New divisions at nats?

[Devin L.]

Originally Posted by Pin Man

Is this just hypothetical or are they really thinking to have these two new fields??? I mean because I don't think they could get 2 more fields in there... maybe one if they took away the legos... hmmm...

ya, get rid of legos and have them enjoy the 15 min walk to the pits lol

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally Posted by Sean Schuff

1 - Tesla ...
2 - DaVinci ...

I've gotta agree with Schuff - C'mon, Tesla is cool enough to have an <shamless plug> engineering charter school named after him </shamless plug> and DaVinci was just awesome.

[Ryan F.]

I'm all for the wrights idea.

[suneel112]

Since Newton represents the mechanics and gravitational side of physics, Archimedes represents fluid dynamics (maybe ), Galileo represents astronomy, and Curie represents Nuclear Physics (to some degree), there needs to be a person from Electronics and Magnetism recognized. The robot building is half mechanics and half E&M so E&M should also be recognized.
Maybe Gauss, Ampere, or Faraday

of course, its time that a field gets named after either an American or an Asian.
Joseph Henry
Edwin Hubble
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Benjamin Franklin
<insert other Prominent American Scientists here>
Industrial/Engineering:
Ford
Edison
Dean Kamen

Chandra
<instert other Asians here>

[Alex Pelan]

Copernicus and Da Vinci get my vote...

[Joshua May]

Volta, Da Vinci, Edison,

and of course... BAKER and GRADY, the great andys!!!

[Nick Mac]

I say DaVinci and Franklin

[Jay TenBrink]

Originally Posted by Nick Mac

I say DaVinci and Franklin

After hearing that we will soon be seeing advertising on the bases during professional baseball games, I will be happy as long as the fields are named after our pioneers in the sciences.

If we do have to sell out, how about "IBM Field" and "Pepsi Field" ?

[Adam Y.]

Can I hear a Disney a Disney here??? How about Timken? Can I hear a Timken? What about Goodyear?? I'll give a cookie to whoever can guess what Disney invented. I expect all non-rookie people to know what Timken invented. If not then you either have not read the parts list or do not work on the robot.

[Ken Leung]

I cannot believe no one suggested this name:

The V-Neun division.



Actually.

Remember how Dean said more scientist and engineers should be heroes or role models for the students? I think when you think of new names for the division, you should definitely keep that in mind. Imagine if you have to come up with a short list of 10 names to be top heroes from the science/engineering field, who would they be.

Personally, I have a lot of respect for Edison. I read about how he had major difficulties in school when he was young, and about how he was tiredlessly trying to invent new things even when he was small. I thought to myself, "He is a legendary inventor, but he is also a human being who never stop trying. Now that's someone to look up to."

Another scientist/engineer I look up to is R. Buckminster Fuller, who forever changed my view of the world ever since I saw a play about him and his experience. But I doubt he is as famous as Newton, Einstein, or Edison.


On the side note, I thought how cool it was when Blair went "Gal-il", and the crowd went "le-o" at the beginning of the finals in Atlanta. When you come up with names for new divisions, they better sound interesting when you say the name out loud.

I think I remember there used to be a Watt field back in the days, but it went away after the divisions were established since 2001. Boy, what a great decision that was.