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Slideshow for Funding Proposal (CLICK HERE). Then, It will begin automatically.
ROBOT DESIGN:
Our robot will use gears, sensors, motors, and treads. It will be
capable of traveling difficult terrains and small, dark places.
The advantage of our design is that it will be small. The robotic arms
that we design will be able to perform more than one task. We will
use rotations and sensors to make turns.
We will also use rechargeable batteries. For the first time we’d
also like to use a solar panel, if the contest allows us to use it.
Please read the below stated funding proposal, then click above to view our slide show. Our resumes (which are a part of our funding proposal) are also stated below. They're posted separately for easier reading. Enjoy!
Our robot will use gears, sensors, motors, and treads. It will be
capable of traveling difficult terrains and small, dark places.
The advantage of our design is that it will be small. The robotic arms
that we design will be able to perform more than one task. We will
use rotations and sensors to make turns.
We will also use rechargeable batteries. For the first time we’d
also like to use a solar panel, if the contest allows us to use it.
Please read the below stated funding proposal, then click above to view our slide show. Our resumes (which are a part of our funding proposal) are also stated below. They're posted separately for easier reading. Enjoy!
Got Ice? Funding Proposal
Got Ice?: Robot Design Funding Proposal
I bet you’re wondering why you should choose to fund the robot for our team, “Got Ice?” . The reason is we’re not only inquisitive (see our team name), but we seek and find answers to our questions. Other reasons are that we’re bright, we work well together, and our robot will be awesome.
We’ve already begun to explore whether or not water/ice exists on the moon. We’d like to build a robot that is capable of exploring deep, dark craters. We’d also like to work with our mentor, Blaze Sanders, and his team JURBAN, a Lunar X Prize team, who has already developed ideas to discover and research water/ice on the moon. We have common goals of developing an outreach program that helps the economically disadvantaged and to further research water on the moon.
We named our team name, “Got ice?” in honor of LCROSS. On Oct 9, 2009 the LCROSS mission spacecraft verified the existence of water on the Moon in a crater named Cabeus by the south pole of the Moon! Lcross crashed into a crater, Cabeus, which is 60 miles wide and 2 miles deep. It contained water because its bottom is a frigid negative 365 ºF, cold enough to trap water. The crash carved out a hole 60 to 100 feet wide. When the material which was displaced from the crash was analyzed it was discovered that water was present! The scientists detected the water by seeing the colors of ultraviolet light associated with water.
Water is an important resource on the Moon. If water exists on the Moon it may be possible for humans to exist on the moon. The finding of water on the Moon may greatly enhance future space exploration. If the Moon could be used as a base to explore further into space, we could learn a great deal more about places in space we cannot currently reach. The “Got Ice? Team” would like to contribute to the knowledge of water on the Moon by building a robot and by further exploring water in the giant crater Canvin and the smaller crater Chanda.
The sponsors should not only fund our robot because seek and find answers to questions, but we will design an awesome robot. Our team likes to make small chassis. This will be an advantage in the contest, because we will be able to maneuver the robot to access tiny spaces. We will make a design that is efficient, the robot arms will accomplish more than one task, and we will find water ice and Helium 3 during our Moonbot mission.
Okay we admit we have never participated in Moonbots before, but we still feel that we will be able to accomplish our goal of winning the Moonbots Challenge. We work well together as a team. We are bright and have many skills that will be useful in the contest such as robotics, math, science and engineering. As members of the G-Force First Lego League team, we placed first on the Body Forward Challenge. As members of the G-Force National Science bowl team, we placed first on the engineering challenge. We were also members of the Glenfield group that was one of five winners in the Cedar Point K’nex Great Thrill Ride Build Off. Our group designed a roller coaster that used K’nex pieces, 4 motors, and 2 pulley systems. It was shipped from to Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio for Math and Science week and will remain on display there throughout the summer. To win, we had to build a working ride and explain how physics was applied to our roller coaster.
