool Corp. BAE Systems Tournament Hands on Technology SMC Corporation New Jersey Official Tournament Pittsburgh, PA Brazil Silver Suppliers Flanders, NJ National Robotics Engineering EDAcom Tecnologia Alcoa Consortium Mount Olive Board of Education Allegro Microsystems AT&T China BASF Bimba Manufacturing Company PPG Semia Technology Fluid Power Educational New York City Official Tournament ALCOA Foundation New York, NY Denmark Foundation The Heinz Foundation FIRST Scandinavia Con Edison The Grable Foundation Globe Motors™ Vision Education Polytechnic University Norgren DSF Foundations France , New York City Board of Education Daniel Lepine Parker Hannafin Corporation New York City Technical College Rhode Island Official Tournament Rockwell Automation New York City Council of Carpenters East Providence, RI Germany Terminal Supply Company The Netherlands American Community Trust Rhode Island Human Resource Hands on Technology Thomas Industries Investment Council Newfoundland/Labrador Official Korea TYCO Electronics Advanced Learning Company Tournament S. Carolina Official Tournament Bronze Suppliers Mt. Pearl, NL Columbia, SC Netherlands Banner Engineering Group Skills of Canada FRC Team 343 Stichting Techniek promotie BICC General Palmetto FIRST Robotics O’Donel High School Norway CCL Industrial Motor, Ltd. Avalon East School District South Carolina Department of Ed. Clippard Instrument Laboratory University of South Carolina – College FIRST Scandinavia Fisher-Price ® North Carolina Official Tournament of Engineering and Information Singapore Kerk Motion Products Raleigh, NC Technology Singapore Science Center Midtronics FRC Team 435 Hamilton Career Center Sweden Monnier Incorporated North Dakota Official Tournament Tennessee Official Tournament FIRST Scandinavia Nuts and Volts Grand Forks, ND Cookeville, TN United Kingdom SERVO Magazine™ University of North Dakota, the Ralph UT-Battelle Young Technologists Taigene Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. Engelstad Arena Tennessee Tech Texas Instruments The University of North Dakota American Museum of Science and Energy School of Engineering and Mines Sponsors Contributors Basin Electric Power Cooperative N. Texas Official Tournament Anderson-Carbolon Group Dallas, TX Danfoss Chicago Miniature Lamp of Bismarck Den Norske Bank Applied Engineering, Inc. of West Fargo Foundation Support Grand Rapids Controls, Inc. Richardson Home School Association Department of Education – Grayhill, Inc. Ohio Official Tournament Richardson Home School Association Denmark and Norway Hobbs Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH Robotics Club EDA COM Kent Elastomer Products The Wright-Kettering Chapter of ESA Lord Corporation the AUVSI S. Texas Official Tournament Government China Skyway Recreation Products ASME Houston, TX Jeulin Vector Electronics Universal Technology Corporation Houston Independent School District KUKA Wright Patterson Air Force Base NASA LEGO Company FIRST Partners Wright Technology Lockheed Martin Motorola MMH Ventures

