Ventura County Regional – 2022

Ventura County Regional – 2022

by | May 4, 2022 | Blog, Ventura

Congratulations to the 44 Teams PLUS all the Mentors, Volunteers, Sponsors, Friends and Family members who participated in the Ventura County FIRST Robotics Regional Competition from March 9-12, 2022.

TEAMS ADVANCING TO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HOUSTON!

The following teams and individuals earned top honors at the Ventura County Regional and earned their way to compete at the FIRST Championships in Houston, April 20-23, 2022.

Regional Chairman’s

The Chairman’s Award represents the true spirit of FIRST.  It honors the team that best serves as a model for other teams to emulate and that embodies the goals of FIRST.  It remains FIRST’s most prestigious team award.  The Chairman’s Award is presented to the team judged to have the most significant measurable impact of its partnerships among its participants, school, and community over a sustained period, not just a single build season or school year. The winner is able to demonstrate progress towards FIRST’s mission of transforming our culture.  The recipient will be invited to the FIRST Championship where it will compete for the Chairman’s Award against the winners from all the other qualifying events.

  • Team 359, Hawaiian Kids from Waialua, HI

Engineering Inspiration

The Engineering Inspiration Award celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school and community.  This team will advance to the Championships and receive a $5000 NASA grant toward registration.

Regional Winners

Regional Finalists

  • Team 2135, Presentation Invasion from San Jose (wildcard)
  • Team 3512, Spartatroniks from Orcutt (wildcard)

Dean’s List Finalist

In an effort to recognize the leadership and dedication of FIRST’s most outstanding FRC students, the Kamen family sponsors an award for selected top students known as the FIRST Dean’s List. This award celebrates a student’s outstanding leadership and effectiveness in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and engineers, both within their school, as well as their community. FIRST Dean’s List Finalists will compete at the championship for the FIRST Dean’s List.

  • Mason Kramer from Team 2637
  • Sara Milesi from Team 3925

Woodie Flowers Finalist Award

  • Lori Kahn from Team 2813

Additional Awards

Congratulations to the Teams and individuals that earned the remaining awards at the Venura County Regional! See the list here.

Support

An immense THANK YOU to all the sponsors, mentors and volunteers who contributed to this very successful Regional.

We hope you too had a memorable experience at the Ventura County Regional!

Hueneme Port Regional – 2022

Hueneme Port Regional – 2022

by | May 4, 2022 | Blog, Hueneme

Congratulations to the 36 Teams PLUS all the Mentors, Volunteers, Sponsors, Friends and Family members who participated in the Hueneme Port FIRST Robotics Regional Competition from March 3-6, 2022.

 

LIST OF TEAMS ADVANCING TO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HOUSTON!!!

The following teams and individuals earned top honors at the Hueneme Port Regional and earned their way to compete at the FIRST Championships in Houston, April 20-23, 2022

Regional Chairman’s

The Chairman’s Award represents the true spirit of FIRST.  It honors the team that best serves as a model for other teams to emulate and that embodies the goals of FIRST.  It remains FIRST’s most prestigious team award.  The Chairman’s Award is presented to the team judged to have the most significant measurable impact of its partnerships among its participants, school, and community over a sustained period, not just a single build season or school year. The winner is able to demonstrate progress towards FIRST’s mission of transforming our culture.  The recipient will be invited to the FIRST Championship where it will compete for the Chairman’s Award against the winners from all the other qualifying events.

  • Team 4400, Cerbotics from Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico

Engineering Inspiration

The Engineering Inspiration Award celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school and community.  This team will advance to the Championships and receive a $5000 NASA grant toward registration.

  • Team 3374, Robobroncs from Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Regional Winners

Dean’s List Finalist

In an effort to recognize the leadership and dedication of FIRST’s most outstanding FRC students, the Kamen family sponsors an award for selected top students known as the FIRST Dean’s List. This award celebrates a student’s outstanding leadership and effectiveness in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and engineers, both within their school, as well as their community. FIRST Dean’s List Finalists will compete at the championship for the FIRST Dean’s List.

  • Justine Ludden from Team 1452
  • Roux Lake from Team 5199

Woodie Flowers Finalist Award

  • Stuart Lee from Team 5199

Additional Awards

Congratulations to the Teams and individuals that earned the remaining awards at the Hueneme Port Regional! See the list here.

Support

An immense THANK YOU to all the sponsors, mentors and volunteers who contributed to this very successful Regional.

We hope you too had a memorable experience at the Hueneme Port Regional Regional!

