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Names in alphabetical order by high school graduation year. | Names in alphabetical order by high school graduation year. | ||
==2005== | ==2005== | ||
| − | *Bill Best | + | *'''Bill Best'''<br> |
| − | + | *'''Minh Tran''' is a 2009 Villanova computer science graduate.<br> | |
| − | *Brandon Zehner | + | *'''Brandon Zehner'''<br> |
==2006== | ==2006== | ||
| − | + | *'''James Coll''' is attending Penn State.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Ethan Goldblum''' is attending Carnegie Mellon.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Jake Marsh''' is an aerospace engineering major and a contracted Air Force ROTC cadet at Penn State (University Park). He will enter Air Force pilot training upon his graduation from Air Force ROTC in December 2010.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Steven Owens (Captain 2006)''' is currently a chemistry graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a 2009 graduate of Penn State, where he earned a chemistry scholarship and participated extensively in STEM research.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Kathryn Shannon''' | |
==2007== | ==2007== | ||
| − | + | *'''Josh Anders''' is attending Embry-Riddle with a 15% scholarship and majoring in aerospace engineering with a minor in mathematics. He is in a 5-year masters program and will finish his undergraduate degree in 2011 followed by his masters degree in 2012.<br> | |
| − | + | '''Paul Andrejko''' is attending Penn State's Schreyer Honors College (University Park) and majoring in actuarial science with minors in statistics and economics.<br> | |
| − | *Ian Barr | + | *'''Ian Barr''' is attending Rider University's Westminster Choir College.<br> |
| − | *Ryan Christen | + | *'''Ryan Christen'''<br> |
| − | + | *'''Cassie Jurgens''' is attending the University of Pittsburgh and majoring in civil engineering and architecture.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Vicky Lai''' is also pursuing a technical degree at the University of Pittsburgh.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Ben McElroy (Captain 2007)''' in part credits his acceptance to the United States Coast Guard Academy to his participation in FIRST Robotics. After discovering Ben participated in FIRST, the admissions officers of USCGA moved him from 100th on the waiting list to first. He is majoring in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and will commission as an Ensign in the Coast Guard in 2011.<br> | |
| − | *David Pravensky | + | *'''David Pravensky'''<br> |
| − | + | *'''Jeremy Schieferstein''' is attending Lehigh University and majoring in chemical engineering and minoring in materials science and engineering. He's participated extensively in related research.<br> | |
| − | *Eddy Scrivens II | + | *'''Eddy Scrivens II'''<br> |
| − | *Kevin Short | + | *'''Kevin Short''' is at the East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania majoring in media communications.<br> |
| − | *Shawn Trainer | + | *'''Shawn Trainer'''<br> |
| − | + | *'''Victoria Tran''' is attending Villanova.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Don Webb''' is attending the University of Pittsburgh.<br> | |
| − | *Kyle West | + | *'''Kyle West''' is attending Georgia Tech. |
==2008== | ==2008== | ||
| − | *John Carpenter | + | *'''John Carpenter''' is attending the University of Pittsburgh and majoring in electrical engineering.<br> |
| − | + | *'''Dan Coll''' is attending Cornell.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Jason Downey''' is attending Penn State.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Amber McKown (Animation Captain 2007-2008)''' is attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on a leadership scholarship and majoring in computer science and biomedical engineering. She made the Dean's List in 2009. During school recesses she works at Bentley Systems as an intern. [www.bentley.com Bentley Systems]<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Michael Posner (Co-Captain 2008)''' is attending the University of Pennsylvania and majoring in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics and studying computer and information science.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''John Stumpo (Co-Captain 2007)''' attended Penn State - Berks for mechanical engineering technology and now works at a local machining company. He has returned as a mentor for the 2010 season and is one of the team's main machining and welding experts.<br> | |
| − | *Matt Witmer | + | *'''Matt Witmer''' is attending Cabrini College. |
==2009== | ==2009== | ||
| − | + | *'''Alex Clark''' is attending Villanova University with a Commuter's Scholarship and majoring in chemical engineering. He is a freak of nature. He has arms that extend 90' and in his final games playing Lunacy he was able to make a number of those ''Did YOU SEE THAT?'' shots at competition. He also has excellent music tastes, who would have thought that zydeco was the right music for the final crate night?<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Evan Kroboth'''<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Hans Hermans (VEX 1640 Team Leader 2009)''' is attending UIUC where he studies computer science.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Anna Hughes''' is attending Marlboro College for philosophy and astrophysics. She was a long term roboteer in the VEX organization. She did an outstanding job in her senior year by doing all the "event" planing which consisted of getting parents assigned, planning the food and beverage concession and getting all of the items delivered for the events we held. She is one of the reasons the [[2009 Eastern Pennsylvania Regional]] was such a success.