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D'Penguineers

FIRST Robotics Competition
1717 - D'Penguineers
Full nameRaytheon / Valley Precision Products / Allergan Foundation / Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope / ATK Space / Enerpro, Inc. / Tecolote Research, Inc. / Lockheed Martin / FLIR Systems / AFAR Communications Inc. / The Neal Feay Company/ Montecito Bank and Trust / Venoco Inc. / Impulse Inc. / Lynda.com/ Santa Barbara County ROP & Dos Pueblos High School Engineering Academy/
Nickname(s)D'Penguineers
OrganizationDos Pueblos High School
Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy
DirectorAmir Abo-Shaeer
Events attendedLos Angeles
San Diego
Arizona
Sacramento
Galileo Division (FIRST Championship)
Curie Division (FIRST Championship)
Events results
2007
  • San Diego Regional Finalist
2008
  • San Diego Regional Winner
  • Los Angeles Regional Winner
  • Championship Division Finalist
  • Sacramento Regional Winner
  • Los Angeles Regional Finalist
  • Championship Division Finalist
  • San Diego Regional Finalist
  • Los Angeles Regional Winner
  • Championship Division QF
  • San Diego Regional SF
  • Los Angeles Regional Finalist
  • Championship Qualified
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Best resultChampionship Division Finalists (2008, 2009)
WebsiteDPEngineering.org

Team 1717, D’Penguineers, were a FIRST Robotics team associated with the Dos Pueblos High School Engineering Academy (DPEA) in Goleta, California. D’Penguineers have won multiple awards at the regional and international levels of the FIRST Robotics Competition,[2] and participate regularly in outreach programs for junior high and elementary schools. The team was highlighted in the book The New Cool.[3]

  1. ^ "D'Penguineers - Team 1717 - The Blue Alliance". The Blue Alliance. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  2. ^ D'Penguineers - Team 1717 (2012) - The Blue Alliance
  3. ^ "The New Cool | DPEA". Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-11-07.