NOVA Robotics Team 1 wins design award at world competition

Northern Virginia Community College’s six-man Robotics Team 1 has won the design award at the VEX Robotics World Championship in Anaheim, Calif. The competition included 15,000 participants on 760 teams (elementary, middle, high, and college level) from 27 countries.

The team members include Andrew Bender, NIck Reeves and Matt Rheinstein, all of Woodbridge, Justin Dommer of Manassas, Oscar McCullough of Triangle and Jason Sanchez of Dumfries. The team earned the award in the VEXU division, which recognizes an outstanding engineering notebook based on these criteria:
• Engineering notebook is a clear, complete document of the team’s design and build process
• Team members are able to explain their design and strategy throughout the season
• Team demonstrates personnel, time and resource management throughout the season
• Teamwork and interview quality

NOVA Robotics is based at NOVA’s Woodbridge Campus but open to all NOVA students. It is an outgrowth of SySTEMic Solutions - NOVA’s STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) outreach program.