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Siri Maley (Captain 2008 and 2009)''' is attending Penn State's Schreyer Honors College (University Park) with a Scholar's Scholarship and majoring in mechanical engineering with minors in engineering science and military science (AFROTC). She is the first 1640 alum to return as a regular mentor. (Stuff to be added here)<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Zak McConnell''' is attending Carnegie Mellon and majoring in physics. (Stuff to be added here)<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Heather McKown (Co-Captain 2009)''' is ttending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Medalist's Scholarship and majoring in mechanical engineering. She is one of the diminishing group of small fingered orphans (SFO). The small fingered orphans are roboteers that have the ability to stick their hands into poorly designed, awkward spaces and actually make mechanical changes. This saved us hours of disassembly time and was a factor in design "awww just get a SFO" to fix poor design plans. She is also a Class A Machinist; she can fab parts with the best of them. Finally, she's also an artist and designed the FRC team t-shirts starting with DEWBOT III.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''Elizabeth Murphy''' is is attending Shippensburg University with the Clarence Schock Scholarship and majoring in environmental biology. Has skills in a number of areas. First, she is a Class A Machinist. The phrase "If Murph can't make it you don't want it" had two meanings. Either the part was so poorly defined that you were not going to be happy with the result. Second was the double bend into N space you had designed wasn't going to work in this universe. In most cases, she could produce parts off of drawings. On time, on spec, one pass! She is also an artist with paint and brush. She painted the DEWBOT V shipping crate, which won rave comments from other teams. The complicated "wireframe screwdriver" with sparks was hand drawn based on Heather McKown's design. The famous "Hope is not an Engineering Strategy" was replicated on the side of the crate.<br> | |
| − | + | *'''James Yu''' is attending Drexel University with a full scholarship and is an undecided sciences major. Due to his schedule in high school, James was not there as much as the mentors' would have liked. When he was in the shop, work happened. A combination of mechanical skills and a high energy personality got James and other roboteers fired up to complete tasks. | |
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Revision as of 20:23, 23 July 2010
Contents
Universities
Many alumni have been accepted to and attended prestigious and internationally-ranked universities including Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, New York University, Boston University, University of Pittsburgh, Penn State's Schreyer Honors College, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Arizona Honors College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Drexel, and The United States Coast Guard Academy.
Majors
Throughout the team's six year history, every graduate of Downingtown Area Robotics has gone on to college, and most have majored in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) or business subject. Specific majors and minors include mechanical, aerospace, marine, civil, material, chemical, and biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering technology, naval architecture, engineering science, applied mechanics, computer science, chemistry, environmental biology, actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, economics, and military science.
Scholarships
Graduates have been awarded FIRST Robotics scholarships, which high school juniors and seniors can apply for. They have also received many other scholarships and grants, including several full scholarships to distinguished universities.
STEM/Robotics Participation
Many graduates have held STEM jobs at local businesses and/or participated in STEM research, including robotics-related studies. In addition, some alumni have returned as mentors to Downingtown Area Robotics and others participate on robotics or FIRST teams, including Team 2152 and Penn State's AUVSI IGVC Team.
Alumni
Names in alphabetical order by high school graduation year.
2005
- Bill Best
- Minh Tran is a 2009 Villanova computer science graduate.
- Brandon Zehner
2006
- James Coll is attending Penn State.
- Ethan Goldblum is attending Carnegie Mellon.
- Jake Marsh is an aerospace engineering major and a contracted Air Force ROTC cadet at Penn State (University Park). He will enter Air Force pilot training upon his graduation from Air Force ROTC in December 2010.
- Steven Owens (Captain 2006) is currently a chemistry graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a 2009 graduate of Penn State, where he earned a chemistry scholarship and participated extensively in STEM research.
- Kathryn Shannon
2007
- Josh Anders is attending Embry-Riddle with a 15% scholarship and majoring in aerospace engineering with a minor in mathematics. He is in a 5-year masters program and will finish his undergraduate degree in 2011 followed by his masters degree in 2012.
Paul Andrejko is attending Penn State's Schreyer Honors College (University Park) and majoring in actuarial science with minors in statistics and economics.
- Ian Barr is attending Rider University's Westminster Choir College.
