Amir from 1717 receives MacArthur Grant

[AdamHeard]

1717 is once again amazing (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-macarthur-20100928,0,6195936.story)

Congratulations!

[Akash Rastogi]

That is insanely cool. Thanks for posting Adam

[DCA Fan]

Major congrats are in order! Looks like 1717 will be well funded for many years :)

[Jonathan Norris]

Amazing, Congrats to Amir Abo-Shaeer and 1717!

[David Brinza]

Congrats, Amir!

Your efforts in establishing the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy and D'Penguineers have been recognized within the FIRST community for years. It's great to see your work recognized and rewarded by the MacArthur Foundation.

BTW, I'm looking forward to reading "The New Cool" (http://www.amazon.com/New-Cool-Visionary-Robotics-Ultimate/dp/0307588890/ref=sr_1_1?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285655568&sr=8-1) after build-season next year!

[Adam Freeman]

Congratulations Amir!

You have an amazing program.

[robodude03]

Congratulations Amir! As is mentioned in the articled, this is definitely a validation of your dedication to the program and the work you do with 1717.

[Andy Baker]

Congrats to Amir and team 1717. This is greatly deserved.

Andy B.

[R.C.]

Congrats Amir. The D'Penguineers impress me every year.

-RC

[Cynette]

Congratulations to Amir and team 1717! What a wonderful recognition!

[waialua359]

I had a chance to hear about some of the great things 1717 did/does, while having many conversations with Amir this year.
They are one of the best teams on the West Coast and the students in their district are very lucky to have him.

With all that money at your discretion, maybe a FRC regional trip to HI is in order for 2011.:)

[SamC]

Congrats Amir and all of 1717!

[MrForbes]

Woohoo!

[PaW]

Nicely done, Amir !

Congratulations to you and all the great students that have gone through 1717's program.

[MooreteP]

Here is the post from the MacArthur website:

http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.6196377/k.8704/Amir_AboShaeer.htm