User:MaiKangWei

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Clem McKown - Mentor FRC 1640 (2006-); Head Mentor FRC 1640 (2008-2018); President DAR (2011-2023)

Clem McKown
I have been a mentor for FRC Team 1640 starting with the 2006 (Aim High) season. Since 2008, I've served as Head Mentor for FRC 1640 and President of Downingtown Area Robotics. Our FTC program was launced in the summer of 2013. The key competencies which I bring to FRC are Project Management, Team Leadership, Mechanical Design, CAD skills and perserverence. Following the 2018 competition season, I stepped down from the Head Mentor position, remaining as Design Mentor.

I studied Chemistry at SUNY @ Stony Brook, Chemical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark NJ) and completed the Technology Management Program at CalTech's Industrial Relations Center.

I am retired. In my previous day-job, I was Director Business Development - Thiochemicals for Arkema, Inc., based in King of Prussia PA. I worked for Arkema (and predecessor companies) from early 1985, starting as a Process Engineer, through the end of 2019. My career in Arkema has been focused on developing new products and businesses, both from the technology and business sides. I have a passion for creating new products and businesses, which my job allows me to pursue.

My user name, mài kāng wēi (迈康威) was my given Chinese name. During 2003-4, I worked for about a year and a half in Qinhuangdao as a Project Manager.

Hobbies are photography, bicycling and (of course) mentoring robotics. I have useful language skills in German and Mandarin and am studying French.

I am the Father of three daughters who graduated from the Downingtown Area School District. All have participated in robotics. My eldest, Amber, together with Paul Sabatino, brought me into robotics. I'm afraid I'm hooked now, even though my daughters have all graduated from University (all from RPI).

Volunteering for FIRST Events

2019 FRC Volunteer Tags
Volunteers play a critical role in FIRST. All events run on volunteer effort.

Awards

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  • 2018 - FIRST Mid-Atlantic's Don Bowers Inspiration Award
  • 2015 - Arkema Inc's Thiochemicals Above and Beyond award.
  • 2015 - Arkema Arena Award Finalist - The award is inspired by Theodore Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" quotation from his speech on "Citizenship in a Republic" delivered at the Sorbonne - 23-April-1910.
  • 2012 - the American Chemical Society's 2012 Hero of Chemistry award for scientific discovery, technical development, and commercial implementation of Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition technology for the production of high performance window glass.
  • 2011 - the Paladin® Team received Arkema's Innovation Award for the registration of Paladin® and launch of this new business.
  • 2011 - Arkema Inc's Chairman's Award & Thiochemicals Above and Beyond award.
  • 2006 - Arkema Inc's Thiochemicals Above and Beyond award for the transfer of sulfonyls manufacturing to a new platform.
  • 2004 - Yanzhao (燕赵) Friendship Award from the Hebei Provincial Government, Peoples Republic of China for the startup of the world's first turn-key on-line low emissivity coating system at our customer's plant in Qinhuangdao (秦皇岛).
  • 1994 - Elf Innovation Award from Elf Aquitaine S.A. (a parent/predecessor company of Arkema) for the technical & commercial development of low emissivity coating technology.

Robots

Where I've Been (International)

  • On Great Wall (长城), JiaoShan, ShanHaiGuan (角山, 山海关)
    China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Qinhuangdao, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Kunming, Xian, Suzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Dalian, Shijiazhuang, Shaoxing, Shanhaiguan, Beidaihe, Jin City, Shantou, Dongshandao, Xiamen, Yangqing Xian, Wuyuan Xian)
  • France (Paris, Lyon, Pau, Lescar, Lacq, Limoges, Nîmes, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Compiègne, Lourdes, Chambord, Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion, Sauternes, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Oloron-Ste-Marie, Mauléon-Château Licharre, Les Baux, Glanum, Chartres, Laruns, Eaux-Chaudes, Artouste, Sauveterre-de-Béarn, Mont Saint-Michel, Bayeux, Arthez-de-Béarn, Bayonne)
  • Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, Matsuzaka City, Nara, Kobe, Himiji, Osaka, Nagoya)
  • The Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Maastricht, Eindhoven, Kinderdijk, Vlissingen, Middelburg, Goes, Bergen-op-Zoom, Zierikzee, Arnhem)
  • Germany (Düsseldorf, Essen, Braunschwieg, Saarbrücken, Köln, Frankfurt-am-Main, Hamburg, Mainz, Kronach)
  • South Korea (Seoul, Inchon, Busan, Suwon, Yoju, Goje Island, Ulsan, Gyeongju, Changwon, Haman, Masan, Jeonju, Sicheon, Jinju, Seongju, Daegu, Buyeo, Gwangju, Muan)
  • Belgium (Brussels, Charleroi, Bruges, Antwerp, Moustier, Jumet, Waterloo)
  • Malaysia (Johor Bahru, Penang, Kuala Lumpur)
  • Australia (Melbourne, Adelaide)
  • Antwerp-bound Freighter on Westerschelde off Vlissingen (The Netherlands) at sunset
    Turkey (Istanbul, Antalya, Ankara, Adana, Kumluca)
  • Spain (Barcelona, Jaca, Totana, Mazarrón, Alicante)
  • Singapore
  • Luxembourg
  • Russia (Moscow)
  • United Kingdom (London, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Manchester, Harrogate, Yorkshire Downs, York, St. Helens, Ormskirk)
  • Austria (Vienna)
  • Denmark (Copenhagen)
  • Norway
  • Finland (Helsinki, Tampere)
  • Portugal
  • Italy
  • Switzerland
  • Thailand (Bangkok)
  • Indonesia (Jakarta)
  • Israel
  • South Africa
  • Canada
  • Mexico (Monterrey, Mexico City, Cancún, Guadalajara, Zamora, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi)
  • Brazil
  • Argentina (Buenos Aires, Iguazu, La Plata, Mar Del Plata)
  • Venezuela
  • Bahamas
  • Lebanon
  • Kenya
  • Morocco (Casablanca, Rabat, Agadir, Tiznit, Legzira, Sidi Ifni)
  • India (Mumbai, Pune, Mahabaleshwar, Wai)
  • Guatemala (Guatemala City, Zacapa)
  • Greece (Heraklion)
  • Palestine (Hebron, Ramallah, Qalqilyah)

Where I've Been (U.S.)

  • Center-City Philadelphia on a snowy morning
    New York - where I grew up
  • New Jersey - lived 11 years here
  • Pennsylvania - where I live
  • Vermont
  • New Hampshire
  • Connecticut
  • Rhode Island
  • Massachusetts
  • Maryland
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia
  • Kentucky
  • Tennessee
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Georgia
  • Florida
  • Alabama
  • Louisiana
  • American Painted Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) Butterfly
    Texas
  • Oklahoma
  • California
  • Oregon
  • Washington
  • Idaho
  • Hawaii
  • Ohio
  • Michigan
  • Wisconsin
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Nevada
  • Colorado
  • Arizona
  • Delaware
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Utah
  • Missouri
  • Minnesota
  • District of Columbia
  • New Mexico
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