2007 Workshop and Conference Presentations
Below are presentations from various teams, educators, and professionals provided throughout the 2007 season to support all our FIRST programs in their efforts to create successful, sustainable teams. Please download and use the provided materials to expand you and your team's knowledge base. However, don't forget to give proper credit to the authors of the provided materials.
Legend:
- Slides: The presentation slides used by the presenter in PDF.
- Slideshow: The presentation slides with an embedded audio recording of the presentation. This will automatically switch slides in time with the audio when you view the slideshow.
- Video: A streaming video of the presentation using Windows Media Player.
- Download: A direct link to the file for downloading to use in team training.
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| 2007 FIRST Robotics Conference Presentations | |||
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| FRC | |||
The Arial Home Initiative: Building High Tech Homes for Poor Families | Pirelli, Roehl |
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Creating Tomorrow's Leaders: Running an Effective FIRST Leadership Boot Camp | O'Toole | ||
Design and Optimization of a Pit Cart Using 3D CAD Software | Hopkins, Huesmann | ||
Development and Manufacturing of the Mecanum Wheel | Ghilardi, Sapsis | ||
Dream FIRST: A Model for How Teams Can Reach a Younger Audience | Barron | ||
Increasing Competitiveness of a Team's Submission to the FIRST Design Book | Wilczynski, Slezycki | Slides | |
Outreach to Rookie Teams | Garber, Macrae, Waite, Esterquest | ||
Overall Robot Design for FRC | Baker, Beatty | ||
Pneumatic Power Concepts | Olivera | ||
Robot Drive System Fundamentals | Patton, Copioli | ||
Wiring an FRC Robot | Skierkiewicz, Dessingue | ||
| FVC | |||
The Excellent Adventure of the Engineering Notebook | Hogan and team | ||
Graphing Equations with VEX Robots | Juarez, Vizcaino, Maciel, Martinez | ||
A League Format for VEX Competitions | Wittman, Kolodziej, Couture, Brunsell | ||
VEX in the Classroom | Morrella | ||
| FLL | |||
Developing a Science Curriculum Using the FLL Theme | McFarland | ||
From FLL to FVC: A Case Study | Pilvines and team | ||
The Nano Frontier | Eigler | ||
Simple, Effective Robots | Vercillo, Geckler | ||
Starting a Robotics Program at a School with a Focus on Conflict Resolution | Brezovec | ||
Universal Design/Animation | Cox | ||
Using Geometry in Problem Solving Missions | Quah | ||
| ALL | |||
Beyond FIRST: Leveraging FIRST for Real-World Invention Projects | Schuler, Estabrooks, Tacklind | ||
Building a FIRST Program | Hepfer, Hall | ||
Building a FIRST Robotics Team Utilizing the VEX System and Recognized Team Building Methods | Rillings | ||
A Drag and Drop IDE for Objectifying and Simplifying Code Across Multiple Microcontrollers | Thiagarajan | ||
Ensuring FIRST Team Sustainability Through Work with Community Foundations | Hopkins | ||
FIRST Robotics and its Relationship to Students' Attitudes Towards Science | Lundy | ||
FIRST Scholarships and How To Maximize Money for College | Miller | ||
Grant writing for Robotics | Powell | ||
How to Print Your Own T-Shirts for Fun and Profit | Folea | ||
Linking FIRST to School Programs and College Searches | McIntyre | ||
Pace University Partners with Middle Schools for FIRST Competitions | Moseley, Davis | ||
Possibilities Through Partnerships | Schmitt, Schuff | ||
Simplified Programming using easyC and WPILib | Martin, Miller | ||
Underwater FIRST? FIRST Teams in the National Underwater Robotics Challenge | Federle, Lajvardi | ||
Women in Engineering: Recruitment Challenges and Responses | Barker, Barker, Ogea | ||
| 2007 Rookie Workshop | |||
FIRST Values | |||
Chassis Design Considerations | |||
Mechanisms | |||
Electrical and Control System | |||
Programming Basics | N/A | ||
Competition | |||
| 2007 Resources Workshops | |||
Sensors - Allego Microsystems | |||
Sensors - Analog Devices | |||
igus | |||
Pneumatics | |||
Mentor Recruitment and Retention | |||
Motors - A Systems Approach | |||
Team Dynamics | |||
Innovative Fundraising | |||
LabVIEW | |||
Strategy, Game Play and Effective Design | |||
Autodesk Inventor | N/A | ||
Innovation Hour: Team 190 | |||
Innovation Hour: Team 25 | |||
easyC / Advanced Programming | N/A | ||
Team in a Box | |||
Last modified: May 02, 2008 14:08:08