Team 254, The Cheesy Poofs
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| The Cheesy Poofs | |
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| Rookie Year: | 2008 |
| Inactive Years: | {{{inactive}}} |
| Location: | San Jose, CA |
| School: | Bellarmine College Prep |
| Approx. size: | 50 |
| Team Website: | http://www.team254.com |
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General Information
Team 254, The Cheesy Poofs, has evolved over the years from the smallest FIRST Robotics program in the country in 1999, at a struggling high school, to a well-established organization based at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC). The team started at Broadway High School in 1998 and became an FRC team in 1999. In 2001, upon Broadway's closure, Team 254 moved to Bellarmine College Prep, where it has stayed to the present day. While the team's members have changed, the Cheesy Poofs have continued to flourish.
VRC Team 254 first began competing in the 2008 FTC season as Team 567. Upon FIRST's decision to switch to a new robotics platform, the team transitioned to the Vex Robotics Competition for the 2009 season and expanded to form multiple 254 teams. Despite entering only its third season of VEX competition, VRC254 continues to grow because of its commitment to character-oriented, student-driven success.
For the most part, this site is a summarized version of the VRC sections of www.team254.com. Please visit our website to learn more about Team 254 and its work in the local and national community, in both Vex and FIRST Robotics.
Sponsors
We would like to acknowledge our sponsors for their continued support of 254's VEX program:
Bellarmine College Prep - http://www.bcp.org
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) and the Robotics Alliance Project (RAP) - http://www.robotics.nasa.gov
Lian-Mueller Enterprises (LME) - http://www.lian-mueller.com
Moderators
Although VRC254 is a completely student-driven organization, we owe a lot for the time and lobbying of our two team moderators:
- Rob "Gray Squirrel" Janke, Robotics Head Moderator, Bellarmine Physics Teacher: rjanke@bcp.org
- Jim "Ur-Dawg" Urhausen, Robotics Assistant Moderator, Bellarmine Counselor: jurhausen@bcp.org
Team List
For more detailed information about our various teams, such as member, robot, and tournament listings, please visit their individual pages. Note: each team's rookie year is noted in parentheses. A ★ indicates a tournament victory; a ☆ denotes an Excellence Award. A slash separates different VEX seasons.
254A (2008): ★ / ★ / ★★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ /
- Note: Team 254A competed in the 2008 FTC season as Team 567; it did not participate in VRC that year.
254B (2009): ★ / ★ /
254C (2009): / ★★★★☆ /
- Note: Team 254C competed at the 2009 All Star Championship as Team 254S.
254D (2010): ★ /
254E (2009): ★ / ☆ /
254F (2009): / |
- Note: Team 254F was put on indefinite hold at the end of the 2010 season.
254G (2009): |
- Note: Team 254G competed at a single tournament; the number was permanently retired at the end of the 2009 season.
254H (2011):
254I (2009): |
- Note: Team 254I never saw competition; the number was put on indefinite hold at the end of the 2009 season.
254S (2010): /
254Z (2010): ★★ |
- Note: Team 254Z was put on indefinite hold at the end of the 2010 season.
Additionally, Team 254 has created a growing number of robots that cannot clearly be accredited to any of the above teams. These are the Team 254 Failbots and Screwbots.
Contact Information
Please direct any inquiries to the respective team captains. We would like to hear your comments and will gladly explain any ambiguous bits of our bots. General Team 254 contact information can be found on our official site.
VRC Team 254: vrc254@gmail.com, or Roshan Patel, roshan.patel11@bcp.org
- 254A: Derrick Dominic, derrickdominic@gmail.com & Roshan Patel, roshan.patel11@bcp.org
- 254B: Drew Willner, drew.willner@gmail.com
- 254C: To be announced
- 254D: Erik Anderson, erik.anderson11@bcp.org
- 254E: Chris Correa, chris_the_ruler@hotmail.com
- 254H: Abhi Kumar, abhikumar95@yahoo.com
- 254S: Nick Eyre, nick.eyre11@bcp.org
Alumni
Radley Angelo '09 (254A) - UC San Diego
Daniel Braunstein '09 (254A) - West Valley College
Michael Chrisman '09 (254A) - University of the Pacific
Tyler Santos-Matson '09 (254A) - UC Irvine
Taylor Furtado '10 (254A) - UC Santa Cruz
John Mueller '10 (254A) - Georgia Tech
John Paton '10 (254E) - Olin College of Engineering
Joseph Vokt '10 (254E) - Cornell University
Bellarmine Bay Area VEX Robotics Tournament
Each year, Team 254 and Bellarmine College Preparatory host a VEX Robotics Competition qualifier. The Round Up tournament is being finalized and will be listed on robotevents.com when a date is set. As in previous years, we invite teams from all areas to attend, and will be holding inspections and practice starting early on Friday afternoon.