Brian Becker, Brian Cole, Chuckie Sutton, Asif Uddin , and Daniel Washington would be honored to be selected as a team to design a robot that can explore the moon in the Moonbots competition this summer.
Got Ice? Space Missions Patch
Check out our cool space missions patch. Do you like the Milky Way background? That's right earthlings. In the MILKy Way the better question is not "Got Milk?"; it's "Got Ice?"
Resume: Daniel Washington, Jr. Team Captain
About Me
I was born in Paterson, New Jersey. I am an incoming eighth grader at Glenfield Middle School. I enjoy robotics, hip-hop dancing, Michael Jackson dance impersonations, tae kwon do, gymnastics, video games, math, engineering, social studies and SCRABBLE.
Experience
Engineering
2011-present: Member of the G-Force Solar Powered Car Team- we built solar powered car from recyclables and competed in the 2011 Junior Solar Sprint.
2011: Member of the Glenfield CI Geometry group that was one of 5 winners in the national math contest, the Cedar Point k’nex Great Thrill Ride Build Off – We built a roller coaster that used 4 motors and 2 pulley systems.
2010-present: Captain of the G-Force National Science Bowl team – we competed at Princeton Physics Laboratory, Princeton University –we won engineering tasks for two consecutive years (2010 bridge building, 2011 towers). Our team placed 6th academically.
2009: Member of the Glenfield Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Team-we built a hydrogen fuel cell car team and competed in the 2009 National Science Bowl. Our team placed 5th academically.
2008-Member of the Science Olympiad team-we won 3rd place on the bridge building task.
Robotics
2011-present: Jr. Captain of the Got Ice? Team-We have just completed our Phase One requirements and hope to advance to Phase Two.
2009-present: Captain of the G-Force Robotics team for 3 years- This year we won the 2011 FLL Body Forward Challenge and advanced to the New Jersey State Championships.
I received my first NXT robot as a Christmas gift request in 2007. It’s one of my favorite gifts. I love to play with it in my spare time.
2008-Member of Science Olympiad team-we placed 3rd on our bridge building task.
Website
I will be working with Miles to update our Got Ice? website page moonbotsgotice.blogspot.com
I will also update the G-Force website page.
Mathematics
I completed the Algebra I High Honors High School course. Next year, I will take the Geometry High Honors High School course.
2009-2010: Member of the 24 Challenge Junior Varsity Team- I made it to the semi-finals both years.
2011: Member of the 24 Challenge Varsity Mathematics team
Additional Education
2010-present: Member of ROGATE-a program for gifted and talented students.
2009-present: Member of SAIL- a program for gifted and talented students
2009-2011: Honor Roll student
2009-2010: Member of the Literary Circle-We write stories and play SCRABBLE
2010-present-President(2011) of the Glenfield SCRABBLE Club-we play SCRABBLE
2007: 3rd Place team Northeast School Geography Bee
Music & Arts
2009-present: Member of Glenfield Jazz Band-I play the electric bass and the upright bass.
2009-present: Member of the Glenfield Orchestra- I play the electric bass and the upright bass. I also preformed a Michael Jackson solo to “Thriller”.
2010: 2nd place Glenfield Talent Show-I choreographed and performed a hip-hop dance routine for our group’s, The All Stars, talent show routine.
2007-2009: Member Northeast Band-I played the recorder, ukulele and electric bass.
Sports
2009-present: American Tae Kwon Do United (ATU) Champion for second degree black belts Poomsae Keumgang for three consecutive years.
20007-2009: Member of US Men’s Gymnastics Team (level 5 all-around gymnast)
2007-2009: Member of USAG
2008: USAG Gymnastics Vault Champion for New Jersey, level 5.
2007: Member of United Soccer Travel team-2007 champions
2005-present: Member of the Talium SWAT Team- We are the 2010 ATU Champions.
