FTC-About Us
Team Summary
Started in 2009, our fifties-themed robotics team is thrilled to begin another year of FIRST! With around fifteen team members, four mentors, and countless hours of hard work, we are undeniably a dedicated bunch. Our passion lies in taking in everything we know and applying it to our robot, spirit, and engineering book, all while spreading our love for STEM. The fun we have working together and the lessons we learn as a team keep us both energized and excited to make every year a great year!
We also spread our love for STEM and robotics throughout our community. We give presentations to various youth groups, mentor local robotics teams, and demonstrate our previous FTC and FRC robots at several events in our community.
One characteristic that makes our team so unique is our spirit. During competitions, we have a choreographed dance to the song “Greased Lightning” from the movie, Grease. With props in and out of the pit, we also cheer in the stands for both our team and others in order to spread the true meaning of Gracious Professionalism.
Even more so, what makes our team so special is our teamwork and inclusivity of every individual in the process and components to our success. Each member knows about every aspect of our team and we could not make it a great season without everyone’s amazing contributions. We work hard at everything we do, never give up, and always give it our all. We are excited to take part in next year's game: RISE, and wish the best of luck to all the teams!
Meet the Team
Angela Ashley has been a FIRST mentor for ten years since starting FTC Team 3888. She is the team’s lead mentor. When she began teaching, she asked our school for permission to start a robotics club because she wanted to use her engineering degree to get students excited about math and science. Our team leader has worn several volunteer hats: FTC and FRC mentor, league and state FTA, and South Florida League Chairman. She loves watching the students learn and grow, and finds it exciting to be apart of the robotics community. She believes that gracious professionalism sets FIRST and makes this program a great learning and volunteering experience.
Jose Jimenez has been a teacher for 15 years but it wasn't until he reached Cypress Bay three years ago that he came into contact with robotics as a competition and a club. In the past three years, he has been proud to watch and help the students design, build and troubleshoot to get their robots working and improve their knowledge.
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Phyllis Austin is an electrical engineer and has worked designing radios for years. Robots are a relatively new passion for her starting with coaching an FLL team five years ago. She joined the Cypress Bay FTC team two years ago to mentor the students. She enjoys passing on her knowledge about engineering to the students and watching the robot go from whiteboard to reality.
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Alice Miller has been a FIRST mentor with the team 3888 for over five years and is the Treasurer of the South Florida league. Her son was on the team for 3 years and is now in college. Alice keeps volunteering because she says it was such a huge positive influence in her son’s life. She believes that any student can benefit from the ideals and goals of the F.I.R.S.T programs.
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Barret Adkins has been involved with First for 8 years. He competed in FTC for 4 years on team 3888 greased lightning and participated on the FRC team bobcats for a year. Barret has been a volunteer for 3 years with First. He has been helping greased lightning as an alumni for 2 years. This will be his first year as a mentor for team 3888 greased lightning.
Our FIRST Officers
Team Leader
Cassia R. - is a senior and this is her fourth year on Greased Lightning. She learned about the team from participating in FLL and stayed on the team because of the friends and memories she made. She works on most aspects of the team including building the robot, editing the engineering book, and helping wherever else she is needed.
In college, she plans to continue in a STEM field and study either electrical or biomedical engineering.
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Financial Officer
Princeton E. - is a senior and this is his second year on Greased Lightning. He helps build the claw of the robot. He plans to major in biomedical engineering once he reaches college. He joined the team because of his experience of robotics with VEX and his desire to learn more about engineering.
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Inspire Officer/CMO
Max L. - is a sophomore and this is his second year on Greased Lightning. He joined the team because he wanted to increase his knowledge of STEM, as well as, practical applications of Marketing Techniques. He helps with not only the marketing but also participates in building the robot. He hopes to one day go to University of Florida for business.
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Reach Out Officer
Nicolas R. - is a sophomore and this is his second year on Greased Lightning. He joined the team because he was on it last year and had a lot of fun working on the robot. He would like to study some form of engineering in college continuing on with the STEM path.
