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Back in high school, I was pretty active in a program called FIRST Robotics, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. This year, my first FIRST team celebrated its ten year anniversary. 461 is the team at West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School. My first year on 461 was the last year there would be only a single team in the Purdue area serving all the area’s students. Flo and gang has helped start many teams all over the nation, but my second year (2005) would see the founding of 1646 and my third year (2006) would be when I founded 1747 at my high school. Being back in the shop at Westside was pretty amazing. Not much has changed since I was last there, asking to borrow tools for our makeshift shop in the science wing on the second floor of Harrison.

In other news, 1747 won the Buckeye Regional competition and the Buckeye Regional Engineering Inspiration Award; earning a place at the Championship Event this year. Quite amazing.