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Originally Posted by Kims Robot
Phcullen - I'm just curious, on your team, how many girls are on your pit crew? on your drive team? how many have YOU actively brought & encouraged into a technical role?
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of my 3 years on a team i remember that on my first year there were 8 that i can remember that worked directly with the robot (7 on build 1 programmer). 4 of them (1 programmer and 2 end effector and 1 mobility captain) where on pit that year.
the following year we lost 3, 2 due to graduation 1 (who was team captain until that point) for personal reasons, but gained 2 more (1 worked hardware the other chose to work chairmans but still would help with build when she was free) leaving us with 7. that year 5 (1 mobility, 1 hardware, 3 end effector) of them were on pit.
my senor year on the team our only senior on build graduated the year before leaving us down 1 girl, but there was also 1 freshman girl that joined hardware that year bringing us again back to 6 (out of the 11 seniors on the team that year 5 of them were women). that year one of our build captain was a girl and there were 3-4 on pit (, 1 hardware, 2-3 end effector)
none were on flight for my three years on the team but of the 11 women I saw 5 of them take leadership rolls in out team
of the 10 that have already graduated
3-Virgina Tech (2 I know are studying engineering)
1-GMU( believe she is studying engineering)
1-JMU (not engineering)
1-CNU (politics)
1-WVU (music education)
1-RPI (mechanical engineering)
1-VCU*full ride* (chemical engineering)
1- unknown (programmer from my first year)
this year I know that both of our drivers and our human player are girls 2 of them are rookies
that is just our FRC build team our animation team this year was run by a girl who has been a predominant animator all three years she has been on the team and at the beginning of this year was the only nomination for team captain but refused so she could stay focussed on the teams animation. she was granted with the Dean's list award this year at the DC regional and next year will be studying chemistry at Cornell University
you would have to ask them how there experiences with FIRST and our team affected them
I'll leave you to determine if our team is a positive environment for women to try there hand in the STEM fields if you don't feel so then please speak up, I'm sure any suggestions you have would have the potential to benefit everybody. but try to be progressive