2014 Annual Report

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2014 Annual Report

2014
A N N U A L I M PA C T R E P O RT
EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS
years
BEYOND OUR
WILDEST DREAMS
Twenty-five years have passed since visionary inventor Dean Kamen
launched his most inspired creation to date — FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of
Science and Technology), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity whose mission is to help develop
our young people into tomorrow’s science and technology leaders and innovators. Through a
progression of fun, engaging, STEM-building robotics and research programs, FIRST kids, ages 6
to 18, learn about team building and mutual respect, gain self-confidence, and develop important
leadership and life skills.
Dean’s vision, still unchanged after a quarter century, is to create a culture where scientists,
engineers, and technologists are celebrated and revered on the same level as athletes and
celebrities. FIRST is cleverly designed to open the doors of imagination so that kids will be inspired
to seek education and careers in these fields.
What was, in the beginning, expected to be a long, uphill battle for positive cultural change has
today become a model for success. FIRST is celebrated in the media, respected by government
leaders, considered a valuable asset on scholarship applications and employee resumes, and
embraced by a growing army of young people worldwide seeking knowledge, self-discovery,
personal growth, and life-changing experiences. It’s leading the way in making science and
engineering “cool.” Is this success more than we expected? You bet — and the best is yet to come.
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The ball of cultural change is rolling.
Can you help us push?
Learn more about FIRST at www.usfirst.org
“FIRST ® was STEM (science, technology,
engineering, and math) before there was STEM.”
WA LT H AV E N S T E I N , F I R S T V I C E C H A I R
2
years
3
25
years
A decade of data and research shows that exposing kids to fun, exciting
FIRST programs builds 21st century work skills and greatly increases their
EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS
& CREATING REAL IMPACT
STEM EXPOSURE
I STEM INTEREST & SKILLS
motivation to seek education and careers in STEM fields.
I EDUCATION & STEM CAREERS
I LONG -TERM OUTCOMES
* Unless noted, the data represented is the lowest value from the formal evaluations of the programs.
work on team strategy
n 8
8%
in FLL work on
programming
(63% in FTC; 37% in FRC)
n
84% learn about STEM jobs
n 6
6%
make presentations
to judges
n
97% have FUN!
FLL® = FIRST® LEGO® League
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FTC® = FIRST® Tech Challenge
FRC® = FIRST® Robotics Competition
n
88%
88% better understand
how STEM is used to solve
real-world problems
n 9
8%
increase
teamwork skills
n
n 8
6%
more interested in
learning about science or
technology
93% increase problem
solving skills
ULTIMATE
IMPACT
more interested in
doing well in school
n
84% motivated to take
challenging math or science
classes (FRC, FTC)
n 9
4%
embraced importance
of Coopertition® & Gracious
Professionalism®
n 4
1%
LEADS TO
n 9
0%
n
LEADS TO
84% work on the robot
LEADS TO
n
n 8
0%
more interested in
jobs that use STEM
Alumni major in
engineering
n 3
3%
female Alumni
major in engineering
Sources:
Brandeis University: Cross-Program
Evaluation of FTC and FRC (2011); Evaluation
of the 2012-13 FLL Program (2013); and More
Than Robots: Evaluation of FRC Participant
and Institutional Impacts (2005)
FIRST, 2011 Survey of FRC and FTC Alumni
Inspired to learn more?
www.usfirst.org/aboutus/impact
89.6% of FIRST Alumni are in
a STEM field (student or professional)
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FOUNDER’S & CO-CHAIRS’ LETTER
This year, we proudly celebrated our first quarter century of inspiring
young people to take up the important cause of advancing humankind’s achievements in science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Over the past 25 years, thanks to the generosity of
hundreds of thousands of adult Volunteers, Mentors, and Sponsors, inquisitive kids around the
world have been exposed to the wonders, fun, and excitement of taking on a difficult challenge
and solving it through teamwork, learning, hard work, and perseverance. Little did we envision at
our founding what a monumental impact FIRST would have on so many.
At this juncture, we’re happy to report that we’ve far exceeded all of our early expectations.
With the help and backing of so many, FIRST has grown from 28 U.S.- based teams in the
initial competition season to more than 34,000 teams today in over 80 countries, involving more
than 360,000 kids, and over 150,000 adult Volunteers. Each year, we continue to expand at an
astounding rate, with no end in sight. Evaluation data tells us that almost 90 percent of FIRST
Alumni are now studying for or working in STEM careers*, and female FIRST participants are four
times more likely to study STEM subjects due to participation†. That’s impact with a capital “I.”
With science and technology, and those who advance it, earning a new-found respect and
admiration in the minds of kids everywhere, we’ve come a long way toward our goal of influencing
major cultural change. Yet our mission is far from accomplished. The next generations of inspired
scientists and engineers that FIRST can help produce need your help today. We urge you to
volunteer locally, become a Mentor, raise funds, sponsor a team, or commit your company’s or
organization’s time, people, and resources. It takes all of us, working together, to propel FIRST
into our next quarter century of inspiration. If students dare to dream big, then we are compelled
to open doors for them.
There are many who deserve our heartfelt gratitude for helping us achieve our Silver
Anniversary. We salute our Founding Sponsors and Strategic Partners, and all of our Sponsors,
Mentors, and Volunteers who give freely of their experience, knowledge, time, and resources.
Parents and teachers, as well as school and program administrators, also earn our thanks. You
inspire us, one and all!
The work has already begun that will lead us to our Golden Anniversary 25 years hence. We
recommit ourselves to the goal of achieving cultural change by doing all we can to make FIRST
programs available to every child who expresses curiosity about how things work and addresses
DEAN KAMEN
BOB TUTTLE
SHERI MCCOY
Founder
Co-Chair, Board of Directors
Co-Chair, Board of Directors
challenges with a simple question: “Why not?”
*Source: FIRST, 2011 Survey of FRC, FTC Alumni
†Source: Brandeis University “More Than Robots” Evaluation
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PRESIDENT’S LETTER
Last year, I talked about being a FIRST rookie and shared my admiration for the powerful,
innovative, and inspiring contributions and accomplishments of all FIRST participants, young and old.
My expectations were high. In one short year, the many things I witnessed and experienced first-hand
have turned me into a seasoned veteran who now has an enhanced passion for our mission. I’ve
had the opportunity to travel far and wide, reaching out to new Sponsors, Donors, and Volunteers.
Wherever I go, the reaction has been the same: “We get it, and we’re behind you.” I’m very proud to
be associated with an organization that consistently out-performs my expectations.
As we celebrate our Silver Anniversary, FIRST continues to gain awareness among kids as well as
business, industry, and government leaders.
s In November, 2013, five award-winning FIRST® Robotics Competition teams had the distinct
honor of opening the nationally televised Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® in New York City,
cutting the official ribbon and shooting confetti along the parade route.
l In December, 2013, all four FIRST programs were invited to exhibit at the 2013 Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge in Florida, where university
teams demonstrated their prototype robots’ ability to perform disaster-response skills. Our
huge exhibit attracted large numbers of potential Mentors, Volunteers, Sponsors, and student
participants.
n At the 2014 FIRST Championship in St. Louis, President Obama gave a special “shout out”
(via video) to our 25th Anniversary year and urged more students, adults, and corporations
to get involved in our mission.
s In May, 2014, 12 FIRST team members were celebrated at the White House Science Fair for
their outstanding STEM work, including the winner of the 2013 FIRST Future Innovator Award,
sponsored by the Abbott Fund, for a Cycle-Leg invention, an inexpensive prosthesis made from
a single recycled bicycle.
I’m confident that FIRST will continue to be highly impactful, and this productivity will propel us
toward future milestone anniversaries. In the immediate future and for years to come, we expect
that FIRST will be adopted and celebrated by schools and communities around the globe, and that
tomorrow’s problem-solving workforce will be made up of countless FIRST Alumni. For that, we’ll need
a steady influx of new Volunteers, Mentors, Sponsors, communicators, gift-givers, and visionaries.
DON BOSSI
President
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Will you or your company be among them?
I salute everyone involved in our 25 years of developing tomorrow’s young science and engineering
leaders and innovators and helping secure a better future for us all.
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JUNIOR
2014
ROBOTS COME
®
®
®
LEGO
LEAGUE
LEGO
LEAGUE
®
®
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
TECH
CHALLENGE
ROBOTICS
COMPETITION
PROGRAMS
FIRST
®
LEGO
LEAGUE
®
Robotics
®
LEGO
LEAGUE
®
WHITE HOUSE HONORS
LEGO
LEAGUE
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“Underwater Dreams” documentary premiered
at the 2014 FIRST Championship, chronicling
a former Arizona FIRST team that prevailed
over college teams, including MIT, in a
sophisticated underwater robotics competition
®
ROBOTICS
COMPETITION
Mentored by professional
engineers, teams compete with
120-pound robots of their own
design in this varsity Sport for the
Mind™, combining the excitement
of sport with the rigors of science
and technology
Learn from the pros
Game Play
Scholarships
Robotics
®
LEGO
LEAGUE
®
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Grades 7-12 (ages 12 to 18)
®
Students learn to
think like
engineers and develop an
engineering notebook to document
their progress. Teams develop
strategies, build robots from a
reusable kit of parts, and compete
head to head
TECH
CHALLENGE
®
ROBOTICS
Engineering Notebook
COMPETITION
Game Play
Scholarships
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BE A CHAMPION
JUNIOR
®
LEGO
LEAGUE
®
Dean Kamen urged members
of Congress to make FIRST
hands-on, K-12, STEM-learning
programs accessible in schools
across the country, particularly in
underserved and rural areas
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Celebrating its fifth year, this
prestigious award has been
bestowed annually on outstanding
FIRST student leaders whose
passion for and effectiveness at
attaining FIRST ideals is exemplary
TECH
CHALLENGE
®
JUNIOR
®
MAKING THE CASE
®
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STEM Education Advocate will.i.am
recorded “Hall of Fame” by The Script for
FIRST, encouraging team members to
follow their dreams and make an impact
on the world
A progression of four programs for ages
6 to 18; gets young people involved early,
developing skills and building confidence,
keeping them engaged through high school.
JUNIOR
Over 3.5 million people in New York City
and 50 million people at home tuned in to
see giant balloons, one-of-a-kind floats,
and FIRST robots leading the 87th
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade®
President Obama congratulated
FIRST for 25 years of inspiring
young people in STEM and
recognized 12 FIRST students for
achievements and innovation at the
annual White House Science Fair
AGAINST ALL ODDS
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®
Grades 4-8 (ages 9-16*)
*Ages vary by country
Robotics
Guided by the program’s
®
Core Values, teams build
®
LEGO®-based autonomous robots
and develop research projects
based on a real-world Challenge
that changes annually
LEGO
LEAGUE
®
LEGO
TECH
CHALLENGE
Game Play
Research
Teams explore today’s
scientific challenges, then
present their research using a
LEGO® model with motorized
parts and a Show Me poster
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DEAN’S LIST AWARD
Grades K-3 (ages 6 to 9)
LEGO
Research
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EXCEEDING THE WORLD’S
EXPECTATIONS
The winner of the 2013 FIRST Future Innovator Award ,
sponsored by the Abbott Fund, didn’t fit in any of the boxes society wanted to put him in. But Parker Owen,
member of FIRST Tech Challenge Team 4260 and FIRST Robotics Competition Team 3469 from Mobile,
®
®
Alabama, never let that stop him. “After winning, I realized that thinking differently is in many ways a strength
25
years GROWTH & IMPACT
28
1989
I 3 4 , 2 7 5
Number of teams
competing in the inaugural
1992 FIRST season
Year FIRST is founded to
excite young people about
science and technology
Number of teams
competing in
2014 FIRST season
beyond all measure. The ability to see something, not just for what it is, but for what it could be, is what
innovation is all about,” Owen reveals.
“FIRST has taught me not just how to
make an excellent robot, but how to learn
by doing.”
10,000,000+
Limitless
367,000+
Worldwide youth participants
(ages 6 to 18)
Opportunities for a
meaningful experience
Annual Volunteer hours
(and counting)
Owen’s winning invention — the
Cycle-Leg, an inexpensive prosthesis
made from a single recycled bicycle —
offers mobility to millions of amputees
around the globe. Owen was also
honored by President Obama at the
2014 White House Science Fair, and is
now in the process of organizing global
production and developing a logistical
model for his creation. Adds Owen, “For
Coopertition®
“Competing teams help and
cooperate with each other”
(a FIRST core value)
$20 million+
150,000+
Scholarship funds available
Mentor/Coach/Volunteer roles filled
50 U.S. States /
80+ Countries
30,000+
A growing global phenomenon
Robots built in 2014 alone
all of the problems in the world, FIRST to
me is a solution. FIRST is shaping and
encouraging the next generation to be
contributors rather than consumers.”
“Respect for others, being a good sport, sharing what
you’ve learned” (another FIRST core value)
“FIRST experiences give young people the toolset they need to build
an extraordinary life, career, and, ultimately, a better society.”
DEAN KAMEN, FIRST FOUNDER
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16%
Gracious Professionalism®
Growth of FIRST participation
over 2013
Sport for the Mind™
The answer to “What’s FIRST?”
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THE CHALLENGE
COMPETITIONS
Teams explored the awe-inspiring
storms, quakes, waves, and more
that we call natural disasters, then built
LEGO® models and created
Show Me posters depicting their
journey of discovery
More than 100 regional Expos;
Junior FIRST® LEGO® League (Jr.FLL®)
World Festival Expo in St. Louis
2013
4,000+
NOTEWORTHY
More than 24,000 6-9 year olds
participated on 4,000+ teams to
celebrate curiosity, imagination,
discovery, and teamwork
A public library-centered version of Jr.FLL was
successfully piloted at libraries in Longmont and
Louisville, Colorado, and Cheyenne, Wyoming,
in collaboration with STAR Library Education
Network (STAR_Net), an initiative of the Space
Science Institute
“An all-girl team that rocked tiaras while writing simple
computer code demonstrates that you don’t have to give up on
being girly to enjoy science, technology, engineering, and math.”
S U Z A N N E D O D S O N , COAC H
3,347
2012
Teams
YEAR
Grades K-3 (ages 6 to 9)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2,985
2011
EXPECTATIONS
EXCEEDED
Learned about the worst flooding in nearly
50 years in Colorado (2013) that crippled 200
2,147
2010
miles of state highways and 50 bridges, stranding
over 6,000 people
Developed a “flood-proof” bridge that
automatically retracts when it detects rising waters
1,448
2009
through a system of sensors, gears, and pulleys
2013
Team Growth
YEAR
2007
BLASTER℠ LEGO model, and Show Me poster
4,000+
2005
and present their unique bridge idea, DISASTER
Teams
2006
1,004
702
2012
Jr.FLL Team 248 “LEGO Queens”
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Read the LEGO Queens’ full profile at
www.usfirst.org/aboutus/jr.fll-lego-queens
3,347
2004
Obama to attend the White House Science Fair
327
125
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1,203
2008
Accepted an invitation from President
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THE CHALLENGE
COMPETITIONS
Teams researched and shared
their innovative solutions and used
a team-designed autonomous
robot, programmed with LEGO®
MINDSTORMS® technology, to
complete “missions” for keeping people
and property safe before, during, and
after a natural disaster
Grades 4-8 (ages 9-16*)
994 qualifying events and 135 Championship
Tournaments; FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®)
World Festival in St. Louis
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
NOTEWORTHY
Approximately 237,000 9-16 year-olds*
on 23,748 teams from over 80 countries
participated in this season’s Challenge
The Weather Channel’s “AMHQ with Sam
Champion” broadcasted live from the FIRST
LEGO League World Festival, interviewing
teams about their innovative solutions for the
NATURE’S FURYSM season Challenge
2012
YEAR
2013
23,748
20,430
Teams
“FIRST LEGO League allows teams to engage in critical thinking, which leads to deeper
understanding of the Challenge topic and opens the door for innovation. Team members learn
to accept and respect each other while learning how to give back to their community.”
R O B E RT A L L S B R O O K S , COAC H
2011
18,323
2010
16,762
WINNING IN MORE
WAYS THAN ONE
Inspired by a news story about the
disastrous tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, where
2008
13,705
dozens of pets went missing and were separated
from their families
Researched ways to aid recovery of pets
during disasters, then designed a drone-based
system using RFID (radio frequency identification)
2006
8,847
technology to help locate animals in need of rescue
(the “Drone-Pet-rol”)
Earned Champion’s Award at the National
2013
2004
Championship in Nashville, and Third Place
Innovative Solution Award and the Adult Coach/
YEAR
2002
2012
2011
18,323
1998
2000
FLL Team 15453 “The Disaster Masters”
Prince Georges County, Maryland
20,430
1,540
Team Growth
Teams
3,001
Mentor Award at the FLL World Festival in St. Louis
200
16,762
2010
16
23,748
5,859
Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) FLL
Read The Disaster Masters’ full profile at
www.usfirst.org/aboutus/fll-disaster-masters
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COMPETITIONS
246 Meets, League Championships, and Qualifying
Tournaments; 59 Championship Tournaments; 4 Super-Regional
Championship Tournaments; FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC®)
World Championship in St. Louis
THE CHALLENGE
Teams designed, programmed, and
operated robots to score yellow blocks
in buckets to balance a pendulum arm,
raising their Alliance flag and making
their robots do pull-ups
NOTEWORTHY
38,000 participants (grades 7-12,
ages 12 to 18) on 3,800 teams from 16
countries; eligible for over $13.5 million
in college scholarships
Four Super-Regional Championship Tournaments
introduced a new layer to the FTC event
advancement structure, qualifying teams for
FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship
“Students with autism have a natural draw to technology and so I think FIRST is a great
way to teach them that there are careers for them after high school and even college.”
2013
3,800
Teams
YEAR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
K A R I N F I S H E R , COAC H & D O C TO R A L S T U D E N T
I N E D U C AT I O N AT U N I V E R S I T Y O F C E N T R A L F LO R I D A
2012
2,779
NOT YOUR
USUAL EXPECTATION
2011
2,093
Created by an autism educator to give
students with autism a chance to engage in
creativity and problem solving skills, as well as an
2010
1,606
opportunity to be included in an activity with other
students their ages
Mentored by local veteran FTC Team 5454
“Dent in the Universe (DITU),” who provided weekly
2009
2008
986
1,111
assistance, helping “DECENT” design and build
their first robot
2007
799
Competed successfully in their first
tournament, and were exposed to activities,
FTC Team 7181 “Dangerous Engineers
Creating Epic New Technologies (DECENT)”
Winter Springs, Florida
materials, and friendships they wouldn’t have
2013
YEAR
2006
2005
2005
3,800
Teams
Team Growth
53
2,779
2012
18
DEMO
130
PILOT
otherwise experienced
554
PILOT
Read DECENT’s full profile at
www.usfirst.org/aboutus/ftc-decent
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THE CHALLENGE
COMPETITIONS
Competing Alliances guided
team-designed-and-built robots
to throw balls over a truss, catch
balls, and put as many balls in
goals as possible, with bonus
points for working together
40 District Competitions, 4 District Championships, and
54 Regional events; FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®)
Championship in St. Louis
2014
2013
2012
2,727
2,343
2,072
2011
Over 68,000 high-school students on 2,727
teams from 17 countries; students eligible
for over $20 million in college scholarships
from more than 180 Scholarship Providers
More than 10,000 individual official matches
played for the first time in FIRST Robotics
Competition history
“FIRST gave me my life back. I want to inspire people to make changes in their
lives through an interest in science and technology, as I did.”
