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Welcome to the web site of Team 2072: Carver High School Robotics! Feel free to look around, and please contact us if you have any questions or comments about the team. Thank you, and enjoy!
About the Team
News
TO ALL CARVER ROBOTICS MEMBERS:
There will be team meetings after school on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Also, there will be meetings every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
3.29.2010
Thursday marks the beginning of competition, and we're all frantically going through last-minute preparations. Once again, good luck to everyone who will be competing this weekend!!
3.22.2010
Competition is in just a couple more weeks, and everyone is excited!! Good luck to everyone who will be competing in the upcoming weeks!
2.23.2010
CPX shipped off today!! We worked long and hard during our building period this year, and are proud with our work. We look forward to being reunited with CPX and to competition day. Good luck everyone!
Who We Are
Team 2072, Carver Engineering Corp (CEC), is a team of engineering and fine arts high school students from Carver Magnet High School in Houston, Texas. CEC strives to help every student find a place in their future and surrounding community and encourages students to pursue their field of interest.
CEC is organized into subdivisions of specialized teams, each of which is dedicated to a separate purpose, ranging from Inspections and Safety to Drawing and Drive Systems. This keeps the team as a whole very organized and allows for a productive outcome from every meeting.
The Team
Name: Loren Marvin
Age: 31
Grade: Teacher
Years on Team: First year
Place in Team: Head Coach
About: Loren earned his BAAS in Applied Technology and Performance Improvement from University of North Texas. He teaches Digital Electronics at Carver High School, and is a proud father, husband, coach.
Name: Eric Hirtriter
Age: 40+
Place in Team: Mentor
About: This is Eric's third year competing in FIRST Robotics, but his first within Aldine ISD. He teaches Engineering, Design and Development at Carver High School.
Name: Jonathan Gutierrez
Age: 17
Grade: 12
Place in Team: Co-President
About: Jonathon is going to attend the University of Houston next year, and will be majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
Name: Felipe Gonzalez
Age: 16
Grade: 10
Place in Team: Co-President/VP Drawings
About: Felipe loves to draw creative skeches of anything that involves designs, ranging from cars, robots, and more.
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Name: Lathan Moore
Age: 15
Place in Team: VP Pneumatics
About: Lathan likes to play basketball, football, baseball, golf, and lacrosse, and is a fan of the University of Texas.
Name: Gerald Daigle
Grade: 11
Place in Team: VP Construction
About: Gerald is a self-driven person who strives to change the world through engineering, and is always working to make his visions reality.
Name: Matthew Edwards
Place in Team: VP Programming/VP Website
About: Matthew loves to program and make websites, and plans on being a professional programmer one day. He will be attending Texas A&M University next year and will major in Computer Science.
Name: Eric Martinez
Grade: 9
Place in Team: VP Inspections
About: Eric is an individual that is greatly interested in robotics, and plans on returning for competition throughout all of his high school years.
Name: Ruben Nieto
Place in Team: VP Drive Systems
About: Ruben loves to spend time with his friends and getting his hands dirty. He likes to work on cars and dance.
Name: Daryl Wade
Years on Team: Two years
Place in Team: VP Safety
About: Daryl is interested with technology and plans on attending the University of North Texas in the future.
Name: Jacob Mendelez
Age: 18
Years on Team: Four years
Place in Team: VP Electrical
About: Jacob is an idealist who believes that the world is something to be molded.
Name: William White
About: William is interested in engineering and plans on being an architect. He would like to attend the University of Texas in the future.
Name: Alicia Matthews
Place in Team: VP Awards/Secretary
About: Need more info....
Name: Victoria Ontiveros
Place in Team: Secretary
About: Victoria would like to attend Rice University and study in the medical field. When she gets older, Victoria would like to play in a city orchestra as a violinist.
Name: Anthony Balleza
Place in Team: Construction Team
About: Anthony's passions are construction and soccer.
Name: Alyssa Martinez
Place in Team: Drive Systems Team
About: Allyssa loves animals and helping endangered animals, and hopes to be an SPCA officer one day.
