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Originally posted by Stacy
I was gonna go to Penn State, but now I decided to go to University of Maryland  Does anyone know if they have a robotics team?? I REALLY want to do FIRST next year!!!
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When you get there, go see Dr. Dave Akin in the Aerospace Engineering Dept, in the Neutral Bouyancy Research Facility (NBRF) building. Several students in his lab were working on starting a team, but had to wave off this year due to unavoidable circumstances. They are absolutely committed to having a team next year.
(As an aside, if you are interested in engineering, Dave's lab is one of the coolest places around. He runs one of only two research-oriented NBRFs in the country, and the only NBRF in the world at a university. He is also great about pulling undergrads in to help work on his research projects, not just graduate students.)
If you don't want to work with a team through the university, you can also sign on with one of the other local teams. There are several within a 20-mile radius of U.Md. The closest is team #53, Eleanor Roosevelt HS and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, about five minutes down the road in Greenbelt Md. Doug Pruitt is the lead teacher and point of contact for the team.
-dave
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