- Ryan Christen
- Cassie Jurgens is attending the University of Pittsburgh and majoring in civil engineering and architecture.
- Vicky Lai is also pursuing a technical degree at the University of Pittsburgh.
- Ben McElroy (Captain 2007) in part credits his acceptance to the United States Coast Guard Academy to his participation in FIRST Robotics. After discovering Ben participated in FIRST, the admissions officers of USCGA moved him from 100th on the waiting list to first. He is majoring in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and will commission as an Ensign in the Coast Guard in 2011.
- David Pravensky
- Jeremy Schieferstein is attending Lehigh University and majoring in chemical engineering and minoring in materials science and engineering. He's participated extensively in related research.
- Eddy Scrivens II
- Kevin Short is at the East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania majoring in media communications.
- Shawn Trainer
- Victoria Tran is attending Villanova.
- Don Webb is attending the University of Pittsburgh.
- Kyle West is attending Georgia Tech.
2008
- John Carpenter is attending the University of Pittsburgh and majoring in electrical engineering.
- Dan Coll is attending Cornell.
- Jason Downey is attending Penn State.
- Amber McKown (Animation Captain 2007-2008) is attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on a leadership scholarship and majoring in computer science and biomedical engineering. She made the Dean's List in 2009. During school recesses she works at Bentley Systems as an intern. [www.bentley.com Bentley Systems]
- Michael Posner (Co-Captain 2008) is attending the University of Pennsylvania and majoring in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics and studying computer and information science.
- John Stumpo (Co-Captain 2007) attended Penn State - Berks for mechanical engineering technology and now works at a local machining company. He has returned as a mentor for the 2010 season and is one of the team's main machining and welding experts.
- Matt Witmer is attending Cabrini College.
2009
- Alex Clark is attending Villanova University with a Commuter's Scholarship and majoring in chemical engineering. He is a freak of nature. He has arms that extend 90' and in his final games playing Lunacy he was able to make a number of those Did YOU SEE THAT? shots at competition. He also has excellent music tastes, who would have thought that zydeco was the right music for the final crate night?
- Evan Kroboth
- Hans Hermans (VEX 1640 Team Leader 2009) is attending UIUC where he studies computer science.
- Anna Hughes is attending Marlboro College for philosophy and astrophysics. She was a long term roboteer in the VEX organization. She did an outstanding job in her senior year by doing all the "event" planing which consisted of getting parents assigned, planning the food and beverage concession and getting all of the items delivered for the events we held. She is one of the reasons the 2009 Eastern Pennsylvania Regional was such a success.
- Siri Maley (Captain 2008 and 2009) is attending Penn State's Schreyer Honors College (University Park) with a Scholar's Scholarship and majoring in mechanical engineering with minors in engineering science and military science (AFROTC). She is the first 1640 alum to return as a regular mentor. (Stuff to be added here)
- Zak McConnell is attending Carnegie Mellon and majoring in physics. (Stuff to be added here)
- Heather McKown (Co-Captain 2009) is ttending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Medalist's Scholarship and majoring in mechanical engineering. She is one of the diminishing group of small fingered orphans (SFO). The small fingered orphans are roboteers that have the ability to stick their hands into poorly designed, awkward spaces and actually make mechanical changes. This saved us hours of disassembly time and was a factor in design "awww just get a SFO" to fix poor design plans. She is also a Class A Machinist; she can fab parts with the best of them. Finally, she's also an artist and designed the FRC team t-shirts starting with DEWBOT III.
- Elizabeth Murphy is is attending Shippensburg University with the Clarence Schock Scholarship and majoring in environmental biology. Has skills in a number of areas. First, she is a Class A Machinist. The phrase "If Murph can't make it you don't want it" had two meanings. Either the part was so poorly defined that you were not going to be happy with the result. Second was the double bend into N space you had designed wasn't going to work in this universe. In most cases, she could produce parts off of drawings. On time, on spec, one pass! She is also an artist with paint and brush. She painted the DEWBOT V shipping crate, which won rave comments from other teams. The complicated "wireframe screwdriver" with sparks was hand drawn based on Heather McKown's design. The famous "Hope is not an Engineering Strategy" was replicated on the side of the crate.
- James Yu is attending Drexel University with a full scholarship and is an undecided sciences major. Due to his schedule in high school, James was not there as much as the mentors' would have liked. When he was in the shop, work happened. A combination of mechanical skills and a high energy personality got James and other roboteers fired up to complete tasks.