Name: Jillian Duncan
Place in Team: Photography
Name: Ezekiel Newton
About: Ezekiel is a very hardworking individual that always strives to represent himself in his work and to take pride in what he does.
Name: Uriel Loredo
About: Uriel likes to do hands-on activities, and is very good with construction and mechanics.
We would like to thank the following companies for their contributions to the team throughout this season. Thanks for all of the help!!
Resources
http://www.chiefdelphi.com
http://www.2009.discobots.org
http://www.toltechs.com
http://www/hoggzilla.com
http://www.leopards57.com
http://www.team624.org
http://www.robonauts.org
http://www.pantherbots.net
http://www.texastorque.org
http://www.lacklandisd.net
http://www.edisonengineering.org
http://www.rockwallrobotics.com
http://www.pearcerobotics.com
http://www.team1817.org
Click here to visit the FIRST website and view more resources.
Contact Us
Address: Carver Magnet High School
2100 South Victory Street
Houston, TX 77088-7699
E-mail:
Loren Marvin: lpmarvin_aldine.k12.ts.us
Eric Hirtriter: rehirtriter_aldine.k12.tx.us
Telephone:
Loren Marvin: 281-755-6625
Eric Hirtriter: 210-315-1995
The newest program in FIRST introduces the youngest students to the exciting worlds of science and technology. Just like FLL, this program features a real-world challenge, to be solved by research, critical thinking and imagination. Guided by adult coaches, students work with LEGO elements and moving parts to create solutions and present them for review.
Opportunities
Younger elementary school students get to:
Introduces younger students to real-world engineering challenges by building LEGO-based robots to complete tasks on a thematic playing surface. FLL teams, guided by their imaginations and adult coaches, discover exciting career possibilities and, through the process, learn to make positive contributions to society.
Elementary and middle-school students get to:
FTC is designed for those who want to compete head-to-head, using a sports model. Teams of up to 10 students are responsible for designing, building, and programming their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. The robot kit is reusable from year-to-year and is programmed using a variety of languages. Teams, including coaches, mentors and volunteers, are required to develop strategy and build robots based on sound engineering principles. Awards are given for the competition as for well as for community outreach, design, and other real-world accomplishments.
Students get to:
“The varsity sport for the mind,” FRC combines the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. Under strict rules, limited resources, and time limits, teams of 25 students or more are challenged to raise funds, design a team “brand,” hone teamwork skills, and build and program robots to perform prescribed tasks against a field of competitors. It’s as close to “real-world engineering” as a student can get. Volunteer professional mentors lend their time and talents to guide each team.
FIRST Scholarships
FIRST offers $12.2 million scholarships for students that are participating in both the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) and the FIRST Robotics Challenge (FRC) competitions. These scholarships enable students to pursue majors and careers in engineering, computer science, math, science, design, aeronautics, and many other fields. In total, there are 746 seperate scholarship opportunities for students in grades ranging from Juniors to Post-Secondary students that live in either Canada or the United States of America.
Click here to visit the list of scholarships found on the FIRST website!!
Breakaway
This year's game, Breakaway, is played between two alliances, each consisting of
three individual teams. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than the
opponent alliance by shooting balls into a goal, climbing the alliance tower or platform,
or by lifting an alliance robot off of the playing surface.
Each match of Breakaway will be 2 minutes and 15 seconds long and will consist of
a 15 second autonomous period, followed by a 2 minute teleoperated period, which
includes a 20 second finale.
Scoring in the matches are based on a combination of the amount of balls scored into a goal during the 2 minute and 15 seconds game period (1 point each), and the amount of points that are acquired during the 20 second finale. Points are awarded in the finale by having your robot elevated (2 points) or suspended (3 points) from the alliance tower. In order to have a robot seen as elevated, the robot must be completely above the plane of the platform and in contact with the alliance tower; in order to be seen as suspended, the robot must only be in contact with an elevated robot and/or another suspended robot.
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