Ramp Riot // Hall of Fame
2010
| Champions | 1218, 365, 271, 1168 |
| Finalists | 2016, 2607, 1403, 2229 |
| #1 Seed | 103 |
| Spirit of Ramp Riot | 103 |
| Mike Wade Memorial Award (Most Food Donated) | Team 365 MOE Robotics, Engineering Club |
| Rising Star Award | 2609 |
| Gracious Professionalism Award | 272 |
To the Friends of Ramp Riot 2010:
Thank you for all you have done to keep Ramp Riot one of the premier events in the nation.
Ramp Riot is a shining example of what a dedicated team of people can achieve by working together towards a common goal. Your determination, focus, creativity, and willingness to sacrifice for the greater good has brought honor to your team, your school, and your community. Teams travel hundreds of miles just to compete in RAMP RIOT for a reason. It is difficult to grasp just how many people your efforts have inspired.
Community and Inspiration
- 1,225 food cans collected for the Mattie Dixon Community Cupboard
- 70 Girls Scouts participated in Girls in Gear©
- CNN sent a research crew to learn what FIRST® was all about for a documentary.
2009
| Champions | 1218, 834, 2791, 1143 |
| Finalists | 103, 303, 222, 2729 |
| #1 Seed | 2528 |
| Spirit of Ramp Riot | 87 |
| Mike Wade Memorial Award (Most Food Donated) | Team 2791 Shaker Robotics (w/406 food cans donated) |
| Rising Star Award | 2528 |
| Gracious Professionalism Award | 1218 (for lending a twin to a pre-rookie team) |
To the Friends of Ramp Riot 2009:
Ramp Riot XI was a great sucess because of the support of all of our volunteers. Thank you for your help and see you next year!
Congratulations to the winners and a big THANK YOU to our Ramp Riot Teams for your generosity!!
2008
Team 341 would just like to thank everyone for the incredible support we received while organizing Ramp Riot 2008. The event has grown so large that we truly depend on the help of so many people around us.
| Champions | 25, 103, 303, 708 |
| Finalists | 1923, 1727, 484, 2528 |
| #1 Seed | 25 |
| Spirit of Ramp Riot | 522 |
| Mike Wade Memorial Award (Most Food Donated) | 365 (w/305 food cans donated) |
| Rising Star Award | 2528 |
| Gracious Professionalism Award | 1218 (for lending a twin to a pre-rookie team) |
We also wanted to acknowledge the dedication of the participating teams. Without your ongoing support, we could not hold this competition.
Please join Team 341 in thanking the following companies, teams and individuals:
Sponsors:
- NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center
- Rohm & Haas
- Johnson & Johnson
- Cobham Defense Electronics
- BAE Systems
- Siemens
- PJM Interconnection
- AndyMark Inc.
- DeVry University
- Techni-Tool
Special Thanks To:
Rob Thate and Ron Karpinski of NASA Goddard SFC
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Partners: NJ FIRST® FTC® Committee Engineers Without Borders Girl Scout of Southeastern Pennsylvania Society of Women Engineers Wissahickon School District WHS TV Lab WHS PE Department WHS Camerata singers NBC10 Radio Station WYSP The Council for the Advancement of Public Education Jay Delp Productions Wissahickon Educational Opportunities Foundation NEMO Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Mattie Dixon Community Cupboard DEKA Independence i-Bot STEM Robotics Club Team 103 Cybersonics Team 222 Tigertrons Team 433 The Firebirds Team 2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches Team 1712 Dawgma Team 1923 Midnight Inventors |
Volunteers and Individual Supporters: Haroon Ahmad Andy Baker Deb Cline John Conahan Barb Faust Vince Frascella Jessi Fritz Forough Ghahramani Dr. Deb Graves Darla Henning Dan Hoizner Dave Isaac Carol Kauffman Jack Kentfield Kathie Kentfield Pete Kieselbach Mark Koors Rich Kressly Mike Massa Doug Markgraf Dave Monahan Natalie Morris Ed Patterson Wayne Penn Sarah Reffler Jared Russell Steve Rhoads Brian Sherman Foster Shucker Bob Smith Dave Toia Katherine Trageser Matt Trageser Andrea Tribo Jake Zwiebel |
2007
| Champions | 25, 1403, 1219, 834 |
| Finalists | 709, 1403, 1219, 834 |
| #1 Seed | 1218 |
| Spirit of Ramp Riot | 357 |
| Judges Award | 1219, Pre-rookie Archbishop Wood HS |
| Mike Wade Memorial Award (Most Food Donated) | 365, 338 Cans (With a total of 597 cans collected for Mattie Dixon Community Cupboard!) |
| Gracious Professionalism Award | 1218 (for lending a twin to a pre-rookie team) |
One of the most important things that happened at Ramp Riot was our tribute to late Mike Wade. Mike Wade of NASA Goddard SFC has been our friend since 2002. Mike brought the playing field each year to Ramp Riot and then built that field with the kids. Mike’s passing was a big loss to all of us. We miss his smiling face, his kind words and his unwavering dedication to the betterment of young people. Ramp Riot is the "House that Mike Built."
Thank Yous
Special Event Support:
- Vince Frascella (FTC® Support)
- Amanda Morrison (FTC® Support)
- Kathie Kentfield (NEMO Workshops)
- Rich Kressly & Team 1712 (VEX Driving Zone)
- Radio Station 93.3 WMMR (Free Prizes & Fun)
- Philadelphia Phillies (Phillie Phantic Visit)
- Dave Lavery (Guest Speaker and T-shirt Designer)
- Andy Baker (AndyMark Booth and Team in a Box Sponsor)
- Rob Taminelli & Ron Karpinski (NASA GSFC Playing Field and Event Support)
- Carol Kauffman (FIRST® Regional Director)
- Bill Enslen (Scoring System Support)
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FRC® On-field Volunteers: Jack Kentfield Steve Rhoads Ashley Marshall Doug Markgraf Dan Hoizner Laura Bush Haroon Ahmad Jared Russell Kirsten Jahn Pete Keiselbach Stephanie Greenspan Matt Simpson Amanda Grek Patty Leicht Jake Zwiebel |
Event Sponsors: Rohm & Haas BAE Systems DeVry University Siemens Corp. PJM Interconnection Johnson & Johnson Techni-Tool Inc. Wissahickon Educational Opportunities Foundation Wissahickon School District North Montco Technical Career Center Spring House Travel IAN Consulting CatchYourMind.com Proconex Aydin Displays Matus Windows E-SoftSys Hatfield Meats |
Thank you for making Ramp Riot possible!
2006
| Champions | 173, 357, 222, 484 |
| Finalists | 225, 768, 102, 539 |
| #1 Seed | 365 |
| Spirit of Ramp Riot | (tie) 357, 87 |
| Judges Award | 153, Episcopal Academy |
| Food Drive Award | 365 |
Ramp Riot Off-field Results:
- 56 Teams from 7 states, influencing hundreds of kids
- 878 food cans for the Ambler Cupboard
- Approximate 2000 people over the course of the day
- Registration + Lobby Sales = $12,000 raised for the Team
- Visits from the NASA Director for Mars Exploration, FIRST® Officials and Business Leaders, and Radio Station Q-102
2005
| Champions | 25, 365, 484, 1676 |
| Finalists | 222, 103, 99, 303 |
| #1 Seed | 173 |
| Spirit of Ramp Riot | 87 |
| UnderDog Award | 1712 (pre-rookie) |
| Judges Award (Most Gracious) | 306 |
| Food Drive Award | 365 (417 Cans) |
Most Important Result: 1100 Food Cans Raised for the Maddie Dixon Community Cupboard of Ambler!
2004
| Champions | 25. 484, 87 |
| Finalists | 224, 272, 1143 |
| #1 Seed | 224 |
| Spirit of Ramp Riot | 357 |
| Judges Award (Most Gracious) | 103 |
| Charity Award (161 canned goods) | 365 |
2003
| Champions | 316, 484, 433 |
| Finalists | 487, 341, 709 |
| #1 Seed | 316 |
| Spririt of Ramp Riot | 357 |
| Best Human Player | Frank Viola, 563 |
| Most Food Cans Contributed | 365 |
| Most Sporting Goods Contributed | 834 |
Special Ramp Riot Founders Awards
In 2003 we awarded a plaque to our "Original 8" teams from Ramp Riot 2000.
The "Original 8" Teams not including 341 are:
Teams 87, 222, 225, 272, 357, 365, and 487
To the Friends and Supporters of Team 341:
Thank you for all of your help putting together Ramp Riot 2003, which is now one of the largest and best attended robotics competitions on the East Coast. For the 4th year in a row we have pulled off a flawless event with many positive outcomes. A special note of thanks goes out to Rohm & Haas, NASA, BAE Systems, FIRST®, Drexel University, Y-100 and our partners the North Montco Technical Career Center.
Here are just a few of the results:
- 26 Teams representing about 800 students came to the Wissahickon Circle Gym to battle it out in the arena, dance on the sidelines and contribute to charity.
- Hundreds more school age kids from the surrounding area came to watch our event and get excited about Math, Science and Technology.
- 1200 food cans were collected and delivered to the Ambler Community Cupboard while the competition was still in progress.
- Teams also contributed used sporting goods equipment for Second Bounce, a student charity project.
- Event spectators were thrilled by Segway Human Transport demonstrations.
- Y-100 gave away prizes for 2 hours.
- The team announced the winner of an Apple i-Pod. The winning ticket was held by a patron of the NBC-10 Tech Expo which we attended the previous week.
- Team 341 also won an award as the 2003 Ramp Riot Finalist.
In all respects it was a great day for the students, schools, sponsors and the community!! Thank you to everyone that participated. We couldn't do this without you.
2002
| Champions | 84, 25, 357 |
| Finalists | 222, 303, 145 |
| Spirit of Ramp Riot Award (voted by teams) | 341 |
| Play of the Day (voted by teams) | 225 |