Attention All Present and Future Purdue Attendees

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Posted by Kris VanKleek, Student on team #71, Team Hammond, from School City of Hammond and Beatty Machine and Manufacturing.

Posted on 4/25/99 4:35 PM MST



Well this is my last year as a high school student in FIRST and I dont want my experience to end because of college so I have been talking it over with many people about getting Purdue university to get a team going next year.
I will be calling up the dean and talking to people as soon as I know that we will have the members. If you are attending or will attend Purdue next year or if you have contacts please contact me.

Thanks,
Kris VanKleek
#71 Beatty and Hammond

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Posted by Joe Johnson, Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 4/26/99 7:43 PM MST


In Reply to: Attention All Present and Future Purdue Attendees posted by Kris VanKleek on 4/25/99 4:35 PM MST:



I have some suggestions of folks at Purdue to help you get started:

Dean Stevenson (judge at Midwest Regional)

Mike Ciavaglia (grad student at Purdue, member of our team on leave to get an MSME0
Ann McCarthy (intern at Delphi, never been on a FIRST team, but a very well connected ME undergrad)

I think with a little more pressure we can push Purdue over the edge. We (me and several others) have been working on them for a number of years now --- I think they are about to crack ;-)

Good luck.

Joe J.

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Posted by Andy Baker, Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 4/26/99 9:29 PM MST


In Reply to: some names to hit up while at Purdue posted by Joe Johnson on 4/26/99 7:43 PM MST:



Kokomo is only an hour away from West Lafayette, so if you need
any help from the TechnoKats (Team 45), let any of us know. We
could easily pack up a robot and haul it over there for a demo.

Also, one of our past team members is attending Purdue. Her name
is Mary Pat Stahl, a freshman EE major. Look her up!

Good luck,
Andy B.

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Posted by Raul, Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling HS and Motorola.

Posted on 4/27/99 6:46 AM MST


In Reply to: some names to hit up while at Purdue posted by Joe Johnson on 4/26/99 7:43 PM MST:



Getting Purdue going would be great. And how about the other Big Ten schools (Michigan, etc.).

I could see it now - the Big Ten Conference uses FIRST as an official sport. They start giving out scholarships to high school team members to join their team. What a concept!

Raul

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Posted by Kris VanKleek, Student on team #71, Team Hammond, from School City of Hammond and Beatty Machine and Manufacturing.

Posted on 4/27/99 3:48 PM MST


In Reply to: some names to hit up while at Purdue posted by Joe Johnson on 4/26/99 7:43 PM MST:



I am determined to get a team down at purdue. Like most of the students
that have been in the competition for four years, they know what it is
like. I might go through withdrawel.