A picture of a Cougar mixed with gears and the words; Cougartech FIRST Team 2228

Members

Captains

Dibyansi

Team Captain
Dance, Baking, Reading

Pi
Mr. Albin

Pursue an undergrad in neuroscience and go on to medical school.


“Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail”


Sydney

Vice Team Captain
Gaming, hanging out w/ my friends, crocheting, and playing music.

The miniature lawnmower robots.
I've always loved robotics, I did FLL and FRC at my old high school.

I want to become a forensic entomologist!


"What?" - The Doctor


Directors

Bridgette

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

Perseverance Rover
I had a sibling that was in robotics

Not to die and to go to college

Kaylee

Operations Lead
Writing, accounting, DECA, clubs, and volunteering.

Rho
I thought it would be fun.

To become an Aerospace Engineer.

Drafting

Andy

Lead
Racing cars, building Legos, and playing video games.

Marvin The Paranoid Robot
I joined the team for the challenge of building a robot, but mostly to make friends and meet people!

To get into collage and build race cars for a living.


"HONEY! WHERES MY SUPER SUIT!?!?" -Frozone


William

member
Reading and doing jigsaw puzzles.

Wanted to practice doing CAD work and my sister was on the team.

Develop CAD skills and learn if CAD is what I want to do for a living.


Hexagons are best-agons.


Electrical

Giles

Subteam Lead
wires, wires, wires

Roomba
wires

join the igKnighters


"oh no my teddy grams"


Caleb

Member
Being an absolute baller, and skiing

Bender
To make robot go

Survive Spanish 3

Elayna

Member
Costume crew, sleeping.

Fender Pinwheeler
Peer pressure from my greatest most wonderful friend ever.

College

Costa

Member
stuff

Rho (2022-2023 Cougartech robot)
Because I was in Lego First and I enjoyed it so I continued it this year

To survive.

Austin

Member
I love STEM and robotics related stuff. Through the team, I wish to gain more hands on learning experiences.

Become a computer engineer.

Mechanical

Lita

Member
Creating, Music + Arts, Mechanics, Reading.

Ultron
I was dragged unwillingly.

Work towards creating sustainable energy and integrate clean hydrogen energy into everyday use to eliminate extreme carbon emissions.


I intend to live and be heard, not just exist and be seen!


Alex

Member

Ethan

Member
Harassing my brother and video games

Terminator
My brother was here

Not a single clue

Gavin

Project Manager
Building things, playing video games.

BD-1 From Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order/Survivor
My sister roped me in right out of Middle School, and I wanted to build things.

Going into some form of Mechanical Engineering Field.

Sam

Member

Isaac

Subteam Lead
Watching survivor

Zamboni
Tax right offs.

Expanding my ball knowledge.


“That's money $” Scottie


Adrian

Member
Baymax
Ariel recommended it, and it sounded really cool

College

Bryson

Member
Rc cars and fishing.

Hands on projects

Being an auto mechanic.

Albert

Member
Food

Writing

Michael

member
Blacksmithing, wood working, small engine mechanics, gaming and building.

the old Cougartech parade bot
because i liked FLL and enjoy caff.. working with my hands

To be a tradesman and work to make money to live comfortably.


"do something, idk" somebody


Ethan

member
milrem type x
family

college maybe

Willow

Programming

Grayson

Member
Gaming, DND, Tennis, Skiing.

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

Go to college for Comsci


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


Richard

Subteam Lead
Tennis

Rho
Friends, robotics.

Collage


"We're a robotics team, we make stuff" -Andy


Issac

Member
Programming; drawing, painting, sketching, etc.; reading (in great excess); and researching random things.

Thus far, Rho. It was a very capable bot. However, I myself have a bias for Rho, as I participated in its construction and programming.
I wanted to join to learn. Programming has interested me since I was first introduced to computers (Rust is amazing). I was also made aware of some opportunities available through the team and through FIRST.

I wish to go to the Rochester Institute of Technology after graduation and get my Bachelor's (at least) in Computer Science, with a double minor in Game Design and American Sign Language.


"Yeah, you were right. There are a LOT of ways to do one thing in Perl."


Safety

Abby

Safety Captain
Tennis, scrapbooking, and card games.

Wall-e
All my family were part of it.