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Toronto Hydro Corporation and Astronautics Duluth, GA Cooper Bussman Torys LLP Autodesk Government at American Institute of Aeronautics Excellence Manufacturing University of Guelph DLT Solutions and Astronautics Palos Sports University of Toronto Booz Allen Hamilton BellSouth Foundation Plastic Supply University of Waterloo Engineering Comau Pico Comau Pico Sport Fun & Math Dominion Resources Services DBM York University DuPont Spruance DVT Corporation Yves Landry Foundation EDS DeVry University 2004 FIRST Robotics Chesapeake Regional Emergence Georgia Institute of Technology Annapolis, MD GE Financial Gwinnett Chamber Competition Regional & Greater Richmond Partnership, Inc. Championship Sponsors Lockheed Martin Karen Albrecht NASA Infineon Technologies Kimberly-Clark Corporation Arizona Regional Lockheed Martin Colorado Regional Lockheed Martin Phoenix, AZ Marisa Cherry NASA Amtech Systems, Inc. Denver, CO McGuire Woods LLP Ball Industries The Netherlands American Arizona Diamondbacks MITAC Community Trust Avnet Inc. Bradley Feld & Amy Batchelor NASA Langley CH2M Hill Scientific-Atlanta Bank One Foundation, Arizona, N.A. Northrup Grumman Siemens Dematic Electronics Comerica Bank Comau Pico Newport News Hewlett-Packard Assembly Systems, Inc. Future Electronics Raytheon Southern Polytechnic State University GM Proving Grounds IHS Richmond Joint Engineers’ Council Greenburg, Taurig Level 3 Communications SyCom Technologies Philadelphia Regional Honeywell Hometown Solutions Lockheed Martin Thruport Technologies Philadelphia, PA Maverick Enterprises City of Philadelphia-Community Funding Innovation First, Inc. New Jersey Regional Intel Corporation NASA Comau Pico Space Imaging Trenton, NJ Drexel University Microchip Technology Comau Pico Microchip Foundation Stellar Solutions DuPont Wells Fargo Bank Ethicon Edward Greer-Rohm Matching Fund Mr. & Mrs. Steve Sanghi Johnson & Johnson ON Semiconductor Detroit Regional Independence BC & BS Osborn Madedon Detroit, MI New York City Regional (Amerihealth) Phillips Semiconductor Compuware Corporation New York, NY Innovation Philadelphia Raytheon Missile Systems Comau Pico Anonymous Donor Motorola Broad Band Comm. Sector Snell & Wilmer, LLP Detroit Youth Foundation American Express PECO Spectrum Astro, Inc. Fifth Third Bank Bristol-Meyers Squibb PQ Corporation STMicroelectronics, Inc. Michigan Department of Labor The Clark Foundation Rohm & Haas Three Five Systems & Economic Growth ConEdison Subaru Wells Fargo Bank TIAA-CREF Credit Suisse First Boston Pittsburgh Regional White Electronics Designs U.S. Army (TARDEC) Ethicon Pittsburgh, PA Goldman Sachs Foundation Florida Regional Grable Foundation BAE Systems Granite State Regional International Specialty Products Orlando, FL Howard Heinz Endowment Manchester, NH Johnson & Johnson Florida High Tech Council NOVA Chemicals Corporation BAE Systems JP Morgan Chase Florida Space Grant Pittsburgh Foundation Loews Corporation Motorola Buckeye Regional MetLife Sacramento Regional Cleveland, OH The UCF Foundation Sacramento, CA Battelle Memorial Institute Great Lakes Regional Pacific Northwest Regional Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Cleveland Committee Ypsilanti, MI Portland, OR University of California, Davis Cleveland Indian Baseball Team Bosch AEA SBPLI Long Island Regional Comau Pico Comau Pico Autodesk Long Island, NY Eaton Foundation DaimlerChrysler Fund Comau Pico Boehringer, Ingelheim Co. Fifth Third Bank Delphi Foundation – Corporation Hewlett-Packard Creative Socio-Medics Key Foundation – Key Bank EDS Hynix EDO NASA Ford Motor Company Fund ImTech FESTO QSS Group, Inc. GM Foundation Industrial Power Systems Hofstra University Michigan Department of Labor Mentor Graphics Canadian Regional Information Highway & Economic Growth NASA Oregon Space Grant Ingerman Smith LLP Mississauga, ON Visteon Consortium Argosy Foundation JC Broderick Atomic Energy of Canada Lone Star Regional Palmetto Regional JP Morgan Chase Bell Canada Houston, TX Columbia, SC KeySpan Energy Jalynn Bennett ASME BellSouth Municipal Testing Bombardier Canada BP BellSouth Telephone Pioneers Northrup Grumman CAE Inc. Burlington Resources Bosch OSI Comau Pico Comau Pico BMW School Construction Consultants Enbridge Gas Distribution Duke Energy Charleston Marine Container Senator Owen Johnson Enmax ExxonMobil Foundation Corporation South Oaks Hospital General Motors Canada, Ltd. Louisa S. 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10 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT Southern California Regional Grand Valley State University Able-Baker Automation Inc. ARINC Los Angeles, CA Hampshire College ACCD Foundation Arizona State University AIAA Howard University Accu-Tech Arizona State University’s ASME DeVry University Illinois Institute of Technology Accucaps Industries Ltd. Arkwin Ind. Gerald Oppenheimer Family ITT Technical Institute Accurate Instrument Service Co. ARM Foundation Kansas State University Ace Precision Machining Armstrong Atlantic State University Harris Corporation Kettering University ACME Industrial Group Artplak Studios Inc. The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Lawrence Technological University Acrathon Precision Technologies ArvinMeritor Foundation Mercedes-Benz USA ACTI Automation Computer Tech ASME Noah Wyle Family Foundation Michigan Technological University Active Surplus ASME-Petroleum Division The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Montclair State University Active Surplus Machinery Ltd. ASSET of Northeast Ohio Raytheon New Jersey Institute of Technology ADP Associated Manufacturing Inc. Sony Pictures Entertainment Northeastern University Advanced Entertainment Technology Associated Spring, Barnes Group Inc. University of Southern California Ohio State University Advanced Network Systems, Inc. AstraZeneca St. Louis Regional Olin College of Engineering Advanced Presentation Products Astro Tool & Machine Co., Inc. St. Charles, MO Polytechnic University Advocates for Science and Math ATI Technologies Ameren Corporation Purdue University/Delphi Corp. Education, Inc. ATK (Alliant Techsystems) Comau Pico Raytheon Company AEC CADCON, Inc. Atlantic Industrial Technologies James Carter Williams San Jose State University Aerospace Educational Foundation Atlantic Refrigeration Jerome T. Loeb Schoolcraft College AeroTwin Atlantic Reseach Corp. Hunter Engineering SMALL PARTS, Inc. - William P. AFCEA Atomic Energy of Canada Limited MARITZ Inc. Murphy Vision Scholarship Agile Automation ATS MasterCard Society of Women Engineers Agilent Technologies ATS of Carolinas NASA Temple University Air Force Research Laboratory Augustana College University of Arkansas - Little Rock Air Rite Comfort Systems, Inc. Automated Production Equipment (APE) UTC New England Regional University of Dayton/Delphi Corp. Airbus Automated Production Hartford, CT University of Delaware Airline Hydraulics Machining Inc. Comau Pico University of Denver AKM Volks Constructors, Inc. Automating Peripherals, Inc. United Technologies Corporation University of Hartford Alan Steel Automation and Robotics Research West Michigan Regional University of Michigan/Delphi, Corp. Albany International Institute, UTA Allendale, MI University of New Hampshire ALBECO Autoware Corporation Autocam Corp. University of the Pacific Albion Machine and Tool AV Booster Club Comau Pico University of South Carolina Albuquerque JOURNAL Avalon Bay Communities General Motors Corp. University of Southern California Alcoa AVL North America, Inc. Johnson Controls, Inc. University of Waterloo Alcoa Engineered Products AW-NC Haworth Inc. Virginia Commonwealth University Alcoa Fujikura Ltd. B & K Corporation Magna Steyr Virginia Commonwealth University Alcoa - Howmet Castings Bad Boys From Bay Shore Ltd. Metal Flow Corp. School of Engineering Foundation ALION Science & Technology BAE Systems Sagestone, Inc. Washington State University Corporation BAE Systems of Long Island Smith Industries Wayne State University All-Net Computer Solutions Baehr Foundation Michigan Department of Labor & William Paterson University Allegro Microsystems Bagels Your Way Cafe Economic Growth William Tyndale College Allied Fence Ball Steelcase Inc. Worcester Polytechnic Institute ALLTECH Ball Aerospace U.S. Army (TARDEC) Alpine Bank Ball Corporation Westwater Group 2004 FIRST Robotics Alstom Power Ball State University Competition Top Team Alton PTSA Banco Die, Inc. The Championship Sponsors Aluminum Supply Co. Bandag, Inc. Atlanta, GA AM Fab Bank of America Anonymous Donor (Ten or more teams in 2004) American Aircraft Products Bank of Nova Scotia Central Intelligence Agency Sponsor Name # Teams American Electric Power Bank of O’Fallon Coca-Cola NA NASA 207 American Elements Bank of York Comau Pico General Motors 34 American Legion Post 132 William C. 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Baystate Financial Services United Technologies Corporation 13 Anemia Institute for Research and BB&T Bank 2004 FIRST Robotics Delphi 12 Education BCIT Foundation Competition Scholarship Raytheon 12 Anorad Corporation BCSD Office of Technology Awards Walt Disney 10 Ansul Inc. bd Systems Paul Allaire Medal Anteon Corporation BD ASME-ASME Auxiliary FIRST 2004 FIRST Robotics Anver Corporation Beam’s Contracting Clarke Scholarship Competition Team Sponsors Apex Machine Beatty Machine and Manufacturing City College of New York/CUNY 1-800 Flowers.com Apogee Software, Inc. Beauty Mark Clarkson University 21st Century Fund Apollo Sheet Metal Contractors Bechtel Co. 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Johnson & Johnson Companies Bridgehampton National Bank The Citadel Corry Rubber Corp. Design Factory, Inc. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Citi Bank Cortec Precision Sheetmetal Design Innovations British Petroleum CitiCorp. Cosworth Racing, Inc. Detail Technologies Bronze Craft Corporation Citizens Trust Bank Country Deli of Cutchogue DeVincenzi Metal Products Inc. Brookfield Properties, Inc. City College of New York (CUNY) Cox & Company DeVry Institute Brookhaven National Lab City College of the City University Craft Line Inc. DeVry University Brooklyn Tech. Alumni Assoc. of New York Creative Essence, Inc. DeVry University - South Florida Brooks Automation City Market Credit Suisse First Boston Dexter F. & Dorothy H. Baker Brown & Haley - Zingos City of Cleveland Work Force Crotty Chevrolet-Oldsmobile Inc. Foundation Brown University Investment Act Crowder Machine & Tool DHACNY Bruce & Friends City of Hammond Crystal View Corporation Diamond Wheel & Fabricating Inc. Bruce J. Heim Foundation Cityware.com CSU-Fresno Dibert Valve and Fitting Bruce Power Corporation Civil Underground & Excavation Co. CTC Foundation Digital Credit Union BTI Canada Clarkson University CTDI Dillon Software Budget Claude Worthington Benedum Cubitek, Inc. Dipix Technologies Burkland Textron Foundation Custom Finishers DISCOVERIES and Burt’s Reliable, Inc. Clemson 4-H Custom Mobility Inc. INVENTIONS.com C.A.P.E.R. Cleveland Municipal School District Cutchogue Hardware Dishon Limited C & M Relocation Cleveland TechWorks Cuyahoga Community College Disney C-STEM, Inc. Clinton Savings Bank Cuyahoga Community College Disney Engineering C0-CARD SYSTEMS Clips and Clamps Industries Unified Technology Center Diversified Education Systems CACI Technologies Inc. Clough, Harbour & Associates, LLC Cuyahoga Community College - Dixie Hardware Cadin Contracting Corp. Clover Park Manufacturing Youth Technology Academy Dixie Sporting Goods CADSoft CM & A Engineering CVrobotics DJ Consulting CAE Inc. CM4.COM, Inc. CVS Pharmacy Domingo Vara Chevrolet Cal-(IT)2 CMS CWD Dominion - Millstone Power Station Cal Poly SLO CNC Software CyboSoft Dominion Virginia Power California State University, Northridge Coal Vendors Cybotics Technologies Dorchester County Government California State University, Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Company D & D Automation Double-E, Inc. Caliper Life Sciences Cognex Corporation D & D Millwork Dow Chemical Company Campbell Soup Cognos, Inc. D&E Machining, Inc. DP Product, Inc. Camping TimeRV Cohen’s Iron Shop D’Ambra Technologies, Inc. Dr. C Campus Management Coherent DEOS DaimlerChrysler Dr. Michelle Wang, DDS Canadian Space Agency Collbran Lions Club DaimlerChrysler Mack Avenue Dragon Heat - a 21st Century

