2004 ushered in the first Regional Championship for Team 230. Following the KISS principle and concentrating on doing one, and only one, task well we provedto be the perfect alliance partner that year. Unsing a combination worm-gear diven, pneumatically assisted arm we were able to raise ourselves on the bar in all of our matches.
This year also showed our continued dominence in the Animation Award catagory. Although our sucess didn’t follow us to the Championship 2004 proved to be one of the most sucessful years for our robotic program.
Students
| Bradley Anderson | Samer Aref | Matt Aylward | John Barnstein |
| Mike Bifulco | Will Blasko | Anthony Castorina | Paul Claudio |
| Alicia Cox | Carl Curran | Michaela Davis | Ryan Griffin |
| Bob Hagh | Dave Hiscock | AJ Keegan | Michelle Lewis |
| Samantha Lipscomb | Claire Luckachina | Brian Lundberg | Kristin Lundberg |
| Josh Messina | Kyle Mosher | Stephen O’Connor | Michael Persico |
| Zak Purcell | Brian Rak | Bret Rocheleau | Bryan Stewart |
| Stephen Symski | Claire Szeker | Tom Victor | Joe Visinski |
| Elissa Voccola | Brendon Wall | Kevin Wang | Tim Wells |
| Kim Zito |
Parents
| Kevin Aylward | Sue Aylward | Mary Barnstien | Donna Curran |
| Nancy Gomes | Elizabeth Griffin | Ted Lipscomb | Susan Lipscomb |
| Diane Rak | Tom Symski | Nancy Szeker |
Teachers
| Tracy Hussey | Tina Litchenberger | John Niski | Lou Schmecker |
| Helen Scully | Kerry Taylor |
Engineers
| Dale Bailey | John Gomes | Steve Kline | Jack Luckachina |
| Robert Lundberg | John Miller | Herman Szeker | Josef Visinski |
| Richard Vogl | Paul Zito |
2004 Events
- UTC New England Regional – Meadows Music Theater, Hartford CT 2004
o Autodesk Visualization Award
o Engineering Inspiration Award
o Regional Champion
- The Championship Event – Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA 2004
Team Awards
- Founder’s Award – John Gomes
- Talon Award – Matt Aylward / Steve Symski
- Unsung Hero Award – Kristen Lundberg
- Spirit Award – Steven O’Connor
- Media Technology Award – Samantha Lipscomb
- Sponsorship Award – Pitney Bowes / Shelton Board of Education / Emhardt – Black & Decker / Szeker Engineering
- Engineers’ Scholar – Steve O’Connor
Community Events
- Ripton School Participation (Special Needs Student Involvement) FLL & Build Season 2003-2004
- Bocce-Ball Shooter – Adapted for wheel chairs by student Dave Wickers 2003
- Gaelhawks Dinner & Auction – Shelton High School – December 4, 2003
- Relay for Life – The Riverwalk, Shelton CT June 5, 2004
- Special Olympics of Connecticut 2004
- Derby-Shelton Memorial Day Parade- Derby & Shelton, CT May 31, 2004
- Sikorsky Aircraft Robot Demonstration – Sikorsky Main Plant, Stratford CT June 2, 2004
- Car Wash – Echo Hose Ambulance Station – Shelton, CT June 19, 2004
- Team 230 Picnic – Cox Residence- Shelton, CT June 19, 2004
Off-Season Competitions
- Bash@theBeach – Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School, Old Lyme, CT
- UTC Scrimmage – Suffield High School, Suffield, CT