F R E YA W I L H E L M
BETTER THAN
EXPECTED
1,808
2010
NOTEWORTHY
2,546
Teams
YEAR
Grades 9-12 (ages 14-18)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Disillusioned with her plans for
art school, isolated and depressed, started
1,501
2008
experimenting with drugs
Discovered “Cyber Dragon” FRC team,
started to enjoy working with mechanical tools,
2004
2002
927
drugs, and was elected team captain in her
second year, setting her sights on an education
642
and career in mechanical engineering
2014
2013
YEAR
2012
2,0
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Freya Wilhelm, FRC Team 4263
“Cyber Dragon,” New York City
Read Freya’s full profile at
www.usfirst.org/aboutus/frc-freya-wilhelm
2,343
1992
2,546
Teams
Team Growth
2,727
2000
Became more self-aware, stopped using
372
94
1996
responsibility
28
20
1,133
2006
sparking a new passion, purpose, and sense of
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SPONSORS
FIRST could not achieve the impact it
does without tremendous support
In addition to our 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 to FIRST Robotics Competition,
FIRST Tech Challenge, FIRST LEGO League, and Junior FIRST LEGO League teams
and events. FIRST could not achieve the impact it does without this tremendous support.
F I R S T S T R AT E G I C PA RT N E R S
FIRST FOUNDING SPONSORS
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FIRST thanks its Supporters and has made every effort to ensure complete and accurate listings.
If we’ve made an error, please accept our sincere apology, and let us know at [email protected].
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n Member of the FIRST Board of Directors
s Member of the FIRST Executive Advisory Board
l FIRST Honorary Director
k FIRST Senior Advisor
v Matching Gift
2013-2014 FIRST Contributors
Corporations and Foundations
$1,000,000+
Bancroft-Clair Foundation
Comal ISD
Rackspace Hosting
Barclays
Comfort Inn of Duluth
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Barnes & Thornburg IP Group
Comfort Suites of Canal Park
The Roddenberry Foundation
Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation
St. Jude Medical Foundation
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Community Foundation
for the Greater Capital Region
SAIC
BBL Hospitality
Statoil
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Time Warner Cable
Best Buy Children’s Foundation
Argosy Foundation
Two Sigma Investments, LLC
Best Buy Co., Inc.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA)
Community Partners
U.S. Air Force
BEST Robotics
Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Up to $99,999
Bialkin Family Foundation
Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
100 Black Men of Atlanta Inc.
Blackbaud Inc.
Connecting for Children and Families, Inc.
United Technologies Corporation (UTC)
A.O. Shirley Memorial Foundation
B.L.A.S.T., Inc.
Connective Capital Management
$100,000 - $999,999
ABB Foundation
Blue Streak Reprographics
Cooper Industries Foundation
ABB Inc.
Bluemedia, Inc.
Accenture
BNY Mellon
The Leon and Toby Cooperman
Family Foundation
The Boeing Company v
Cornell University
Autodesk, Inc.
Action Automatic Sprinkler, Inc.
DBA Action Fire Pros
Bonneville Power Administration
Corning Incorporated
BAE Systems
Advanced Technology Services, Inc.
Boost 11 Foundation
Baxter International Inc.
Aetna Foundation
Booz Allen Hamilton v
County of Monroe Industrial
Development Agency
Bechtel Group Foundation
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Bostock Family Foundation
Bezos Family Foundation
Alcoa, Inc.
Bovin Family Foundation
Bloomberg
Alexander & Associates Co.
BP Corporation North America, Inc.
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Allfuses.com
Bracewell & Giuliani
The Boeing Company
Alliance for Education
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP
Booz Allen Hamilton
AllianceBernstein
Bright Funds Foundation
BOSCH Community Foundation
Alliant Techsystems Inc.v
Broadridge Foundation
Boston Scientific Corporation
Altria Group
Bud Industries
Brin Wojcicki Foundation
Amerex Brokers LLC
CACI, Inc.
Caterpillar Foundation
America Makes/National Additive
Manufacturing Innovation Institute
(NAMII)
California Space Grant Foundation
3M Company
Abbott Fund
Comcast and NBCUniversal
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
Corporation for National and
Community Service (CNCS)
DEKA Foundation
FIRST in Texas
America-Israel Friendship League, Inc.
American Endowment Foundation
American Friends of the
Jewish University in Moscow
California State University, Fresno
Calloway County Extension 4-H
Canal Park Business Association (CPBA)
Canal Park Lodge LLC
The Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation
Gas Processors Association
Cox Communications
ECONorthwest
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation v
CPS Energy
EFC Systems
GE Oil & Gas
Credit Suisse Americas Foundation
Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Family
Foundation
GenCorp Foundation
Credit Suisse (USA), Inc.
Crest Operations, LLC
CSC Charitable Foundation
D&K Engineering
Dana Corporation
Dana Holding
Deep Space Systems, Inc.
DEKA Research & Development Corporation
in memory of David J. Stickler
Dell Giving
Dell, Inc.
Deloitte
DeLorme Publishing Company
Caterpillar Global Mining, LLC
Amgen Foundation
Caterpillar, Inc.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
CenterPoint Energy
AndyMark, Inc.
Central Intelligence Agency
Anonymous
CETYS Universidad Baja California
Devon Energy Corporation
John Deere
Arent Fox LLP
Cherokee Nation
DeVry University
Johnson & Johnson
Arkansas FIRST
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Dickstein Shapiro LLP
LEGO A/S
ARM, Inc.
Chevron Corporation
Digi-Key
Leidos, Inc.
Arrowhead Concrete Works, Inc.
The Chickasaw Nation
Lockheed Martin Corporation
ArvinMeritor
CIGNA Foundation
Medtronic, Inc.
Ashley Walker
Medtronic Philanthropy through Medtronic
Foundation
ASME-IPTI
Cincinnati State Technical
& Community College
Google Inc.
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley
Charitable Trust
Monsanto Company
Associated Bank
AT&T, Inc.
Cincinnati Test Systems
Cirrus Aircraft
Cisco Foundation v
Motorola Solutions Foundation
Axalta Coating Systems
National Defense Education Program (NDEP)
AZ FIRST
NI
Novelis Inc.
BAE Systems Aerospace
& Defense Group, Inc.
NRG Energy, Inc.
BAE Systems v
Cleveland County 4-H Foundations, Inc.
Patriarch Partners
BAE Systems Matching Gifts Program v
Cohen Electric Service, Inc.
Pentair Foundation
Baldor Electric Company
Pershing Square Foundation
Ball Corporation
Colorado Consortium for Earth and Space
Science Education
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Citizens for Backus/AB, Inc.
City of Cambridge
WWW.USFIRST.ORG/SCHOLARSHIPS
Ecolab Foundation
American Transmission Company LLC
General Motors Corporation
To learn more about the FIRST Scholarship Program,
or make available FIRST Scholarships from your institution, please visit:
Christopher Galvin Foundation
Carnegie Mellon University
General Electric Power Systems
The majority of FIRST scholarships are offered by
colleges or universities for enrollment at their campuses;
the remainder are made available by corporations,
associations, or foundations for use at a selection of
schools. The 2014 FIRST Scholarships are listed on pages 31-32.
Ecolab
American Heritage Education Foundation
GE Healthcare
In 2014, as part of the FIRST Scholarship Program, over 180 Scholarship
Providers made available over $20 million in scholarship opportunities
to FIRST Robotics Competition team members. FIRST Tech Challenge
participants were eligible for $13.5 million of these funds.
Community Foundation of Greater
Chattanooga, Inc.
of West Chester/Liberty
Qualcomm Incorporated
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PTC, Inc.
Delphi Corporation
Delphi Foundation
Demand Electric, Inc.
Detroit And Downriver Area Robotic
Alliance, Inc.
DigiPen USA Corporation
Disney Worldwide Services, Inc.
Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
DonorsChoose.org
The Dow Chemical Company
The Dow Chemical Company Foundation
Draper Laboratory
The Drexler Family Foundation
DUECO, Inc.
Duke Energy
DuPont
Dust Control Technology, Inc.
Eaton Computer Services
Eaton Corporation
Griffith Restoration Inc.
DBA Servpro of Auburn/Rocklin
Hall Estill
Hampton Dental Group, P.C.
Hampton Inn
International Council on Systems
Engineering (INCOSE)
Harpak, Inc.
International Society of Automation (ISA)
Harris Corporation,
RF Communications Division
Intertech Foundation
Hartel’s/DBJ Disposal
Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing Co-op
Hartfiel Automation
ITESM Campus Leon
The Alfred and Rosemary Iversen
Family Foundation
Electronic Arts, Inc. v
General Atomics Sciences Education
Foundation
Elemental Technologies
General Dynamics
Emerson Industrial Automation
Emerson Process Management
General Dynamics Advanced Information
Systems
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
General Electric Aviation
Hawkeye Engraving
eStop Robotics LLC
General Electric Company
Ethics and Excellence
in Journalism Foundation
General Electric Energy (Atlanta)
Healthios, Inc.
(formerly The Aethena Group, LLC)
ev3 Inc.
Genesis Attachments
Events, Inc.
GEO Foundation
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
George Mason University
Evolution Markets, Inc.
Georgia Power Co. (A Southern Co.)
Exeter Venture Management Company, LLC
GeorgiaFIRST
Expert Access
Gerald Mele & Associates, Inc.
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Girl Scouts of Central Texas
ExxonMobil Foundation Volunteer
Involvement Program v
The Gleason Works
Fans of the Everglades
Restoration Magnet Inc.
FedEx Corporation
General Mills Foundation
Global Foundries
Global Impact
GoDaddy
iSPACE, Inc.
Ivy Tech Foundation
Heat Energy Group, LLC
J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.
The Bruce J. Heim Foundation
Jacobs Technology, Inc.
The Heinz Endowments
The Jamar Company
Henkel of America, Inc.
James & Co. Lighting
Hibbing Taconite Company
JCPenney v
HireVue, Inc.
Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest NJ
Hitachi Data Systems
John’s Janitorial
Honda of America Mfg., Inc.
The JPMorgan Chase Foundation v
Honeywell Aerospace
Juan Young Trust
Hughes Network Systems
Juneau Economic Development Council
I.S. Technologies LLC dba
Computer System Designers
Jurkovich Doak Development
IBM Corporation
Ferland Family Foundation, Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Company
Matching Gift Program v
Fidelity Investments
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
FIRST in Michigan
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund
FIRST Robotics of Canada
Goldman Sonnenfeldt Foundation
First Solar Company
First Tech Credit Union
Goodin MacBride Squeri
Day & Lamprey, LLP
FLIR Systems, Inc.
Google Matching Gifts Program v
Illinois Manufacturing Foundation
Florida FIRST Robotics Education Foundation
Gopher Electronics
Inasmuch Foundation
Florida Power & Light Company
The Grable Foundation
Indiana Space Grant Consortium
Florida Underwater Sports
The GRACO Foundation
IndianaFIRST, Inc.
Ford Motor Company
Granite Bench Charitable Foundation
Friends of Hawaii Robotics
Frontier Electronic Systems Corp.
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of
Commerce
Industrial Designers Society of America
(IDSA)
Fruition Partners, Inc.
Greater Texas Foundation
Insitu, Inc.
Future Seekers Inc.
Greenspan Foundation
Integrated Liner Technologies
Gads Hill Center
Intel Foundation v
International Association of Emergency
Managers (IAEM)
IBM Corporation Employees
IBM Employees Services Center
Ideal Integrations, Inc.
Ideas Manufacturing
IEEE Pittsburgh Section
Illinois FIRST
ingenuityNE
Integrity Complete Auto Care, Inc.
Kaua’i Economic Development Board
Kaufman Engineered Systems
KBR
KC STEM Alliance
kcsproductions l.l.c.
kCura
Keker & Van Ness LLP
Kentucky Engineering Foundation
Kerith Foundation
Kettering University
Kiamichi Technology Center
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Kirkpatrick Foundation, Inc.
Kraus-Anderson Construction Company
The Kunkel Family Foundation
L-3 Communications
L-3 Link Simulation & Training
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Ladish Co. Foundation
Motorola Mobility Foundation
Oklahoma Engineering Foundation
Robotics Institute of Maine
Teaching Textbooks Inc.
Webster First Federal Credit Union
Lake Region Medical
Mouser Electronics, Inc.
Oklahoma State University
Rochester Community Robotics
Tec Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
Laredo Children’s Museum, Inc. dba
Imaginarium of South Texas
MPECU - Minnesota Power Employees
Credit Union
Omega Air Inc.
Rochester General Hospital
Tech Savvy Marketing
The Williams Companies, Inc.
Ometek Incorporated
Technology Association of Oregon
Wilson Research Group
Larry H. Miller Group
MRI Global
The Gerald Oppenheimer Family Foundation
Rochester Industrial and Manufacturing
Engineering Society (RIMES)
Technology FIRST
WMS Gaming Chicago
Law Offices of Ali Salamirad PC
MSM Pacific Coast Enterprises Inc.
Oracle Foundation
Rocketfuel
Tennant Company
La-Z-Boy
msp communications
Orange & Rockland
Rocklin Glass & Mirror
Teradata Cares
Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty,
McNett & Henry LLP
Lear Corporation
MTEQ - Manufacturing Techniques, Inc.
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Rocky Mountain Robotics Coalition
Teradata Corporation
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
LeChase Construction Services, LLC
Murtha Cullina LLP
Oregon Community Foundation
Rolls-Royce North America
TFS Energy LLC
WorleyParsons Resources & Energy
LEM USA Inc.
Museo del Acero horno3
Oshkosh Corporation
Daniel & Joanna S. Rose Fund, Inc.
Thorley Industries, LLC
Xerox Corporation
Lincoln Laboratory
Mutual of America
Outerwall
Rosenbluth Family Foundation
Tides Foundation
Xerox Foundation
The Lindner Family Foundation, Inc.
Nacel Open Door, Inc.
P&G Foundation
T. Rowe Price Foundation
Gary l and Diane Tooker Family Foundation
XPRIZE
Linn Energy, LLC
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
P&H Mining Equipment
The Ryan Family Foundation
TOSA Foundation
Xyleme, Inc.
The Lipper Family Charitable Foundation
National AG Science Center
Palmdale Aerospace Academy
S. A. Greenwood Mgmt Resources LLC
Toyota USA Foundation
YourCause, LLC v
Lively Group
National Grid v
Parker Hannifin Corporation
St. Gabriel School of Windsor
Transamerica
Zeeco, Inc.
Lizzy Lift, Inc.
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
St. Louis Community College Foundation
Travelers Insurance
Zwillinger Greek & Knecht PC
LLH/LHM Foundation
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Tri Star Motorsports
Lockheed Martin Corporation v
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
PAST Foundation/CORI
St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission
St. Mark’s School
TrialNetworks
Individual Donors
$50,000 - $250,000
Luther Sign Co.
Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA)
PECO
Sakowski Consulting, LLC
Navistar
Arnold S. Penner Foundation Inc.
TRUIST
Anonymous
Lyn-Hils Cleaning Service Inc.
Salesforce.com / Salesforce Foundation
Turner Broadcasting System
Walter Havenstein n
Macy’s Foundation
NC FIRST Robotics
People for Leisure and Youth, Inc. (PLAY)
Samson Resources Company
TV Azteca SA B De CV
Josh s & Judy Weston
Madison County Community
Foundation Incorporated
NCR Foundation
Pheasant Hill Foundation
Picatinny Arsenal
Sanghi Family Foundation
UBM, LLC
Sarah Heinz House
$5,000 - $49,999
Magnablend
New York City / New Jersey FIRST
Pitney Bowes in honor of Eric Belec
UL
SASTEMIC
Donald Bossi n
The Manitowoc Company Foundation
State of New York
Pitney Bowes v
United Health Group
Saturn Systems Inc.
Aaron Brown
ManpowerGroup
Nexteer Automotive
The Pitney Bowes Foundation v
United Launch Alliance (ULA)
School Outfitters
Don Bulens
Marathon Petroleum
NH Space Grant Consortium/NASA EPSCoR
Pittsburgh Foundation
United Therapeutics Corporation
Schwab Charitable Fund
Ursula Burns n & Lloyd Bean
Marotta Controls, Inc.
Nidec Motor Corporation
Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation
Seagate Technology, LLC
Mary Byron
Marsh Electronics, Inc.
NOLO Farms
Platt Electric Supply
Unity Healthcare, LLC DBA Lafayette
Anesthesiologists
Segway
Unity Surgical Center, LLC
Martin Engineering
The NORDAM Group
The Plexus Corporation Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Sheehy, Ware & Pappas
University of California, Davis
Maryland Space Business Roundtable
Nordson Corp.
PNM Company
Show Ready Events LLC
University of Florida
Matrix Consulting LLC
Portland General Electric Foundation
Siemens Corporation
University of Illinois
Mattlin Foundation
The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris
Foundation
Precision Mold & Tool, Inc.
Sierra Holdings Inc.
Maui Economic Development Board Inc.
North Alabama Science Center, Inc.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Maxim Integrated
North Atlantic Industries, Inc.
Pribusin Inc.
University of Maryland College Park
Foundation
The Proctor & Gamble Company
Sil-Pro, LLC
McGraw-Hill
North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical University
Professional Property Services, Inc.
Skillpoint Alliance
Northeast Utilities Foundation
Promedici Sa De CV
SMaRT Education
Northeastern University
PRP, Inc.
Northern Door & Hardware, Inc.
Public Service Enterprise Group
The Society of American Military Engineers
Rhein-Main Post
Northland Foundation
QinetiQ North America
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Quad/Graphics
Software Engineering Professionals, Inc.
Northwest Baltimore Optimist Club
The Quaker Chemical Foundation
Solidyn Solutions
NovaCoast, Inc.
Range Resources
Sonny’s Enterprises
Nucor
RAS Communications/Russell A. Schultz
Sony Corporation
NVIDIA Corporation
Rave Reviews LLC
Nypro Inc.
Raytheon Company
South Carolina FLL and
Robotics Education, Inc.
NYSE Foundation
RCAL Products, Inc.
O’Donnell Associates North, Inc.
Receivership Management LLC
Offit Capital Advisors LLC
Red Hat Israel Ltd.
OGE Energy Corporation Foundation, Inc.
REM “Catch The Dream”
Ohio Space Grant Consortium
Renaissance Charitable Donation
Ohmite Manufacturing Company
Republic Bank
OK Business Roundtable
Resolution Copper Mining
Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission
Richmond Tooling, Inc.
Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of
Science & Technology
Rite of Passage
Morgan Stanley Foundation
Mosher Family Foundation
Oklahoma Christian University
Motiva
Oklahoma City Convention
and Visitors Bureau
McLelland Family Foundation
Mentor Graphics Foundation
Mercedes-Benz of Oklahoma City
Mercer University
MessageWatcher, LLC
MET MEX Penoles
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Michael Reese Health Trust
Microchip Technology, Inc.
Micron Technology Foundation, Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program v
The Milk Money Foundation, Inc.
Mindsports Colorado
Minnesota Power Foundation
MIT Club of Wisconsin
Moeller Aerospace Technologies
Moore Fans LLC
Morgan County 4-H Exchange
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Network for Good
RJM Foundation
Robert Morris University
Rob-Kort, Inc. DBA Rocklin Hydraulics
University of Minnesota
College of Science & Engineering
Thomas & Susan Dunn
University of Tulsa
Uno Restaurant LLC
U.S. Army ROTC
U.S. Navy
State of Utah
UVAS Foundation
V.P.I. Industries, Inc.
SRA International Corporation
Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.
Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins, LLP
VirginiaFIRST
Stratasys
Visit Duluth
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Visit Lubbock
Sunny Days Charitable Foundation
Vulcan Spring
Sutherland Global Services
Walt Disney Company
The Sylvan Laureate Foundation
Booker T. Washington Foundation for
Excellence
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At the 2014 FIRST Championship, Founder
Dean Kamen recognized the event’s Presenting
Sponsor, Qualcomm Incorporated, with the
Founder’s Award for exceptional service in
advancing the ideals and mission of FIRST.
Since 2007, Qualcomm has provided significant
financial contributions in support of teams, FIRST
Robotics Competition (FRC) events and Mentor
stipends, the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Global
Innovation Award sponsored by XPRIZE, and
FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Super-Regionals.
Blair Gallant
Mike Grimaldi
Karen & Rick Hargrove
Dr. Paul Jacobs n
Verizon Foundation v
TE Connectivity
Donald J. Duet
Gordon Lankton k
SpaceX
Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation
James Dimon
University of Oklahoma
College of Engineering
Velcro Industries
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
Benjamin Davis
University of New Hampshire
Southern California Edison
Talisman Energy Inc.