12 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT Program ExxonMobil General Dynamics Armament & Gulfstream Aerospace Drexel University EY Cybernetics Tech Products Gumbo DRN Machine F.E.A.R. Foundation General Dynamics Land and Guyan Machinery DRS FADAL Engineering Robotics Systems Gwinnett County Board of Druai Consulting & Fliptronics Fairchild Semiconductor General Dynamics Network Systems Education Dryden/JPL Falstrom Company General Electric (GE) Gwinnett County Public Schools DU FANUC Robotics General Electric Plastics H & R Machining Dudley Martin Chevrolet Farmer Machine General Electric Rail Halifax County Public Schools Duke Energy Farmers and Merchants Bank General Motivation Halliburton Duke Realty Corporation Fasteners Inc. General Motors Allison Transmission Halton Catholic District Duke University FAURECIA General Motors Assembly Plant - School Board Dumouchel Meat and Deli FCI Arlington Hamilton Sundstrand Duncan FCI Constructors General Motors of Canada HARD LOGIC Dunkin’ Donuts Federal Mogul Engineering Harper Hardware DuPont FEM General Motors of Canada Ltd. Harris Corporation DuPont Engineering Ferramentas Gerais General Motors of Canada St. Harro Hofliger DuPont Global Services Ferris State University Catherine's Engine Harry and Jeanette Weinberg DuPont I Technologies Festo Corp. General Motors Corporation Foundation DuPont Liquid Packaging Systems Fibro Light Technology, Inc. General Motors CRW Hart’s True Value Hardware DuPont Spruance Fiesta General Motors Desert Proving Hart-Well Electrical Company Ltd. Duval County Schools, Jacksonville FL Firestone Tire and Automotive Ground Hawaii Directorate of Public Works DVT Corporation Centre General Motors Flint North Hawaiian Electric Company (HECo) Dynalectric First Colony Development Co., Inc. General Motors Flint Tool & Die Haworth, Inc. Dyneon First Service Realty International General Motors Flint Truck Assembly Hawthorne Center Eagle Industries Fisher Engineering General Motors General Assembly Heat Transfer Systems, Inc. Earth River Naturals Fisher Investments Engineering Heinz Endowments Eason Scholarship Fitz’s Enterprizes General Motors Grand Rapids HELCO East Central Machine Tool Consortium Flashpoint Machine General Motors Grand Rapids - Hella Electronics Corporation East Coast Appraisal Fleet Bank Metal Fab. Division Heller Ehreman Venture Law Group East Coast Optical Technologies Fleet Credit Card Services General Motors Milford Proving Hendrix College East End Insurance Fleet/Bank of America Ground Hennessy Family Foundation Eastman Kodak Fleming Family Foundation General Motors North America Henrico Education Foundation EBA&D Flexicell, Inc. Engineering Hereford Camera ebm Industries, Inc. Florestone General Motors Powertrain Herman Miller Foundation Ed Bozarth FMC General Motors Research and Hewlett-Packard Canada Ed Fund Fold-A-Goal Development Hewlett-Packard Company EDAcom Ford Foundation General Motors Sales and Service HIEDB - Women in Technology EDF Inc. Ford Motor Company General Motors Tech Center CRW Grant EDO Corporation Ford Motor Company Brook Park Generico Higgs Technical Consulting Education Alliance Engine Plant Gensler Highland Creek Community Educational Robot Company Ford Motor Company of Canada Geographic Data Technology Association EG & G Kelly Distribution Center Limited Georgia Design Initiatives Hilltop Community Resources EKG Networking, Inc. Formosa Plastics Corp. Georgia Tech Hinckley Research Corporation Electric Shop, Inc. Forms Plus, Inc. Georgia-Pacific Hitachi Data Systems ElectroImpact, Inc. Foxboro Company/Invensys Gerald Oppenheimer Family HJ O’Connell EllisDon Construction Fox Valley Technical College Foundation Hodge Brothers Embroidery Specialists FRALO Industries, Inc. Gershenson Construction Co., Inc. Hoffman Design Works EMC² Framatome ANP Gillette Company Holiday Resorts Emerson Fred Needel, Inc. Gill Industries Home Depot EMI Plastics Equipment Freudenberg NOK Gilmore Foundation Home Hardware Dealers of the Empirical Engineering Fritze Keyspan GIVAUDAN Greater Toronto Area Empire Life Insurance Company FTK Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Honda Manufacturing of America Employees of Cisco Systems Future Machine Products, Inc. Gleason Works Honda of El Cerrito EMS Technologies G&M Metal Fabricators, Inc. Glebe Video Honda R&D Engineered Sales, Inc. G-S Machine Shop Glendale Community College Honeywell ENMAX Galaxy Tool GliaComp Honeywell DSES Clearwater Enstrom Helicopter Garrtech Ltd. Global Star Hoosier Toolmaking & Engineering Entergy Gateway Electronics Corporation GoFastRobots Horizon Sheet Metal Ltd. ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR GE Advanced Materials Goldman Sachs Foundation HostRocket.com Entwistle Company GE Canada, Inc. Goldstream Lions Hot Metals, Inc. Envirobods Ltd. GE Consumer Products-Lighting Good Shirts Houston Robotics Environmental Aeroscience Corp. GE Drives and Control, Inc. Goodyear Howard University EOD Performance, Inc. GE Energy Government of Ontario HP EOIR Technologies GE Fanuc Grainger Industrial Supply HP Pelzer Epic Systems, Inc. GE Foundation College Bound Grand Valley Bank HPE Automation Corp. Equiptex Industrial Products Corp. Program Grand Valley State HR Textron Eric’s Machine Shop GE Healthcare Technologies Grandview Heights High School HS Die & Engineering Erie Plastics GE Industrial Systems Alumni Association Hudson Tool & Die Esco GE Industrial Systems GRAPCEP-Davenport Hughes Electronics Products Ethicon (Motors & Controls) Grateful Deli Corporation Ethyl Corporation GE Medical Systems Great American Credit Union Hughes Network System Evans Precision Machining, Inc. GE Power Systems Green’s Plumbing Hull Academic Support Coalition Everest-VIT GE Transportation Systems Greenville County Schools Humber River Regional Hospital Ex-Cell-O Machine Tools GE-Elfun Greenville Technical College Hunt’s Mobil Exatron Gear Up Gregory Poole CAT Huntsman EXIDE Technologies Gene’s Crysler Groovey Grill Mansion Hutzler Mfg. Explorer Post #1888 General Cable Grundfos Pumps Hydraquip Explus, Inc. General Devices GSMA IBEW Local 98 Exxon Oil Corp. General Dynamics GTE IBM

