SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 44
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
recognize Texas Torque, FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1477,
which recently won the 2013 For Inspiration and Recognition of
Science and Technology world championship in Saint Louis,
Missouri; and
WHEREAS, The Texas Torque team is led by mentor and science
teacher Scott Rippetoe, and its members are students from College
Park, The Woodlands, and Oak Ridge High Schools in the Conroe
Independent School District; and
WHEREAS, The FIRST Robotics Competition is an annual
challenge that draws contestants from all over the world; this
year's competition required teams to construct and program a
robot that could shoot flying discs through a goal and then climb
a pyramid; each team is sent a set of parts with which to build
its robot over a six-week period, and the teams progress through
regionals and to the finals if they build a successful robot; and
WHEREAS, In the finals, the teams form three-team
alliances that compete against other alliances to score points;
in addition to requiring advanced science, mathematics, and
engineering skills, the competition stresses planning and
teamwork, and teams must be able to identify their own weaknesses
in order to choose alliance partners that complement their skills
in the final rounds; and
WHEREAS, Texas Torque was allied in the divisional finals
with Theory6 and The Coyotes, both from Ontario, Canada, to form
the Blue Alliance, which won the competition; and
WHEREAS, Students handled all aspects of Texas Torque's
efforts, which included mechanical construction, computer-aided
design, electronics, programming, brand design, fund-raising,
community outreach, and media and public relations; and
WHEREAS, These young scholars have worked hard and
demonstrated outstanding abilities over the course of the
competition, and they can be proud of their well-deserved
victory; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Texas
Torque, FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1477, on their recent
world championship victory as a member of the 2013 Winning
Alliance; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
the team as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.
Williams
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on June 12, 2013.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate