Awards
2023
Entrepreneurship Award (FIRST Chesapeake District)
FIRST Dean’s List Finalist Award (Presented to Aryan Mhaskar)
2022
Chesapeake District (Deep Run) Engineering Inspiration Award
FIRST Dean’s List Semifinalist Award (Presented to Aryan Mhaskar)
Chesapeake District (Blacksburg) Gracious Professionalism Award
2021
FIRST Dean’s List Finalist Award (Presented to Jusmun Shokar)(FIRST Chesapeake District Awards Event)
Engineering Design Award (Chromium Group - Game Design Challenge)
2020
District Engineering Inspiration Award (CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy)
2019
Chesapeake District (Deep Run) Competition Industrial Design Award
Chesapeake District (Deep Run) Semifinalists
Chesapeake District (Blacksburg) Team Spirit Award
2018
Chesapeake District (Deep Run) Entrepreneur Award
Chesapeake District (Blacksburg) Engineering Inspiration Award
2011
2017
Chesapeake District Championships Dean's List Finalist (Ojas Amberkar)
Chesapeake District (Deep Run) Competition Engineering Inspiration Award
Chesapeake District (Deep Run) Competition Semifinalist
Chesapeake District (Blacksburg) Xerox Creativity in Design Award
Chesapeake District (Blacksburg) Competition Winner
2016
World Championship Entrepreneurship Award
Dean's List Finalist (Andrew Miller)
Chesapeake District Championship Engineering Inspiration Award
Chesapeake District (Doswell) Rockwell Automation Innovation In Control Award
Chesapeake District (Blacksburg) Engineering Inspiration Award
2015
Virginia Regional Finalist
Virginia Regional Rockwell Automation Innovation In Control Award
Dean's List Finalist (Uday Patil)
2014
Virginia Regional Engineering Inspiration Award
Virginia Regional Xerox Creativity Award
2013
Virginia Regional Engineering Inspiration Award
Virginia Regional Rockwell Automation Innovation In Control Award
2010
VCU Regional Treasurers Award
VCU Regional Website Award
Virginia Regional Finalist
2007
VCU NASA Regional Winning Alliance
Awards Descriptions
The Engineering Inspiration Award celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team's school and community.
The Creativity Award celebrates creativity and design, the use of components, or the strategy of play.
The Innovation in Control Award celebrates an innovative control system or application of control components–electrical, mechanical, or software–to provide unique machine functions.
The Website Award recognizes the team that develops and implements the most outstanding digital experience, marketing strategy, and rationale for digital channels to disseminate content to its audience and further the FIRST mission.
The Dean’s List Award celebrates outstanding student leaders whose passion for and effectiveness at attaining FIRST ideals is exemplary.
The Entrepreneurship Award celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit by recognizing a team that has developed the framework for a comprehensive business plan to scope, manage, and achieve team objectives.
The Gracious Professionalism Award celebrates outstanding demonstration of FIRST Core Values such as continuous Gracious Professionalism and working together both on and off the playing field.