Lawrence & Tami Cohen
FOUNDER’S AWARD
Sheri McCoy n
Thomas & Paula McInerney
Scott McKay n
Dennis Muilenburg n
William Murphy Jr. k
Robert Parkinson Jr. n
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen P. Petty
Rich & Melody Simoncic
Robert n & Linda Tuttle
Myron E. Ullman III n
Phil Venables
Paul Walker
Michael Wenig
Thomas Wettlaufer
Ronald Zarrella
Albert Zeller
Up to $4,999
Way Program
Craig & Sandra Adams
WD Foundation
Susan Agrawal
Weber State University
Teresa Agtuca
Qualcomm has also increased its Volunteer
investment in FIRST each year. The company
provided an estimated 100 Volunteers this season
across the FIRST programs, as local event
Volunteers, Mentors, and Coaches, providing
technical support at events, and offering FIRST
recruiting and information sessions in all of
the company’s key geographies. Qualcomm
engineers are working with FIRST to develop
robust communication systems for both the FRC
and FTC programs and to ensure quality wireless
communication environments at the FIRST
Championship.
Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, Qualcomm Executive
Chairman and member of the FIRST Board of
Directors, accepted the award from Kamen,
telling the crowd of 30,000: “Wow! There’s a lot
of brain power in this room. What do you guys
think? There’s almost no problem that we can’t
solve with this kind of talent.”
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Karen Albrecht
Richard Bruskoff in honor of Jim Dauer
Ryan Dognaux
Paul & Theresa Giordanella
R. Dale Anderson in honor of
Scott & Kristen Anderson
Nathaniel Buck
Jackie & Deborah Dooley
in honor of Eva Dooley
Mark Giordono
Jeffrey Anderson
John Buysman
Maryellen Glynn
Nicholas Angelucci
Lee-Ann Cabero
Martin & Christina Doordon
in memory of Michael Freitag
Anonymous Donors
Don & Deborah Cahail
Anonymous in honor of Team 2202
“Brookfield East BEAST Robotics”
Michael Callahan
Anonymous in honor of Team 449 “Blair
Robot Project”
David Callen
James Downey
Candace Campanelli
Dennis Drayer
Anonymous in honor of Mom,
an inspiration to students of all ages
Melanie Campbell
Megan Dreher
Anonymous in honor of
Sal Caldarise’s birthday
Aija Capants
Mark Dreux
Katherine Cappaert
James & Celia Dudley
Anonymous in honor of
Craig Sylvester & Janet Vertesi
Victoria Caramante
Patrick & Janis Dunlap
R.J. Cardullo
James C. Durand
Robert Carlson
Patti & Terry Durkin
Marina Carpenter
Patti & Terry Durkin
in memory of Scott R. Frock
Anonymous in honor of Brad Walchak
Anonymous in honor of Thomas Weitz
Philip Aponte
David & Barbara Archer
Pramod Atluri
Kurt Carr
Lisa Carr in memory of Michael Freitag
Emma Dorgan
Irwin & Janet Dorros
Edward Dougherty
Thomas Glenn
Scott Godin
Jeffrey Godsey
Morey & Dena Goldberg
Alfred Goldstein
M.M. Gonzalez
Nicholas Goodman
Glenn Goodrich in honor of Greg Goodrich
Bhaskara Gopireddy
Mr. Stephen Gray & Ms. Kathleen Ulrich
Scott Greeley
Glenn Gribble
Eileen Griffee
William Griffith
Will Edds
Christopher Grontkowski
Katherine Edelblut
Dr. Greg Gross
Matt Egenolf
Steven & Jonith Grundmann
2014
The 2014 Woodie Flowers Award winner, Lane Matheson, Director of the
Tulsa Engineering Academy at Memorial High School and Mentor for FIRST
Robotics Competition Team 932 “Circuit Chargers,” is a visionary leader and
the first to bring engineering into K-12 education in Oklahoma.
Matheson left a profitable career as a systems engineer on the International
Space Station program to prepare students for the rigors of studying
engineering. While developing her own high-school engineering curriculum,
she chose to incorporate FIRST robotics programs, ultimately introducing a
robotics class where students improve their leadership, speaking, and power
tool skills alike. In 2005, she created the Tulsa Engineering Academy, an
academic magnet program within the school.
Matheson has recruited more than 70 Coaches and Mentors for teams
across the FIRST Progression of Programs. She teaches programming for all
levels, helps Coaches with funding, and deploys her students and their robots
to recruit other kids for these rookie teams.
Jennifer Axelsen
Jane Carroll-Berical
in memory of Michael Frietag
Eric Ayers
Karthik Chandramouli
Rachel Eng in honor of Eric Mitchell
Daniela Guarraggi
John Bachmann
Ron Chaney
Jim & Laura Entwistle
Brett Guerin
Annette Backous
William Chapman
Judithe Ernst
Michael Guidry
Graeme Baer
Ji Chen
Julia Espel
Jin Guo
Carlette Baker
Catherine Cheung
Jeremy Espenshade
Paul Guttmann
Russell Ball
A.S. Chin
Michelle Essman
Paul Haaga in memory of Michael Freitag
Danny Bathgate
Mickey Clagg
Robert Evans
Alexander Halbleib
Paul Battista in memory of
John Olin Campbell III
John Clark
Robert Evans Jr.
Brooklyn Hamel in honor of Jacquelyn Cheng
Nancy Claypool
Jeffrey Evelhoch
Brandon R. Hansen
Karen Cleeve
Paul Everett Parker
David Hardy
Kellie Cloud
Andrew Faden
Richard & Carol Harries
Rebecca Cohen in honor of Edward Cohen
Julie Farago
Christopher Hauck
Vincent & Lorraine Colarusso
Virginia Farrow
James & Jennifer Hausch
Jim Coleman
David Fedewa
Barbara Hayes
Alvin Colon Carroll
Aaron Feldman
Laura Hayman
Jeffery Becraft
Daniel Comber
Tracy Fennell
Stephen & Lynn Hazard
Peter Besen
Matt Connolly
Noah Fiedel
Lynne Heilbrunn
Susan Besougloff
Harold Cooper
Scott Fisher
Patricia Helfer
Ray Billups
Timothy & Jennifer Cope
JG Fitzgerald
Robert Helfer
David Bonderman
Wendy Covey
Erin Fleck
Robert & Karen Heon
Dennis & Denise Bone
John Czernikowski
Tom Fletcher
John & Nancy Herper
J.F. Bordes
Larry Daddario
Christian Flory
Steven Higgins
Stanley & Ann Borowiec
Samuel Dangremond
Howard & Margaret Fluhr
Alison Hill in memory of Michael Freitag
Peter Bower
Kenneth & Lisa Davis
William Flynn
David Hill
Ryan Bowman
Lee Davis
Greg Fodor
John Hinners
Alexander Boxerbaum
Lynden Davis
Aaron Foellmi in honor of Chi Ha
Evan Hissey
Stephen Bozak
Matthew Dayton
Aaron Foellmi in honor of Marty Theriault
Margaret Hodnik
Earl Brannan
Michael De Rosa
Raul Fuentes
Todd Hohman
Jeffrey Braun
Carolyn DeGolyer
Mark Gallivan
Deborah Hollenbach
R.J. Briceno
Stephanie Delman
Victor & Patricia Ganzi
Matt Holt
Earle Kazis
Daniel Singer Bricklin
Lauren Demski in honor of Ciara Geraghty
Gabriel Garcia
Wolcott & Elizabeth Holt
Elizabeth LaPadula
James Keener
Diane Desotelle & Andrew Streitz
Joseph Houle
James Laudon
Thomas Broad
Peter & Christine Geary
William Kehtel
Christopher & Barbara Brody
William Destler
John Gerbeth
David & Janice House
George & Barbara Kelley
Walter Lawrence
in honor of Richard Mooney
David Brooks
William DeTemple
Gordon Gerson
David Hsu
Muhtar Kent n
Helen Browne & Nancy Loberg
Dale DeYoung
Joel Gilbert
Louis-Alexandre Huard
Carsten & Jennifer Brueninghaus
Jason Dillon
Robert Gilliam
Savanna Bruno in honor of Andrew Martin
Donte Dixon
Ben Gilliland
Scott Baxter
William & Diana Beaulieu
Zachery Beauvais
in honor of Joseph Valentich
M.S. Beck
Glorine Becker in honor of Daniel Jupp and
the Port Washington robotics team
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Terrell Burch
WOODIE FLOWERS
AWARD WINNER
Lane Matheson
Director of the Tulsa Engineering
Academy at Memorial High School
Matheson encourages students to “Embrace the Struggle! Celebrate the Success!” She helps them overcome their
fears and build their confidence in public speaking, creates opportunities for them to mentor other students, and is a
champion for young women.
Alex Hunt in honor of Nicole Kern & Alex
Boxerbaum
Yevgeniy Klayman
Robert Levenson
Dr. Alenka Malej
Rebecca Klein
Greg Lewis
Deepak & Judith Malhotra
Betty Hylden
Marc Anthony Kline
Irene Lin
Brian Mangan
SK Iyer
Richard & Dorothy Knudsen
Yuhau Lin
Holly Manning
Bill Jansen
Holly Koblish
Samantha Lipscomb
Mario Manriquez
David & Kimberley Jeakins
Cindy Kokott
Wendy Ljungren
Jeffrey Marcello
Stephen Jelinek
Andrew Kolchins
Carter Lloyds
Donald & Marjorie Markwardt
Elizabeth Jensen in honor of The Archer
School for Girls FRC Team 362
Elizabeth Korduba
Luci Locsin
Gregory Marra
Kyrie Kowalik
Luci Locsin in honor of My Children & My
Parents
Michael Marshall
Guy Lohman
Thomas & Catherine Mataloni
Michelle Long
Ashwin Mathur
Ms. J. Valerie Lopez
Carl & Catherine Mattson
Vernon Loucks, Jr.
Paul Mayfield
R. Wayne Lowe in honor of Wistar Holt, Jr.
Bart & Cheryl Mayforth
Marian Lucia
Stephen McClellan & Elizabeth Barlow
Jacqueline Lue
William McClung
John & Joann Luhtala
Matthew McCormick
Elsbieta Lulewicz
Jonathan McCoy
John Lund
in honor of Greg Marholin & Family
Jessica McElman in honor of
Lynn Cantres & Adebo Ifesanya
Nicholas Luther
James McGregor in honor of Frank Paytas
The Lynch Family Charitable Foundation
James McGregor in honor of James Dale
Russell & Tina Lyon
James McGregor in honor of Thomas Dale
Jason Lee
Dawn Lyons
Daniel Kiecza
Lloyd Lee
Jock Mackinlay
James McGregor
in honor of William A. Keating
Elizabeth Huddle in honor of Martina List
Richard Kirkpatrick
Bambi Lerner in honor of Garrett Bernstein
Mark Mahla
Joshua McKay
Mark Huey
Rick & Robin Klau
Joseph Leto
Charles Mains
Donna McMonagle
Barry & Marcia Maiten
Gillian McPhee
Di Hunag
Peter Johnson
Kurt Johnson in honor of Jim Rothrock
Timothy Johnson
Virginia Johnson
Timothy Judkins
M.A. Judy
Kurtus Kahle
Robert Kanach in memory of Michael Freitag
David Kaskowitz in memory of Steve Bridges
Daniel Kasun
L. Robert & Kathleen Kaswell
Matthew Krever
Mahesh Krishnan
Jerrold Krivitzky
Thomas Kurtovich
Robert C. Lace
David Lam
Randall Lam
Robert Lamaute
William & Beth Landman
Georgi Lang
Gregory Marton
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Kevin Meier
Kris Petersen
Nancy Schek
Dana Tupy
Miriam Melnick
Mr. & Mrs. Peterson
Mark Schemel
Mucahit Turel
2014 FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP
SPONSORS
Robert n & Lynn Tuttle
Makeda Mikael
Robert Petrulis
Diane Schmit
William & Judith Turner
Presenting Sponsor
James R. Utaski l
Dan Miller
in honor of Scott & Kristen Anderson
David Phillips
Matthew Schouwink
Amanda Udicious
Joseph Piacentine
John Schreiber
Paul Ulland
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Wilczynski s
Michael Miller
Matthew Piacitelli
Fred Schwamie
Vijay Umapathy
William Miller
Virginia Pitbladdo & Paul Truncali
Sandra Seale
Bannus Van der Kloot
2013-2014 FIRST ALLIANCES
Nina Milton
Nicole Pitera
Mark Segraves
Chi Cao Minh
Richard Pogue
James Seifert in honor of John Barnes
Shannon Van Landingham
in honor of Walter Maikish
Samuel Minnitte
Leonard Polisar
James Seifert in honor of Tony Coalson
Donna Van Ness
The Boeing Company
William Pollock
James Seifert in honor of Woody Wilder
Mark Vanger
The Coca-Cola Company
Rwanda Pompey
Can Sener
Georgios Vastardis
Monsanto Company
Roger Pondel
Neal Shapiro
Brian Vestergaard
NRG Energy, Inc.
Beth Portnoy-Davis
Andrew Sharer
Elizabeth Victor
Patriarch Partners
David Portz
Eric & Mary Sherk
Lisa Vincent in honor of Johnamanjaro
Michael Poulter
Mark Shimshak
Chris Viriavas in honor of Shane Shields
U.S. Air Force
Colin Powell
Martin Sidor
Michael Vogt
FIRST Shipping Sponsor
Robert & Stacy Pressman
Jeffrey Siegel
Andrew Wagner
FedEx Corporation
Joel Preston
Marialice Siirila
Daniel Wahl
Sponsors
Leslie & Eileen Quick
Paul Silberberg
Ashley Walker
Peter & Crisler Quick
Carlos Silva
Cheryl Walsh
Abigail Muraski
Suzanne Quinonez
Michael & Avis Silver
Frank & Marguerite Walter
America Makes/National Additive
Manufacturing Innovation Institute
(NAMII)
Huidong Wang
Kerry Mushkin
Abraham Silverman
Amado Rabines
Anna Radcliffe
Suzanne Sinnett in memory of Michael
Frietag
Chris Ward
Timothy Mushkin
Sandra Nakasone
Joseph Razum
Laurie Smarick in memory of Michael Frietag
John & Alexandra Read
David & Angela Smith
Elizabeth Watson
in memory of William H. Short, Jr.
J. Miles Reidy
Marcia Smith Fleres
Robert & Laurel Weinberg
Josh Reifsnyder
Paul & Allison Smith
McLennan Welles
Steven & Gail Reinemund
Jason Solinsky
Sharlyne Wheeler
Christophe Renaud
Jason Sproul in honor of Judith Sproul
Vincent Wilczynski s
Kevin Rendino & Tina Jordan
Stephen Squeri
Jamie L. Rich
Gregory Stachelczyk
Harold Williams
in memory of Jennifer Baxter
Ariel Rideout
Edward Starback
Elizabeth Riley
David & Sharon Stauty
Cristina Roark
Sy & Laurie Sternberg
Garth Roark
Mark & Roseann Stevens
Russell & Margaret Robbs
Dia Stolnitz
Stephen & Pilar Robert
Dr. James Stone
Gerard Roche
John Strickland
G.R. Rodgers
Burns Strider
Jonathan Rodin
Francis Sullivan
Chris Rogers
Philip Sutter
Rolls Family Fund in honor of John Schanz
Joshua Sweetkind-Singer
Samantha Rooney
David & Deborah Swenson
Deborah Rose
Gregory Szczeszynski
Lesli Rotondo
Bruce Tannahill
Julie Roudon in honor of Sarah Roudon
Laila Taylor-Nelms
Andrew Rozumiko
Grant Thain
Edward Rust Jr.
J.A. Thalhamer
Brendan Ryan
Jason Thomas
Helen Sain in honor of Chris Caldwell
Matthew Samsel
Shannon Thomas in honor of David, Michelle
& Raphael Lame
Lizabeth Sarakin
Herbert Thornhill
Dilip Sathe
Robert Tinker
Lisa Sawyer in memory of
Christopher Knauth
Peter Travis
Scott Pernell
Jim & Margaret Peterman
R.L. Schaffer
Madeline Tully
Alan Mirviss
Sandra & William Moen
Joseph Mollica
Alex Moon
Rey Moré s
Craig Moreland
Monica Morrow in honor of Michelle Crivella
Christopher Moser
M. Suzanne Moyer
Richard Mullen Jr.
Debra Mumm-Hill
Revathi Narasimhan
Robert Neckorcuk
Jonathan Needleman
Barbara Neill
Leroy Nelson
Benjamin Ng
Trung Nguyen
Christopher Nichols
Karen Nichols
Lana Nicholson
Tong Noong
William Nottingham
M. Nuetzel
Marne Obernauer Jr.
Gene O’Brien
Jorge Ochoa Fierro
Narin Olankijanan
Joseph Olmsted in memory of Tito Azor
Beverly O’Neal
Gerard Orozco
R. Kelly Ortberg n
David Otten
W.L. Palmer
Ruchita Parat
Daniel & Holly Parr
Keenan & Katherine Pawley
Marc Pawliger
Jon Pence
John Pendergrast
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Rite Treger in memory of Michael Freitag
Steve Warren
Program Sponsors
Abbott Fund
America’s Promise Alliance
Automation Federation/ISA
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Girl Scouts of the USA
MIT/MIT Alumni Association
National 4-H Council
National Robotics Week
UL
Yale Science & Engineering Association
2014 FIRST SCHOLARSHIP
PROVIDERS
Adelphi University Fred Breithut
FIRST Scholarship
America Makes
Best Buy Co., Inc.
American Petroleum Institute - Delta Chapter
Booz Allen Hamilton
Arizona State University
Central Intelligence Agency
ASME - ASME Auxiliary
Comcast NBCUniversal
Automation Alley
GoDaddy
Baker University
Karen & Rick Hargrove
Bart Kamen Memorial FIRST Scholarship
Mangers (IAEM)
Boston University
International Council on Systems
Engineering (INCOSE)
Bucknell University
Bradley University
California State University, Los Angeles/
Boeing
Capitol College
Carleton University
Renee Wolff
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
Carnegie Mellon University/Boeing
Donald & Ann Wolf
Novelis, Inc.
John Womack
NVIDIA Corporation
M.D. Woods
Joe Woolcott
Oak Ridge National Labs’ Manufacturing
Demonstration Facility (ORNL MDF)
Bill Wormington
Siemens Corporation
J. Galen & Janet C. Wright
SpaceX
Xin Xu
UL
Peter Zaborowsky
United Therapeutics Corporation
Joanne Zhang
Vulcan Spring
Mortimer Zuckerman
BART KAMEN SCHOLARSHIP
FUND CONTRIBUTORS
Blake Winburne
C.E. Wittrock
Zoran Zvonar & Milica Stojanovic
Eric Zygmont
John Abele n /Argosy Foundation
Bahi Ghazal
Marc Hodosh s
Dean Kamen n
Lloyd Lee
Judith Peritz
Ethel Rubinstein
Dana & Kathy Seero
Marcia Smith Fleres
Linda Stone
Maureen Toohey
The 4th annual FLL Global Innovation
Award presented by XPRIZE
National Parent Teacher Association
Leidos, Inc.
Kye Williams
YOUNG INVENTORS
Case Western Reserve University
This award encourages, celebrates, and supports
youth innovation, offering teams an opportunity to
further develop and submit ideas stemming from the
season’s NATURE’S FURYSM projects.
First Place winners of the 2014 FLL Global
Innovation Award presented by XPRIZE:
FIRST LEGO League Rookie Team “The Brain
Busters” of Sherborn, Massachusetts
Invention:
Balloon-based notification sign indicates where to
find aid after a natural disaster, when traditional
infrastructure is not available. The large sign is
suspended from a helium balloon that can be seen
from very long distances and deployed in high winds,
snow storms, and extreme cold
The FIRST Future Innovator Award
sponsored by the Abbott Fund
Central Washington University
Cisco Systems Canada Company
Clarkson University
College for Creative Studies
College of the Atlantic
Colorado State University
Columbia University
Culinary Institute of America
Daniel Webster College
Dean and Theresa Klein FIRST Gracious
Professionalism Engineering Scholarship
DePaul University
DigiPen Institute of Technology
Drexel University
East Carolina University
Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Washington University
Edmonds Community College
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - AZ
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - FL
Fairleigh Dickinson University
This award honors creativity in effectively solving
a real-world, complex problem through the invention
of a unique solution beyond the requirements of the
FIRST competition season and events.
