Amir Abo-Shaeer
Amir Muhsin Abo-Shaeer | |
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| Born | March 20, 1972 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Education | University of California, Santa Barbara (B.S. 1996, M.S. 1998, M.Ed. 2001) |
| Spouse | Emily Shaeer |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Muhsin Abo-Shaeer, Anita Bradford Abo-Shaeer |
| Engineering career | |
| Employer(s) | Santa Barbara School Districts |
| Projects | Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship (2010) |
Amir Muhsin Abo-Shaeer (Arabic: امير محسن ابو شعير; born March 20, 1972) is an American teacher and mechanical engineer. In 2001, during his first year of teaching, he established the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy (DPEA) on the Dos Pueblos High School campus. In addition to being the Director of the DPEA, he teaches physics, engineering, robotics, machining, and manufacturing. His focused outreach efforts have yielded 50% female student enrollment in the DPEA. He also ran FRC Team 1717 as part of the academy program. He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010. He is the first high school teacher to win the award, as well as the first FIRST mentor to win the award for work relating to FIRST robotics.