Lansdale Catholic Cyber-Crusaders
Attn: Sharon Williams
700 Lansdale Avenue
Lansdale PA, 19446
Phone: 215-362-6160
Faculty
Joined: 1998
Positions: Faculty Adviser, Travel, Shipping, Coach, Driver & Operator Selection, Competition Scouting
Ms. Williams is the Science Department Chair at Lansdale Catholic High School. Originally involved with several school activities, she now devotes her time exclusively to this program because she sees its benefits for the students at Lansdale Catholic.
Ellen Wiberley
Joined: 2002
Positions: Faculty Adviser, Additional Resources, Coach, Drive & Operator Selection, Shipping, Competition Scouting
Ms. Wiberley is the Language Department Chair at Lansdale Catholic High School. She has always liked to build. As a result her group builds all the additional field pieces and shipping crates for our robots.
Engineers & Parent Volunteers
Joined: 1998
Positions: Program Manager, Software, Fundraising, Webmaster
Mr. Larkin introduced FIRST to Lansdale Catholic. His four children have all been through the program. He is currently a Principal Engineer for COMAST in Philadelphia. He has years of FIRST experience with FRC and FLL. He started the FLL program at his church parish, coaching FLL for six years.
Anne Larkin
Joined: 2000
Positions: Imagery, Fundraising, Graphics, General Organization
Mrs. Larkin was part of the team from its beginning as a parent helper. Eventually she took on more and more roles becoming one of the most important non-engineering mentors. Among other roles she is the coordinator of all volunteers for all fundraisers and is an integral part of our FLL.
Joined: 2001
Positions: Program Manager, Fundraising, General Organization
Mrs. Weiss, a former systems analyst and program manager, was involved when here son came to LC. Once he graduated she got more involved becoming a very important part of the organization of the team. Among other things she is an essential part of our FLL "Tune Up" effort.
Mark McKelvey
Joined: 2004
Positions: Mechanical, Electrical and Control Systems
Mr. Mckelvey has a degree in electrical engineering. He is a Product Manager at Motorola in Horsham, PA and works on advanced cable tv systems. Formerly a "Big Brother", he enjoys working with the students.
Gina Iacono
Joined: 2006
Positions: Mechanical, Electrical and Control Systems, Animation
Mrs. Iacono joined the team with her children when they came to LC. She has a background in computer science. She has a lot of FIRST experience running the FLL program at Corpus Christi Parish in Upper Gwynedd, PA. She has also coached winning FLL teams for more than 5 years.
Joined: 2007
Positions: Mechanical Systems, Overall Engineering, Photographer
Mr. Cross joined our team when his son expressed interest in the team. He is the President and General Manager of ASI Technologies Inc. in Montgomeryville, PA. He brings a lot of real world experience to keep us from shooting from the hip too much.
Dennis Hill
Joined: 2007
Positions: Mechanical Systems, Overall Engineering
Mr. Hill is a mechanical engineer who works for Lockheed Martin. He joined our team when his daughter expressed interest. He has coached winning FLL teams at Corpus Christi Parish in Upper Gwynedd, PA. for more than 5 years. He has also been a judge at the FIRST Philadelphia Regional. His quiet demeanor means he is usually thinking and will come up with something elegant, simple but very cool.
Joined: 2007
Positions: Mechanical, Electrical and Control Systems, Rally Master
Mr. Larkin is an alumni of LC Robotics. He graduated LC in 2000 and after spending 5 years as a United States Marine, joined our team as a mentor. He is currently attending West Chester University studying Physics. As the competition approaches he often asks if you are "On the bus" for a win.
Joseph Laschenski
Joined: 2007
Positions: Mechanical Systems, Overall Engineering, Photographer
Mr. Laschenski joined our team when his son expressed interest. He is the owner of a local electrical engineering firm. He brings a lot of "old school" engineering and can often be heard asking students "Are you sure you want to do that?"
Joined: 2009
Positions: General Construction and Mechanical Systems