Students from Harford Technical High School and Aberdeen High School's Science and Mathematics Academy won top awards at the 2006 Chesapeake FIRST Regional Robotics Competition held March 17 and 18 at the Naval Academy in Annapolis.
The objective of the FIRST program is to nurture an appreciation of science and technology in students. The participants form teams and try to solve an engineering design problem. The project requires constructing a robot, an electrical system to operate it and a method for maneuvering it.
Seventeen students from Harford Tech were part of a three-team alliance that took top honors at the event. The students are seniors Rocky Dowell of Darlington, Brandon Jones of Havre de Grace, Lisa Pullin of Edgewood, Brian Ramsel of Joppa and Nicole Stugen of Aberdeen; juniors Robert Baker of Havre de Grace, Dominic Danna of Abingdon, Allen Dinan, Andrew Frank and Alex Morgan, all of Bel Air, Morgan Jones of Havre de Grace, Cody Millette of Forest Hill and Tommy Saulsbury of Street; sophomores Nick Clark and Joseph McClure, both of Bel Air; and freshmen Sean DeSchepper of Bel Air and Patrick Trzeciak of Aberdeen.
