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New FTC Scoring App by Fast and Curious

2/1/2021

Team Fast and Curious recently launched an FTC scoring app and wanted to engage the community more. This season teams have not been able to collaborate and compete much during pre-competition, so we wanted to host an unofficial scrimmage on our platform. Attached are the details that the team has come up with.

PrintfortheCure.com website by local team The Clueless

5/23/2020

Our essential workers are in need! If you have a 3D printer, you are capable of making a real impact. Print For The Cure is a web-platform seeking to connect essential workers in need of PPE with those who can produce it at home. Tens of thousands of pieces of PPE have already been requested on https://printforthecure.com, but there are not enough people to help produce this PPE! Helping out is simple--essential workers first request for PPE from a limited catalog and amount, then registered donors on the website (this can be you!) can "claim" requests for PPE, then 3D print and arrange delivery for the PPE. All the PPE on Print For The Cure can be 3D printed (except for the transparent sheets for face shields)! This is a simple and great opportunity for community outreach which can really impact our healthcare workers during this time.

Michael Zeng
FTC Team 11212 The Clueless

STEM Careers Lecture Series

5/23/2020

Hello FIRST Teams and SWENext Clubs:

Team Spyder 1622 & PHS SWENext are hosting a series of professional lectures in STEM and we are inviting all teams/clubs to attend. Click on the flyer for the announcement. Please share with all of your mentors, students, and other teams/clubs. All are welcomed!

STEM Careers Lecture Series 1: Marcus Hsu, First pioneer of PPE in San Diego

For security, attendee must RSVP to get Zoom access by May 25, 2020:

https://forms.gle/SM6eDa6MkiqLEhwc8

Sincerely,
Madalyn Nguyen
Team Spyder 1622, VP of Public Relations

Engineering Networking Opportunity for Students

2/12/2020

San Diego County Engineering Council
69th Annual San Diego Engineers.org
2020 Awards Banquet
Fri, February 21, 2020
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM PST
Crowne Plaza San Diego - Mission Valley
2270 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA 92108

The keynote speaker is Susan Tousi, Senior Vice President of Illumina, whose presentation is "Engineering a Healthier Tomorrow through Genomics."

Student and K-12 educator tickets are $15 each. Students may apply for a scholarship to attend the event. After ticket purchase, students have the option to sign up for a networking training session, which takes place at the event.

The link to the event announcement is below. The registration closes on Feb. 14.

2020 Engineers Week San Diego Awards Banquet

January 4th Scrimmage

12/29/2019

The Clueless #11212 is hosting their fourth New Year robotics scrimmage on Saturday, January 4th from 2:00 to 5:00 at The Cambridge School (12855 Black Mountain Road, 92129). The main purpose is for teams to discuss and collaborate, and the matches will be relaxed and fun. They will have the opportunity to practice together afterwards. We would greatly appreciate it if you could join us! Please RSVP in the link below as soon as possible. A few SoCal award winning FLL teams will also be there to do robotics demo. Please feel free to invite the FLL teams you know.
https://www.weimpactcommunity.com/events/4th-annual-ftc-new-years-scrimmage

Thank you
The Clueless FTC Team

Winter Scrimmage December 18th

12/12/2019

Hello fellow FTC Teams! We hope all is well with the preparation for the upcoming competitions. We, Team Squash, invite you and your team to an evening full of exciting robotics fun in a friendly scrimmage. This scrimmage is a fun way to get to know local teams while practicing for meets.

The scrimmage will take place on December 18th, 2019 from 5pm to 9pm at the Carmel Valley Chipotle (3881 Valley Centre Dr). Come out with your friends and family, have some food, and participate in the scrimmage! Drop in anytime between 5pm and 9pm or even stay the whole time. Keep in mind that if many teams RSVP, the matches will act as a competition with multiple rounds meaning that you may get to compete numerous times against various teams!

Please feel free to share this invitation with your team on Facebook or any social media! Everyone is welcome to attend!

Please fill out THIS form to let us know if you and/or your team will be able to make it.

VERY IMPORTANT: Please display the invite (below) on your smartphone to the cashier at the event. It will let them know that you are supporting our fundraiser.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, you can email us at ftc.team16933@gmail.com and one of the marketing team members will get back to you.

Thank you for considering being a part of the scrimmage!

Best regards,
Business and Marketing Team - Team Squash (16933)
Jessie Shen, Rowan Law, Sanjay Marathe, Shiva Kansagara

As Women We Rise - A Women in STEM Event December 16th

11/26/2019

as_women_we_rise_-_women_in_stem_event_flyer.pdf
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Volunteer Corner Spotlight - Vicki Mazur, Faculty Mentor, Referee/Scorekeeper

11/13/2019

FTC SAN DIEGO REGION
Volunteer Corner Spotlight

Vicki Mazur, Faculty Mentor, Referee/Scorekeeper

Name of the team(s) you are currently involved with, name of school and location:
Currently, I am working with CAOS Robotics Team 14338 in our second year with an amazing group of students and wonderful parents. We are located in downtown Escondido at Classical Academy High Online.

Tell us a little bit about your history with FIRST and what you currently do with the FTC program in the San Diego region:
Seven years ago, I was told that I would be teaching computer science at the Classical Academy Cyber Café. This precipitated recruitment into the high school’s FRC team which I mentored for 6 years. At the end of that 6th year, three sophomore girls wanted to improve their value to the team by doing summer development. That resulted in founding the FTC team because the girls were attending classes at the Online Center (Classical Academy Online) to which they added Students and became CAOS. With a lot of outreach and recruiting, the team grew in its rookie year to 12 students and with outstanding parental support, CAOS was able to host a league tournament.
Since I enjoy learning about the details of any competition, I studied the Rover Ruckus Game Manuals and volunteered to be a referee during week one, week two, week three, and week 4. It was a lot of fun and I encourage everyone to volunteer into a position you would find rewarding! (Not for the fashions!)

What do you most enjoy about your involvement with FTC:
I most enjoy working with the students. When we first started, they were mostly novices with any tool so our mentors worked with each student until the students learned bolts, nuts, servos, wheels, motors, gears, x-rail, beams, channel (both large and mini), righty-tighty, lefty-loosy, as well as CAD using TinkerCAD, 3D printing with our physics teacher’s Raise3D N2 printer, and varying degrees of programming.

When you’re not doing FTC, what do you do for a living:
Outside of FTC, I teach at Classical Academy High Online. This year I have four sections of Math III, one section of Introduction to Robotics, Python Programming at five levels, and AP Computer Science, Java. I apply for every possible grant, routinely write Donors Choose projects, and seek to become principal at a new Career Technical Education location for The Classical Academies.

Tell us an interesting factoid about yourself that people might be surprised to learn:
My favorite place to be is under the sea; I have been an avid SCUBA diver since I was 17. I enjoy documenting dives with my SeaLife camera.