Precision Guessworks has started making some noise in the local media. Here are some "clippings" from when PG has been in the news.

[...] Jefferson High School senior Joe Snedden said the techniques he has learned through FIRST has put him right on track.

"I start Purdue in the fall," he said. "And I want to make prosthetic body parts. I want to make robotic eyes so blind people can see."

Journal & Courier - Eric Weddle   March 21, 2009

 

I would like to thank the Purdue students who mentor the robotics teams for Harrison, Lafayette Jefferson and West Lafayette high schools. These Purdue students (members of Purdue FIRST Programs) took off Thursday and Friday to travel with the teams they mentor to Cleveland, Ohio, for a regional meet. Against 52 teams from seven states, the three local teams did well, each winning significant awards for their efforts [...] In fact, my son’s team from Harrison was in the group that won the exciting championship match; but far more meaningful to me was the way that the 50 or 60 high school students from three different schools in Tippecanoe County formed a block that cheered all three of “our” entries as they worked through the two days of competition. By the time the championship match came up, all the students from Jeff, Westside and Harrison were massed together chanting “Boiler Up!” and cheering for the Harrison robot. That show of unanimous support speaks volumes about the quality of the leadership of the three teams and the students on each of them.

I attribute this to the attitude that the FIRST Robotics League fosters, of “Gracious Professionalism” and to the Purdue mentoring group’s ability to implement that professionalism. Thanks to you for such a contribution to our high schools.

Purdue Exponent - Larry Theller March 5, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
By John Terhune/Journal & Courier--Miguel Gonzales, from left, mentor Matt Veldman and Nicolas Spoentgen of Boiler Precision Guessworks, team 1646 from Jefferson High School compete Friday, March 20, 2009, during the  [...] Boilermaker Regional at the Purdue University Armory.

By John Terhune/Journal & Courier--The Boiler Precision Guessworks robot of team 1646 from Jefferson High School Friday, March 20, 2009, during the [...] Boilermaker Regional at the Purdue University Armory.

 

The Boilermaker Regional also made it on Boiler Bytes: