Meet the Team

Mike Purucker- Co-Lead Mentor

Robotics Engineering Instructor

A.W. Beattie Career Center

B.S. Engineering M.I.T.
M.S. Biomechanical Engineering U. of Pittsburgh

Clifton Bossong- Co-Lead Mentor

Assessment/S.T.E.A.M. Coordinator

A.W. Beattie Career Center

B.S. Biology University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
M.S. Biology (Virology) Duquesne University

Andrew Baden- Mentor

Mechanical Design Engineer

B.S. Mechatronics Engineering Tech
Associate Degree

Computer Engineering Tech

Associate Degree

Robotics Engineering Tech

California University of PA

A. W. Beattie Career Center and Team 2051 Alum

Matthew Mannino- Mentor

Manufacturing Control Engineer

B.S. Mechatronics Engineering Tech
Associate Degree

Computer Engineering Tech

Associate Degree

Robotics Engineering Tech

California University of PA

A. W. Beattie Career Center and Team 2051 Alum

David Holtgraver- Mentor

Zoll Material Handler II

A. W. Beattie Career Center and Team 2051 Alum

Mark Tomczak- Mentor

Argo AI Senior Software Engineer

B.S. Computer Science Engineer

FIRST Team 422 Alum

Team Members

Our team consists of students from 9 local school districts.

Team Captain

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Tech Lead

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Business Lead

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Avonworth

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Deer Lakes

Kasey Bowser

Zachary Knox

Fox Chapel Area

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Home schooled/Hampton Township

Klayton Wilkinson-Bossong

Northgate

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North Allegheny

Christian Gaertner

Triston Chick

Jupnoor Dhingra

Matthew Wei

North Hills

Joe Kusar

John Brown

Pine-Richland

Hunter Wierbowski

Shaler Area

Blake Morrone

Lee Thomas

Colin Mckean

Alex Seiler

Brayden Sinicki

Aidan Flaherty

Dan Feir