Woodie Claude Flowers was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His specialty areas were engineering design and product development; he held the Pappalardo Professorship and was a MacVicar Faculty Fellow.
Flowers gives his signature thumbs up at the 2006 FIRST Championship in Atlanta, Georgia
Flowers speaking at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington, D.C.
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is an international youth organization that operates the FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST LEGO League Challenge, FIRST LEGO League Explore, FIRST LEGO League Discover, and FIRST Tech Challenge competitions.
Founded by Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers in 1989, its expressed goal is to develop ways to inspire students in engineering and technology fields. Its philosophy is expressed by the organization as Coopertition and Gracious Professionalism.
FIRST also operates FIRST Place, a research facility at FIRST Headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire, where it holds educational programs and day camps for students and teachers.
"Barrage", Team 254's 2014 World Champion FIRST Robotics Competition robot
A 2007 FIRST Tech Challenge robot
'Power Puzzle' (2007) robot playing field and robot
The FIRST STEAMWORKS Field at the Menora Mivtachim Arena, 2017 Israel District Championship