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 13 IBM Global AMS Delivery JAM Plastics LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. Marquette University IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. James Madison University College of Lander Dental Marshall Brain’s How Stuff Works IEEE Integrated Science and Technology Laredo Manufacturing Association Martin Gears IEEE Hawaii Jan’s Iron Work Laredo Society of Professional Martin’s Metal Fabrication IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Jason Dugas; NASA Engineer Engineers Mascoma Savings Bank Electronic Engineers, Southern JCB Inc. Laron Inc. Mass Bay Engineering MD. Chapter JE JACOBS Larsen & Shaw Ltd. Mass Electric a National Grid Co. IEEE Milwaukee Section JEA Larson Manufacturing Mastermind Toys IGA Jefferson State CC Lawrence Berkeley Lab Matanuska Telephone IHS Jewett Manufacturing Lawrence Technological University Association (MTA) IISNet Networks Jewish Community Center Lear Corp Matt Sweeney Special Effects Iluka Resources, Inc. Jim Hanna Sportswear Lear Romec - Crane Aerospace & Maxim Integrated Products Imaging Business Machines, LLC Johann A. Krause, Inc. Electronics May Foundation Impact Solutions John Borzecki Leeward Community College Maytag Corporation Foundation Imperial Oil John Deere Legg Mason Fund MBNA IMS John Deere Waterloo Operations LEGO MBNA Foundation INA USA Corporation John Emery Geotechnical LEGO Systems, Inc. MCCSC Foundation Indalex Engineering Ltd., Lindsay-Emery Lennox Drum Limited McDonald’s Restaurants of Independence Technologies Scholarship Lewis Marine Supply Canada Limited IndusCreative John Mercer & Associates Lewis Pumps McFadden Funeral Home Industrial Light and Magic John’s Hopkins University Lexington Insulators McGraw-Hill Companies Industrial Machine Services (IMS) Johnson Controls LHTEC McGraphics Industrial Technology Institute at Johnson & Johnson Lindell’s McHenry Electric Cleveland State University Johnson & Johnson - Brazil Line-X of San Jose McInerny Foundation Infineon Technologies Johnson & Johnson Consumer & Linn-Mar Booster Club McKinsey Steel & Supply Infineon Technologies, Richmond Personal Products WW Linn-Mar Foundation of Florida, Inc. Infineum USA LP Jon Koehler Metal Design Livingston Trucking, Inc. MCM Machinery Sales Information Handling Systems Jonsson Family Trust Loblaw Companies Ltd. McMullen Foundation Inniss Pharmacy JPL Local 3, I.B.E.W. McNaughton McKay Electric Innovation Plus, Inc. JP Morgan Chase Foundation Lockheed Martin Company Institute for Sample Robotics JRM High Performance Machine Lockheed Martin Aeronautics McNeil Consumer Healthcare Institute of Electrical and Electronic Judicial Copy Services Company McNeil Consumer Products Engineering, Cedar Rapids K & M Electronics Lockheed Martin M&DS McNeil Consumer & Specialty Instituto Tecnologico De Nuevo K-T Corporation Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems Pharmaceuticals Laredo, MX Ka-Wood Gear & Sensors MCSD Foundation Instrument Society of America KATV Television Channel 7 Lockheed Martin Mission Systems MD Robotics Integracon Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Lockheed Martin Space Operations Mead/Johnson Nutritionals Integrated Device Technology (IDT) Kelly Gene Cook, Sr. Charitable LODI Welding Co., Inc. Mechanics Bank Integrated Systems Foundation Lombard Ford Mechtron Intel Corporation Ken-Tronics Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie MEDCO Intelitek Kenlou Foundation Longwood ITTTIP Medex Inter American University Kettering/Grand Blanc M.F.D. Lord & Haywood Medgar Evers College International Brotherhood of General Motors Los Altos Rotary Medtronic MiniMed Electrical Workers LU 353 Kevinro.com Los Angeles Trade Tech College MEI International Kauffman Fund Key-Trak, Inc. Louviere, Stratton & Yokel LLC Mel Kaplan, M.D., PLLC International Paper Keybase Financial Group Lowe’s MembersFirst, Inc. Interscope Manufacturing, Inc. KeySpan Energy Loyola School Council Mentor Graphics Corporation Intersil Kikkoman Foods Inc. LRIG Southeast Chapter Mercedes-Benz Interstate Design/Interstate Mfg Cos. Kimberly-Clark Corporation LSI Logic Corp. Mercedes-Benz of Greenwich Intier Automotive Kimberly-Clark Professional Lucas Ford Mercedes-Benz of North America Intralox Inc. Engineering Lutron Electronics Merck/Rahway Intuitive Research and Technology Kingsville Greenhouses M/A-COM Mercurial Communications InVision Technologies Kinna Family m80.net Mercury Management IOC Kitchell Contractors MAC Mechanical Corp. Mercury Solar Iomega Kiwanis Club of Southold Town Machine Science Meriden Board Of Education Iowa Fluid & Power /EHA KL INC. Mack Truck Merit Electric Iroquois Industries Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Macro Industries Merz Machine ITEA Klingbeil Capital Mgmt Magna Donnelly Electronics Met-Life ITT Industries KML Technology Inc. Mahaney Welding Supply Meta Belting ITT Technical Institute Knoch Manufacturing Ltd. Maine Stone & Landscaping Metal Air Contractors Ltd. ITW Anchor Koch Engineering Co. Ltd. Manassas Dodge Metal Connections, Inc. ITW Highland KPCB Manav Enterprises Metal Essence, Inc. ITW/Drawform Kuka Development Labs Manhattan College Metal Flow Ivy Tech State College KUS Manning, Squires, Hennig, Inc. Metal Research, Inc. Ivy Tech State College - Bloomington L.E. Mueller Ind. Mannington Mills Flooring Metal Supermarkets J D Daddario L.R. Cannon Enterprises Mansfield Electric Metalaser J D Machine Tech L-3 Communications Maple Stamping / Automated Metaldyne J D Properties Integrated Systems Assembly Systems Metaldyne Sintered Components J & K Trash LA County Regional Occupational Marathon Ashland Metalmite Corporation J. & P. Fabrications & Repair LLC Program Marcus & Millichap - Los Angeles Metapurple J&F Machine La Puente Valley ROP Marion-Franklin Civic Association MetlGrafix Inc. J&J Irrigation & Landscapes La-Z-Boy Marlboro Fish & Game Metropolitan Transit Authority of Jabil Circuit Lab Glass & Aluminum Marlboro Police Patrol the State of New York Jackson Medical Mall Laboratory Robotics Interest Group Officer’s Union Metso Automation Jackson State University - School (LRIG) Marlborough City Council MI Roboworks of Engineering Labsphere Marlborough Co-operative Bank MIAD Systems Ltd. Jackson’s Hardware Laidlaw Bus Company Marlborough Mayor’s Office Miami University Jaeger, Inc. Lake Area Technical Institute Marlborough Savings Bank Michael Wade Jake’s Handyman Service Lamar Bruni Vergara Trust Marotta Scientific Controls, Inc. Michelin

