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FIRST and Team 228 are about more than just robots. Although our team has been a relatively small one (with less than twenty students and seven mentors) for the past several years, our team has been likened to one big family. Most of our team members are good friends, and everyone loves coming to robotics.

One of the great things about Team 228 are our adult mentors, who come from a diverse background of professions including mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, high school teacher (physics), machining and more. Without the invaluable experience provide by our team mentors, our team would not be able to exist.

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Students • Alumni • Mentors

Alumni

Jessica Morin

What is your name and/or nickname?
Jessica Morin; Jess
What school do (or did) you attend?
Platt High School
What is your position on the team?
College Mentor, Team Spirit
When did you join the team?
2002
Why did you join our team?
Family involved
Do you have any favorite websites?
www.mtv.com
What is your favorite television show, movie, or video game?
Viva la Bam
What is your favorite food and/or beverage?
Iced tea

Samantha Harkness

What is your name and/or nickname?
Samantha Harkness; Samm
What school do (or did) you attend?
Wilcox Tech High School
What is your position on the team?
College Mentor
When did you join the team?
2003
Why did you join our team?
Heard about it on the announcements and thought it would be interesting.
What are your intersts or hobbies?
MUSIC!!!! Volleyball, Singing, Dance-ing, Softball, Cheerleading, Dirt Bike Racing, Hockey, Being really active, Robots, Science, Machines, Trucks, Design, Drawing & Free Writing….
While in school, which class is your favorite?
Science / Chemistry
Do you have any favorite websites?
ChiefDelphi.com
What is your favorite television show, movie, or video game?
Don’t watch much….
What is your favorite book?
A Million Little Pieces, Lucky, The Phantom Tollbooth, and Out of the Dust.
What is your favorite vegetable?
Carrots
What is your favorite food and/or beverage?
Root Beer and SNAPPLE!!!!!! and Chx. Parm., ICE CREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Arthur Dutra

What is your name and/or nickname?
Arthur Dutra; Art
What school do (or did) you attend?
currently at WPI, graduated from Platt
What is your position on the team?
College Mentor
What is your favorite memory with the team?
The Championship Events in Atlanta, Georgia
When did you join the team?
2004
Why did you join our team?
It sounded like fun, and I was already involved in the FIRST LEGO League
What do you hope to learn more about on our team?
More about mechanical design and engineering
Do you have any favorite websites?
Google, Facebook, Wikipedia, Chief Delphi Forums
What is your favorite television show, movie, or video game?
Boondock Saints, Mythbusters and Top Gear, SimCity4 Rush Hour
What is your favorite book?
The Good Book (aka Machinery's Handbook)
What is your favorite vegetable?
Peppers
What is your favorite food and/or beverage?
Mountain Dew
Do you have a favorite saying?
'Wicked Awesome"
What's one thing that really grinds your gears?
Mesh-shifting transmissions

Matt Douglas

What is your name and/or nickname?
Matt Douglas
What school do (or did) you attend?
Platt High School
What is your position on the team?
College Mentor, Programming
When did you join the team?
2006
Why did you join our team?
Curiosity
What do you hope to learn more about on our team?
Computer science
What are your intersts or hobbies?
Video games, computer science, math, physics
While in school, which class is your favorite?
Computer Programming
Do you have any favorite websites?
www.google.com
What is your favorite television show, movie, or video game?
Prison Break
What is your favorite book?
After the First Death
What is your favorite vegetable?
Lettuce
What is your favorite food and/or beverage?
Pepsi

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Students • Alumni • Mentors

Behind every robot is a story, a story of late nights and early mornings, of machining parts and typing code, and a rush to get everything done in only six weeks. Learn more about the design and engineering behind our robots.

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