Established in 2009, the Andover Robotics Club is a student-run organization in Andover, Massachusetts, that specializes in the construction of robots for FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC). The club has about 75 active members and is led by a student board of officers that keeps it running behind-the-scenes. The club has three co-ed teams, 5273 ARC Thunder, 24256 ARC Sandstorm and 4410 ARC Lightning, as well as one all-girls team, 10331 ARC Hailstorm. During the FTC season, members build, code, and CAD a robot and complete community outreach with the goal of making STEM more accessible in the community. 

Raahil Parikh | President | raahil@andoverrobotics.com 

Anika Nagle | Vice President | anika@andoverrobotics.com

Timothy Feng | Treasurer | timothy@andoverrobotics.com

Matt Wang | Treasurer | matt@andoverrobotics.com

Jeremiah Chou | 4410 Team Leader | jeremiah@andoverrobotics.com

Arnav Josh | 5273 Team Leader | arnav@andoverrobotics.com

Connor McGovern | 5273 Team Leader | connor@andoverrobotics.com

Selina Amere | 10331 Team Leader | selina@andoverrobotics.com

Aliza Chong | 10331 Team Leader | aliza@andoverrobotics.com

Razan Hawat | 24256 Team Leader | razan@andoverrobotics.com

Ethan Howell | 24256 Team Leader | ethan@andoverrobotics.com

Previous Officers

2024-2025 Season

President: Aaryan Deshwal

Vice President: Anushka Dole

Treasurers: Anika Nagle & Richard Chen

Team Leaders: Raahil Parikh (4410), Nathan Gerow (5273), Anoushka Nagle (10331), Connor McGovern (24256)

2023-2024 Season

President: Raj Kontham

Vice President: Josephine Pan

Treasurers: Aneesh Ratnala & Richard Chen

Team Leaders: Raahil Parikh (4410), Luke Stump (5273), Sasha Dicovitsky (10331), Aaryan Deshwal (24256)

2022-2023 Season

President: Rishika Agarwal

Vice President: Avanthika Suryadevara

Treasurers: Aneesh Ratnala & Rajswami Kontham

Team Leaders: Alex Tong (4410), Alex You & Raven Diaz (5273), Sasha Dicovitsky (10331)

2021-2022 Season

President: Rishika Agarwal

Vice President: Avanthika Suryadevara

Treasurer: Vismay Ravikumar

Team Leaders: Naren Savkur & Alexander Tong (4410), Aadarsh Arasu (5273), Sasha Dicovitsky (10331)

2020-2021 Season

President: Abby Chou

Operations Vice President: Angela Ngo

Communications Vice President: Emily Chen

Treasurer: Alana MacKay-Kao

Team Leaders: Michael Peng (4410), Dan Ivanovich & Anderson Hsiao (5273), Lina Dicovitsky (10331)

2019-2020 Season

President: Jolene Pern

Vice President: Abby Chou

Treasurer: Yasmin Gulbas

Chief Software Officers: Daniel Ivanovich & Michael Peng

Team Leaders: Henry Chen (4410), Armaan Vasowalla & Nalin Sinha (5273), Alana MacKay-Kao & Jade Nair (10331)

2018-2019  Season

President: Allison Care

Vice President: Jolene Pern

Treasurer: Duc Vu

Chief Mechanical Officer: Alex Zeng

Chief Software Officer: Lake Yin

CAD Advisor: Armaan Vasowalla

Team Leaders: Nathan Conforti (4410), Omkar Savkur (5273), Abby Chou & Alana MacKay-Kao (10331)

2017-2018  Season

President: Aum Trivedi

Vice President: Allison Care

Chief Technology Officer: Matthew Davidsen

Treasurer: Sebastian Harder

Head of Public Relations: Trisha Ballakur

Head of Code: Joshua Krinsky

CAD Advisor: Armaan Vasowalla

Team Leaders: Aurash Bozorgzadeh (4410), Alex Zeng (5273), Jolene Pern (10331)

2016-2017 Season

President: Aum Trivedi

Executive Vice President: Allison Care

Technical Vice President: Matthew Davidsen

Treasurer: Trisha Ballakur

Team Leaders: Aurash Bozorgzadeh (4410), Alex Zeng (5273), Sara Earl (10331)

2015-2016 Season

Presidents: Luke Nawrocki & Elena Primes

Treasurer: Victor Zhang

Team Leaders: Jim Piehl and Chris Zhao (4410), Matthew Davidsen (5273), Alexandra Mattor (10331)

2014-2015 Season

President: Noah Appleby

Vice President: Jeffrey Gilkie

Secretary: Elena Primes

Treasurer: Victor Zhang

2013-2014 Season

President: Chris Primes

Vice President: Leah Holt

Secretary: Noah Appleby

Treasurer: Jeffrey Gilkie

2012-2013 Season

President: Sarita Ballakur

Vice President: Casey Zhang

Secretary: Max Li

Treasurer: Samantha Sheppard

Chief Technology Officer: Chris Primes

Project Leads: Xinni Chen & Daniel O'Leary

2011-2012 Season

President: Linda Wang

Vice President: Ji Park

Secretary: Sarita Ballakur

Treasurer: Evan Doyle

Chief Technology Officer: Chris Primes

Project Manager: Xinni Chen

2010-2011 Season

President: Linda Wang

Vice President: Jenny Hu

Secretary: Sarita Ballakur

Treasurer: Casey Zhang