SWEet! – Women in STEM event

SWEet! – Women in STEM event

by | Mar 9, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized

On International Women’s Day, March 8, 2022, FIRST California and SWE Orange County joined forces to share stories about how being a SWE member could help you reach your full potential along your STEM journey.

Attendees heard from a current FIRST student and FIRST alumnae who are SWE members – each at a different phase in their STEM journey: high school, college, and professional. They shared their engineering journeys, how they got involved with SWE and valuable resources like scholarship opportunities.

From high school to engineering professional, SWE has the resources for you!

Resources from the event:

Apply for SWE Scholarship – Orange County

Apply for SWE Scholarship – Global

 Join or Start a SWEnext Section

 SWE OC LinkedIn

SWE OC Instagram – @sweoc

 SWE UCI socials

Women in STEM Pre-Regional Rally

Women in STEM Pre-Regional Rally

by | Mar 9, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized

On International Women’s Day, March 8, 2022, a virtual Pre-Regional rally was held for FIRST students planning to attend the San Diego Regional.

It featured an inspiring conversion with Amy Kaur, the co-founder of EngineeringGals, Civil Engineer and model. She discussed the importance of community and being unapologetic in paving our own path.

Watch below video for Amy’s presentation.

Students also had a chance to connect with each other and alumna in small breakout groups so that they had a chance to get to know each other before the upcoming Regional.

To encourage girls to connect with their peers and women engineers in the SWE community, Madalyn Nguyen (FIRST Dean’s List Winner 2020) shared about SWE and the benefits of a SWENext Club.

To add more excitement to the event, there were raffle prizes from UCSD School of Engineering, Maketory, Midway Museum and SWE.

Resources:

Engineering Gals
SWENext 

FIRST Social Media links in California

FIRST Social Media links in California

by | Feb 25, 2020 | Blog

Let’s connect!

Below is a list of the offical FIRST social media properties and hashtags across programs through the different regions in California.

We encourage you to use and follow FIRST hashtags so that we can all more easily connect with each other.

FIRST California: #FIRSTinCA, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
FIRST: #firstinspires #omgrobots #stemsquad,  Instagram, Facebook, Twitter

FIRST Robotics Competition – #InfiniteRecharge

Aerospace Valley Regional: #avregional, Facebook
Central Valley Regional: #cvrobotics, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
Del Mar FRC Regional: #FIRSTsd, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
Los Angeles Regional: #FIRSTla, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
Los Angeles North Regional: #FIRSTlan, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
Monterey Bay Regional: #FIRSTmontereybay, Instagram, Facebook
Orange County Regional: #FIRSToc, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
Sacramento Regional: #FIRSTsac, Facebook
San Diego Regional: #FIRSTsd, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
San Francisco: #sfregional, Instagram, Facebook
Silicon Valley: #FIRSTsv, Instagram, Facebook
Ventura: #FIRSTventura

FIRST Tech Challenge – #skystone

Central Valley: #cvrobotics, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
NorCal: Facebook, Twitter, 
San Diego: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
SoCal / Los Angeles: Instagram, Facebook

FIRST LEGO League – #cityshaper

Central Valley: #cvrobotics, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
NorCal – Facebook, Twitter
SoCal – Instagram, Facebook

Hashtag Example:

If you were posting about the Los Angeles Regional, you might use #firstinspires #omgrobots #InfiniteRecharge #FIRSTinCA #FIRSTla and any other hashtags that apply.

7 California FIRST teams honored by Governor Gavin Newsom at State Capitol

7 California FIRST teams honored by Governor Gavin Newsom at State Capitol

by | Oct 31, 2019 | Blog

“Your success marks a historic moment for California robotics teams and is a testament to the growth of science and technology within our state.” – GAVIN NEWSOM


7 California FIRST teams were honored by Governor Gavin Newsom at the State Capitol on Wednesday for their FIRST Championship accomplishments!

Teams included the all-California winning FRC alliance (FRC Team 973: Greybots, MadTown Robotics – FRC Team 1323, Burlingame Robotics, FRC Team 4201, The Vitruvian Bots ), Finalists Team 254: The Cheesy Poofs and Subdivision Winners FRC Team 1678: Citrus Circuits and Team 971: Spartan Robotics.

Governor Newsom and Assembly Members Frank Bigelow, Marc Berman, Cecilia Aguilar-Curry, Kevin Mullins plus other members of our state government came out to personally congratulate teams, watch demos and talk to team members.

The media was out in full force to capture this important moment.

FIRST teams makin’ history and makin’ it loud!

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