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Spirit Officer
Brendon S. - is a junior at Cypress Bay High School and this is his third year on Greased Lightning. He joined the Cypress Bay robotics team because he enjoys working in team environments and wanted to expand his knowledge in engineering and experimental sciences. Brendon hopes to go to the University of Florida and go into underwater engineering to continue his interests in STEM. He hopes to one day help build underwater drones for the Navy.
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Technical Officer (Hardware)
Charlie B. - is a junior in high school and learned about the team back in middle school. This is his first year on Greased Lightning as he has been dedicated to the band program throughout high school and did not have time until this year. Though he has just joined the team this year, he has been a large participant in both designing and building the ROV. Though he does not know where, he hopes to one day be able to study acoustics.
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Technical Officer (Software)
Lucas S. - is a senior and this is his first year on Greased Lightning. He joined because he has always had a knack for engineering and computer science. His plans for the future are to go to University of Florida and major in engineering of some sort in order to follow his goal of using engineering and computer science in the real world.
Cassia R. - is a senior and this is her fourth year on Greased Lightning. She learned about the team from participating in FLL and stayed on the team because of the friends and memories she made. She works on most aspects of the team including building the robot, editing the engineering book, and helping wherever else she is needed.
In college, she plans to continue in a STEM field and study either electrical or biomedical engineering.
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Financial Officer
Princeton E. - is a senior and this is his second year on Greased Lightning. He helps build the claw of the robot. He plans to major in biomedical engineering once he reaches college. He joined the team because of his experience of robotics with VEX and his desire to learn more about engineering.
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Inspire Officer/CMO
Max L. - is a sophomore and this is his second year on Greased Lightning. He joined the team because he wanted to increase his knowledge of STEM, as well as, practical applications of Marketing Techniques. He helps with not only the marketing but also participates in building the robot. He hopes to one day go to University of Florida for business.
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Reach Out Officer
Nicolas R. - is a sophomore and this is his second year on Greased Lightning. He joined the team because he was on it last year and had a lot of fun working on the robot. He would like to study some form of engineering in college continuing on with the STEM path.
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Spirit Officer
Brendon S. - is a junior at Cypress Bay High School and this is his third year on Greased Lightning. He joined the Cypress Bay robotics team because he enjoys working in team environments and wanted to expand his knowledge in engineering and experimental sciences. Brendon hopes to go to the University of Florida and go into underwater engineering to continue his interests in STEM. He hopes to one day help build underwater drones for the Navy.
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Technical Officer (Hardware)
Charlie B. - is a junior in high school and learned about the team back in middle school. This is his first year on Greased Lightning as he has been dedicated to the band program throughout high school and did not have time until this year. Though he has just joined the team this year, he has been a large participant in both designing and building the ROV. Though he does not know where, he hopes to one day be able to study acoustics.
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Technical Officer (Software)
Lucas S. - is a senior and this is his first year on Greased Lightning. He joined because he has always had a knack for engineering and computer science. His plans for the future are to go to University of Florida and major in engineering of some sort in order to follow his goal of using engineering and computer science in the real world.
Members
Andrew A. - is a sophomore and this is his second year on Greased Lightning. He was interested to join the team in his freshman year. He is continuing to help the team in hopes for more software experience. For college, he is following a STEM based track and/or biological. He is still indecisive as to what career to choose, but it will most likely be STEM based.
Christopher P. – is a junior and this is his first year on Greased Lightning. He learned about the team from participation in Seaperch and joined because of the friends he made and the complexity of the game. He works on many aspects of the team including building the robot, editing the engineering book and helping wherever else he is needed. His plans for college are to double major in aerospace and mechanical engineering.
Daniel D. - is a junior and this is his second year on Greased Lightning. He learned about the team through his robotics class sophomore year and is sticking to it due to his desire to grow as an engineer and friends he has made through the team. He works on the design of the robot and building of the robot as well as working on the engineering book. In college he plans to continue in the STEM field and major as a mechanical engineer.