14 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT Michigan Technological University National Elevator Cab & NTMA Phuspace Microchip Technology Door Corporation Numatics Engineering PIAB Vacuum Products Microchip Technology Inc./DeVry National High Magnetic NVESD Fort Belvoir VA Picayune Industrial Supply Institute-Phoenix Field Laboratory NW Tri-County IU#5 Pickering and Associates Microsoft National Institute for Technology NWTC Pillar Foundation Microsoft Canada Policy and Research @ Nypro Inc. Pilot Point Ace Hardware & Supply Microsoft Research Longwood University Nypro Puerto Rico Pinnacle Technologies MidEast Aluminum National Institute of Aerospace O P G Lambton Generating Station Pitney Bowes Midtronics National Instruments O’Connor MacLeod Hanna Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics Midway Machine Technologies National Science Foundation (NSF) O’Fallon Township Youth Committee Pittsburgh Public Schools Mike Shifflett, Inc. National Science Industries Oceaneering International, Inc. PK Selective Metal Plating, Inc. Miller Environmental Group National Society of Black Engineers Oceaneering Space Systems PKT Development, Inc. Milwaukee FIRST Support National Starch and OEC Engineering Plant Machine Works Organization Chemical Company Office Works Plascore Milwaukee School Of Engineering Naugatuck Valley Community Ofoto Plasti-Coat, Inc. MIT College Ohio State University Plastic Craft Products Corp. MITAC Naugatuck Valley Community Oklahoma State University— Plastic Engineering and Mitretek Technical College College of Engineering Technical Services Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab Navair Old Santee Canal Park Plastics Ingenuity MMC Naval Air Systems Command @ Olin College Platt Tech Parent Faculty Modern Industries Pax River Omron Canada, Inc. Organization Moir KMJ Machinery Movers Naval Sea Systems Command On The Side Screen Printing Plexus Technology Group Monarch Instruments Detachment Pacific Ontario Power Generation Plumbers Union Local 1 Monarch Plastics NAVSEA Undersea Warfare Center OPG - Pickering Nuclear PNI Corp. Monin, Inc. NBXDSL Optech Inc. Polytech University Monroe Visteon NC A&T Optimist International Polytechnic Institute Monster.com Nerac, Inc. Oracle Polywoda Beverage Montana State University NetEffects Orlando Science Center Port Authority of NY & NJ Montgomery County Community Netstal Machinery OSU-OKC Port of Egypt Marine College New England Development Outback Manufacturing Powell Electrical Manufacturing Moog Aircraft New Hampshire Industries, CREARE Outlaw Motorsports Power Aisle, Inc. Mopar New London Precision Oxford Automotive Power Knights Robotics, SPA Morehouse Engineering Instruments, Inc. OZ Automation Power Resources International, Inc. Mother Woods New Mexico State University P S P Steel Powerwave Technologies Motorola, Inc. New York City Technical College P&H Pratt & Whitney Motorola-PA New York Yankees Pac Machine Co., Inc. Precision Pneumatics MPC Newark Public Schools Pacific Bell Precision Race Services MPC Products Newark InOne Pagano’s Precision Stone, Inc. MPE Machine Tool, Inc. Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro Pal’s Electric Shop Preuss Foundation, Inc. MPPTO Newstress International Palisade National Bank Price Engineering Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Petty Niagara County Community College Palm Desert High School Foundation Princeton University Ms. Judi Longfield Nike Tech Lab Panasonic The Printery MSC Software Nissan of Fife Panda Management Prism Technical Management & MSI General NIST Panzer Aluminum Products, Inc. Marketing MSOE Noble Systems Corp. Papa John’s Pizza - E.146th x Willis Procter & Gamble MTA Norcraft Companies Avenue Professional Engineering Mullen Motors, Inc. Nordson Corp. Papa Johns Professional Engineers Ontario - Murray’s Sheet Metal Norgren Automotive Pape Dawson Engineers North Toronto Chapter My Office/Your Office Nortel Networks Parker & DeStefano, PC Progress Energy NACHI Robotic Systems, Inc. North Carolina A&T State University Parker Hannifin Propmasters NASA North Carolina State University Parker Pneutronics Proportion Air Corp. NASA Ames Research Center North Coast Tech. Prep. Consortium Parkersburg Tool Company Prospect Plastics, Inc. NASA Arkansas Space Grant North East Florida Patents and More, Inc. PSE&G Consortium Builder’s Association Patrick Henry Community College PSGA Div. Ortho-McNeil NASA Dyden Flight Research Center North East PA Tech Prep Consortium Patuxent Partnership Purdue University NASA Education Resource Center MBCI North Fork Plumbing and Peake Research Q & G Supply NASA Glenn Research Center Heating Distributors, Inc. PEC Solutions Quality Industrial Products Group NASA Goddard Flight Space Center North Fork Welding and Steel PECO - Exelon Quantum Corp. NASA Headquarters Supply, Inc. PEER Consortium Quattuor NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium North Road Deli Pelco Quest Technologies NASA Jet Propulsion Lab North Royalton Chamber of Penny Lumber R. Bratti Associates NASA Johnson Space Center Commerce Pentair Water Treatment R. L. Schmitt Co. Inc. NASA Kansas Space Grant Consortium North Shore Neon PepsiCo, Inc. Radford University NASA Kennedy Space Center Northeastern University/Textron Perkins Foundation Ram-Art Signs NASA Langley Research Center Systems Pete Weber Performance Products Ramdy Corporation NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Northern Arizona University Peterbilt Randolph VT Rotary NASA Nevada Space Grant Consortium Northern Machine Tool Pfizer, Inc. Random Welds by Design LLC NASA North Dakota Space Grant Northern Tier Industry & Education PG&E Generating Ranken Technical College Consortium Consortium PGM of New England, LLC Ransom Everglades NASA Ole Miss Space Consortium Northern Tier Tech Prep Consortium PHARMASAVE #745 - McArthur Parents Association NASA Oregon Space Grant Consortium Northfield Savings Bank Plaza Pharmacy Limited Rapid Refrigeration NASA South Dakota Space Grant Northfield VT Rotary Phelps Dodge Corp.. Raritan Introduction of Consortium Northrop Grumman Corp. Phelps Engineering Company Inc. Minorities to Engineering NASA Stennis Space Center Northwest Industries Phi Delta Kappa Carnation NE Raymond Foundation NASA White Sands Test Facility Novatronics Chapter Raytheon Company NASA White Sands Test Facility NREC PHM Community Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems Honeywell NSBE - Houston Space Chapter Phoenix Cement, Inc. Raytheon - St. Petersburg National Academy of Sciences NSBE/Howard University Photocircuits RCATT National City Bank NSF-DUE Photronics, Inc. RCBLPE

