MIT Club of South Florida



Do you remember participating in course 2.70?

Do you remember what sparked your interest in MIT?

Do you love technical challenges?

Now light a spark for a new generation







The South Florida FIRST Robotics Competition on March 29-31, 2012.

+The inaugural South Florida Competition will be held at FAU in Boca Raton.

+The competition is a culmination of a six week effort.   Starting on January 7th, 46 high school teams (working with adult mentors) design, build and program 120 pound robots to compete in a high tech sporting event for the mind.   

+It’s as close to real world engineering as a high school student can get.

+The competition has all the energy and excitement of a championship basketball tournament.



How to be a part of the Competition

A. Become a Volunteer

+Serving as a FIRST volunteer will be an incredible experience.  

+See the creativity and commitment of these amazing student teams.

+Restore your faith in our American ability to meet the technical challenges of the 21st century.

+FIRST needs volunteers in a wide range of roles to successfully hold this South Florida event

+Now many choice roles are still available, find one that you will enjoy.

B.Become a Sponsor

+Sponsorships help underwrite the cost of the competition

+Sponsors names will be on the competition web site and in marketing materials

+Invitation to special sponsor VIP event

C.Become a Team Mentor

+Help a specfic team with various technical aspects of the competition

+Work with a high school student team and their teachers

+Get your company involved with a specific high school team

 

How to sign up as a Volunteer for the South Florida FIRST Robotics Competition

FIRST has an on-line registration system, which you can access at www.usfirst.org/vims.  

A. When you initially log on, you will be asked to create an account.  

B. After that is complete, you can then sign up to volunteer:  
Select program – FRC
Select State – Florida
Then click on search
Select FRC South Florida Regional
Select Apply for a role (see role description for details of the position) and follow the instructions.
On the left hand side of the screen please complete the information in About You and Expertise.



For more information about any of the above contact:

Bob Howard,’67 (bobhoward@alum.mit.edu)  or

Sandra Contreras, GM ‘06 (scontreras@usfirst.org)