Winners of the 3rd annual 2014 FIRST
Future Innovator Award sponsored by the
Abbott Fund:
Michelle Yang, Alexander Lu, and Valerie Huynh
of FIRST Robotics Competition Team 5212
“TAMSformers” of Denton, Texas
Invention:
Solar still made of common materials streamlines the
process of water filtration, providing cost-effective
access to clean water for impoverished populations
in underdeveloped countries
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Farmingdale State College
Pennsylvania State University
University of Minnesota/PTC
Ferris State University
Phil Clancy Memorial Scholarship
University of Mississippi
Florida A&M University/Boeing
University of Missouri
Florida Institute of Technology
Philpott FIRST Robotics Scholarship for
Engineering, UNLV
Frank Minolli Foundation
Plymouth State University
Gates Corporation
Portland State University
University of New Hampshire - Manchester
Georgia Institute of Technology
Purdue University - Computer Science
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Globe University
Randolph College
Grand Valley State University
Raytheon Company
University of Ottawa - Cisco Systems Canada
FIRST Engineering Scholarship
Hampshire College
Redstone College
University of Portland
Harvey Mudd College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Rochester
Hofstra University
University of Saint Joseph
Hudson Valley Community College
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of South Carolina
Idaho State University, College of Technology
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Indiana State University
FLL Global Innovation Award
presented by XPRIZE
Founding Partner
Jr.FLL Program Sponsor
XPRIZE
Go-To-Market Sponsor
Edison Nation
In Cooperation with
The United States Patent & Trademark Office
National Building Museum
Jr.FLL Top Team Sponsors
Partners in Innovation
NI
Northern Advanced
Manufacturing Industry Group
Queensland University of Technology
Austria
HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e.V.
Education Group
LEGO GmbH
Mellowmessage GmbH
NI GmbH
Booz Allen Hamilton
SAP AG
Managers (IAEM)
ThyssenKrupp AG
University of South Florida
Sponsors in this section are listed in
descending order starting with the Sponsor of
the highest number of teams.
University of Southern California
John Deere
John Deere
Ryerson University
University of Southern Maine
SAIC
Instituto Tecnólogico Autónomo de México
(ITAM)
St. Clair College FIRST Windsor Essex Great
Lakes Regional Scholarship
University of Tennessee
University of Texas Arlington
The LEGO Foundation Care for Education
Itasca Community College
St. Louis Community College - The Ashok
Agrawal Scholarship for FIRST Students
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at San Antonio
University of Toronto
University of Washington/Boeing
University of Windsor
2013-2014 SEASON
FIRST LEGO LEAGUE
SPONSORS
University of Wisconsin - Madison
FLL Founding Partner
ITT Technical Institute
Johnson & Wales University
Kansas State University
Lake Superior State University
Lawrence Technological University
Schoolcraft College
Seattle Pacific University
SMaRT Education
SME Education Foundation
Society of Petroleum Engineers - Delta
Section
University of Waterloo
FLL Top Team Sponsors
(10 or more teams in 2013-2014)
descending order starting with the Sponsor
of the highest number of teams.
Leidos, Inc.
The LEGO Foundation Care for Education
U.S. Naval Academy Summer STEM Program
John Deere
Macquarie University
Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Houston Area
U.S. Navy ROTC
Macquarie University Dean’s List Winners’
Scholarship
South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology
Vaughn College of Aeronautics
and Technology
Caterpillar, Inc.
Marquette University
Southern California Regional Robotics Forum
(SCRRF)
Velcro USA Inc. / University of New
Hampshire Amazing Connections™
FIRST Scholarship
GE Healthcare
Lindenwood University
Maryville University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McKendree University
Merrimack College
Metropolitan Community College - Maple
Woods
Southern Methodist University
Southwestern Michigan College
Spring Arbor University
Stevens Institute of Technology
SUNY Institute of Technology
Milwaukee School of Engineering
SUNY Potsdam
Mineral Area College
Sweet Briar College
Missouri University of Science and
Technology
Temple University
Molloy College
Texas A&M University Computer Science
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Tulane University
NHTI, Concord’s Community College
Nipissing University
University of Advancing Technology Murphy
FIRST Scholarship
North Carolina A&T State University
University of Central Missouri
North Carolina State University
University of Cincinnati
Northeastern University
University of Connecticut
Northwestern University
University of Delaware
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, The Foundation
of FMA, Intl.
University of Detroit Mercy
Ohio State University
Olin College of Engineering
Texas A&M University
University of Hartford
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
Oregon Institute of Technology
University of Maryland - College Park
Oregon State University
University of Massachusetts Amherst/PTC
Pace University
University of Massachusetts
Lowell - Engineering
Pacific University
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University of Missouri - Kansas City
2013-2014 SEASON JUNIOR
FIRST LEGO LEAGUE
SPONSORS
Pellissippi State Community College
Pennsylvania College of Technology
University of Massachusetts
Lowell - Sciences
University of Minnesota, Duluth
Velcro USA Inc. / University of New
Hampshire STEM FIRST Scholarship
Virginia Commonwealth University
Washington State University - Agriculture
Booz Allen Hamilton
FLL Global Sponsors
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
Vision Components GmbH
Bahrain
King Hussein Foundation
Jubilee Center for Excellence in Education
Belgium
Stichting Techniekpromotie
ASML
Brabant voor techniek
CityDynamiek Eindhoven
FEI
Fontys Hogescholen
Frencken
Heutink
Hanzehogeschool
Association of Professional Engineers,
Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
Association of Science and Engineering
Technology
Edmonton Catholic Schools
City of Edmonton
Edmonton Economic Development
Grill2Go
MOJO
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Professionals of Alberta
Spectrum Nasco Educational Supplies Ltd.
Tac Mobility
Tourism Alberta
University of Alberta Education
Students Society
University of Alberta Engineering
Students Society
Waiward Steel Fabricators Ltd.
Western Achrib
WestJet Airlines
Newfoundland and Labrador
IBRD (Innovation, Business and Rural
Development), Government of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Memorial University, Faculty of Engineering
and Applied Science
NL English School District (NLESD)
Nova Scotia
Acadia University
IBM Corporation
Connell Motors
Jaarbeurs Utrecht
EastLink
Jet-Net
Jodrey School of Computer Science
NFGD
NI
Long & McQuade
Saxion
Michelin Canada
Summa College
Techniektalent.nu
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council (NSERC)
Washington State University - Engineering
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Washington University in St. Louis/Boeing
Technische Universiteit Delft
Nicom IT
Motorola Mobility Foundation
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Nova Scotia Business, Inc.
Tegema Group
Nova Scotia Community College
Boston Scientific Corporation/Argosy
Foundation
Teijin Aramid
Universiteit Twente
Nova Scotia Economic and Rural
Development and Tourism
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Design Innovation Scholarship
Novelis, Inc.
Brazil
Nova Scotia Labour and Advanced
Education
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Paul Allaire Future Engineering
Leadership Scholarship
SESI - Brazilian Social Services of IndustryNational Department
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Webb Institute
Western University Engineering
Westwood College
Whitworth University
Travelers Insurance
General Dynamics
Xavier University
FLL Host Organizations and
Championship Tournament
Sponsors
Australia
Yale University
York University
BAE Systems Australia
Youngstown State University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute FRC New England District
Championship Scholarship
Computers in Education Group – South
Australia
Colégio Eduardo Gomes (Primary and
High School)
SESI Regional Departaments (7):
Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goiás,
Minas Gerais, Paraná, São Paulo
RBC Corporation
Women in Science and Engineering
(WISEatlantic)
Ontario
Argosy Foundation
ZOOM Education
Durham College
Bulgaria
FEDDEV
SAP AG
Curtin University
Canada
Google Inc.
Alberta
King David School
Aecon
LEGO Education
Alberta Teachers’ Association
Alberta Youth Robotics Society
HexBugs
LEGO Canada
McMaster University
Government of Ontario
Ontario Power Generation
Spectrum Educational Supplies
Synnex
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Xerox Corporation
Yves Landry Foundation
Québec
EPSA Company
Tæknifræðingafélag Íslands (TFÍ)
Hands on Learning
Robotics, Technology and Human Resources
Development Association
EPILOGES.GR
University of Iceland
LEGO Education
FM100
Verkfræðingafélag Íslands (VFÍ)
UL Korea
Ministry of Communication and Information
Technology
Greek Rescue Team
Vífilfell
HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A. - AKMI College
VSÓ
Inter Brokers- Interbrokers,
Insurance Company
India
Action Réussite
Techno Future Egypt
BMO Financial Group
Technology Innovation Entrepreneurship
Center
Bombardier
Keridis Works Company
India STEM Foundation
Malaysia
IBM Corporation
NI GmbH
Sasbadi Sdn Bhd
Jaarbeurs Utrecht
SAP AG
Jet-Net
ThyssenKrupp AG
Kuwait
Creative Minds
NFGD
Creative Robotics Learning Center (Insight
Education & Instructional Services)
NI
Portugal
Saxion
Evoluir21
HELP University College
Summa College
Techniektalent.nu
Instituto Superior Técnico Campus Taguspark
ARABOT HI-FI, Lda.
SAPO
Tegema Group
Qatar
Teijin Aramid
Universiteit Twente
New Zealand
Russia
Kiwi FIRST
Volnoe Delo Foundation
Academic Colleges Group
EN+ Group
DMXking.com
GAZ Group
Modern Teaching Aids
Saudi Arabia
Latvia
Caterpillar, Inc.
MTÜ Robootika
Goldman Sachs
The Institution of Engineering & Technology
(IET), Malaysia
Aura
KDU University College
Büroomaailm
Ministry of Education Malaysia
The Council Of Gambling Tax
Techtronics Education
Monash University
Embassy of the United States Tallinn Estonia
Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace
Indonesia
Estonian Ministry of Education and Research
National Science Centre (MOSTI)
MLS
Mikrobot
Hinnavaatlus.ee
Penang Science Council
Kõu
Brault Et Bouthillier
Estonia
Commission Scolaire Beauce-Etchemins
MTÜ Robootika
Municipality of Kordelio-Evosmou
Commission Scolaire de la Pointe-De-L’Ile
Aura
LIVEMEDIA
Commission Scolaire de Montréal
Büroomaailm
MACEDONIA NEWSPAPER
Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys
The Council of Gambling Tax
MACEDONIA TV
English-Montreal School Board Embassy of the United States Tallinn Estonia
Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon
Estonian Ministry of Education and Research
Groupe Canam
Hinnavaatlus.ee
Nestle
ABC Alkaline
Groupe Manac
Kõu
Olympia Electronics
Axioo
Ménard Family
Ministry of Economic
Affairs and Communications
Organization Thessaloniki European Youth
Capital 2014
Cerebrofort & Cerebrovit
Ministry of Economic Affairs and
Communications
Silver Queen
RoboMiku
RoboMiku
The P&M Printing Fashion Company
Israel
Saku Läte
Saku Läte
Municipality of Pilea-Chortiati
Salibar
Print Xpress Company
Science Center AHHAA
Regional Solid Waste Management
Association of Central Macedonia
City of Montreal
Réseau Réussite Montréal
Réunir Réussir
Robotique FIRST Québec
Saputo
Université de Sherbrooke
Youth Fusion
Chile
Fundación SparkTalents
Inacap
LEGO Foundation
China
Semia Limited
Boeing China
Colombia
Fundación Global Arte Ciencia y Technología
NI
Czech Republic
SIA Robotiem
SmartLabs
Faroe Islands
SAP AG
ThyssenKrupp AG
Denmark
Statoil
Tekna
City of Hertzeliya
City of Nes Tziyona
Lauritzen Foundation
Municipality of Thessaloniki
City of Pardes Hana-Karkur
Mainstream
TIF-HELEXPO
City of Ra’anana
Norwegian Research Council
TV100
Robotec
SKS
XPΩMAΜFM 105.8
Statoil
Tekna
Youth Foundation of the Metropolis of
Neapolis and Stavropolis
France
Haiti
Association MEDIO Sciences Environnement
FLL Haiti
Jeulin
Hong Kong
LEGO France
Semia Limited
City of Meudon
Hong Kong Youth Federation
Hungary
LEGO GmbH
LEGO GmbH
Mellowmessage GmbH
LEGO Education
Mellowmessage GmbH
NI GmbH
SAP AG
NI GmbH
ThyssenKrupp AG
SAP AG
ThyssenKrupp AG
Greece
SKS
Ha’Kfar Ha’Yarok
SUNSHINE 107.7
COWI
City of Beer Sheva
COWI
Mainstream
Bank Hapoalim
City of Modiin-Makkabim-Reut
FIRST Scandinavia
Technion – FIRST Israel
Studio 8 Photography
Germany
NI GmbH
LEGO Foundation
FIRST Scandinavia
Eduxe
Science Center and Technology Museum
“NOESIS”
John Deere
City of Kfar Yona
City of Nevers
Mellowmessage GmbH
Kleemann
Souroti Company
LEGO GmbH
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Egypt
Iceland
FIRST LEGO League á Íslandi
ÍTR
EduACT
Kjörís
Alexander Innovation Zone S.A.
Krumma
Region of Central Macedonia
Mannvit
Chiquita
Nýherji
E-CHARITY
Össur
EPI-DIRECT Leda Papadopoulou
Communication Experts
Síminn
Taylor’s University
Telekom Malaysia Berhad
UCSI University
Mexico
Salibar
Explora, Descubre Y Crea, AC
Science Center AHHAA
General Motors México
SIA Robotiem
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
(ITAM)
SmartLabs
Lebanon
Cedars Cultural School-Education and
Technology Center
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios
Superiores de Monterrey - Campus
Toluca
MUTEC - Museo de Tecnologia y Ciencia
American University in Beirut (AUB)
Bárbara & Ignacio Navarro
Nestle
Oxford School of English, A.C.
Tivoli Catering
PROMEDICI, S.A. De C.V.
Lithuania
City of Soham Technion –
Israel Institute of Technology
Robotikos Akademija
Montenegro
Baltic Orbis
Young Inventors of Montenegro
City of Tel Aviv
Lietuvos “Minties odiséjos” asociacija
Municipality Bar
Tel-Aviv Yaffo Academic College
Luxembourg
Municipality Bijelo Polje
World ORT
City of Yerucham
ASML
Italy
Museo Civico di Rovereto
Cassa Rurale di Rovereto
FEI
Caterpillar, Inc.
Fontys Hogescholen
Media Direct srl
Frencken
SALEWA
Heutink
UCIMU IN GRANDE
Hanzehogeschool
100-ONE
IBM Corporation
Ministry of Science, Government of
Montenegro
Japan
Jaarbeurs Utrecht
FIRST Japan
Norway
National Talents Co. for Training & Education
FIRST Scandinavia
Aseer Scientific Club
COWI
Jeddah Club for Science Innovation
Ministry of Education
Mainstream
Royal Commission in Jubail
Royal Commission in Yanbu
SKS
Singapore
Statoil
Tekna
Duck Learning
Oman
Institute of Technical Education
(College West)
Slovakia
Pakistan
Anasoft
STARfALL (Science and Technology
Awareness and Recognition for All)
Eduxe
GIFT University
Mellowmessage GmbH
Robo Campus
Palestine
NI GmbH
SAP AG
ThyssenKrupp AG
Peru
Wernher Von Braun IEP S.A.
Slovenia
Grupo Deltron
Zavod Super Glavce Philippines
EFAFLEX INŽENIRING, d.o.o., Ljubljana
FELTA Mutli-Media, Inc.
Epilog d.o.o.
Neckom
American Airlines
Rotary club Ljubljana Tivoli
Jet-Net
Telenor
DeED - Department of Education
SAP d.o.o.
NFGD
Netherlands
DOST - Science Education Institute
Yaskawa Slovenija d.o.o.
Crefus
NI
Enchanted Kingdom
Zavarovalnica Triglav d.d.
Learning Systems
LEGO Education
Saxion
ASML
Etihad
South Africa
Jordan
Summa College
Intel Corporation
Tshwane University of Technology
Quezon Science Interactive Center
Cape Town Science Centre
KwaZulu Natal Science Centre
Republic of Korea
FEST (Feeling and Enjoying Science &
Technology Organization)
C & M Broadcasting
Dongseo Culture
Techniektalent.nu
Municipality Cetinje
Domen
Elko Tim
Fleka
Mensa Montenegro
Ministry of Education, Government of
Montenegro
Ministry of Labour and Social welfare,
Government of Montenegro
LEGO GmbH
FEI
Poland
Fontys Hogescholen
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Tegema Group
Frencken
LEGO GmbH
SAP South Africa
Teijin Aramid
Heutink
Mellowmessage GmbH
Sci-Bono Discovery Centre
Universiteit Twente
Hanzehogeschool
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South Africa Department of
Science and Technology
Hacettepe University
IBM Corporation
University of South Africa
Incekara Holding
Spain
Inci Aku
Fundación Scientia
Innova
University of Alaska Anchorage,
School of Engineering
ViaSat, Inc.
FRC Team 4013 “Clockwork Mania”
Caterpillar, Inc.
Western Kentucky University (WKU):
CBD Marketing
University of Alaska Fairbanks,
College of Engineering and Mines
Colorado
GE Volunteer Network
Arrow Electronics
Charizma Entertainment
Ball Corporation
SAIC
Five Star Audiovisual
Carol Martin Gatton Academy
of Mathematics & Science
in Kentucky
Broadband Video
Gerald & Gloria Fountain
Club Workshop
Walt Disney World Design & Engineering
John Deere
Georgia
Krafts Foods Group Foundation
Arizona
Arizona State University, Ira A. Fulton
Schools of Engineering
Fundació Príncep de Girona
Ipragaz
General Motors Desert Proving Ground
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Fundación Telefónica
Istanbul Kultur University
Intel Corporation
Encana Corporation
GMV
Leitner Ropeways
LEGO Foundation
Gates Corporation
Sweden
Limak
Raytheon Company
InterCall
FIRST Scandinavia
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
SAIC
LEGO Childrens Fund
COWI
Oracle
Time Warner Cable
Orta Anadolu
LunarG
Georgia Tech School of Electrical &
Computer Engineering (ECE)
Mainstream
Prfit
Arkansas
Technetronic Solutions, Inc.
Promar Textiles
Arkansas FIRST
SKS
Sanko
Arkansas State University Mountain Home
Statoil
Sehitkamil Municipality
Baxter Bistro
Tekna
Social Innovation Center (SIM)
Buck Foundation
Switzerland
Teknokta
Har-Ber High School
Central Connecticut State University
Tugcan Hotels
Harding Academy
Turkish Red Crescent
Hot Springs Intermediate School
Connecticut Center for Advanced
Manufacturing
UBS
Mountain Valley Spring Water
Yasar University
The Science and Technology Group, Inc.
Ukraine
Twin Lakes McDonald’s
EcudaTec
LEGO GmbH
Mellowmessage GmbH
NI GmbH
Prolego Ltd.
California – Central
SAP AG
United Kingdom & Ireland
Clovis Unified School District
ThyssenKrupp AG
The Institution of Engineering and
Technology (United Kingdom & Ireland)
Taiwan
Kids Kingdom Inc.
E SUN ROBOT ASSOCIATION
K Kingdom Inc.