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 15 Real Protection Fire Savannah Tech Southern Piedmont Tech Prep Tallahassee Welding and Real Time Consulting SAVvy Engineering Consortium Danville Machine Shop Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Sayville Ford Community College Tanaka Foundation RENT.COM SBC Southern Polytechnic State University Tankcraft Research In Motion Schick-Wilkinson Sword Southern Tooling and Tap Plastics Resource Management Concepts, Inc. Schlumberger Machine Works Taylor Products Retlif Labs School Board of Alachua County Southern University TCI Aluminum North Reuters School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Southold IGA TD Waterhouse RHT Enterprise Boston (SMFA) Southold PTA TEAK Forces Rhymes Heating and Cooling Schrader & Co., Inc. Precision Sheet Southwestern Illinois College Team 818 - GENESIS ‘02: General Richmond County Savings Metal & Machining Southwestern Riverside County Motors - General Assembly Foundation Sci Tech Manufacturer’s Council Engineering Rimrock Corp. Science and Technology Group Southwire TEC Weld Automation, Inc. Rinker Materials Scientific-Atlanta Sovereign Bank Techni-Products River City Robots Scotia Bank Space and Naval Warfare Systems Technological Services Company Riverhead Building Supply of Sea Shell Restaurant Center San Diego Technology Advocates of Hampton Bays Seaford Machine Works SPE San Antonio Riverside Drives SeaTow Services International Specialty’s Our Name TechnoTrade RJN Tool & Automation Seattle Robotics Society SPECO Tile & Marble, Inc. Telesat RML Tool & Die Inc. SEC Design, Inc. Speedworld FX Temple Roberetson Heating Supply Sector Electronics Spen-Tech Machine Teradyne Robert Bosch Corp. Selee/Porvair, Inc. Engineering Corp. Teranet Robert MacKichan Seneca College Speonk Lumber Terra Tech RoboDesign International Inc. Sensei Enterprises Spin Pro TESCO Test and Evaluation Support Robotics Club, Cornell Serono USA Inc. Spinweb Tesma International Robotics Team of Central Ohio Shaffer’s Welding Shop Sprint Tessco Technologies Rochester Institute of Technology Shaw’s Supermarkets SRI International Texas Instruments Rock Valley College Sheet Metal Contractors, Inc. SSD Plastics The Education Cooperative (TEC) Rockwell Automation Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 19 St. Clair College The R & D Group, Inc. Rockwell Collins Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 28 St. Joseph’s Hospital Thiele Kaolin Company Rockwell Collins - Kaiser Shell International Exploration St. Louis Junior Academy of Thompson Maple Products, Inc. Electroprecision Shipley, Inc. Science “Science Center” ThorLabs Rohm and Haas SHIRT ART, Inc. St. Mary’s County Public Schools TI Automotive Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Shorewood Packaging St. Mary’s Credit Union Tibs Company Rolls-Royce Showbest Fixture Corp. St. Phillips College TIC-The Industrial Company Roman Foundation Shuert Industries Southwest Campus Timken Products Romax Corp. SI Bank & Trust Foundation Sta-Rite Inc. Timmons Group RONA SIAC Stafford County Industrial Title V Ronco Machine Siemens Development Authority TNP Instruments Rossbacher Insurance Service Siemens Airfield Solutions Stalco Construction Corporation ToadNet, Inc. Rotary Club of Aiken Siemens Automotive Standard Aero Tokico USA Rotary Club of Scarborough Siemens Automotive VDO Stanford University Tommy Gate Company Rotary Club of Southold Siemens Dematic Starbot, Inc. Tonnard Mfg. Corp. Rowe Boats Siemens-Westinghouse Starbucks Tony Galgano and Mickey Shields (BBB) Roxbury Community, College Siemon Company Stark State College Tool Angel Royston LLC Sienna Technologies, Inc. State Electrical & Motor Service Toronto District School Board RRWC&TC Sifto Canada Inc. Steamfitters Workers Union Local 638 Tower Fasteners Co., Inc. RSR Corp. Sign Depot Steel Fab Town & Country Group RTA Signage Unlimited Steelcase Town of Goderich RTN Federal Credit Union Simone Associates Sterling Glen Assisted Living Town of Lab City Rugby Welding and Machine Simonton Windows Steve Johnson & Sons, Inc. Town Wabush Rule Broadcast Systems, Inc. Sinclair Community College Stolhand Heat & Air Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. Runnymede Alumni Association Sir Sandford Fleming College Stop & Shop Toyota Technical Center, USA, Inc. Ryan Companies US, Inc. Sivad, Inc. Storage Tek Trans-Matic Ryan Machinery SLAC Stork’s Bakery Trent University Ryobi SMC Pneumatics (Canada) Ltd. Storm Whistles Tri-Star Plastics S. Johnson & Sons SME Street Custom Homes Tri-State Tours S & S Dynamics SME Milwaukee Chapter 4 (J&M Street, Inc.) TriCed S & H Car Care Smithtown Rotary Club Students of Columbia University Trident Technical College Saan SMLS Parents’ and Friends’ and the Great Bob Trident United Way SAIC Association Stuyvesant High School Parents Trigasskiss Salem Community College So’Moda, Inc. Association Trio Hardware Salomon Smith Barney Society for Biomolecular Screening Sun Microsystems Foundation Triump Financial Services Samuel - More than Metal Society of Manufacturing Suncor Troco, L.L.C. San Diego County Board of Engineers #52 Sunnen Products Co. TrueBro Supervisors Society of Mexican American SurePower TRW Automotive Electronics San Diego Super Computer Center Engineers & Scientists Sutherland Family Limited TSMC (IC Foundry Leader) San Francisco City College Solid Vision Partnership Tubular Techniques San Jacinto Methodist Hospital SolidEdge SVE Tuell Tool Company Inc. Sand Hill Challenge Solutia Swales Aerospace Tulane University Engineering Sandersville Railroad Sonic Drive-in of Pilot Point Sylvan Learning Center Turley Sandersville Technical College Sonic-ABC Productions Symbol Technology Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Sandia National Labs SONY Corp. Synapse Strategic Product Turner Construction Santa Clara University South Anchorage Rotary Development Twenty-First Century Grant Santa Fe Community College South Bay Electric Synergex Two Friends Performance Robotics Club South Dakota State University Synergy America TXI Texas Industries Santee Cooper Southeast Career Center Synexus Design Group Inc. U.S. Coast Guard Academy Saratoga Systems Southern Alberta Institute of Syracuse Research Corporation U.S. Coast Guard Academy Sarnoff Corporation Technology T.D.S.B. Alumni Association

