Members

Leadership
Technical
Operations
Mentors

Captains

Dibyansi

Position: Team Captain

Sydney

Position: Vice Team Captain
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: -
Reason for Joining:

Future Goals:

Drafting

Andy

Position: Member
Favorite Robot: Roh (Past 2228 Robot)
Reason for Joining:

I've always wanted to do robotics ever since going to see a FRC competition in elementary school

Future Goals:

I want to be a motorsport mechanic

Peter

Position: Member
Favorite Robot: The parade bot
Reason for Joining:

I like CAD and want to do it more

Electrical

Giles

Position: Subteam Lead
Favorite Robot: Baymax
Reason for Joining:

I like robots

Caleb

Position: Member
Other Activities:

Being an absolute baller, and skiing

Favorite Robot: Bender
Reason for Joining:

To make robot go

Future Goals:

Survive Spanish 3

Elayna

Position: Member
Other Activities:

Theater, soccer

Favorite Robot: Fender Pinwheeler
Reason for Joining:

Peer pressure from my greatest most wonderful friend ever

Future Goals:

Survive

Costa

Position: Member
Favorite Robot: Roh (Past 2228 Robot)
Reason for Joining:

Because I was in Lego First and I enjoyed it so I continued it this year

Future Goals:

I have not decided yet

Mechanical

Bridgette

Position: Technical Director
Other Activities:

I am in a lot of clubs and I also enjoy baking from time to time

Favorite Robot: Perseverance Rover
Reason for Joining:

I had a sibling that was in robotics

Future Goals:

Not to die and to go to college

Lita

Position: Member
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: -
Reason for Joining:

Future Goals:

Alex

Position: Member

Ethan

Position: Member
Other Activities:

Harassing my brother and video games

Favorite Robot: Terminator
Reason for Joining:

My brother was here

Future Goals:

Not a single clue

Gavin

Position: Project Manager
Other Activities:

Building things

Favorite Robot: BB-8
Reason for Joining:

The open house and family

Future Goals:

Not 100% sure yet

Sam

Position: Member

Isaac

Position: Subteam Lead
Reason for Joining:

I love robots

Future Goals:

I want to go to art school

Adrian

Position: Member
Favorite Robot: Baymax
Reason for Joining:

Ariel recommended it, and it sounded really cool

Future Goals:

College

Bryson

Position: Member
Favorite Robot: R2-D2
Reason for Joining:

My friend Richard Swan said I would be good at mechanical

Future Goals:

Go to trade school and work on cars

Programming

Grayson

Position: Member
Other Activities:

Gaming, DND, Tennis, Skiing.

Favorite Robot: -Rho
Reason for Joining:

-Wanted to learn code, all I got was this T-shirt.

Future Goals:

Go to college for Comsci

Quote:

"Debugging is like being the detective in a crime movie where you are also the murderer."

Richard

Position: Subteam Lead
Favorite Robot: Robots we make real time
Reason for Joining:

To make robots and have fun

Future Goals:

College

Issac

Position: Member
Favorite Robot: GladOS How is your day going? Because I'm a potato
Reason for Joining:

Experience with programming

Future Goals:

Collage

Safety

Abby

Position: Safety Captain
Other Activities:

Unified basketball, safety, Tennis, Model UN, and baby-sitting

Favorite Robot: The claw from Toy Story
Reason for Joining:

Family relations

Community and Outreach

Arielle

Position: Community & Outreach Mana
Other Activities:

Guitar, Viola, FTC

Favorite Robot: K-9
Reason for Joining:

I've always wanted to be part of a robotics team, so when I heard about this one I had to join

Future Goals:

Aerospace Engineering + Physics

Finance

Alex

Position: Member
Other Activities:

Troop 10 Boy Scouts, Math Club

Favorite Robot: Xi
Reason for Joining:

I wanted to get more experience with programming

Future Goals:

Possibly RIT for something based around IT

Max

Position: Subteam Lead
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: -
Reason for Joining:

Future Goals:

Kaylee

Position: Member
Favorite Robot: Our robot
Reason for Joining:

I love finance and engineering, and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to combine my passions!