National Science and Technology Museum
NI
Phillips 66
Sports Awards
Department of Physics and Astronomy
U.S. Army Engineer Research and
Development Center
Shell
TMA Education Foundation
U.S. Engineering
University of Illinois at Champaign
Ogden College of
Science and Engineering
Missouri
Women in Electrical & Computer Engineering
(WECE)
WKU SKyTeach
Afton Chemical Corporation
Hawaii
Indiana
FRC Team 173 “RAGE”
FRC Team 175 “BUZZ”
FRC Team 230 “GaelHawks”
FRC Team 236 “The Techno Ticks”
FRC Team 558 “Elm City Robo Squad”
FRC Team 1071 “Team Max”
Friends of Hawaii Robotics/Robotic
Organizing Committee Hawaiian Electric Industries Charitable
Foundation
City & County of Honolulu
Honolulu Community College – Construction
Academy
isisHawaii
Tesoro Corporation
University of Hawaii - College of Engineering
Women in Technology/MEDB
Idaho
Weiss Sugar Dvorak & Dusek Ltd
3M Company
Brickworld
Exelis
Indiana University – Purdue University Fort
Wayne (IPFW)
Markeys Rental and Staging
Iowa
Guidry Foundation
Iowa State University College of Engineering
John Deere
Johnson Family Foundation
Loughborough University
Chevron Corporation on behalf of Tony Young
Columbia High School
United States
Pfizer Corporation
Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles
Compass Academy
Adventist Robotics League
La Canada Unified School District
Delaware
Dave Smith Motors
Walla Walla University School of Engineering
LACTASOY Co., Ltd.
Alabama
California – Los Angeles
Delaware Air National Guard 166th Airlift
Wing
Anita L. Nelson, M.D.
Delaware State University
Orcutt Union School District
Delmarva Power
Pleasant Valley Education Foundation
Pleasant Valley School District
DuPont
Time Warner Cable
Tunisia
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems
International (AUVSI)
Booz Allen Hamilton
Westside Union School District
FRC Team 538 “The Arabian Knights”
California – Northern
Turkey
FRC Team 3319 “Grissom High School”
Bilim Kahramanlari Dernegi (Science Heroes
Association)
Grissom High School
Torrance Unified School District
Rowan University
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Alaska Airlines
Playing @ Learning
Florida
Alaska Development Corporation
California – Southern/LEGOLAND
Fairbanks North Star School District
GCI
Lower Kuskokwim School District
FNSS
Wendell and Anne Gauthier
Family Foundation
The Bruce J. Heim Foundation
The Faculty, Staff and Students
of Holy Cross School
John S. & Natalie P. Alberici
Avnet
Harry Baker
Cooper Bussman
Diversified Payment Solutions
The Doerr Family
Electrical Connection
Emerson
Employees Community Fund of The Boeing
Company, St. Louis
Murar Foundation, Inc
NASA Stennis Space Center
Orleans Parish School Board
Dr. Sanford Pailet
Perrier Table Rentals, Inc.
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Society of Petroleum Engineers Delta Section
Science City – Union Station
ABNA Engineering, Inc.
Lockheed Martin New Orleans
The Schreier-Edisen Foundation
LEGOLAND® Discovery Center and SEA LIFE
Aquarium
St. Patrick High School, and FRC Team 1927 Kentwood Water
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
KC STEM Alliance
NASA Stennis Space Center
Gateway to Innovation
Innoventor, Inc.
ITT Technical Institute
James Mulligan Printing
Dr. & Mrs. Ernest G. Jaworski
Laboratory Robotics Interest Group
Lee Foundation
Tulane University
Lindbergh School District
University of New Orleans
Maine
Carol B. Loeb
Robotics Institute of Maine
MasterCard Worldwide
Kansas – Liberal
Time Warner Cable
Golden Plains Credit Union
University of Maine, College of Engineering
MICDS
City of Liberal
University of Southern Maine
Midwest Laboratory Robotics Interest Group
MAAM Foundation
Maryland
Southern Pioneer Electric Company
Enktesis
Technology
Kentucky
Bluegrass Supply Chain Services
PLTW Maryland
Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and
Technology
O’Leary Middle School
Bowling Green Area Convention and Visitor’s
Bureau
SAIC
Control Systems Design and Automation
Idaho State University, College of
Engineering
Idaho State University, Energy Systems
Technology and Education Center
Kellogg Middle School
Sandpoint High School
Applied Medical
FRC Team 180 “SPAM” Starbucks
LEGOLAND® California
FRC Team 233 “The Pink Team” Time Warner Cable
Mathobotix
FRC Team 386 “Voltage”
National Defense Education Program
(NDEP)/SPAWAR
FRC Team 801 “Horse Power” University of Idaho, College of Agricultural &
Life Sciences
OpenProjectsandApps.org
FRC Team 1369 “Minotaur” SPAWAR System Command
FRC Team 1592 “Bionic Tigers” SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
FRC Team 1902 “Exploding Bacon”
Time Warner Cable
FRC Team 3932 “Dirty Mechanics”
FRC Team 1251 “TechTigers”
Hon. & Mrs. Charles Cusimano II
Mississippi State University Extension
Service
Maritz
FRC Team 86 “Team Resistance”
®
American Petroleum Institute - Delta Chapter
Mississippi Power Education Foundation
Maine School of Science and Mathematics
Idaho 4-H Endowment
Idaho State University, Electronics
Department
Rotary Club of Brandywine Hundred
Louisiana
Maine Emergency Management Agency
Progressive Software Computing Inc.
Salem Community College
Anchorage School District
Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington &
Northern Idaho
Idaho State University, College of Technology
Intel Corporation
Alaska
Eagle High School
Peregrine Computer Consultants Corp.
Google Inc.
FARPLAS
Galeri Zilberman
Department of Mathematics
Kansas City Region
CPRAM Co., Ltd.
DRC
Sonoscan, Inc.
College of Southern Idaho
Southern Adventist University
Demirer Holding
Department of Geology and Geography
LEGO Corporation of America
Ciceksepeti.com
Department of Engineering
SciTech Hands On Museum, Aurora
California Polytechnic State University,
Pomona
Sacramento Adventist Academy
BSH
Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago
Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)
Gammaco (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Borusan
Department of Computer Science
All Saints Christian School
Thailand
Aselsannet
Greenwich Academy
EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing
in Intelligent Automation
Jacobs Technology NASA Stennis Space Center
Department of Chemistry
MidAmerican Energy
Caterpillar, Inc.
Armstrong Middle School
FRC Team 155 “The Technonuts”
Visual Impact Technologies, Inc
Mississippi
Georgia Tech Center for Education
Integrating Science, Mathematics &
Computing (CEISMC)
Enfield School System
Retro Bill Productions
St. Jude Medical
Department of Architectural
and Manufacturing Sciences
Dominion Millstone Power Station
Derrel’s Mini Storage
College of Education
and Behavioral Sciences
Merchant & Gould
Mandle Design Creative Services
Connecticut
Center for Gifted Studies
Magenic
The Boeing Company
Albertson’s Supermarket
North American Division Office of Education
Adventist Health
Abalioglu
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HDI Insurance
Time Warner Cable
University of Missouri - Kansas City School
of Computing and Engineering
Massachusetts
The Pennington Family
Ranken Technical College
Raytheon Company
Kathie Reuter
Courtyard Marriott
Jerry & Peggy Ritter
Design Builders, Inc.
Michigan
Dunham’s Sporting Goods
The Chrysler Foundation (FCA Foundation)
The Saigh Foundation
University of Idaho Support Services
Hilton Garden Inn
FIRST in Michigan
St. Charles Community College
Illinois
Penn Station Restaurants - Bowling Green
St. Louis Cardinals Care Foundation
Trace Die Cast
Minnesota
Brickworld
3M Foundation
St. Louis Community College Saint Louis
Science Center
Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.
Saint Louis University
H.B. Fuller Foundation
The Seeser Family
BOSCH Community Foundation
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New York – Long Island
S&S Promotional Group Inc.
Southeast Missouri State University
Brookhaven National Laboratory
CBM Business Machines
Spoehrer Family Foundation
Central Islip Public Schools
University of North Dakota College of
Engineering and Mines
Pennsylvania – Southwest Central
Tennessee - East
Virginia/DC
Community Foundation for the Alleghenies
Tennessee Tech University
Technology Partners, Inc.
Lisa Cohen
Industrial Medium Software
University of North Dakota Memorial Union
Galliker Dairy Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
James Madison University
U-Gas Convenience Stores
Connetquot School District
Xcel Energy
UT-Battelle
College of Education
University City School District
LEGO Education
Ohio
Greater Johnstown Career
and Technology Center
Washington University
in St. Louis Engineering
Longwood Central School District
ASME - Dayton Section
Lift Johnstown
Tennessee - West
College of Integrated
Plainview-Old Bethpage School District
Battelle, Dayton Operations
Westmont School District
Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
The Wolfe Family
Pusey Law Group
Dayton Progress
Rhode Island
Smith & Nephew
U.S. Air Force
Sideboard Computers
Holiday Inn - Fairborn
Active Data Solution
Advanced Web Marketing
Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers
(TSPE)
Sir Speedy – Plainview
Liftoff Entertainment
All Saints Academy
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Jeffrey Stern, Attorney
Miller Valentine Group
Bryant University/ RI NSF EPSCoR
University of Memphis
Vera Bradley - Walt Whitman Mall
The Ohio Educational Outreach Foundation
New York – Mid-Hudson
Texas – Alamo/San Antonio
CPS Energy
Siemens Corporation
U.S. Army
Montana
Advanced Electronic Designs
American Computer Museum
Montana State University College of Engineering
Montana State University Office of the Provost
Montana State University College of Engineering
Oracle
WebFilings
Nebraska
Nebraska 4-H Foundation
Time Warner Cable
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension
Nevada
CGI, Inc.
Adva Optical Networks
The Wright State University
IBM Corporation
IEEE Mid-Hudson Section
The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Educational Outreach
Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative at
Brown University
International FIRST LEGO League
NASA IV&V Robotics Alliance Project
Rackspace Hosting
ParMar Stores
Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc.
National Grid
Time Warner Cable
Thrasher
Mike Hoy, Mobile DJ
New England Institute of Technology
Valero
NYC FIRST
Oklahoma State University, College
of Engineering, Architecture and
Technology
Roger Williams University
Texas – Central/Austin
3M Company
West Virginia Higher Education
Policy Commission,
Division of Science and Research
Dell, Inc.
West Virginia Space Grant
Google Inc.
Wisconsin
New York – New York City
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
Time Warner Cable
New York – Potsdam
Adirondack Energy
BAE Systems
Clarkson University
Northern Machining
PPC: A Belden Brand
Oregon
Bonneville Power Administration
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.
FEI
Garmin
Google Data Centers Grants Fund of Tides
Foundation
IBM Corporation
Intel Oregon
SAIC
St. Mary Academy Bay View
Salve Regina University
Slater Technology Fund
SSERVI-SEED @ Brown University
Tech Collective/Amica Mutual Insurance
Textron Charitable Trust
Yushin America
South Carolina
Intel Corporation
The Microsoft Store
NI
Panera Bread Co.
Penske Silicon Labs
American Society for Quality - Charleston
Chapter
Skillpoint STEM Council Intel Corporation
Tokyo Electron
Texas – North/Dallas
Time Warner
U.S. Air Force
LEGO Foundation
University of Nevada Reno
Oregon University System
New York – Utica
PH Tech
SAIC
Radisys
Space Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Tektronix
South Dakota
BAE Systems
BAE Systems
Black River Systems Company Inc.
FRC Team 166 “Chop Shop”
Carbone Auto Group
Nashua High School South
Hitechnic-Dataport Systems
New Jersey
Indium Corporation
Timbercon
Vernier Software and Technology
Augustana College
Time Warner Cable
Block Productions
Texas – South/Houston
Butler, Inc
Statoil North America
Archbishop Wood High School
Creative Kindling
Texas – Southwest/El Paso
Trenton Technology, Inc.
Aspira Inc. of Pennsylvania
Dakota Fluid Power
El Paso STEM Foundation
North Carolina
Church Farm School
Franz Digital/Dakota Blueprinting
Downingtown Area Robotics
Goebbel Printing
Ft. Bliss – Brigade Modernization Command
(BMC)
The Franklin Institute
Karl’s TV and Audio
Girl Scouts of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Luxury Auto Mall of Sioux Falls
Advanced Engineering and Environmental
Services, Inc. (AE2S)
Hatboro-Horsham School District
Midcontinent Communications
The Haverford School
NASA Summer of Innovation Grant
American Crystal Sugar Company
Rotary Club of Sioux Falls - Downtown
Owen J. Roberts School District
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Rotary Club of Sioux Falls - West
OGB Millworks
The School District of Philadelphia
Bobcat Company
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation
New York – Finger Lakes
Springside-Chestnut Hill Academy
Cargill
University of Pennsylvania
Sioux Falls Ford
Pennsylvania – West
Smart Software Solutions
Research Associates of Syracuse
Bricks & Minifigs
North Carolina A&T University, College of
Engineering
Enterprise Holdings
TE Connectivity
Lockheed Martin/Sandia
National Laboratories
North Dakota
New Mexico Museum of
Natural History and Science
Time Warner Cable
Cherie Bharti
Torchmate
New Mexico
West Virginia
Narragansett Pier Middle School
St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES
Siemens Diagnostics Products
The United States Patent and Trade Office
Igus, Inc.
Rockefeller Group Development Corporation
SAIC
AT&T, Inc.
Oregon Nanoscience & Microtechnology
Institute
Mount Olive Board of Education
Oklahoma
National Grid
County College of Morris
Leidos, Inc.
Fairmont State University, College of Science
and Technology
Knights of Pythias
New Hampshire
College of Science and Mathematics
Frost Bank
Clark County School District
Rich, Wightman & Company
Akimeka
BAE Systems
IEEE Providence Section
Connect a Million Minds™, an Initiative of
Time Warner Cable
National Security Technologies, LLC
38
Edwards Wildman
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
EAPC Architects & Engineers
Pennsylvania – East
Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Academy
South Dakota Discovery Center
Valeant
Greater Grand Forks Convention and Visitors
Bureau
South Dakota Space Grant Consortium
Wegmans
Grable Foundation
HB Sound & Light
Xerox Corporation Robomatter, Inc.
Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.
South Dakota State University
Department of Engineering
Otter Tail Power Company
Vern Eide Motorcars
Kohler
Plexus
Rockwell Automation
Time Warner Cable
Xcel Energy
Wyoming
Casper Area Convention Bureau
City of Casper
Casper College
Central Wyoming BOCES
Greiner Motor Company
Natrona County Recreational
Joint Powers Board
Natrona County School District
Nobe, Inc. Screenprinting & Embroidery
Pepsi
Yemen
IEEE EP Professional Section
IEEE RAS Student Chapter
NI
Utah
Boart Longyear
Steven Borst
The Community Foundation of Utah
IM Flash Technologies
Merit Medical
Natural History Museum of Utah
Gary & Nancy Schmitt
University of Utah
Utah Education Network
Williams
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2013-2014 SEASON
FIRST TECH CHALLENGE
SPONSORS
FTC Official Program Sponsor
Eastern Europe
American International School of Bucharest
Central and Eastern European School
Association
United States
National Sponsor
U.S. Super-Regional Championships
Presented by
PTC, Inc.
PTC, Inc.
India
Hills Bank & Trust
John Deere
SMaRT Education
Time Warner Cable
Southeast Iowa STEM Board
California, Northern
John Deere
EasyTech
LEGO Education
Novelis, Inc.
College of Engineering,
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ursuline Academy
D.R. Horton
Comau
Google Inc.
Consumers Energy
Intel Corporation
Google Inc.
Ford Motor Company
Playing @ Learning
Hagadone
Colorado
PTC, Inc.
NI
Ball Corporation
Minnesota
PTC, Inc.
isisHawaii
ColoradoGives
SASTEMIC
St. Louis Community College Florissant Valley
St. Louis Community College Forest Park
St. Louis Community College Meramec Campus
U.S. Air Force
Xerox Foundation
New York City
Consolidated Edison
Company of New York, Inc.
NYC FIRST
NYU-Poly
North Carolina
Adolf Coors Foundation
Oceanic Time Warner Cable
Mississippi
Saint Louis University
Ohio
DaVita
Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Texas Institute for Educational Robotics
R.M. Towill Corporation
The Seeser Family
Encana Corporation
Territorial Savings Bank
Delta Health Alliance
Texas Workforce Commission
Siemens Corporation
Enviro Pest
Women in Technology (WIT)
Entergy - Mississippi
West Super-Regional
Championship
Gates Corporation
Y. Hata & Co.
GoDaddy
Idaho
Ole Miss Center for Mathematics and
Science Education
Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation
SMaRT Education
University of Mississippi Provost Office
Intel Corporation
Time Warner Cable
Technology Partners
InterCall
University of Idaho Support Services
LAUNCH 4 Education
Alaska Airlines
Lightning Hybrids
Secretaria de Educacion Publica
Alaska Development Corporation
Illinois
Netherlands
Anchorage School District
Newmont Mining Corporation
Cadmes
NI
Frencken Europe
Fairbanks North Star School District
PTC, Inc.
Gemeente Delft
GCI
Regis University
MuRata
Starbucks
PTC, Inc.
Lower Kuskokwim School District
New Zealand
The College of Engineering at the University
of Iowa
University of Alaska Anchorage, School of
Engineering
U.S. Engineering
John Deere
Weld RE-4 District
Wolf Robotics
Russia
University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of
Engineering and Mines
Southeast Region of the Iowa Governors
STEM Advisory Council
EN+ Group
Arizona
Anonymous
Alaska
Southeast Missouri State University
HIS
University of Idaho, College of Agricultural
& Life Sciences Extension 4-H
Connecticut
Alcoa Foundation
Barnet Associates LLC
Brewster Screen Printing
Volnoe Delo
Coconino High School
(FRC Team 2486 “The CocoNuts” & FTC
Team 3928 “The AstroNuts”)
Huangnan Polytechic University
Saudi Arabia
Findlay Toyota, Flagstaff
HomeVision Group
NI
National Talents Co.
Little America
PTC, Inc.
Taiwan
Planet Pizza
Tongji University
Menual School, Albuquerque, NM
(FTC Team 5138 “AHERT Ravens”)
K Kingdom Inc.
Palo Verde High School, Tucson, AZ
(FRC Team 4841 “Optimal Robotics”)
Delaware
Quality Inn
Axalta Coating Systems
NI
St. Charles Community College
UPS
TE Connectivity Foundation
Instituto Tecnológico Autónoma de México
(ITAM)
Russian Federal Agency of Youth Affairs
Time Warner Cable
Saint Louis Science Center
FTC Rookie Team Grantors
GAZ Group
Rolla School District
Stratasys
Kiwi FIRST
Rockwood School District
Suffern High School
Maui Economic Development Board
Fundación Televisa
ACG Strathallan
St. Louis Community College Foundation
Secretaria de Economia
Playing @ Learning
Michigan
Hawaiian Electric
Fundación Azteca de Grupo Salinas
Chongqing University
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Hawaii Independent Energy
Centro Nacional de Actualizacion Docente
Caterpillar China
Ben Franklin Crafts
Arrow Electronics
Abbott Fund
Bechtel China
Seidenberg School of Computer Science and
Information Systems at Pace University
Milton Public Schools
Mexico
Boeing China
River City Robots
Hawaii
China
St. John Fisher College
NRG Energy, Inc.
Republic of Korea
Red Deer College
EIˆ2
PTC, Inc.
Alberta Youth Robotics Society
Pace University Athletics Department
Lexington High School
Alberta Innovate Technology Futures
Kathie Reuter
Southern Polytechnic State University
Alberta
Kennedy Catholic High School
Massachusetts
Alcoa Foundation
College of Engineering, University of Iowa
Canada
Reed School, Ladue School District
Draper Laboratory
Alamo Colleges - Northwest Vista College
NI
GE
STEMaction, Inc.
GeorgiaFIRST Robotics
Techtronics Education (India), Ltd.
PTC, Inc.
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
Bridgewater State University
PTC, Inc.
HiTechnic
Artgig Studios
Alcoa Foundation
California, Los Angeles
The Albany Academies
Partners for Progress of Greater St. Charles
Georgia
Alcoa Foundation
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Novelis, Inc.
Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
Leidos, Inc.
Ozark Mountain Valley Water
South Super-Regional
Championship
FTC Tournament Sponsors
Australia
Florida
Rockwell Collins North
Super-Regional Championship
Goldman Sachs
LEGO
New York – Hudson Valley
NI
descending order starting with the
Sponsor of the highest number of teams.