16 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT U.S. Coast Guard Foundation USC Vitron Manufacturing West Star Aviation UALR USC MESA Voice Power Telecommunications West Virginia University UAW USCG Volckening Westar UAW Local 686 USF Holland Motor Freight Volvo Motor Graders Westchester Community College UCLA USM Physic’s Dept Vought Aircraft Industries Westhampton Glass Inc. ULC Robotics UTC/Carrier VPTC Westhampton True Value Hardware UM-Flint UTC/Fuel Cells W.L. Gore & Associates Westinghouse Savannah UMass Lowell UTC/Hamilton Sundstrand W.M. Keck Observatory River Company UNH UTC/Hamilton Sundstrand W&W Trucking & Tractor Inc. Whitestone Capitol, LLC Unilever Space Land & Sea WA Sherman WICS United Airlines UTC/Otis Elevator Wabash Technologies Wiegmann Associates United Auto Workers UTC/Otis Service Center Wabush Mines Wilber Billingslea Foundation United Bakery Equipment Company UTC/Pratt & Whitney Wade Edwards Foundation William F. Goodling Advanced United Commercial Bank UTC/Pratt & Whitney/ Wal-Mart Skills Center-HIT United Defense LP The Manufacturers Roundtable Waldbaum’s Wilson Tool & Engineering United Illuminating UTC/Sikorsky Aircraft Walker Foundation Windermere Information United Lens Corp. UTC/United Technologies Walt Disney Imagineering Technology Systems United Space Alliance Research Center (UTRC) Walt Disney World Design Wire to Water, Inc. United Technologies Corp. Valley Apparel and Engineering WIRE-Net United Water Valley Rotary Walter P. Moore Witte Company Unity Care Group Valparaiso University Engineering Walton EMC Wittmann Robot & Automation Universal Display Corp. Valspar Wardrop Engineering, Inc. Systems, Inc. Universal Propulsion Company VanguardID Systems Warren Industries, Inc. WolfCoach Universal Studios Florida Vaughan Electrcial Supply Co. LTD. Washington Gas Wolfeburrow Rotary Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico VCU Foundation Washington County Public Schools Woodard & Curran Universidad Federal de Santa Vectura Sales Inc. Washington One Stop Worcester Scale Maria/Centro de Tecnologia Vedimex Inc. Homecenter Working in Support of Education University of Alaska Fairbanks Venture Crew 308 WaterJet Cutting of Indiana Worthington Educational University of Alaska-Fairbanks/INRA Venture Global Engineering Watermark Promotional Products Foundation University of Arizona Verizon Watertown Rotary WPI University of California, San Diego Verizon Communications Watts Premier Wright Patterson Air Force Base University of Connecticut Verizon Virginia Inc. Waukesha County Technical College WVHTC Consortium University of Denver Vermont Technical College Wayne County Community College Xerox University of Detroit Mercy Versatile Tool & Dye, Inc. District Eastern Campus Yale University University of Florida VFW Post 647 Wayside Market Yamaha Robotics University of Hartford Viking Plastics Inc. Webb Automotive Design Yazaki-NA University of Hawaii School of Ocean Virginia Business Education Weber Electric York Region District School Board and Earth Science and Technology Partnership Webster Bank York Technical College University of Maryland/Dept. of Virginia Commonwealth University Wellman, Inc. Youngstown City School Board Mechanical Engineering Virginia Groundwater, LLC Wells Fargo Bank Youth Technology Academy University of Massachusetts, Boston Virginia Tech Wendland Performance Yvette and Larry Gralla University of Missouri - Rolla Robotics Vista Broadband Networks Wescast Industries Zanella Competition Team VISTAKON West Coast Cabinets Zaxsoft Enterprises University of Nevada, Reno Visteon Automotive Systems West Coast Netting Inc. Zebco University of New Orleans Visteon Corp. West End Machine & Zeeland Lumber Company University of Northern Iowa College Visteon Ypsilanti Plant Welding, Inc. Zephyr Engineering of Natural Sciences VitaMix West Robotics Organization - Zimco, Inc. University of Ottawa Vitec the Next Generation University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering University of Rhode Island University of Richmond University of South Florida University of Tennessee University of Texas, Dallas (UTD) University of Tulsa University of Vermont University of Washington University of Waterloo University of Windsor Faculty of Engineering University of Windsor Faculty of Science University of Wisconsin - Platteville Unlimited Manufacturing Services, Inc. UNLV UPS-Worcester Urschel Labs US ARMY US Army Corp. of Engineers US Army Engineer Research and Development Center US Army Operational Test Command US Army TARDEC US Coast Guard Air Station Miami US Filter US Naval Academy USAF

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 17 research/create/achieve

“If you create an environment in which the right stuff is celebrated, incredible things can happen.” - Woodie Flowers, Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and FIRST National Advisor

18 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIALS

The following abbreviated financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. Ernst and Young LLP (E&Y) audits the organization's financial statements annually; copies of FIRST's audited financial statements and accompanying notes are available via the FIRST website at www.usfirst.org under "About FIRST." For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004, there were no audit findings and FIRST received an unqualified opinion from its auditors. Additionally, the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Circular A-133 audit of the organization's federal grant programs had no findings or questioned costs. Thus, FIRST continues to be qualified as a "low-risk" auditee. Certain amounts in 2003 have been reclassified to conform to the 2004 presentation and to provide additional detail such as the Federal Grants Receivable.

