Amir Abo-Shaeer
Amir Muhsin Abo-Shaeer (Arabic: امر موهسين ابوسهايير; born March 20, 1972) is an American teacher and mechanical engineer.[6] He graduated from Dos Pueblos High School and attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he earned a B.S.He worked on research and development in academia, aerospace, and telecommunications before deciding to pursue a career in education.[10] On September 29, 2010, Congresswoman Lois Capps congratulated him on the floor of the United States House of Representatives for winning the MacArthur Fellowship.[11][12] The New York Times-bestselling author Neal Bascomb wrote a book chronicling Abo-Shaeer’s teaching and his 2009 FIRST robotics team’s competition season.