Team 135 from Mishawaka, Indiana is Home!

 

Team History

 

The Penn Robotics Team (robotics.phmschools.org) competes in the FIRST Robotics Competition (http://www.usfirst.org/) as team #135.

 

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)   
Vision:  "To create a world where science and technology are celebrated... where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes"  - Dean Kamen, Founder

Mission:  FIRST designs accessible, innovative programs that build not only science and technology skills and interests, but also self-confidence, leadership, and life skills. Dean Kamen is an inventor, entrepreneur, and tireless advocate for science and technology. His passion and determination to help young people discover the excitement and rewards of science and technology are the cornerstones of FIRST .

FIRST was founded in 1989 to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology. Based in Manchester, NH, the 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit public charity designs accessible, innovative programs that motivate young people to pursue education and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, while building self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills.

Team 135 –Penn Robotics was started in 1998. The primary focus has been to expose students to the exciting yet challenging world of math, science, and technology fields.  This experience has been noted locally and nationally as a unique project that brings people together to work as a team.  Penn Robotics is one of the only teams in FIRST that meets as a class during the school day.  This unique aspect allows the team to hold a primary focus of running the business aspects of the team as a group of students as well as the design and build of the robot (with many mentors and sponsors). The Robotics Team is made up of the students in the class, a select group of underclassmen in the Robotics Club at Penn, and a large group of mentors, parents, teachers, and sponsors.

Accomplishments:

  • 1998 Chicago Regional Judges Award “Against all odds” Award
  • 1998 National Competition Disney’s Epcot Center
  • 1999 Michigan Regional “Best Offensive Round” Award
  • 1999 National Competition Disney’s Epcot Center
  • 2000 Chicago Regional “Featherweight in the Finals” Award
  • 2000 National Competition Disney’s Epcot Center
  • 2001 Chicago Regional “Delphi Driving Tomorrow’s Technology” Award
  • 2001 Chicago Regional Finalist –Runner up
  • 2001 National Finalist Disney’s Epcot Center
  • 2002 Chicago “Leadership in Control”
  • 2002 Chicago Regional “Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship” Award
  • 2002 National Finalist Disney’s Epcot Center
  • 2003 Chicago Regional “Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship” Award
  • 2003 National Competition Houston Texas
  • 2004 Chicago Regional “Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship” Award
  • 2004 National Competition Atlanta Georgia
  • 2005 Purdue Regional “Mototola Quality” Award
  • 2005 Purdue Regional Finalist –Runner up
  • 2005 Ohio Regional “Motorola Quality” Award
  • 2005 Ohio Regional “Autodesk Visualization” Award
  • 2005 Ohio Regional “Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship” Award
  • 2005 Ohio Regional Finalist –Runner up
  • 2005 National Championship Runner-up Newton Division –Atlanta Georgia
  • 2006 Purdue Regional #1 Seed
  • 2006 Purdue Regional “Best Offense” Award
  • 2006 Purdue Regional Finalist –Runner up
  • 2007 South Carolina “Engineering Inspiration” Award
  • 2007 South Carolina “Woodie Flowers” Award
  • 2007 National Competition Atlanta Georgia
  • 2008 Ohio Regional “Autodesk Visualization” Award
  • 2008 Purdue Regional Finalist
  • 2008 National Championship “Autodesk Visualization” Award –Runner up
  • 2008 National Competition –Atlanta Georgia
  • 2009 Chicago Regional Finalist –Runner up
  • 2009 Purdue Regional Finalists
  • 2009 National Championship Runner-up Newton Division –Atlanta Georgia
  • 2009 IRI Runner up

Penn High School Robotics Mission Statement:

Reform the way we approach everyday situations.

Open other's eyes to Math, Science, and Technology.

Build awareness of Engineering and problem solving.

Overlook differences and embrace similarities to build team unity.

To have fun.

Interact with the community and local businesses.

Create a final product using cutting-edge technology.

Strive to always better ourselves and the world around us.

Members

1998

Andrew Abbott, Charles Carnes, Andrew Clements, Nathan Cummins, Shannon DeVon, John Douglass, Rachel Gligorich Logan, Michael Haugh, Ian Little, Brandon Powell, Andrew Reed, Richard Riley, Ryan Sobecki, Jared Wiseman

 

1999

Mike Andresen, Kelly Ball, Daniel Benson, Andy Craig, Robert Crowder, Jyoti Dhruv, Brian Dunn, Jim Guidos, Mike Klockow, Scott Stuck, Philip McPhee, Edward Sheriff, James Peacock, Mike Snow, Matthew Theophilus, Dane Wheeler, Brandon Rigg, Greg Zeaton

 

2000

Brianne Bergeman, Dan Burk, Adam DeVon, Steve Dunaway, Eric Fagerman, Kathryn Fountain, George Giltner, Michele Harvey, Alexander Hess, Chrissy Hilbert, Kristopher Keller, Tim Kelly, Carlos Kemeny, Glenna Meister, Andrew Krouse, Liz Shay, Jeff Smith, Chris Stinson, Krista Tagliaferri, Le Tran, Mike Erickson, Matt Young, Matt Zerfas

