2010 VCU Regional Website Award
WebDesign Excellence Award 2009
WebDesign Excellence Award 2008
2007 VCU NASA Regional Winner
Most Promising Drive Team- won at the 2006 Robot Rumble.
The members of this year’s Awards portion of Team 540 include Sami, John, Joey, Andy, Zach, and Stefani.
Below are all of the awards offered by FIRST:
Autodesk Inventor Award Rewards the team that has the best mechanically designed robot
Autodesk Visualization Award Rewards students for composing the best student animation that innovatively depicts the spirit of the FIRST competition
Chairman’s Award Given to the team that best exemplifies the positive impact that FIRST has on its participants, as well as the community around it; promotes respect for the areas of science and technology; and that best spreads and demonstrates the values of FIRST
Chrysler’s Team Spirit Award Granted to the team that shows the most enthusiasm and teamwork at the Regional and Championship events
Delphi’s “Driving Tomorrow’s Technology” Award Presented to the team that uses a unique and beneficial aspect of their machine, a unique material choice, an innovative programming method, or any other individual approach to the competition
Engineering Inspiration Award Rewards the team that furthers respect for engineers and engineering within their school and community
General Motor’s Industrial Design Award Granted to the team whose robot successfully and efficiently performs the year’s task
Imagery Award Presented to the team with the best uniform and robot aesthetics
Johnson & Johnson Gracious Professionalism Award Given to the team that best displays sportsmanship and Gracious Professionalism through all aspects of the competition
Judge’s Award Recognizes the team that has given an extraordinary effort or incorporated dynamics that deserve recognition
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship Award Granted to a team that has developed a successful business model to fulfill its goals since its inception
Motorola Quality Award Celebrates the team whose robot is robust in design and fabrication
Rockwell Automation Innovation in Control Award Presented to a team that has a unique control system or usage of control components to supply an individual function in competition
Underwriters Laboratory Industrial Safety Award Granted to the team that not only demonstrates a knowledge and practice of safety procedures, but also develops innovative procedures to keep others safe
Website Award Recognizes well-designed, built, and maintained websites run by FIRST students
Woodie Flowers Award Presented to mentors who are best able to instill in and communicate to students the engineering principles and values of FIRST
Xerox Creativity Award Granted to the team that shows creativity in design, components, or strategy