DEKA Foundation
Technology
First State Robotics
Arlington High School
City of West Des Moines
Argosy Foundation
PSEG Foundation
Mountain Home Public Schools
MICDS
East Super-Regional
Championship
(10 or more teams in 2013-2014)
SAIC
General Dynamics Advanced
Information Systems
Ville de Grenoble
Germany
John Deere
BAE Systems
DuPont Engineering
McDonalds: Mountain Home
Règion Rhô Alpes
Mercer
Kerith Foundation
PTC, Inc.
FTC Top Team Sponsors
Arkansas FIRST
MasterCard Worldwide
Capitol College
FRC Team 16 “Baxter Bomb Squad”
Grenoble INP
NI
Arkansas
Booz Allen Hamilton
DuPont CCRE
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University,
Daytona Beach Florida Campus
Fondation partenariale Grenoble INP
FTC Kit of Parts Sponsor
Rodeway Inn & Suites
New Jersey
Delaware State University
France
FTC CAD and
Collaboration Sponsor
Red Mountain High School
(FTC Team 6834 & FRC Team 2403
“Plasma Robotics”)
Greens Farms Academy
Pro Shop Solutions
Agilent
Missouri
Seedman Foundation
Harry R. Baker
Indiana
Bishop Dubourg High School
University City School District
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Wedgwood School,
Ferguson Florissant School District
The Wolfe Family
Cincinnati Bell
GE Aviation
Great Oaks Institute of Technology and
Career Development
iSPACE, Inc.
Procter & Gamble
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
North America
Woodward Trust
Oklahoma
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Foundation
Banjo Corporation
Black & Veatch
Indiana Dept. of Education (IDOE)
The Boeing Company
Nucor Steel
Camdenton School District
American Computer Museum
Weatherford Oklahoma City Council (Hotel
Motel Commission)
Iowa
Cardinals Care Foundation
Montana Space Consortium
Pennsylvania
Montana State University - College of
Engineering
B&W Tek, Inc.
Kentucky
Alcoa Foundation
AMTEC
Domino’s Pizza
The Colletti Family
Destination St. Louis
The Doerr Family
Emerson
Company, St. Louis
Gateway to Innovation
Montana
Advanced Electronic Designs
Montana State University - Office of the
Provost
Montana Tech
Chester County Technical High School
Emmaus High School
Oracle
Friends of 401
WebFilings
Google Inc.
Nevada
Kerith Foundation
CGI, Inc.
Domtar
Hazelwood School District Galactic Program
Owensboro Community and Technical
College
Northwest Career & Technical Academy
Carol B. Loeb
Torchmate
Maritz
Western Nevada College
Time Warner Cable
Maryland
AT&T, Inc.
BAE Systems
Alcoa Foundation
GE Oil and Gas
Central High School
Millersville University
Montgomery County Community College
Pennsylvania State University - York
Shady Side Academy
Temple University
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Ujala Foundation
Traditional Screenprinting
Villanova University
Two-Way Radio
Rhode Island
University of Virginia School of Engineering
Providence Engineering Society
RIMES
Texas – Alamo
Argosy Foundation
Intralox
Gerald Mele & Associates, Inc.
Ursula Burns n & Lloyd Bean
Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions
DEKA Foundation
Jefferson Parish Convention
and Visitors Bureau
Google Inc.
Freelin-Wade Company
Madera Unified School District
Honeywell Sensing & Control
FedEx Corporation
Kickify
NASA Ames Research Center
iR3 Creative Engineering
Leidos, Inc.
PTC, Inc.
James Monroe Wire and Cable Company
Robert n & Linda Tuttle
Louisiana Engineering Society
Kent Elastomer
Louisiana Technology Council
Chesapeake Regional
Marsh Electronics, Inc. Josh s & Judy Weston
Met-L-Flo Inc.
Nypro Inc.
FRC Event Sponsors
Alamo Regional Sponsored By
Rackspace Hosting
Oracle
Akimeka
University of New Orleans
Shuster Corporation
BioMed SA
U.S. Army & U.S. Army ROTC
Snap Action, Inc.
CPS Energy
Boilermaker Regional
Stratasys
Duke Energy
TE Connectivity
Graebel Van Lines
Triangle Manufacturing Company
VIAIR Corporation
Medtronic, Inc.
Vulcan Spring & Manufacturing Company
NI
Zip-Bit, Inc.
Precision Mold & Tool, Inc.
Bronze Suppliers
Prism Technologies
Altium Limited
NASA IV & V Educational Resource Center
Ralph R. Willis Career and Technical Center
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College
NASA Johnson Space Center
West Virginia Department of Career and Technical Education
Northland Christian School
Wisconsin
Manpower
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee College of Engineering & Applied Science
Wyoming
Casper College
Central Wyoming BOCES
Greiner
NCSD #1
NOBE, Inc.
Utah
Pepsi
Weber State University, Career and
Technical Education
A list of FIRST Tech Challenge Team Sponsors is available at
www.usfirst.org/sponsors/first-tech-challenge-team-sponsors
AndyMark, Inc.
DS Solidworks
ebm-papst Inc.
FedEx Corporation
Gates Corporation
GitHub
igus, Inc.
Innovation First International
NI
PTC, Inc.
U.S. Department of Energy
Wind River
Diamond Suppliers
Autodesk, Inc.
Bimba Manufacturing Company
Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation
EnerSys Texas Instruments
Gold Suppliers
Analog Devices Inc.
Automation Direct
BaneBots, LLC
BURNDY LLC Cross the Road Electronics, LLC
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
nextGen Robots
Applied Systems & Technology Transfer, LLC
Bayer MaterialScience LLC
LeVic Plastics Inc. /
Jaguar Robotics FRC Team 1810
FRC Rookie Team Grantors
Rackspace Hosting
SASTEMIC
Time Warner Cable
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc.
MakerGear LLC
U.S. Air Force
NKK Switches
DENSO International America/Asmo North Carolina
SABIC Innovative Plastics
U.S. Navy
Digi-Key Corporation
Solid Concepts
Arizona Regional
Canon Virginia, Inc.
Festo Corporation
FRC Top Team Sponsors
APS
CNBMD
Fluke Corporation
(20 or more teams in 2014)
Atmosol
Consol Energy
Grainger
Havabanana Productions
GEICO
Intel Corporation
descending order starting with the Sponsor of
the highest number of teams.
Avnet
Dominion
Systems
Inventables, Inc.
Leidos, Inc.
MaxBotix Inc.
Lockheed Martin Undersea Systems
Micron Foundation
Parker Hannifin Corporation,
Fluid System Connectors Division
Norfolk State University
Phillips Color Kinetics
RoboRealm, LLC
PTC, Inc.
Orange County
Ruland Manufacturing Co., Inc.
BAE Systems
PTC, Inc.
Tableau Software
WAGO Corporation
Worcester Polytechnic Institute SAIC
University of Vermont
Virginia
SAIC
SimIS
Southwest Community College
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J. Galen & Janet C. Wright
Electronic Components Industry Association
(ECIA)
Vance Enterprises
Vermont
Anonymous
Internal Society Automation,
New Orleans Chapter
3M Company
Hamshire Fannet ISD
Weber State University, College of Applied
BK Lighting
Eaton’s Bussman Business
Alpha Natural Resources
Logan Regional Medical Center
Hill Air Force Base STEM
David & Barbara Archer
Internal Society Automation,
Lafayette and Baton Rouge Chapter
Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc.
Texas – Arlington
Texas Tech University Equity & Community
Engagement Division of Institutional
Diversity
Abbott Fund
FRC Suppliers
Crown Suppliers
Logan County Schools
Texas Tech University Edward E. Whitacre
Jr. College of Engineering
Central Valley Regional
Bruce J. Heim Foundation
West Virginia
Rackspace Hosting
Frenship High School
Entergy
Axis Communications
Logan County Commission
E Controls by Enovation Controls
Albert Zeller
Booz Allen Hamilton
Anderson Power Products
ASME Petroleum Division
Crescent Bank and Trust
PTC, Inc.
Elite Contracting
Texas – Lubbock
John & Julia Szentes
Caterpillar Foundation
3D Systems
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
CPS Energy
Christopher Galvin Foundation
B.L.A.S.T.
Whitlock Foundation
Chapmanville Regional High School
San Jacinto College
Anonymous
US STEM Foundation
Alamo Colleges - Northwest Vista College
Texas – Houston
Boston Scientific Corporation/Argosy
Foundation
America Makes
American Electric Power
University of Texas at Arlington College of
Engineering
Silver Suppliers
FRC Kickoff Sponsors
Akimeka
2014 FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION
SPONSORS
T-Cup
Terra Tech Engineering Services
MakerBot
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA)
The Boeing Company
FRC Rookie Team Grantors
Comcast Foundation
Google Inc.
Craig & Barbara Barrett
Microchip Employees through United Way
Donations
Microchip Technology Inc.
ON Semiconductors
Steve n & Maria Sanghi
Science Foundation Arizona
Wells Fargo
Wishes in Stitches (Margaret & Alan
Jannuzzi)
Arkansas Regional
Arkansas FIRST Baxter International Inc.
Harding University
Bezos Foundation
Bayou Regional
Dr. & Mrs. Nick Altiero
Raising Canes on Williamson Blvd.
Tulane University
JBT Food Tech
A. James Clark School of Engineering at the
University of Maryland
Altria Group
AT&T, Inc.
Baltimore Area Alliance
Booz Allen Hamilton
Capitol College
AndyMark, Inc.
Emerson Industrial Automation
Enktesis
Cal-Comp USA
Cook Medical
Information Systems
Delphi Corporation
Leidos, Inc.
Indiana Space Grant Consortium
Laser Shows 101
Maryland Space Business Roundtable
Novelis, Inc.
Purdue University - Office of the Provost
Raytheon RTSC
Rolls-Royce
Software Engineering Professionals (SEP)
Buckeye Regional
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Gerard Orozco
T. Rowe Price Foundation
Battelle
STEMaction, Inc.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Sylvan/Laureate Foundation
Cleveland Community College
Cleveland Indians
University of Maryland
College Park Foundation
Delphi Foundation
Magnet
Colorado Regional
NASA Glenn Research Center
Arrow Electronics
Nordson
Ball Corporation
Ohio Aerospace Institute
Club Workshop
Ohio Space Grant Consortium
ColoradoGives.org
Paragon TEC
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Encana Corporation
The Plain Dealer
Gates Corporation
Ben Gilliland
RPM
InterCall
Sierra Lobo/Gilarest/
Jacobs/Superior Mobility
LEGO Children’s Fund
Zin Technologies
Central Illinois Regional
The Boeing Company
Enviro-Safe Refrigerants, Inc.
LunarG
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University of Denver School of Engineering &
Computer Science
US Engineering
Crossroads Regional
Allfuses.com
DataNet Systems
Genivar
District of Columbia Public Schools
Google Inc.
Systems
Héroux Devtek
Hewitt
Hydro-Québec
McGill University
AndyMark, Inc.
Ville de Montréal
Morguad Investment
Matt Egenolf
Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec OIQ
General Electric Aviation
Power Corporation du Canada
Raytheon Company
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
George Mason University, Volgenau School
of Engineering
Carleton University Faculty of Engineering
& Design
Hawai’i Self Storage
Robert Kaswell
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen P. Petty
Matson
Earle W. Kazis
Raytheon Company
Cisco Systems, Inc.
McDonald’s Hawaii
George & Barb Kelley
John Hinners
Roddenberry Foundation
Federal Economic Development Agency for
Southern Ontario (Fed Dev)
Oceanic Time Warner Cable
Jerrold S Krivitzky
Margaret Hodnik
Quick n’ Quality Movers
Lipper Family
University of Southern California, School of
Engineering
SAIC
Marotta Controls, Inc.
Betty Hylden
Walt Disney Imagineering
Star Advertiser
Stephen McClellan
Mexico Regional
General Motors Canada
Holly Hill Self Storage
Google Inc.
Hughes
Hatch
Leidos, Inc.
KPMG
University of Hawai’i
Thomas E. & Paula Gabriele McInerney
The Jamar Company
Comisión Federal de Electricidad
Magna
Hub City Regional
Mutual of America - Tom Moran
Virginia Johnson
DeAcero
FIRST in Texas
Marne Obernauer
Joy Global/P&H Mining
Fundación Azteca
Micron Foundation
The Province of Ontario
Morris Offit
William Kehtel
General Motors México
PEO – York Chapter
Grupo Salinas
Protac
Visit Lubbock
PTC User
Power Corporation
Arnold S. Penner Foundation Inc.
Software Engineering Professionals (SEP)
Orange Israel
Réseau Réussite Montréal
Inland Empire Regional
Instituto Tecnológico Autónoma de México
(ITAM)
Colin Powell
Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett &
Henry LLP
Ville de Rimouski
Best Buy Co., Inc.
PTC, Inc.
ITESM Tec de Monterrey
Robotique FIRST Québec
SMaRT Education
ITESM Tec de Monterrey campus Santa Fé
Synnex Canada
McLennan Welles
Saputo
Southern California Edison
John C. Read
MET-MEX Peñoles
Union Gas
Sherbrooke University
Wells Fargo Foundation
Kevin Michael Rendino & Tina Jordan
PROMEDICI, SA de CV
Stade Uniprix
Woodrow Wilson High School
Israel Regional
Steven & Gail Renemund
Qúalitas Compañía de Seguros
Greater Kansas City Regional
City of Waterloo
Black & Veatch
Dallas Regional
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Deloitte
Goldman Sachs
L-3 Communications
Stikeman Elliott
Telus
Université Laval
UQAM
Festival de Robotique
FRC à Montreal
UQAR
3M Company
Vigilant Global
Accenture
Youth Fusion
Action Réussite
Finger Lakes Regional
Autodesk, Inc.
Banque Nationale
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GE
UQAT
Corning Incorporated
RJM Foundation
M. Suzanne Moyer
Secretaria de Economia
Amal - Educational Institutions Network
Stephen Robert
Waterloo Engineering
Robotec Technologies
Credit Union
Secretaria de Educación Pública
American-Israel Friendship League, Inc.
John W. Bachmann
Tec Milenio campus Toluca
Bluescope Foundation
Xerox Corporation
Bank Leumi
Daniel & Joanna S. Rose Fund, Inc.
Ultratouch Medical Products, SA de CV
Burns & McDonnell
Greater Toronto West Regional
Bialkin Family Foundation
Edward B. Rust, Jr.
Cerner
Michigan FIRST Sponsors
Bell
David Bonderman
The Ryan Family Foundation
Overhead Door
Pentair Foundation
DST Systems
Ain Plastics
Jalynn Bennett
Denise & Dennis Bone Fund
John Schreiber
PTC, Inc.
Garmin
BlackBerry
Bonita Trust
Neil Shapiro & Hyunju Chang
Republic Bank
S.M. Blair Foundation
Bovin Family Foundation
Paul Silberberg
Google Fiber
Bruce Power
Ann Dully Borowiec
Sacha Smukler
SAIC
Michigan FRC District
State Championship
Saturn Systems Inc.
Honeywell
Sy & Laurie Sternberg
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Carleton University Faculty
of Engineering & Design
Roy Bostock / Bostock Family Foundation
Stephen Squeri
The KC STEM Alliance
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Checkpoint
Sunny Days Foundation
Visit Duluth
KCP&L
Community Foundation of New Jersey Alfred & Rosemary Iverson Family
Foundation
Taub Foundation
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Sharlyne Wheeler
City of Tel Aviv Yafo
Lone Star Regional
The Leon and Toby Cooperman
Family Foundation
Tosa Foundation
ASME-IPTI
Whirlpool
Judy & Will Turner
Cornell University
Frank Walter
James Dimon
Bedford FIRST Robotics District
Competition
CenterPoint Energy
Irwin & Janet Dorros
Lake Superior Regional
GE Oil & Gas
Bedford Volunteer Fire Department
Comau
Carlette Baker
Denny’s - Dobson Family
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Jacobs Technology, Inc.
Eastman & Smith Ltd.
KBR
FRC Team 1023 “Bedford Express”
LINN Energy
Connie Grajczyk
NASA Johnson Space Center
Dawn Hanusz
Mancino’s
Bruce Meyer
Ji Chen
Los Angeles Regional sponsored
by The Roddenberry Foundation
Cirrus Aircraft
Amgen Foundation
Tanya Brothers
Nancy Claypool
Eaton Corporation
Centerline FIRST Robotics
District Competition
Google Inc.
The Chrysler Foundation (FCA Foundation)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chris & James Dillon
The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation
Escanaba FIRST Robotics District
Competition
Genesis Attachments
Bays de Noc Convention and Visitors Bureau
Grandma’s
Gerald Oppenheimer Family Foundation
Bink’s Distributing
Hampton Inn
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
County of Monroe Industrial
Development Agency
Bell Marchés Affaires
Democrat and Chronicle Media Group
BMO Groupe Financier
ESL Foundation
Bombardier Inc.
Finger Lakes Executive Advisory Board
Bombardier Aéronautique
Metropolitan Community College Business & Technology
The Gleason Works
Fondation J. Armand Bombardier
MRI Global
Google Inc.
Harris RF Communications
BRP
Sprint
Hatch
Kodak
CAE
University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC)
KPMG
LeChase Construction Services, LLC
CCMM
US Engineering
Magna
Novelis, Inc.
CGI, Inc.
VML Inc
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
CJECN
Rochester Area Performing Arts
Greater Pittsburgh Regional
Commission Scolaire de Montréal (CSDM)
Rochester Business Journal
4moms
Concordia
Rochester General Health System
California University of Pennsylvania
Power Corporation
CSC
Google Inc.
CSMB
Rochester Industrial and Manufacturing
Engineering Society (RIMES)
The Grable Foundation
CSRS
Rochester Institute of Technology
The Heinz Endowments
Synnex Canada
Delastek
Time Warner Cable
Ideal Integrations, Inc.
Union Gas
École Polytechnique de Montréal
IEEE Pittsburgh Section
EMAM
Valeant (Bausch + Lomb)
Pittsburgh Foundation
Enerkem
Xerox Corporation
Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation
ETS
Ronald L. Zarrella
City of Waterloo
FEEP
Greater DC Regional
Greater Toronto East Regional
Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon
Accenture
Bell
Fonds de bienfaisance des employés de
Bombardier à Montréal
Battlefield High School
Jalynn Bennett
BlackBerry
Booz Allen Hamilton
Broken Pencil Productions
Bruce Power
Fondation Québec Jeunes
Future Electronics
Xerox Corporation
Hawaii Regional sponsored by
BAE Systems
BAE Systems
Booz Allen Hamilton
FedEx Corporation
Broadridge
The Drexler Family Foundation
Thomas Dunn
Mitzi & Warren Eisenberg Family Foundation
Ferland Family Foundation, Inc.
Howard & Margaret Flurh
Victor Ganzi
John Gerbeth
Morey & Dina Goldberg
Goldman Sonnenfeldt Foundation
Alfred G. Goldstein
Jenny Gottesmam
Richard F. Harries
Janice & David House
International Matex (James Coleman)
Isuzu - UTI Israel
Jewish Community Foundation of Metrowest
NJ - Robert Levenson
Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest NJ
Tec Milenio campus Ferrería
BOSCH
Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Colon Carroll
Comau
Consumers Energy
Delphi Foundation
Eastern Michigan University
Toyota
Bedford Public Schools
Mike’s Southwestern Grill
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Troy FIRST Robotics
Midwest Regional
Pyramid Time Systems
Livingston & Haven
Orlando Regional
Time Warner Cable Baxter International Inc.
MacCord Macon PLLC
Overhead Door
The Boeing Company
Peachtree Regional
GM Employee Volunteer Donation
Google Inc.
Texas Instruments
Tom & Trish Miller
Pentair Foundation
ASME - Atlanta Chapter
West Michigan FIRST Robotics
Illinois Institute of Technology
Textron
Musicare
PTC, Inc.
Community Foundation for Brevard/Harris
Corporation
TRUIST
NC Community Foundation
Republic Bank
Craig Technologies
Anonymous Donors
Navistar
SAIC
DeVry University
Atomic Object, LLC
PTC, Inc.
North Carolina State University, College of
Engineering
Saturn Systems Inc.
Electronic Arts, Inc.