Early elementary teacher.

Community and Outreach

Arielle

Community & Outreach Mana
FTC, Viola, Guitar, Reading

K-9
Mainly because I’m a nerd.

I want to attend college for Aerospace Engineering and Astrophysics.


“Sometimes life gives you roses, sometimes it gives you bombs” - Mr. Stottler


Finance

Alex

Member
Gaming, camping, DND.

Xi
I learned about it at a fall open house and it seemed cool.

Go to college for computer science.

Max

Subteam Lead
idk

idk


"sigma sigma on the wall who's the skibidiest of them all"


Media and Design

Tali

Member
Reading and drawing.

Rho
I love art and graphic design!

Study biology at a college.


"CougarTech more like cool as heck" -Andy


Mady

Subteam Lead
Tennis, tennis, science, and more tennis.

RhoBot
Bribery and it was fun.

Nursing

Abby

Member
Model UN, drawing, and reading.

Rho
Purely just interested.

Go to college and study criminal or criminal justice.


"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are."- Kurt Cobain


Lorelei

member
Riding horses, skateboarding, listening to music.

To have a hobby, be part of a team, and to make friends.

I wanna go to college from cosmetology or business and then start my own hair salon if I can.

Website and Social Media

Luke

Webmaster (Sub Team Lead)
Reading books, videogames, mountain biking, hiking

GLaDOS
One day I decided I wanted to do stuff with websites now here I am.

College


"Dark humor is like food, not everybody gets it" - Joseph Stalin, probably


Technical Mentors

Bob Carter

Mechanical

Dan Farnam

Motors, controls, programming, networking, safety, project management
Scouting, Boy Scouts, hiking & travel.
BB8
The rest of my family were all members so I decided to join in the fun and bring my technical knowledge with me
See my kids grow up and go to college then I can retire and travel


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


Erik VanBork

Fluid systems, embedded controls, lean manufacturing
Boy scouts
The Mars rover Opportunity
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
To help students find their life ambition through doing


The fewer moving parts, the better


Gary Stottler

Mechanical engineering, car repair
School Board
R2D2
I love building things and teaching others to build
Help the team win competitions, see students learn skills and confidence


Never be afraid to take things apart!


Jaime Lange

Travel, plan travel, creative stuff
My kids are on the team and I enjoy mentoring FIRST

Jeff Lange

Software
Inspiration
Sharing my experience and joy of development with students

Ken Symons

Mechanical
R2D2
My son joined so I thought I would too


Simple solutions are the best solutions


Ken Simpson

I make parts out of one's and zeroes
I'll let you know when I find some
It's Robitics?!

Ralph Arbelo

Information Technology is my area of expertise for the team I assemble field elements and help out where needed
I like to run, hike and hang out with my family
My daughter joined, so I thought I'd help out

Steve Vukosic

Organization, electrical and mechanical background
Spend time with friends and family
My son is on the team, plus I have a general interest in youth programs and I am an Engineer

Tim Heywood

Electrical
Astronomy, hiking, travel
James Webb Space Telescope
My kids on the team

Operations Mentors

Bonnie Coddington

Logistics
Scouting BSA
R2D2
Love working with kid after spending 3 years with Legos, I wanted more!
Send my kids to the college of their choice so they can support me in my retirement


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

Woodworking, HTML, CSS, ASP, Javascript, .NET, Philosophy
Raising children
Claudia tricked me and it sounded like fun
Raise 2 successful women


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


Erinn Camp

Balancing the non-STEM side of things
Collect permission slips from team members who don't read due dates
Why WOULDN'T I join this amazing team?!?

Geoffrey Gretton

Decorated ceramics
Support my kid

Larry Roth

Agility training with my Border Collie
A friend of mine is a mentor and he told me about how much fun FIRST was and how rewarding being a mentor is

Sponsors

GM - (General Motors) Xerox LSI Solutions Bob Johnson Chevrolet Jessica Chevrolet Safran SouthCo Han-Tek Pittsford Federal Credit Union McQuillen Manufacturing Lattimore Physical Therapy Adaptec Stottler Development LLC Wegmans Weiders Day Automation Toshiba Business Solutions Fusion Digital Mindex Ruck's Pizza Kitchen Honeoye Falls - Lima, Central School District blank image