Fabio B. - is a sophomore, and this is his second year as part of Greased Lightning. He originally took the class due to his interest in robotics and previous involvement in FLL in middle school. In contrast to contributing to solely hardware last year, Fabio plans to program the robot and be part of software this year. He also is involved with organization and content of the engineering book. He plans to work in either chemical or computer engineering after college.
Jean Paul B. - is a senior and this is his first year on Greased Lightning. He joined because of his interest in engineering, machines, cars and everything in between. He loves to work with the team and to learn along the way. In college, he plans on studying Mechanical Engineering and pursuing a career in the field.
Juliana B. - is a sophomore and this is her first year of greased lightning. Her older sister participated in robotics in high school and often showed her the projects, this is where she found an interest in STEM. She joined hoping for experience and knowledge to help her further her career.
In college she hopes to continue STEM majoring in either mechanical or electrical engineering and perhaps minoring in computer sciences.
Sophia M. - is a freshman and this is her first year on Greased Lightning. She joined FTC so that she could have higher-level experience in robotics and challenge herself with new experiences. In college, she plans to continue in a STEM field, such as robotics and computer science, or genetics and biology.
Nathaniel B. - is a sophomore and this is his first year on Greased Lightning. He joined FTC so that he could use his experience in coding to help his fellow team members with the robots controls and autonomous. He joined in the hopes of becoming immersed in the field of STEM and hopes to one day go to college and major in a field having to do with computer sciences.
Darien H. - is a junior and this is his second year on Greased Lightning. He joined FTC in order to get closer with other Greased Lightning members, and help in both hardware and software to make the robot as good as possible. He hopes to one day go to college for computer sciences and use STEM in his everyday life, whatever job it may be.
Christopher P. – is a junior and this is his first year on Greased Lightning. He learned about the team from participation in Seaperch and joined because of the friends he made and the complexity of the game. He works on many aspects of the team including building the robot, editing the engineering book and helping wherever else he is needed. His plans for college are to double major in aerospace and mechanical engineering.
Daniel D. - is a junior and this is his second year on Greased Lightning. He learned about the team through his robotics class sophomore year and is sticking to it due to his desire to grow as an engineer and friends he has made through the team. He works on the design of the robot and building of the robot as well as working on the engineering book. In college he plans to continue in the STEM field and major as a mechanical engineer.
Fabio B. - is a sophomore, and this is his second year as part of Greased Lightning. He originally took the class due to his interest in robotics and previous involvement in FLL in middle school. In contrast to contributing to solely hardware last year, Fabio plans to program the robot and be part of software this year. He also is involved with organization and content of the engineering book. He plans to work in either chemical or computer engineering after college.
Jean Paul B. - is a senior and this is his first year on Greased Lightning. He joined because of his interest in engineering, machines, cars and everything in between. He loves to work with the team and to learn along the way. In college, he plans on studying Mechanical Engineering and pursuing a career in the field.
Juliana B. - is a sophomore and this is her first year of greased lightning. Her older sister participated in robotics in high school and often showed her the projects, this is where she found an interest in STEM. She joined hoping for experience and knowledge to help her further her career.
In college she hopes to continue STEM majoring in either mechanical or electrical engineering and perhaps minoring in computer sciences.
Sophia M. - is a freshman and this is her first year on Greased Lightning. She joined FTC so that she could have higher-level experience in robotics and challenge herself with new experiences. In college, she plans to continue in a STEM field, such as robotics and computer science, or genetics and biology.
Nathaniel B. - is a sophomore and this is his first year on Greased Lightning. He joined FTC so that he could use his experience in coding to help his fellow team members with the robots controls and autonomous. He joined in the hopes of becoming immersed in the field of STEM and hopes to one day go to college and major in a field having to do with computer sciences.
Darien H. - is a junior and this is his second year on Greased Lightning. He joined FTC in order to get closer with other Greased Lightning members, and help in both hardware and software to make the robot as good as possible. He hopes to one day go to college for computer sciences and use STEM in his everyday life, whatever job it may be.
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