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i know why

Posted by Jon at 12/31/2000 3:49 AM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.


In Reply to: why why why...?
Posted by Ken Leung on 12/30/2000 10:05 PM EST:



As juniors in high school, we were presented with the opportunity to join something really special. We were approached to form a FIRST Team. A NASA team from JSC showed us the way, they showed us what they had built, we saw the competition tapes and we were hooked. We fancied ourselves robot builders due to our experiences with Texas BEST and Rice University Robotics but we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into...

Neither did any of our teachers or engineer mentors.

We did a lot of learning senior year as rookies, we had a lot of fun and I knew that I had to continue doing it. I did a lot of odd jobs on my team, I spent a lot of time doing animation and cad work, but occasionally machined something here or there or worked with the budget.

When i looked for a college, I knew a FIRST team was one of my requirements and so I ended up at WPI. Now Team 190 has gone through many iterations in these ten years and I'm proud to say that this will be my third competition as a WPI Engineer.

I'm now an Executive Officer on the team having previously handled animation, rules, and scouting duties. I have a lot of other committments as a college student and member of other clubs on campus but I have a special place for FIRST and i'm getting really giddy now that its only Five Days Away.

Maybe they'll give us flying targets....
We'll know in five

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