Statements of Financial Position June 30 2004 2003 Assets Cash and equivalents $3,380,640 $3,368,061 Investments 591,610 478,109 Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $18,314 in 2004 and $16,000 in 2003) 134,749 719,060 Federal Grants Receivable 1,699,100 29,000

Property, plant and equipment: 6,010,967 5,646,097 Less accumulated depreciation 1,857,093 1,594,239 Net PP&E 4,153,874 4,051,858 Prepaid expenses and other assets 140,672 65,060 Total assets $10,100,645 $8,711,148

Liabilities and net assets Accounts payable and accrued expenses $297,381 $327,623 Deferred revenue and other credits 50,225 105,654 Refundable advances 2,701,000 2,841,200 Total liabilities 3,048,606 3,274,477

Net assets: Unrestricted 5,044,766 4,804,227 Temporarily restricted 2,007,273 632,444 7,052,039 5,436,671 Total liabilities and net assets $10,100,645 $8,711,148

Statements of Activities June 30 2004 2003 Revenues and other support: Program Registration fees $ 7,676,348 $ 6,647,393 Contributions 5,226,492 5,189,328 Rental income 552,699 511,348 Event Package revenue - Championship (see note) 133,293 2,158,768 Other income 304,725 222,184 Net assets released from restrictions 525,692 561,956 Total revenues and other support 14,419,249 15,290,977

Operating expenses: FIRST Robotics Competition 10,837,289 10,281,715 FIRST LEGO League 708,199 619,644 FIRST Place 68,308 50,908 Event Package expenses – Championship (see note) 133,293 2,169,637 Management and general 1,989,827 1,748,649 Operation of building 320,755 305,608 Depreciation 261,239 280,686 Total operating expenses 14,318,910 15,456,847 Operating (loss) gain 100,339 (165,870)

Non-operating gains: Refundable advances - amortization 140,200 100,800

(Deficiency) excess of revenues over expenses and (decrease) increase in unrestricted net assets 240,539 (65,070)

Note: In fiscal 2003, FIRST needed to process all of the FIRST Teams’ event packages for the FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 19 Championship that included lodging, meals, entertainment, and transportation. In 2004, FIRST only had to process a small portion of event packages as is reflected above. inspire/guide/transform

"There will never be a shortage of opportunities for people who know how to solve problems." - Dean Kamen, FIRST Founder

20 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT LEADERSHIP

Board of Directors Vernon R. Loucks, Jr. Deborah L. Grubbe, P.E. Captain Vincent Wilczynski, Ph.D. Chairman Corporate Director, Safety & U.S. Coast Guard Academy John E. Abele, The Aethena Group, LLC Health FIRST Chairman DuPont Company William A. Wulf Founder Chairman Susie Mathieu President Boston Scientific Corporation Partner Fred Hubacker National Academy of Engineering Spirit Hockey, LLC Executive Consultant James R. Utaski, Apollo Management, L.P. Honorary Directors FIRST Vice Chairman Raymond Price Partner Former President Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Carol Bartz Whitestone Capital, LLC Economic Club of New York President Chairman & CEO Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Autodesk, Inc. Robert M. Tuttle, Dennis A. Roberson FIRST Treasurer Vice Provost, New Initiatives Trevor O. Jones L. John Doerr III Vice Chairman Illinois Institute of Technology Chairman & CEO Partner Segway LLC BIOMEC, Inc. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Curt M. Selquist Paul A. Allaire, Company Group Chairman Gordon Lankton Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen FIRST Chairman Emeritus Johnson & Johnson Health Care Chairman Owner & Deputy Chairman Former Chairman & CEO Systems, Inc. Nypro Inc. LEGO Company Xerox Corporation Thomas G. Stephens David Lavery John E. Pepper Dean L. Kamen, Group Vice President Program Executive for Solar Chairman of the Executive FIRST Founder GM Powertrain System Exploration Committee of the Board of President NASA Directors DEKA Research & Development Ronald L. Zarrella The Procter & Gamble Company Corporation Chairman & CEO Dr. William P. Murphy, Jr. Bausch & Lomb, Inc. Founder Gary L. Tooker Paul Shay, Cordis Corporation Chairman of the Board, retired FIRST Secretary FIRST gratefully acknowledges the Motorola, Inc. Executive Director contributions of those Board mem- Cecilia Neumann FIRST bers whose service has concluded: Attorney Senior Management David W. Brown (who also served as FIRST Advisor J.T. Battenberg III FIRST Executive Director) and Paul Shay Chairman of the Board, CEO & Glenn Gienko. Dr. Edward A. Parrish Executive Director President President Delphi Corporation Executive Advisory Board Worcester Polytechnic Institute Steven R. Chism Senior Director of Programs Douglas L. Becker Dean L. Kamen, Tom Pirelli Chairman & CEO Chairman Chairman Charles S. C. Clement Laureate Education, Inc. President ArialPhone Corporation Director of Development DEKA Research & Development Ursula Burns Corporation Steve Sanghi Terry Durkin Senior Vice President; President, CEO Director of Finance Business Group Operations Dr. Woodie Flowers, Microchip Technology, Inc. Xerox Corporation Vice Chairman Ken Freitas Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Dr. Roland Schmitt Director of Marketing & Dennis Carey Engineering President Emeritus Communications Executive Vice President - Massachusetts Institute of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Integrated Electronic Systems Technology Ian McEwan Sector (IESS) Jeanne Shaheen Director of Regional Operations Motorola, Inc. Nick Caporella Former Governor of New Chairman & CEO Hampshire Michael Robbins Francois J. Castaing National Beverage Corporation Director of Operations President Cheryl L. Shavers, Ph.D. Castaing & Associates Dr. John F. Cassidy, Jr. Chairman & CEO Senior Vice President Science & Global Smarts, Inc. John M. Hennessy Technology Senior Advisor United Technologies Corporation Josh S. Weston Credit Suisse First Boston Honorary Chairman Robert E. Couhig Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Gordon Homer Principal Toronto, Ontario Couhig Partners, LLP

Peter Eio President, retired LEGO Systems, Inc. Current as of October, 2004

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