 

2001

Jason Beisel, Charles Benson, Andrew Bolyard, Kim Boner, Benjamin Cochran, Steven Cohen, James Crowder, Viktor Cybulskis, John Federnok, Tim Flora, Pritha Gupta, Nathanael Huffman, Jeff Kish, Eric Laake, Elizabeth Levine, Chris Paolucci, Kyle Peczkowski, Ryan Plantz, Scott Snyder, Albert Tsai, Mike Vorenkamp

 

2002

Yahya Bubere, John Cobb, Anne Davis Campbell, Brandon Elek, Brian Failing, Brandon Herzog, David Howard, Andrew Hromis, Bradley Springman, Mark Metzdorf, David Momotiuk, Ross Mroczek, Terence Musho, Todd Richard, Brad Sommer, Samuel Trundle, Shannon Wolkiewicz

 

2003

Collin Anderson, Kevin Domonkos, Chris Durski, Mark Freitag, Chad Husband, Missy Levine, Billy Grace, Matthew Phares, Brandon Porowski, Arvind Sharma, Rebeccah Taber, Ted Williams, Greg Wilson

 

2004

Imran Bhutta, Michael Bowyer, Kyle Brownfield, Zach Burk, Chad Carrico, Michael Cummins, Laurie Duncan, Paul Gulas, Jon Jo, Daniel Kish, Alex Lewis, Eli Miller, Harsha Musunuru, Anderson Nascimento, Matt Ridenour, Jay Slaggert, Kyle Wilson, Chris Zaseck, Kevin Zaseck

 

2005

Omar Abdel-Latief, Glen Bradford, Thor Brown, Grant Carlile, Brendon Caulkins, T.J. Ciszczon, Michael Coleman, Jonathan Dosmann, Jared Fadden, Jason Failing, Steven Farthing, Sean Gaston, Jared Horvath, Ryan Ribot, Scott Knevels, Matt Kraft, Dan Leathers, C.J. Leiter, Kevin Mueller, Josh Ridenour, Brent Snyder, Brian Velleman

 

2006

Lee Brinley, David Ebersol, Jeff Evans, Michael Fiedeldey, Stephanie Houin, Zachary Knuth, Aamod Samuel, Ryan McGann, Adam McIntire, Matt McKissick, Ryan Murphy, Steve Murphy, Todd Odergfell, John Sheyko, Cory Shulaw, Dermot Jiang, Steve Trimboli, Jeff Underly, Jake Young

 

2007

Chelsea Brinton, Eric Nagy, Justin Lee, Whitney Cullen, Marty Davenport, Adam Gadson, Sean Hagan, Brian Leathers, Kyle Le-Hue, Matt Medow, Kyle Murg, Zach Schroeder, Ben Sheyko, Steve Sirovica, Mitch Wilcox, Brian Woods

 

2008

Jordan Arndt, Julie Bradford, Christian Correll, Matt DeVito, Eric Fiedeldey, Ben Fuja, Sadie Geerligs, Alex Harman, Anthony Rubio, Brian Lutomski, Trevor Madlem, Jacob McDougall, Patrick Meyer, Rocio Miramontes, Cody Springman, Luke Reichert, Max Schrager, Justin Schreiber, David Smith, Chris Stanz, Garrett Strzelecki, Patrick Vorkamp, Lance Wu

 

2009

Daniel Bass, Nathanael Cox, Blake Disselberger, Paul Eitler, Kevin Gwilliam, Evan Hissey, Michael Keywood, Michael Leathers, Alex Mirowski, Ian Murg, Sean O'Connor, Ben Orosz, Greg Powell, Charles Romine, Brad Sperry, Michael Zeiler

 

2010

Stefan Brinton, Andy Cornish, Nathanael Cox, Lindsey Dauby, Nick Fischbach, Stephanie Fisher, Matt Freeman, Tara Hackley, Daniel Klanke, Tyler Leamon, Michael Leathers, Quinn Neufelder, Sean O’Connor, Michael Ogden, Ben Orosz, Kyle Saha, Michael Schrager, Cong Charles Xu, Jack Yang, Michael Zeiler

 

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MEETINGS

First afternoon meeting, Thurs Apr 15th.

 

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If you'd like to view live feed from the Greater Kansas City regional, please visit http://www.more.net/content/first-robotics

Under Time Warner Video Footage, there are two links. Within the first 40 seconds of the link, "Team Interviews", three of our Black Knight students are featured. Check it out!

Also, please track our progress/performance at the BoilerMaker Regional by going to thebluealliance.net

 

This year's concept is unique; a sports element is now incorporated. Similar to soccer, we will be creating a robot that can kick/move/manipulate a standard soccer ball into a goal. More information can be found on the FIRST website @ www.usfirst.org.

 

 

Want more info about the robotics program? here is a link to our secondary site: http://robotics.phm.k12.in.us/