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18 SMT007 MAGAZINE I NOVEMBER 2023 Feature Video Interviews by Barry Matties I-CONNECT007 At the annual NW Electronics Design and Manufacturing Expo (NEDME) on Oct. 18, hosted at Tektronix in Beaverton, Oregon, and sponsored by the Electronics Manufac- turing Association and the Electronics Repre- sentatives Association, I met and interviewed students from one of the area's FIRST Robot- ics teams. e FIRST (For Inspiration and Recogni- tion of Science and Technology) Robotics program initially caught my attention during an IPC APEX EXPO, when FIRST founder Advice From High School Students Rae Wetzel and Logan King are members of Team 2898, The Flying Hedgehogs.