Education Under Pressure Extracurricular Engineering Excellence

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Education Under PressureExtracurricular
Engineering Excellence

• Allan Cameron
• Fredi Lajvardi

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Teachers
Faridodin Fredi LajvardiProgram manager for
Marine Science Magnet ProgramScience
Technology club SponsorElectric Vehicle program
- Catapult Competition- ROV - Ham Radio
Robotics Lego League
Allan Cameron Teacher Computer Science and
Innovative Technology Science Technology club
SponsorElectric Vehicle program - Catapult
Competition- ROV - Ham Radio Robotics Lego
League
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Carl Hayden Community High School

• Inner city public high school
• (35th Ave Roosevelt)
• 93 Hispanic population
• 100 of feeder school students on federal lunch
  program
• Magnet Programs

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Interest in Engineering in the U.S. has declined
for 20 Years

• And, over the last ten years there has been
• 50 decline in student interest in engineering
• 14 decline in engineering degrees awarded to US
  students

Source National Science Board Science and
Engineering Indicators 2002
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Our Mission Is To

• Engage Students in Science, Engineering, and
  Invention
• Try something New
• Students Create Technology
• Facilitate and Share Knowledge
• Be Creative
• Have Fun

to create a world where science and technology
are celebrated.where young people dream of
becoming science and technology heroes..Dean
Kamen
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Carl Hayden
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Carl Hayden

• Athletic Facilities

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Carl Hayden

• Athletic Facilities
• Academic Facilities

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Message of FIRST

• FIRST Competition
• Change our Culture
• Gracious Professionalism

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FIRST Robotics Competition

• For Inspiration Recognition in Science and
  Technology
• Founder Dean Kamens Vision
• Competition, Cooperation and Recognition
• Basic Electronics, Physics, Business skills
• Programming
• Desktop publishing
• Computer animation
• Evaluations
• Strategy

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FIRST Dean Kamen
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FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC)
For Inspiration of Science and Technology

• 1000 teams worldwide
• United States, Canada, Brazil, Great Britain,
  Ecuador, Israel
• 22 Regional Competitions
• AZ Mar 9-11 2006,
• 45 teams,
• Veterans Coliseum
• 1 Championship
• Apr 27-29, 2006, 300 teams, Atlanta GA

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• FIRST isnt just about building robots, its
  about developing life skills. The kids learn
  skills in relationships, teamwork, finance,
  budgeting, and project management. The
  partnership between academia, the community and
  industrywill build our future employees and our
  future citizens.

Steve Sanghi President and CEO Microchip
Technology
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Game Aim High, 2006
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Karen the Robot, 2006
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Midwest Regional Mar 17-18, 2006 Univ of
IL Chicago

• 15 High School teams in Illinois
• 31 teams competing
• Free

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MATE

• Would FIRST model work in other venues?

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2004 ROV Competition

• Remotely Operated underwater Vehicle
• Marine Advanced Technology Education Center
  (MATE)
• June 24 27, 2004
• University of California Santa Barbara

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Wired April 2005 La Vida Robot
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ABC News Nightline
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Awards

• Judges Award
• Design Elegance
• Technical Report
• Overall 1st Place

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MATE 2005

• June 17-19 2005, Houston TX
• NASA NBL

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Other Activities

• Trebuchet
• Lego
• Vex
• Electric Car
• Amateur Radio

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VIPs
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Mentors

• Marcos Garcia-Acosta
• Intel Latino Network
• Publicity, Advocate
• Carol Lindsey, John Borge
• Phelps-Dodge
• Students Presentations
• Karen Suhm, Jerry Little
• Inventivity
• Electrical, Programming

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Vertical articulation

• Grade schools
• Community colleges
• ASU

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Engineering Majors
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This Years Projects

• On the Drawing Board
• DROVER
• Jr. High Articulation
• Lego Workshop
• Lego Scrimmage
• University Articulation
• Engineering Curriculum certificate
• Change the Culture

• Commitments
• VEX robotics
• FIRST Lego Robotics
• FIRST Robotics
• MATE ROV

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AEAA Arizona Educational Academic Association

• Modeled after AIAA, Arizona Interscholastic
  Athletic Association
• Endorses or sanctions academic events such as
  FIRST, MATE, National History Day, Lego Robotics,
  Moot Court
• It uses events that are in existence, AEAA does
  not host events
• Provides budget to any school that participates
• Encourages payment to teachers equal to what
  athletic coach's earn
• Renewable on a yearly basis, subject to review
• Increase public awareness of academic
  extracurricular activities

The vision is to positively transform culture by
inspiring young people, their schools, and
communities to appreciate science and technology.
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Thank You

• Fredi Lajvardi
• Allan Cameron
• www.FalconRobotics.org
• Email
• N7UJJ_at_cox.net
• coachfredi_at_hotmail.com

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Education Under PressureExtracurricular
Engineering Excellence

• Allan Cameron
• Fredi Lajvardi

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Videos
FIRST Promo 2005 (105)
Team Promo (457)
FIRST Promo 2004 (420)
FIRST Promo 2005 (616)
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