Amir Abo Shaeer

Amir Muhsin AboShaeer is an American teacher and mechanical engineer. In 2001, during his first year of teaching, he established the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy 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 runs 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.

Shaeer was born in So Paulo, Brazil, where his father was teaching physics at the university. Before his first birthday, his family returned to Santa Barbara, where he has resided ever since.

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