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Corporate Partners

Our Corporate Partners play an important role in our educational mission, providing resources for the program, internships for our students, and mentors for robotics. We have two levels of participation.

If your company would like to be a partner of the DP Engineering Academy, please contact us.

Founding Sponsors

The DPEA recognizes Founding Sponsors with the following:

Logo and description of support on the DPEA website and the Foundation website
Logo on the Team 1717 banners and in our competition "Pit"
Logo on the competition robot that travels to two California Regional competitions each year
Logo on the Team 1717 uniform, worn by team members and mentors to all competitions and local presentations (ten or more per year in the Santa Barbara area)
Corporate name included in the title of the Team 1717 in all competition literature

We will also provide lasting recognition to our founding sponsors with a plaque in the Conference Room of the new Elings Center for Engineering Education (scheduled to open in 2011!).

	Afar Communications designs and manufacturers wireless equipment in license-free bands used to deploy data and telemetry networks in demanding applications, including all race cars at NASCAR and Indy 500 events.
	Allergan, Inc. is a multi-specialty health care company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing innovative pharmaceuticals, biologics and medical devices that enable people to life life to its greatest potential - to see more clearly, move more freely, express themselves more fully.
	Amgen, a biotechnology pioneer, discovers, develops, and delivers innovative human therapeutics. Our medicines help millions of patients in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, bone disease, and other serious illnesses. With a deep and broad pipeline of potential new medicines, we continue to advance science to serve patients.
	ATK Space designs and manufactures solar arrays and other deployable structures for spacecraft and is recognized as a world leader in these technologies.
	Enerpro is a leader in the design and manufacture of motor and power supply control components and systems. They are specialists in power electronics control.
	FLIR Systems, Inc. is the global leader in infrared cameras, night vision and thermal imaging systems. Their products play pivotal roles in a wide range of industrial, commercial and government activities in more than 60 countries.
	Impulse Internet Services: A local provider of business telephone and Internet services, Impulse owns and manages one of the largest IP networks in California with conveniently located data centers and network gateways.
	Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Inc. (LCOGTN) is a privately funded, nonprofit organization that is creating a cutting edge science program with networks of completely robotic telescopes paired with a innovative education program.
	Lockheed Martin - Santa Barbara Focalplane is a world leader in the design, custom development and manufacture of multi-spectral, high speed, large format infrared focal plane array detectors, camera cores and complete imaging systems.
	lynda.com offers thousands of training videos on 3D, video, business, photography, web design, graphic design, and more to help people better understand and maximize their software. Our convenient, online subscription library offers unprecedented access to on-demand training in all the latest software from Adobe, Apple, Microsoft, and other top companies.
	Mentor Corporation is a leading supplier of medical products for the global aesthetic medicine market. The Company develops, manufactures and markets innovative, science-based products for aesthetics markets around the world.
	Montecito Bank & Trust is the oldest locally owned community bank founded in 1975, with branch offices located in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. The bank offers a variety of competitive deposit and lending solutions for businesses and consumers, and has a successful Wealth Management Division. Montecito Bank & Trust proudly supports the community in a variety of ways including unique giving programs like Anniversary Grants^SM and Community Dividends®, which annually gifts $1 million to more than 100 local nonprofits.
	Neal Feay Co. has grown from the manufacturing of jewelry and slide-rules in the 50's, to skateboards and medical instruments in the 70's, to high-end audio/video/home theater products in the 90's. It is a third-generation family-owned and operated business founded in 1944 by Neal Rasmussen, Sr. and now run by his son Neal and grandson Alex.
	Raytheon Goleta is an industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 80,000 people worldwide.
	Tecolote Research, Inc. is a leading provider of independent cost analysis and other complex financial management services to the Department of Defense (DoD) and Federal Government.
	Valley Precision Products (VPP), a family owned precision sheet metal and machine shop that provides quality products to the computer, electronic, and medical industries.