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History

It all started as an advertisement by BAE encouraging its employees to start robotic teams. Though Team 2813 was founded that year, we unfortunately was not able to compete in that competition year. The next school year in 2009, we were able to put the school robotics Team Up. We borrowed a robot from Pioneer High School’s Robotics Team and entered in the Regional. After Cal Games, we entered into the FIRST competition and built our first robot SPARK.  We entered it into the Silicon Valley and Hawaii Regional's. We received the Rookie All Star Award and the Rookie top seed awards at the Silicon Valley regional.  At Hawaii we were Finalist and after that we went to Atlanta.

Mentors

Joseph Slimak

Faculty Advisor

In his third year as faculty advisor, Mr. Slimak has guided the club in decisions, planning, events, and leadership since the beginning.

Rick Riccardi

 

Head Mentor

A systems engineer with BAE Systems, Mr. Riccardi found a supportive employer who encouraged community robotics education. Rick has spent an endless amount of time and energy helping Team 2813 succeed.

Vijay Srinivasan

Programming Mentor

With his engineering experience, Mr. Srinivasan has generously led the programming team in 2011.

Dan Peake

Mechanical Mentor

Also a mentor for Lynbrook Robotics, Mr. Peake has been extremely helpful in offering his mechanical/hardware knowledge and machining capabilities to the team.

Simon Huang

Website Mentor

Mr. Huang currently is an OEM/ODM Manager & Technical Support Team Leader at Super Talent Technology, San Jose. A computer science engineer, he has guided the website design process for 2011.

Joseph Tyburski

Mechanical Mentor

A veteran mechanical engineer, Mr. Tyburski has worked  for some of the best companies in Silicon Valley:  Lockheed, Kaiser Electronics, Rockwell Collins, and Amdahl. He has also led the 2010 competition design.

Ken Stuart

Systems Mentor

Mr. Stuart has a long history of military systems development that he graciously is sharing with the Gear Heads.  His support has been continual and steadfast in cutting edge technology.


Team Members

Jennifer Huang

President

Krishnan Srinivasan

Vice President

Paul Berge

Secretary

Chaitanya Mittal

Treasurer

Competitions

2009 Atlanta Championships
2009 Atlanta Championships

2009 Hawaii Regional
2009 Hawaii Regional

2009 CalGames
2009 CalGames

2009 MadTown Throwdown
Madtown

2010 CalGames
PHS Billboard

2010 CalGames

2011 Silicon Valley Regional
2011 SVR

Awards

2009
Silicon Valley Regional Highest Rookie Seed
Silicon Valley Regional Highest Rookie All-Star
Hawaii Regional Finalist

2010
CalGame - Seed 4, Semifinalist (October 22 and 23, 2010)
Madtown - Semifinalist (November 12 and 13, 2010)

2011
CalGame - Finalist
Madtown - Semifinalist


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