We are very pleased to become one of the sponsor of TEAM APHELION to take part in the yearly First Lego League Competition.
First Lego League is an International competition organised by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) for elementary and middle school students (age between 9~16)
Every year, First Lego League introduces a scientific and real-world challenge for the teams to research on. The challenge involves:
- the Robot Game
- the Robot Design
- the Project and
- the Core Values.
TEAM APHELION is the first team (in Negeri Sembilan) to take part in the First Lego League Competition. The team is formed by 10 persons (8 students from age 9 to 16 and 2 adult coaches).
Team Members
No.
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Name (Job)
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Role
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Experiences
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Exposure
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1
|
Sean Lam Chi Him
|
Strategic Planner
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10 years
|
Local & Int’l
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2
|
Bergmen ooi
|
Programmer
|
10 years
|
Local & Int’l
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3
|
Joey Lai Shan Xin
|
Researcher
|
8 years
|
Local
|
4
|
Evan Lew Wen Kai
|
Strategic Planner
|
11 years
|
Local & Int’l
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5
|
Wong Yong Onn
|
Technician
|
Newbies
|
Nil
|
6
|
Max Lim Feng Jie
|
Researcher
|
5 years
|
Local
|
7
|
Mok Jun Xi
|
Builder
|
5 years
|
Local
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8
|
Nicholas Quah Nien Fung
|
Builder
|
5 Years
|
Local
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COACHES / MENTORS
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1
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Lew Yoong Yee
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Mentor
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n/a
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n/a
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2
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Alison Lo
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Coach
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n/a
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n/a
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The team members consists of newbies and experienced students that participated in local and international robotic competitions since 2011, such as:
- National Robotics Competition, organised by Sasbadi, Malaysia
- World Educational Robotics Contest, organised by Abilix, China
And awards received by the team are:
- Best Teacher Awards and Best Innovation Award - NRC 2012 (Malaysia)
- Best Innovation Award and Fourth Placing - NRC 2013 (Malaysia)
- Third Placing - NRC 2014 (Malaysia)
- Best Innovation Award - WER 2016 (China)
- Participants - NRC 2016
- Champion - WER 2017 (China)
- 1st Runner's Up - NRC (Malaysia)
The project had started in September 2018 and the competition will be held in mid year of 2019.
