Team Bios
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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Mentors
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Bryan Ragaini
- What is your name and/or nickname?
Bryan Ragaini
- What school do (or did) you attend?
Platt High School
- What is your position on the team?
Team Engineer
- What is your favorite memory with the team?
Being on the drive team when we were finalists at the UTC Regional in 2000
- When did you join the team?
1999
- Why did you join our team?
Thought it would be fun to build a robot. It was.
- What are your intersts or hobbies?
Robotics, cars, and photography
- What is your favorite television show, movie, or video game?
Favorite movie: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying amd Love the Bomb. Favorite TV show: Mythbusters or How It's Made
- What is your favorite book?
The Driver, by Alex Roy.
- Do you have a favorite saying?
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail
- What's one thing that really grinds your gears?
Unsafe practices in the shop
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Gordon Morrison
- What is your name and/or nickname?
Gordon Morrison
- What school do (or did) you attend?
Maloney
- What is your position on the team?
Lead Faculty Advisor
- What is your favorite memory with the team?
Nationals at Disney World
- When did you join the team?
2000
- Why did you join our team?
Curiosity
- What are your intersts or hobbies?
Canoe sailing, woodworking, exploring
- Do you have any favorite websites?
www.junkscience.com
- What is your favorite television show, movie, or video game?
CSI, Kill Bill vol. 1, don't play video games
- What is your favorite food and/or beverage?
Deit coke, peanut butter, peanut butter & jelly sandwich
- Do you have a favorite saying?
"Joy is the essence of life."
- What's one thing that really grinds your gears?
Students who can't use a calculator.
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Ben Piecuch
- What is your name and/or nickname?
Ben Piecuch; Bengineer
- What school do (or did) you attend?
Tufts University, BSME '98
- What is your position on the team?
Lead Mechanical Designer
- When did you join the team?
2003
- What are your intersts or hobbies?
Ruynning/Cycling, music, cars
- Do you have any favorite websites?
www.audiworld.com
- What is your favorite television show, movie, or video game?
Whose Line is it Anyway?, Ferris Beuler, Galaga
- What is your favorite food and/or beverage?
Chocolate Milk, Lobstah (but not together)
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Arthur Dutra III
- What is your name and/or nickname?
Arthur Dutra III; "Black Cloud"
- What is your position on the team?
Electrical, programming, mentor
- What is your favorite memory with the team?
Every minute is unforgettable
- When did you join the team?
2004
- Why did you join our team?
I thought it would be fun to be locked away from family, friends, and the real world for the six weeks of the build season.
- What are your intersts or hobbies?
Snowboarding, model railroading
- Do you have any favorite websites?
www.nmra.org
- What is your favorite television show, movie, or video game?
Mythbusters, Kelly's Heroes, Lord of the Rings
- What is your favorite food and/or beverage?
Coffee - AM, Pepsi - PM, pizza - anytime
- Do you have a favorite saying?
"No problem"
- What's one thing that really grinds your gears?
Sloppy work.
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Roger Stolting
- What is your name and/or nickname?
Roger Stolting
- What is your position on the team?
parent mentor
- When did you join the team?
2006
- Why did you join our team?
because my daughter is on the team
- What do you hope to learn more about on our team?
enginering
- What are your intersts or hobbies?
sking, hiking, nature, technology
- While in school, which class is your favorite?
out of school
- What is your favorite television show, movie, or video game?
star trek, babylon 5
- What is your favorite book?
dune
- What is your favorite vegetable?
brussel sprouts
- What is your favorite food and/or beverage?
smoked scalleps
- Do you have a favorite saying?
cool
- What's one thing that really grinds your gears?
when people just dont care
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Herman Boeglin
- What is your name and/or nickname?
Herman Boeglin; Herm
- What school do (or did) you attend?
Platt High School
- What is your position on the team?
Pep Club
- What is your favorite memory with the team?
First Time the team won a trophy
- When did you join the team?
2006
- Why did you join our team?
Robots Rule !
- What do you hope to learn more about on our team?
Technical Aspect of Robot Design
- What are your intersts or hobbies?
Computers, Photography, Woodworking
- While in school, which class is your favorite?
Phase Equilibria
- Do you have any favorite websites?
itunes
- What is your favorite television show, movie, or video game?
Lord of the Rings
- What is your favorite book?
Any Harry Potter Book
- What is your favorite vegetable?
Chocolate
- What is your favorite food and/or beverage?
New York System Hot Wieners
- Do you have a favorite saying?
Nothing is Impossible
- What's one thing that really grinds your gears?
Apathetic People
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