Future Goals:

I hope to double-major in Biomedical and Aerospace engineering and minor in finance and business, eventually working to earn my PhD and create innovative products

Media and Design

Tali

Position: Member
Other Activities:

I enjoy reading

Favorite Robot: Grumbot
Reason for Joining:

My brother was on the team, and my friends were going to join

Future Goals:

I would like to be a vet

Mady

Position: Subteam Lead
Other Activities:

Play tennis, DnD

Favorite Robot: -
Reason for Joining:

Peer pressure

Future Goals:

Biochemist

Website and Social Media

Luke

Position: Webmaster (Sub Team Lead)
Favorite Robot: GLaDOS (yes I like sarcastic robots)
Reason for Joining:

I am interested in computers, so I wanted to try website design

Future Goals:

I am not so sure yet

Technical Mentors

Richard Nashburn

Future Goals:

Retire and move south

Quote:

Working with the students has been incredibly rewarding seeing the kids learn new skills and being challenged to think in new ways I especially enjoy seeing students who do not think that they can perform a task overcoming their doubts

Bob Carter

Area of Expertise:

Mechanical

Dan Farnam

Area of Expertise:

Motors, controls, programming, networking, safety, project management

Activities:

Scouting, Boy Scouts, hiking & travel.

Favorite Robot:

BB8

Join Reason:

The rest of my family were all members so I decided to join in the fun and bring my technical knowledge with me

Future Goals:

See my kids grow up and go to college then I can retire and travel

Quote:

An invaluable step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual

Erik VanBork

Area of Expertise:

Fluid systems, embedded controls, lean manufacturing

Activities:

Boy scouts

Favorite Robot:

The Mars rover Opportunity

Join Reason:

My children joined the team and I started Mentoring they've graduated (one's an EE and the other is an ME) and I just hang around for the fun

Future Goals:

To help students find their life ambition through doing

Quote:

The fewer moving parts, the better

Gary Stottler

Area of Expertise:

Mechanical engineering, car repair

Activities:

School Board

Favorite Robot:

R2D2

Join Reason:

I love building things and teaching others to build

Future Goals:

Help the team win competitions, see students learn skills and confidence

Quote:

Never be afraid to take things apart!

Jaime Lange

Activities:

Travel, plan travel, creative stuff

Join Reason:

My kids are on the team and I enjoy mentoring FIRST

Jeff Lange

Area of Expertise:

Software

Favorite Robot:

Inspiration

Join Reason:

Sharing my experience and joy of development with students

Ken Symons

Area of Expertise:

Mechanical

Favorite Robot:

R2D2

Join Reason:

My son joined so I thought I would too

Quote:

Simple solutions are the best solutions

Ken Simpson

Area of Expertise:

I make parts out of one's and zeroes

Activities:

I'll let you know when I find some

Join Reason:

It's Robitics?!

Matt Webster

Area of Expertise:

Pneumatics

Activities:

I enjoy hiking, camping, canoeing and basically all things outdoors I also collect hobbies including woodcarving, orienteering, crochet etc

Join Reason:

My kids were on the team, and I work in the automation industry I love what I do and this just seemed like a great fit that allowed me to spend time with my kids and share my experience with the team

Michael Guglielmo

Area of Expertise:

Electrical, scouting, industrial engineering

Favorite Robot:

Theta

Ralph Arbelo

Area of Expertise:

Information Technology is my area of expertise for the team I assemble field elements and help out where needed

Activities:

I like to run, hike and hang out with my family

Join Reason:

My daughter joined, so I thought I'd help out

Steve Vukosic

Area of Expertise:

Organization, electrical and mechanical background

Activities:

Spend time with friends and family

Join Reason:

My son is on the team, plus I have a general interest in youth programs and I am an Engineer

Tim Heywood

Area of Expertise:

Electrical

Activities:

Astronomy, hiking, travel

Favorite Robot:

James Webb Space Telescope

Join Reason:

My kids on the team

Operations Mentors

Bonnie Coddington

Area of Expertise:

Logistics

Activities:

Scouting BSA

Favorite Robot:

R2D2

Join Reason:

Love working with kid after spending 3 years with Legos, I wanted more!

Future Goals:

Send my kids to the college of their choice so they can support me in my retirement

Quote:

I love working with the kids I enjoy watching them grow, learn from the experiences, and become young adults with a focus the biggest reward for me is seeing the students proud and excited with their accomplishments

Dan Albin

Area of Expertise:

Woodworking, HTML, CSS, ASP, Javascript, .NET, Philosophy

Activities:

Raising children

Join Reason:

Claudia tricked me and it sounded like fun

Future Goals:

Raise 2 successful women

Quote:

It's great to see how much can be accomplished when a bunch of high school students get together and work hard I am constantly impressed with their work effort and level of skill this program is a great head start for some very bright kids