Our 2010 Season Sponsors! Thank you Sponsors!!
Your support makes this team possible.
PLATINUM SPONSOR
BAE Systems is committed to education and skills development throughout its global business. Our ‘Brains’ robotic character helps interest young people in science
We believe it is vital that we help encourage more young people to consider careers in science and engineering.
In the US, we are involved in a range of activities, including the FIRST (for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology) program, an international engineering based competition. By taking part in FIRST high school students develop team-building and engineering skills by designing and building robots that can accomplish a range of tasks.
PLATINUM SPONSOR
NASA conducts its work in four principle organizations, called mission directorates:
* Aeronautics: pioneers and proves new flight technologies that improve our ability to explore and which have practical applications on Earth.
* Exploration Systems: creates new capabilities and spacecraft for affordable, sustainable human and robotic exploration.
* Science: explores the Earth, moon, Mars and beyond; charts the best route of discovery; and reaps the benefits of Earth and space exploration for society.
* Space Operations: provides critical enabling technologies for much of the rest of NASA through the space shuttle, the International Space Station and flight support.
PLATINUM SPONSOR
Henlines provides us the shop space to build out robots each year. There access to shop tools, and supplies is much appreciate. Without them, we would not have a place we can call “home”. Thank you Henline’s for giving us the space to build our robots.
GOLD SPONSOR
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) is a diversified company whose products include Carrier heating and air conditioning, Hamilton Sundstrand aerospace systems and industrial products, Otis elevators and escalators, Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, Sikorsky helicopters, UTC Fire & Security systems and UTC Power fuel cells.
Our local sponsor, UT Carrier Electronic Controls in Huntington, Indiana also provides us with engineering volunteers to mentor the students.
GOLD SPONSOR
Indiana Department of Workforce Development manages and implements innovative employment programs for Hoosiers, unemployment insurance systems, and facilitates regional economic growth initiatives for Indiana.
GOLD SPONSOR
National 4-H Council is the national, private sector non-profit partner of 4-H and the Cooperative Extension System. National 4-H Council focuses on fundraising; brand management; communications; legal and fiduciary support to national and state 4-H programs; and operation of the full-service National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Md., and the National 4-H Supply Service, the authorized agent for items bearing the 4-H Name and Emblem.
GOLD SPONSOR
GOLD SPONSOR
United REMC Operation Round Up provided an original grant to build “FRED” the police robot for the Huntington Police Department.
GOLD SPONSOR
Walmart.com is a lot like your neighborhood Wal-Mart store. We feature a great selection of high-quality merchandise, friendly service and, of course, Every Day Low Prices. We also have another goal: to bring you the best shopping experience on the Internet.
Founded in January 2000, Walmart.com is a subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Our headquarters is on the San Francisco Peninsula near Silicon Valley, where we have access to the world’s deepest pool of Internet executive and technical talent.
But we think of ourselves, first and foremost, as a retailer. So our ties to Bentonville, Ark. — where Sam Walton opened the first store that bore the Walton name and where Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is still based — give us our foundation. Read the Wal-Mart story.
GOLD SPONSOR
PHD is a premier manufacturer of pneumatically powered actuators that provides the automation in machines and devices used in a wide variety of industrial processes. With a worldwide distribution network, PHD products serve a very diverse range of markets that include OEMs, system integrators, users, and design houses. Known for robustness, precision, and extremely long life, PHD products keep customers’ machines running efficiently, profitably, and competitively.
Huntington University (www.huntington.edu) is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations, including computer science, mathematics, chemistry, biology, and digital media arts. U.S.News & World Report ranks Huntington among the top 20 comprehensive colleges in the Midwest. Founded in 1897, Huntington University is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in northeast Indiana.
Huntington University supplies us with lab use and is our spot for kickoff.
Happy Cats donates the marketing give outs that we hand out at our regional events. Without them, we wouldn’t have the neat things that set us apart and make us the team we are know as, Team THRUST, 1501.