Autocam Corporation
University of Illinois at
Chicago College of Engineering
Velcro Industries
Embraer Aircraft
Sigma Xi
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Flexco/Clipper Belt Lacer
Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional
XL Color
Lynn Swisshelm
Visit Duluth
Florida High Tech Corridor
GE Aviation
3M Company
New York City Regional
TE Connectivity
Sharlyne Wheeler
Learning is for Everyone, Inc.
Gentex Corporation
Best Buy Co., Inc.
AllianceBernstein
Time Warner Cable
Oklahoma Regional
Allegra Printing
Haworth Inc.
Autodesk, Inc.
J.C. Huienga
Bloomberg
Hatch Stamping
Kendall Electric
Medtronic Foundation
Lawrence & Tami Cohen
Kettering University FIRST
Robotics District Competition
Lacks Industries
Pentair Foundation
Meijer
PTC, Inc.
Consolidated Edison
Company of New York, Inc.
Northern Lights Regional
Chrysler Corporation University Relations
Pioneer Construction
Mickey Clagg
General Motors Foundation
Roman Manufacturing
University of Minnesota College of Science
& Engineering
CSC Charitable Foundation
Carlette Baker
Sebastian Foundation
Minnesota North Star Regional
Kenneth & Lisa Davis
Datapipe
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Dell, Inc.
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Steelcase
3M Company
Deloitte Consulting
Devon Energy Corporation
Lansing FIRST Robotics
Wolverine Coil Spring Company
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Michael Dubno s
Mid-Atlantic Robotics FRC
Region Championship
Flybridge Capital Partners
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism
Foundation
The People of Goldman Sachs and Friends
Frontier Electronic Systems Corp.
Livonia FIRST Robotics
ADP
Medtronic Foundation
Google Inc.
Gas Processors Association
Argosy Foundation
Pentair Foundation
Glenn Gribble
Ji Chen
Google Inc.
Roush Industries
Avon Products Inc.
PTC, Inc.
McGraw-Hill
Schoolcraft College
BAE Systems
Nancy Claypool
URS
The Boeing Company
Bob Howard
TRW
University of Minnesota College of Science
& Engineering
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of
Commerce
Pershing Square Foundation
Comcast Corporation &
The Comcast Foundation
Ideas Mfg. Inc.
Midland FIRST Robotics
New England District
Championship
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Inasmuch Foundation
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Siegel Family Endowment
Chris & James Dillon
Intellectual Property Section, Hall Estill
Palmetto Regional
Time Warner Cable
Genesis Attachments
BAE Systems
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
North America
Two Sigma Investments, LLC
Grandma’s
I.S. Technologies LLC dba
Computer System Designers
BOSCH
Xavier University
Cassidy the Kid
Sacramento Regional
Charleston Defense Contractors Association
Abbott Fund
Coastal Carolina
Comcast Corporation
Chevron Corporation
Comporium
Google Inc.
Creative Consultants Group
Randall Lam
Grand Strand Technology Council
Horry County Schools
University of California Davis
St. Louis Regional
Escanaba Delta County
Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Meyer
Pioneer Motor Lodge
Ruth Butler Building
Gull Lake FIRST Robotics
Gull Lake Food Service Credit
Howell FIRST Robotics
Comlink
Stacy Dostal
The Dow Chemical Company & The Dow
Chemical Company Foundation
Abilis
DuPont
Michigan’s Best Entertainment
AT&T, Inc.
Mid-Michigan Limousine
Environmental Tectonics
Corporation & NASTAR
Valley Electrical Contractors Inc.
St. Joseph FIRST Robotics
The Franklin Institute
Whirlpool
Laboratory Robotics Interest Group Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Southfield FIRST Robotics
Allegra
Comau
Johnson & Johnson
Liberty Science Center
AIR 4-H Club
U.S. Air Force
UTC Aerospace Systems
Volvo
Cirrus Aircraft
Raydon
RINI Technologies
SGT
Siemens Corporation
Jim Stiles
Hilton Garden Inn and Recovery Sports Grill
Margaret Hodnik
Integrated Liner Technologies
CBIA
Betty Hylden
Conveyco
Draper Laboratory
National Grid
Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of
The Jamar Company
Horry-Georgetown Technical College
ebm-papst Inc.
Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Oklahoma Christian University
Virginia Johnson
Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors
Bureau
The InterTech Group
Oklahoma City University, Meinders School
of Business
ManTech
North Carolina Regional
William Kehtel
Cone Drive
New Jersey Manufacturers Corporation
Nicholas Goodman
ABB Inc.
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians
New Jersey School Boards Association
Google Inc.
BCDC
New Jersey Technology & Engineering
Educators Association
GP Strategies
CapTech
Alfred G. & Marybeth B. Childers
Cisco Systems, Inc.
McLennan Welles
Fuentek
Horizon Solutions
IDEXX Laboratories
Kepware Technologies
TBAISD Career Tech Center
G.G. & E.G. Smith Foundation
National Grid
Gateway University Research Park
TC Controls
James R. Utaski l
Google Inc.
M. Suzanne Moyer
Trantek Automation Corporation
Verizon Foundation
Pfizer
John & Jane Hardin
Phillips Color Kinetics
IBM Corporation
Credit Union
Whitestone Capital LLC
PTC, Inc.
Robert Lamaute
Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission
Oklahoma Department of Career Technology
Oklahoma Engineering Foundation
OSU-CEAT
Devin Smith
University of Oklahoma College of
Engineering
University of Tulsa
Zeeco, Inc.
Georgia Power Co. (A Southern Co.)
Karen Albrecht Enterprises
Kennesaw State University
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Selby & Richard McRae
Mercer University School of Engineering
NCR
Novelis, Inc.
Southern Polytechnic State University
Turner System
Women in Technology (WIT)
Cincinnati State Technical & Community
College
The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck
Foundation
OK Business Roundtable
Alexander & Associates Co.
John Hinners
OGE Energy Corporation Foundation, Inc.
GE
University of South Florida
Global Foundries
The Nordam Group
DeVry University
University of Florida
Boston University
MSC Industrial Supply Company
Queen City Regional
Mercedes-Benz
Cisco Systems, Inc.
University of Central Florida – College of
Engineering & Computer Science
General Electric
Fidelity Investments
Picatinny Arsenal
Kirkpatrick Foundation, Inc.
Returnables
Mark Cisneros
National Simulation Center
Joy Global/P&H Mining
PECO – An Exelon Company
NASA Kennedy Space Center
New York Tech Valley Regional
Time Warner Cable
Opti Temp
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Mobius Productions
Bangor Savings Bank
Fairchild Semiconductor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
William & Diana Beaulieu
MASIE Center
Hampton Inn
BAE Systems
Maui Wowi
ABB Inc.
Traverse City FIRST Robotics
Jimmy John’s
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DTE Energy
Automation Direct
ITT Technical Institute MERCOM
Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
City of Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach Convention Center
Myrtle Beach Economic Development
Palmetto Partners
Peerless
Sanders Technology Education Fund
Santee Cooper
SC State Chamber of Commerce
Eaton Computer Services
Parker Hannifin Foundation
The Proctor & Gamble Company
School Outfitters
Harry Baker
Cardinals Care Foundation
Cooper Bussman
The Doerr Family
Emerson
Company, St. Louis
Lee Foundation
Carol B. Loeb
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Maritz
Leidos, Inc.
Franklin Federal Savings Bank
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dueco
2013-2014 FIRST Progression of Programs Region Sponsors
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
GEICO
GE Healthcare
FIRST Nevada
Pellissippi State Community College
Google Inc.
CGI, Inc.
Ryan Cahoon
Erin & Dave McCallum
TVA
Systems
International Society of Automation (ISA)
Cashmere Molding
David McDermott
Cirque du Soleil
The Seeser Family
Office of the Chief Technology Officer of the
District of Columbia
Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing Co-op
David & Janet McKinnon
University of Tennessee Knoxville – College
of Engineering
Orbital Sciences
CenturyLink
St. Louis Community College, Florissant
Valley
Genworth Foundation
Clark County School District
J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.
CIMtech
Jon McQuiston
InSource Solutions
Cox
Ladish Co. Foundation
South Florida Regional
Jackson Foundation
SAIC
CNC Software
Saint Louis Science Center
Shelly Freid
LEM USA Inc.
Earl Brannan
Jewett Machine
Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)
Cowles Publishing
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program v
St. Louis University
GE Oil and Gas
Marquette University
Thomas Broad
Leidos, Inc.
Showbest Fixture Corporation
Crane Aerospace
Sonal Mittal
Ironwood Investment Counsel, LLC
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
FPL
Kimberly Ditto-Ehlert
Beth Moursund
Technology Partners, Inc.
Knights of Pythias
MIT Club of Wisconsin
University of Maryland, College Park
Mosher Family Foundation
Micron Foundation
Northwest Career and Technical Academy
Julia Ebey Esterline Corporation
Dan Nowlin
San Diego Regional
Ft. Lauderdale Broward County
Convention Center
James Eadie
Eric Nelson
MSI General
Chelsea Olson
Mid-Atlantic Convenience Stores
Vergo Productions
California Space Grant Foundation
James Keener
F5 Networks
Oshkosh Corporation
Peter Orth
Wilson High School
P&H Mining Equipment
Waterloo Regional
OSU Robotics
Michael Miller
Casimir Fernando
General Atomics Sciences Education
Foundation
S&S Philpott LLC
D&K Engineering
Brian Mangan Timothy Falk
Jim & Maggie Peterman
Solotech
First Tech Credit Union
Nilesh Parson
Bell
Symantec
P.J. Fox
Andrew Pilloud
Jalynn Bennett
The Plexus Corporation Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Torchmate
Bryan Predmore
BlackBerry
Quad/Graphics
Diana Franklin
Tronox
Red Dot Corporation
Maureen Frisch
University of Nevada Reno
Todd Rosenfelt
Bruce Power
Sakowski Consulting, LLC
Andrew Gebhart
Rottler Mfg., LLC
NASA Goodard Space Flight Center
Leidos, Inc.
Outerwall
Amado Rabines
Networking Technologies & Support, Inc.
Matthew Schouwink
SBPLI Long Island Regional
Utah Regional
Anton Paar
accessLinx, Inc.
Adobe
BAE Systems
Western Nevada College
Fraser Darin Gee
Pearson Mazda
Carleton University Faculty of Engineering
& Design
Washington FIRST Robotics
Global Tech Plastics
Tom & Cathy Saxton
Radio Communications of Virginia
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Sue Adams & Kevin Ross
Aaron Schmitz
ATK
Google Inc.
Richmond Joint Engineers’ Council
RichTech
Snider Financial Group
L-3 Communications
Lori Hittle
Brookhaven Science Associations, LLC
Adobe Matching Grants v
The Seattle Foundation
BDS Strategic Solutions, Inc.
IM Flash Technologies
Jansen Hillis
Larry H. Miller Group
Stephen & Gayle Amorosi
Estee Lauder Companies
Micron Technology Foundation, Inc.
SAIC
Google Inc.
Anonymous
Honeywell International
Employee Matching v
SPEEA
Cablevision Systems Corporation
Platt Electric Supply
Hatch
Applied Handling
Robert Steele
Farmingdale State College, State University
of New York
Science Matters, The Community Idea
Station
Intel Corporation
KPMG
Arrow Electronics Components
Intellectual Ventures
Jeffrey Stone
Victoria Thomas
Magna
Julia Atwood
Kurt Strauss
Festo Corporation
Science Museum of Virginia
Itron
John Aultman
SimIS, Inc.
Avista Foundation
Nathan Judson
Brogan Thomsen
Hofstra University
Utah Governor’s Office of Economic
Development
Brian Thomas
John Hahn
Showbest Fixture Corporation
Donald Jansen
Utah Technology Council
Balancing Services
Dick Knight
Demetrio Urtula
IEEE Long Island Section
Southern Electronics Inc.
Virginia Regional
Power Corporation
Bank of America
Leif Kornstaedt
Brigitta Vermesi
Ingerman Smith, LLP
Achieve-1
Stephen Bennison
Kovacs-Szabo
NEFCU
STIHL
Board of Directors
Alstom
Linn Larsen
North Atlantic Industries, Inc.
SyCom Technologies
Synergy Technical
Carlos Blanco
Les Schwab Tires, Lynnwood
Washington State Legislature
Synnex Canada
Elarae Wilkes
TMMC –
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Corporation
Marjorie Blanco
Jagdeep Lotay Chris & Heidi Lovett
Lynden
Andrew Winnie
Jock Mackinlay
Brett Wortzman
Carmen Marshall
Peter Zaches
David & Susan Martucci
Polle Zellweger
Rocky Mountain Robotics Coalition
Andersen Corporate Foundation
Rohde & Schwartz
BAE Systems
Schneck Corporation
Barracuda Networks
Stony Brook University
U.S. Navy
BluePrint Automation
Virginia Commonwealth University School of
Engineering
Worklife Resources
Booz Allen Hamilton
VirginiaFIRST Foundation Board
Silicon Valley Regional
Campofrio Food Group
Whitlock Foundation
Canon Virginia, Inc.
Washington DC Regional
Capital One Foundation
2 Million Minutes
CapTech
Xerox Corporation
Google Inc.
Randall Lam
Center for Innovative Technology
Booz Allen Hamilton
Western Canadian FRC Regional
Central Virginia Section of ASME
Capitol College
Church & Dwight
DataNet Systems
Smoky Mountains Regional
DataNet Systems
DeVry University
Marie Dennett Foundation
District of Columbia Public Schools
Dominion Resources
DuPont Spruance
Information Systems
ECPI University
Hughes
Wisconsin Regional
EMC
American Transmission Company LLC
Associated Bank
Flexicell
Caterpillar Global Mining, LLC
Alcoa Foundation
CCC Group, Inc.
Kendall Electric Inc.
Eastman Chemical
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NASA Langley Research Center
Knoxville News Sentinel
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical
Center
Union Gas
City of Waterloo
Alaska Airlines
The Boeing Company
The Boeing Company Matching Gift v
The Boeing Employee’s Community Fund
Starbucks
A list of FIRST Robotics Competition Team Sponsors is available online at
www.usfirst.org/sponsors/first-robotics-competition-team-sponsors
APEGA
City of Calgary
Husky Energy
ISA Calgary
Schulich School of Engineering University of Calgary
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PARTNERS
2013-2014 FIRST
LEGO LEAGUE
Global Partners
Denmark
Jordan
Poland
United Kingdom
Per-Arild Konradsen
Nina Sivertsen
Ismail Yasein Hasan
Astrid Müller
Gareth James
Ahmed Kotb
FIRST Scandinavia
Republic of Korea
Portugal
The Institution of
Engineering and Technology
Professor Kyoung-Mihn Do
Eric Yongwoo Lee
Noah Revoy
Ayman El Kabbany
United States
Robotics, Technology and Human Resources
Development Association
FEST (Feeling and Enjoying Science &
Technology Organization)
Qatar
Educación Tecnológica S.A.
Estonia
Kuwait
Ismail Yasein Hasan
Belgium
Australia
Heilo Altin
Ismail Yasein Hasan
Jelle D. de Jong
Luan Heimlich
MTÜ Robootika
Russia
2013-2014 JUNIOR FIRST
LEGO LEAGUE
Global Partners
The following key organizations and Volunteers
in the field organize the Junior FIRST LEGO
League program in their respective regions.
China
Eugene Zhang
Semia Limited
Denmark
Nina Sivertsen
FIRST Scandinavia
in the field organize the FIRST LEGO League
program in their respective regions.
Argentina
Martin Bergada
Faroe Islands
Latvia
Austria
Per-Arild Konradsen
Nina Sivertsen
Heilo Altin
FIRST Scandinavia
Lebanon
Astrid Müller
Bahrain
Ismail Yasein Hasan
France
Keren Muchnik
Yaarit Levy
Luxembourg
Jelle D. de Jong
The Netherlands
Sander Ezendam
Mark Francken
Norway
Mariann Johnsen
FIRST Scandinavia
South Africa
Johannes de Vries
Spain
Eugenia Prenafeta
Ricard Huguet
Fundación Scientia
Sweden
Per-Arild Konradsen
Nina Sivertsen
FIRST Scandinavia
Saeed Atef Saeed
National Talents Co. for Training & Education
Science and Technology Group, Inc.
Slovakia
California – Central
Michael Adam
Robin Castillo
Robotikos Akademija
Astrid Müller
Greece
Luxembourg
Mara Serli do Couto Fernandes
Cristina Elsner de Faria
Kostas Vasileiou
Jelle D. de Jong
Astrid Müller
Canada
Alberta
Walter Kowalchyk
EduACT
Haiti
Malaysia
Odule Augustin
KingHui Law
Slovenia
Andrej Bergant
Natalija Premuzicˇ
Zavod Super Glavce
FLL Haiti
Sasbadi Sdn Bhd
South Africa
Hong Kong
Mexico
Johannes de Vries
Eugene Zhang
Semia Limited
The Hong Kong Youth Federation
Bárbara Gómez de Navarro
Spain
Montenegro
Ricard Huguet
Fundación Scientia
FLL Alberta Youth Robotics Society
Hungary
Prof. Srdjan Kadic
Newfoundland/Labrador
Clarence Button
Mount Pearl
Astrid Müller
Young Inventors of Montenegro
Sweden
The Netherlands
Per-Arild Konradsen
Nina Sivertsen
Iceland
Jelle D. de Jong
Nova Scotia
Gary Walsh
Dagrún Briem
FLL á Íslandi
Acadia University
New Zealand
India
Ontario
Jason Kyle
Sudhanshu Sharma
Kiwi FIRST
David Ellis
FLL Ontario
Norway
Indonesia
Per-Arild Konradsen
Nina Sivertsen
FIRST Scandinavia
Switzerland
Astrid Müller
Taiwan
Johnson Jan
Kids Kingdom Inc.
Quebec
Bambang Rusli
Rachid Abiza
Mikrobot
FIRST Scandinavia
Thailand
Brault & Bouthillier
Ireland
Pakistan
Torsak Chantaravisoot
Gareth James
Ahmed Kotb
Rehan Ahmad
Qamar Iqbal
Tunisia
Chile
Kirstin Engemann
Fundación SparkTalents
The Institution of Engineering and Technology
China
Israel
Eugene Zhang
Alisha MacIntyre
Yaarit Levy
Semia Limited
Gammaco (Thailand) Co. Ltd.
Czech Republic
Wernher Von Braun IEP SA
Oksana Stoyetskaya
FIRST Japan
Philippines
Mylene Abiva
FELTA Multi-Media, Inc.
Prolego Ltd.
College of Engineering, Iowa State University
Kansas – Liberal
Jim Bert
Mid America Air Museum
Kentucky
John Inman
Ogden College of Science and Engineering
Western Kentucky University
Louisiana
Annette Oertling
Scot Marshall
BLaST, Inc.
(Building Louisiana Science
and Technology)
Maine
Tom Bickford
Maine Robotics
Maryland
Anne Spence, Ph.D.
Jamie Gurganus
Delaware/Eastern Pennsylvania
Lou Rosanio
Meena Shah
Florida
Laura Melnik
Florida Robotics Education, Inc.
Georgia
Jeff Rosen
Storm Robinson
Julie Sonnenberg-Klein
Extension 4-H, University of Idaho
Illinois
Tom Kleinschmidt
Diane Michalczuk
INSciTE Illinois
Mount Olive Robotics Education Association
New Mexico
Chris Morgan
Sandy Trissell
FLL New Mexico
New York – Finger Lakes
Damian Garcia
Costas Solomou
Janet Anderson
SBPLI, Inc.
New York – Mid-Hudson Valley
Casimer DeCusatis
Leah Akins
John Houston
Dutchess County Community College
James Carroll, Ph.D.
Diane Brouwer
Minnesota
Vicky Coaty
Cheryl Moeller
Central Connecticut State University
New Jersey
Ernest DiCicco, Jr.
Massachusetts
Colleen Shaver
Colorado
Ross Parrent
Connecticut
Mike Gentry
BAE Systems
New York – New York City
Susan Hermon
FIRST in Michigan
ComputerTots/ComputerExplorers
New Hampshire
Kristen Zuege
Christopher Palie
Brian Belley
& Information Technology
University of Maryland Baltimore
LEGOLAND®
Idaho
Timothy Ewers, Ph.D.
William Boyd
Luis Linares
Iowa
Camille Sloan-Schroeder
Michigan
Pamela Williamson
Fatma Habip
Davut Habip
Museo Civico di Rovereto
FIRST Nevada
Ismail Yasein Hasan
Franco Finotti
College of Engineering,
Technology and Computer Science
Indiana University –
Purdue University, Fort Wayne
California – Southern
Lynn Crockett
Hawaii FIRST ® LEGO® League
Bilim Kahramanlari Dernegi
Nevada – Reno
Dee Frewert
Playing @ Learning
Turkey
Fundación Global Arte Cienca y Technologia
Hideki Kamoshida
California – Northern
Mark Edelman
Jill Wilker
Palestine
Ukraine
Southern California Regional Robotics Forum
Peru
Japan
LeRoy Nelson
Hawaii
Sara Tamayose
Italy
Astrid Müller
Clovis Unified School District
Ismail Yasein Hasan
Mónica Maria Sánchez Colorado
Arkansas
Amber Williamson
STARfALL (Science and Technology
Awareness and Recognition for All)
Colombia
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Arizona State University
Duck Learning
Bulgaria
Arizona
Jennifer Velez
Arturas Gaulia
Ieva Jonatyte
Brazil
SESI – Brazilian Social Services of Industry –
National Department
Lithuania
Astrid Müller
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Alaska
Rebecca Parks
Hozefa Aziz Singapore Wala
Jelle D. de Jong
Semia Limited
The Hong Kong Youth Federation
Alabama FLL
Association MEDIO Sciences Environnement
Heilo Altin
Ramon Rantsus
Eugene Zhang
Carlos Lo
Aleksei Kornilov
Maxim Petrov
Alabama
Dana Hobbs
Singapore
Germany
Hong Kong
Ghazi Mtaweh
Adventist Robotics League
Mel Wade
Cedars Cultural School-Education and
Technology Center
Belgium
MTÜ Robootika
Evoluir21
Bernard Thiery
Erwan Gallee
Estonia
MTÜ Robootika
50
Egypt
Indiana
Carol Dostal
NYU - Polytechnic
Clarkson University
New York – Utica
Elizabeth Rossi
North Carolina
Dr. Kory Bennett
High Tech Kids
Mississippi
Randall Hicks
Emma Seiler
North Dakota
Ashley Miller
Robotics Alliance of Mississippi
University of North Dakota,
School of Engineering & Mines
Missouri – Kansas City
Laura Bauer
Ohio
Angela Riethman
KC STEM Alliance
Missouri – St. Louis
Kathie Reuter
LeAnn Ore Heumphreus
Educational Outreach
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Oklahoma
Craig Shreve
St. Louis Community College –
Florissant Valley
Oklahoma Science and Engineering
Foundation (OKSEF)
Montana
Allison Banfield
Oregon
Cathy Swider
Bruce Schafer
Montana State University – Bozeman
The National Society of Black
Engineers (NSBE)
Katrina Hill
Nebraska
Megan Patent-Nygren
Kate Pittack
University of Nebraska –
Lincoln 4-H Youth Development
Nevada – Las Vegas
Jean Hoppert
FIRST Nevada
Oregon Robotics Tournament
and Outreach Program
Pennsylvania – Northwest
Melanie Ford
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Pennsylvania – South Central
Allison Felix
Saint Francis University
Pennsylvania – Southeast
Rebecca Hayward
University of Pennsylvania
51
Pennsylvania – West
Robin Shoop
National Robotics Engineering Center
Puerto Rico
Miray Ramy
Eureka Enrichment and Learning Center, Inc.
Rhode Island
Rebekah Gendron
Mary Johnson
Rhode Island School of the Future
South Carolina
Mary Graves
SC FLL and Robotics Education, Inc.
South Dakota
Robyn Swets
South Dakota Robotics Association
Tennessee – East
Ken Hunter
Bradley Weil
Tennessee Technological University
Tennessee - West
Tom Banning
Daniel Kohn
Frank Niedzwiedz
Texas – Alamo
Andrew Schuetze
Melody Crabb
Alamo College – Northwest Vista College
Texas – Central
Lonny Stern
Mercadi Crawford
BadgerBOTS
Wyoming
Shannon Fischer
Rhode Island
Erin Flynn
STEMaction, Inc.
Singapore
Massachusetts
Loretta Bessette
South Carolina
John Fogarty
Clarence Sirisena
University of South Carolina
Science Centre Singapore
Michigan High School
Betsy Lamb
Texas – Dallas/Fort Worth
Dr. Carter Tiernan
Cranbrook Schools
University of Texas at Arlington
Husam Al Madani
National Talent Training Center
Taiwan
Ismail Yasein Hasan
Johnson Jan
2013-2014 FIRST
TECH CHALLENGE
in the field organize the FIRST Tech Challenge
program in their respective regions.
Affiliate Partners
ESUN Robot Association
United States
Alaska
Brian Holst
Arizona
Christine Sapio
Vermont
Douglas Dickey
Kristin Winer
Canada
Alberta
Michel Gariépy
China
Eugene Zhang
Semia Limited
France
Alice Caplier
INP Grenoble
India
Sudhanshu Sharma
Rajan Malhotra
Mountain Home High School –
Career Academies
Jean Hoppert
FIRST Nevada
New Jersey
Joel Bloom
West Virginia
Peggy Vance
Professor Kyoung-Mihn Do
FEST Creative Engineering Education
Association (Feeling and Enjoying
Science & Technology Organization)
Mexico
Bárbara Gómez de Navarro
The Netherlands
Lennart de Graaf
Geared 2 Learn, Inc.
Georgia
Connie Haynes
Georgia FIRST
Hawaii
Aaron Dengler
Punahou School
Idaho
Tim Ewers
Fontys Hogeschool
Technology Venture Development
University of Utah
New Zealand
Virginia/District of Columbia
Nick Swayne
Dustin Skelton
Jason Kyle
Illinois
Michael Seedman
Kiwi FIRST
Romania
Alexander Dean Hester
Romanian Robotics Education Initiative
Central and Eastern Schools Association
American International School of Bucharest
Russia
Maxim Petrov
Indiana
Darrin Wilcoxson
Crawfordsville High School
Iowa
Rebecca Whitaker
University of Iowa
Kentucky
Shawn Payne
Jessica Cecil
Owensboro Community
and Technical College
Virginia
Scott McKay
VirginiaFIRST
Mississippi
Mannie Lowe
Washington
Eric Stokely
Missouri
Susie Mathieu
Logan County Schools
New York City
Ben Esner
Wisconsin
Michael Krauski
James Carroll
Clarkson University
North Carolina
Dr. Kory Bennett
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Wyoming
Shannon Fischer
Program Managers
China
Kevin Li
Flora Li
Semia Limited
Republic of Korea
North Dakota
Paul Keidel
Eric Lee
Bismarck Career Academy
Ohio
Linda Neenan
FEST Creative Engineering Education Association
Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Alsenwar
iSPACE, Inc.
National Talent Training Center
Oklahoma
Dr. Blake Sonobe
Singapore
Southwest Oklahoma State University
Oregon
Bruce Schafer
Cathy Swider
Oregon University System
Pennsylvania
Thomas Zawislak
Minnesota
Vicki Coaty
Anna Kim Teng Tan
Esperanza Maala
Shan Keong Ding
Science Centre Singapore
Taiwan
Pennsylvania
Dave Hackett
Colorado
Colorado Robotics Excelling at Science and
Technology – CREST (Colorado FIRST)
Florida
GeorgiaFIRST Robotics Inc.
Hawaii
Indiana
Purdue University
Louisiana
BLaST, Inc.
(Building Louisiana Science and Technology)
Michigan
FIRST in Michigan
Mid-Atlantic Region
University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC)
San Jacinto College
Texas – San Antonio
Andrew Schuetze
Rene Cheng
Vermont
Jeff Frolik
ESUN Robot Association
AZFirst
University of Texas at Arlington
Texas – Pasadena/Houston
Nelson Carter
Washington
Arizona
Mid-Atlantic Robotics,
a NJ Non-Profit Corp. (MAR)
Texas Tech University
VirginiaFIRST
United States
Texas – Dallas/Fort Worth
Chris Carter
Dave Davis
Texas – Lubbock
Alan Barhorst
Dina Barhorst
Virginia
Fundación Azteca
Georgia
Oklahoma
Brad Fitzgerald
Brad Bryant
FIRST in Texas
FIRST Israel
Montana State University
Pace University
TNFIRST, LLC
FIRST Robotics Canada
Florida FIRST Robotics Education Foundation,
Inc. (FFREF)
Bernice Houle
Tennessee
The following organizations partner with FIRST
to implement the FIRST Robotics Competition
program in a specified region.
Montana
Allison Banfield
New Jersey
Vince Frascella
Palmetto Partners for
2014 FIRST ROBOTICS
COMPETITION
Mexico
California – San Diego
John and Marion Brooks
Pace University
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Michigan Middle School
Tammy Damrath
Ken Platteschorre
Weber State University
Playing @ Learning
Richard Kline
Illinois
Dan Green
Jonathan Weiland
Wisconsin
Julianne Pickering
Israel
Nevada – Las Vegas
David Philippi
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Center for K-12 STEM Education
Georgia
Robert May
Texas
Maryland
Kevin Rudd
Oracle
Delaware
Joseph Perrotto
Connecticut
Evan Barnet
Washington
Kevin Ross
Adrienne Rime
Utah
Rainie Ingram
California – Northern California
Jill Wilker
Mark Edelman
LAUNCH
Liberty Naud
Theresa Klemme
Maggie Scholtz
South Carolina
Northwest Vista College
SMaRT Education
Colorado
Matthew Collier
Kathy Collier
Alaska
Rebecca Parks
David Patterson
Virginia
Carol Edelman
Glen Davis
Matthew Glennon
Pattie Cook
Canada
Montana
Ed Huth
Pippin Wallace
Northwest Career and Technical Academy
United States
Indiana
Lori Hall
Liberty Naud
University of Idaho Extension 4-H
NASA IV & V Educator Resource Center
Texas – San Antonio
Melody Crabb
St. Louis Community College
Arkansas
Jacquelyn Meissner
Florida
Michael Coleman
West Virginia
Todd Ensign
San Jacinto College
Missouri
Dr. Marcia Pfeiffer
Ashok Agrawal
Republic of Korea
High Tech Kids
Texas – Southwest
Gabby Gandara
Virgilio Gonzalez
Washington
William Scholten
Texas – Pasadena/Houston
Sharon Sledge
Northern Arizona University
The University of Houston – CORE
James Madison University
Minnesota
Cheryl Moeller
David Thompson
Utah
Kathy Hajeb
Anne Bastien
Texas Tech University
Luan Heimlich
Michael Heimlich
FIRST in Michigan
Mississippi
John O’Haver
Fränzi Ronneburg
Texas – West
Tom Banning
Daniel Kohn
Frank Niedzwiedz
Texas – Lubbock
Richard Gale
Coconino High School
Texas – North
Kristi Cantu
Teresa Lenling
University of Texas at El Paso
Michigan Middle School
Francois Castaing
Gail Alpert
Australia
Germany
Texas – South
Karen Cohen
Maryland
Bill Duncan
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Skillpoint Alliance
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
52
Wisconsin
Ben Senson
Ben Stein
Missouri
Nevada
FIRST Nevada
New England
ingenuityNE Inc.
New York City
New York City FIRST
School-Business Partnerships of Long Island,
Inc. (SBPLI)
North Carolina
NC FIRST Robotics
Ohio
Ohio Aerospace Institute
Pennsylvania FIRST Robotics
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FINANCIALS
Team services &
growth of programs
G&A expenses
3%
11%
Fundraising
costs
86%
Program expansion and mission successes continued in fiscal year 2013-2014 with balanced growth in
revenues and expense, including increased investments in our Youth Protection Program, Information
Technology, and Program Evaluation. Contributions remained strong, as many individuals, small
businesses, corporations — including over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies — and foundations
maintained or increased their support while new Sponsors joined FIRST. This support
provided meaningful experiences to more than 367,000 youth engaged in the FIRST
Progression of Programs.
As noted in the graph to the left, and in keeping with long-time practices, FIRST
continues to apply the maximum percentage of funds possible to directly benefit FIRST
participants. Included within the G&A expenses are significant investments in infrastructure
enhancements, including those noted above.
FIRST achieved its ninth consecutive four-star rating from Charity Navigator, certifying our
continued commitment to accountability, transparency, and sound fiscal management. This places
FIRST in the top 1% of all U.S. charities evaluated by Charity Navigator.
STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITES
JUNE 30, 2014
Revenues and other support:
Program registration fees Contributions and grants Other income, net of expenses of $93,186 in 2014 and $86,580 in 2013
Special project, net of expenses of $725,116 in 2014 and $551,381 in 2013
Net assets released from restrictions $ 20,474,334
19,111,341
983,529
126,385
14,739,677
Total revenues and other support 55,435,266
Operating surplus
Total net assets, end of year Total liabilities and net assets, end of year 1848 Associates
John E. Abele - Vice Chair
Founding Chairman, Retired
Walter P. Havenstein - Vice Chair
Chief Executive Officer, Retired
50,908,616
1,312,577
1,930,336
39,905,929
3,914,962
®
Dean Kamen - Founder
President
DEKA Research & Development Corporation
Ursula M. Burns
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Xerox Corporation
Delphi Corporation
Francois J. Castaing
Executive Vice President, Retired
Chrysler Corporation
18,454,129
17,536,838
36,513,367 35,990,967
$ 38,790,221 $ 39,905,929
*Note: The cash and short-term investments are comprised of both unrestricted funds and donor temporarily restricted funds. The total liquid assets balance available to
FIRST, for operating purposes, at June 30, 2014, is equivalent to approximately five months of FIRST operating expenses.
The financial information presented here is condensed and does not include the value of all donated services and materials. Audited Financial Statements (AFS) are readily
available on the Web site at www.usfirst.org under “ABOUT US/Annual Report & Financials.” Certain amounts reported for 2013 have been restated. For details, please refer
to the accompanying notes which are an integral part of the AFS, at the above Web address.
Gary L. Tooker
Chairman of the Board, Retired
Motorola, Inc.
James R. Utaski
FIRST Chairman: 2000-2002
Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
Officer, Retired
Johnson & Johnson
Dr. Paul E. Jacobs
Executive Chairman of the Board
Senior Advisors
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson
President
Muhtar Kent
Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer
Coca-Cola Company
John H. Lynch
Former Governor of the State of New Hampshire
Scott McKay
Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President
Genworth Financial
Dennis A. Muilenburg
Vice Chairman, President & Chief Operating Officer
The Boeing Company
Kelly Ortberg
Chief Executive Officer & President
Rockwell Collins
Robert L. Parkinson, Jr.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen
Chairman of the Board
BAE Systems, Inc.
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Sujeet Chand
Chief Technology Officer &
Senior Vice President
Rockwell Automation
Cosema (Connie) Crawford, P.E.
Senior Vice President
The Louis Berger Group, Inc.
Michael Dubno
Head of Global Markets & Research
Technology, Retired
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Greg Hale
Vice President & Chief Safety Officer
Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Erik Halleus
President & Chief Executive Officer
EuroScandia Enterprises
James E. Heppelmann
PTC
Marc Hodosh
Co-Creator
TEDMED
Kent H. Hughes
Public Policy Scholar
Gordon Lankton
Chairman of the Board, Retired
Kyle Hughes
Founder and Teacher
Nypro Inc.
Dr. William P. Murphy, Jr.
Founder
Cordis Corporation
Dr. Roland Schmitt President Emeritus
The Honorable Jeanne Shaheen
United States Senator —
New Hampshire
Executive Advisory Board
Dr. Woodie Flowers - Co-Chair &
Distinguished Advisor
Pappalardo Professor Emeritus of
Mechanical Engineering
JCPenney
Josh S. Weston
Honorary Chairman
LEGO Foundation & KIRKBI A/S
Steve Sanghi
President, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman
Myron E. Ullman, III
Chief Executive Officer & Director
Tom Arseneault
Chief Operating Officer
Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars
Baxter International Inc.
Microchip Technology, Inc.
21,766,706
14,746,661
J.T. Battenberg III
Chairman & CEO, Retired
FIRST
For each of the two fiscal years summarized above, FIRST received an unmodified (unqualified) opinion from its independent auditors, BerryDunn.
54
Robert M. Tuttle - Co-Chair
General Partner
Xerox Corporation
$ 19,060,850
18,238,363 1,062,714
45,145
12,501,544
Liabilities and net assets:
Net assets:
Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Avon Products, Inc.
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
48,978,280
2,276,854
Paul A. Allaire
FIRST Chairman: 1995-2000
Chairman & CEO, Retired
Donald E. Bossi - Secretary
President
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents* 18,225,785
13,398,774
Short-term investments*
8,500,000
10,500,000
Pledges, receivables, and other assets 8,102,948
11,858,347
Net property, plant, and equipment 3,961,488
4,148,808
Total liabilities, end of year
Sheri S. McCoy - Co-Chair
Chief Executive Officer & Director
JUNE 30, 2013
54,122,689
38,790,221
Honorary Directors
L. John Doerr III
Partner
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
Total assets, end of year Board of Directors
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Expenses:
FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) 36,203,436
33,406,617
FIRST LEGO League (FLL) and Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL)
6,400,585
5,853,938
FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) 3,050,151
2,178,267
FIRST Place (FP) 12,562
63,451
Net cost of building space occupied by unrelated not-for-profit organizations
244,774
227,306
General, administrative and supporting services, and fundraising 7,262,637
6,399,969
Operation of FIRST facility 418,621
377,549
Depreciation 529,923
471,183
Total expenses LEADERSHIP
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
FIRST
Terry Durkin
Vice President, Finance
FIRST
Mark Giordono
Vice President, Development
FIRST
Mark Greenlaw
Vice President, Digital Engagement
FIRST
Roseann Stevens
Vice President, Field Operations,
Volunteer Resources,
and Youth Protection
FIRST
Listing current as of February 2015
Championship photography by Adriana
M. Groisman, Argenis Apolinario, and Dan
Donovan. Other images courtesy of FIRST
teams, Volunteers, and Sponsors.
David Lavery
Program Executive for
Solar System Exploration
NASA
Paul Lazarus
President
White Dwarf Productions
Susie Mathieu
Partner
Spirit Hockey, LLC
Kevin Ross
Founder
FIRST in Michigan
Steven R. Chism
Vice President, Programs
LEGO Education
Yale University
Gail Alpert
President
FIRST
Jacob Kragh
President
Ceci Neumann
Independent Law Practice
Professional
NI
Donald E. Bossi
President
Clarkston High School Science,
Mathematics, and
Technology Academy
Vincent Wilczynski, Ph.D. - Co-Chair
Deputy Dean, School of Engineering &
Applied Science
Ray Almgren
Vice President, Marketing
Leadership Team
Robert Sobolewski
ebm-papst Inc.
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W W W . U S F I R S T. O R G
VISION
“To transform our culture by creating a world where science and
technology are celebrated and where young people dream of
becoming science and technology leaders.” Dean Kamen, Founder
MISSION
To inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by
engaging them in exciting Mentor-based programs that build science,
engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster
well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication,
and leadership.
IMPACT
MORE THAN ROBOTS. FIRST participation is proven to encourage
students to pursue education and careers in STEM-related fields, inspire
them to become leaders and innovators, and enhance their 21st century
work-life skills.
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Gracious Professionalism®, Sport for the Mind™, AERIAL ASSISTSM, and FTC BLOCK PARTY!SM are trademarks
of the United States Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST®). LEGO® and
MINDSTORMS® are registered trademarks of the LEGO Group. FIRST® LEGO® League, FLL®, Junior FIRST®
LEGO® League, Jr.FLL®, NATURE’S FURYSM, and DISASTER BLASTERSM are jointly held trademarks of FIRST
and the LEGO Group. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ©2015 FIRST.
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