2003-present: Tae Kwon Do student at Grand Master Cho’s Talium. Currently, I am a 2nd degree black belt, but I will test for my 3rd degree belt in October.
Travel
I have traveled to South Korea, France, England, Canada, and the Continental US (New Jersey, New York, California, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois, Wisconsin)
Resume: Brian Cole
Brian Cole
I am going to 7th grade at Glenfield Middle School. I am interested in science, reading, snowboarding, lacrosse, and soccer. His favorite subject in school is math. I plan on going to college and want to major in Engineering and minor in PreMed. Then I would like to go to medical school to become an Orthopedic Surgeon and Engineer in the future.
Education:
Glenfield Middle School
Attending 7th grade in September
Honor Roll Student
Watchung Elementary School
Honor Roll Student
Awards / Extra Curricular Activities
· Participated on the G-Force Robotics Team in the Science Bowl Competition at The Princeton Plasma Physics Lab in 2011and my team won first place for the Engineering Challenge
· Plays soccer for Montclair United Soccer Club Raiders U12 Team for the past 3 years
· Plays lacrosse for Tristate 12 Gold Team
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Resume:Brian Becker
Brian Becker
Nat'l Junior Honor Society 2011.
Established Chess-a-palooza fundraiser for Kids Helping Kids Foundation
G-Force Robotics team
Glenfield Chorus
Glenfield school production of Crazy For You
Classical piano 2006-present
Resume: Asif Uddin
Asif Uddin
Objective:
To become science and technology leader by engaging in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills that inspire innovation, self confidence, communication and leadership.
Education:
Glenfield Middle School, 6th Grade.
Montclair, New Jersey.
Achievements:
• Won First Place in the Engineering Challenge at the New Jersey State Championships on G-Force National Science Bowl Team 2011.
• Won First Place in National Math Contest “Cedar Point K’NEX Great Thrill Ride Build off” in 2011.
• Received Award of Excellence in Anatomy / New Jersey Science Olympiad Regional and State Championship in 2011.
• Achieved Regional Championship Award from FLL (First Lego League) in 2010.
• Received High Honor Roll Award for Academic Excellence at Hillside and Glendfield Middle School 2010-2011.
• Won First Place in Spelling Bee Competition Hillside Elementary School for two years in row 2009/2010.
Computer Skills:
• Proficient with Microsoft Word and Internet.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Team Biography
Got Ice? Team Biography
- The name of our team is “Got Ice?” We (Brian Becker, Brian Cole, and Chuckie Sutton, Asif Uddin, Daniel Washington (Jr. Team Captain) picked this name, because we’d like to discover how much water/ice is present on the moon. Okay. We admit that drinking delicious, multi-flavored icees during robotics practice was another factor in our decision. We joined this competition for our love of robotics, science, and engineering and would love to advance in the Moonbots competition.
We enjoy working with robots and believe that robotics will yield many new discoveries. Robots can be used to find life on other planets or the moon and they can be used to see if earthly creatures can survive. We are curious about finding out if water/ ice is present on the moon so that humans and other animals can use it as a food and energy source. If necessary, we can move to another planet or the moon in response to a world wide disaster.
Our team is compromised of five male members who have won numerous awards (winner of the Cedar Point K’nex Great Thrill Ride Build Off, winner of the K’nex classroom challenge, winner the National Science Bowl team engineering challenge, winner of the Body Forward FLL Challenge, winner of the 5th grade spelling, 3rd place winner geography bee, national ATU champion for second degree black (poomsae keumgang), and member of the national ATU tae kwon do champion team). Our hobbies include engineering activities, lacrosse, soccer, tae kwon do, and gymnastics. Combined we have traveled to India, Mexico, England, France, Korea, Canada, Africa, Bermuda, Bangladesh, and the continental US (including Hawaii). We are eager to have many future explorations. Why not the moon? In the meantime, we’d like to all we can about the moon and robotics
Saturday, June 25, 2011
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