Join our multiple award-winning robotics team and dive headfirst into the exciting world of robots! We are Peddie Robotics, also known as Team 5895, and we are all about teamwork. Our three student sub-teams – Engineering, Programming and Finance & Marketing – work in tandem to prepare for an incredible challenge: the annual FIRST Robotics Championship.
About FIRST
The FIRST Robotics Championship is a highly competitive and wildly exciting challenge that draws over 3,700 robotics teams across 28 countries. Each year, students design, build and program a robot optimized to complete the challenges set by FIRST, while cultivating sponsorships to ensure that the only limit on what they can do is their own imaginations.
Our team works out of the Izzo Design Laboratory: a state-of-the-art, 3,400 square foot building designed specifically for robotics. The engineering lab on the lower floor features advanced fabrication capabilities, including a CNC mill, CNC laser and 3D printer, while the upper floor serves as a practice field.
I came to Peddie for robotics. It’s probably the most transformative experience I’ve had. It’s cemented my love for engineering. It’s cemented my love of teamwork.”
Meet Our Robotics Mentors
Kevin Brown
Teacher
Director of Summer School
B.E., Cooper Union
M.S., University of London
kbrown@peddie.org
609-944-7658
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Kevin Brown P’25 joined Peddie in 2008. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in chemical engineering from Cooper Union, and his Master of Science in environmental management from University of London. Brown’s research experience includes work in nuclear chemistry for the US Department of Energy, chemical engineering for South Bank University in London and virology for Academia Sinica in Taipei. Previously he has also been business manager for a daily newspaper, presentation graphics specialist for an investment bank, as well as a dean and science teacher at Pace Academy in Atlanta. Brown is the director of Peddie Summer School, and is a mentor for Peddie’s FRC robotics team. He resides on campus with his wife, Maxine Brown (Counseling Department) and their two children.
Imad Labban
Teacher
M.B.A., Univ of Penn, Wharton
B.S., Duke University
ilabban@peddie.org
609-944-7539
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Imad Labban P’10 ’12 ’14 joined Peddie’s Mathematics Department and Robotics faculty in 2012. His previous work experience encompasses a variety of roles, including mechanical engineer for Saudi Aramco and managing director for Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital. Labban developed curriculum for financial markets and is a two-time recipient of the Dr. Wilbour Eddy Saunders Society Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching. He is investment advisor for the Peddie School Student Investment Committee (PSSIC), the YEC Business Club and is involved in Peddie’s FIRST Robotics Team. Labban spent three years on the Board of Trustees and is faculty chair for the Campaign Executive Committee.
