CITY OF FRESNO
Office of Council Vice President Tyler Maxwell
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ JERRY DYER, Honorable Mayor NELSON ESPARZA, Council President
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ TYLER MAXWELL, Council Vice President ESMERALDA SORIA, Councilmember, District 1
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ MIKE KARBASSI, Councilmember, District 2 MIGUEL ARIAS, Councilmember, District 3
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ LUIS CHAVEZ, Councilmember, District 5 GARRY BREDEFELD, Councilmember, District 6
Is Hereby Presented To:
World Championship Competitors: Duncan
Dynamics Robotics, Team 3970
WHEREAS, Duncan Dynamic Robotics earned finalist awards at the two regional competitions and a wild card invitation to the FIRST FRC Championships in Houston, Texas . Their performance during the championships led them to be chosen as the first robot pick by Alliance 8 in the Galileo Division, where they were defeated in the quarter finals by the eventual world champion Alliance 1; and
WHEREAS, The Duncan Dynamics robotics team offers students practical experience using tools, equipment, programming, and computer-aided design to prepare them for post-secondary experiences and careers; and
WHEREAS, Duncan Polytechnical High School is a magnet school open to all students within Fresno Unified and surrounding school districts. Every Duncan student takes 4 years of career technical education courses in addition to their academic courses, so they are eligible and ready to take on post-secondary opportunities or move into high-skill, high-demand careers upon graduation; and
WHEREAS, This year, the Duncan Dynamics Robotics team dedicated more than 2,300 hours outside of the school day designing, building, testing, redesigning, and validating their robot design for competition. Many students logged more than 300 hours after school during the 4-month build season; and
WHEREAS, The Duncan Dynamics team members include: Robert Capps, Toby Ens, Kayla Her, Alex Lee, Xavier Romero, Ryan Rosas, Stephan Padilla, Kethan Souvannarath, George Vang, David Wells, Ethan Yang, Yinggi Yang. Their team is grateful to their mentors, 5 of whom are returning Duncan alumni and their teacher advisor, Douglas Urabe. The mentors invested over 1,400 hours in their students this season; and
WHEREAS, All students on the team are in Duncan’s Innovative Design and Applied Technology Academy and range from grades 9 through 12. This was the first time many of these students participated in a robotics competition.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Mayor and Fresno City Council , do kkkkhereby commend the Duncan Dynamics Robotics team on their performance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed the Great Seal of the City of Fresno, California, this 26th day of May of the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Two.