The Galvanized Goats, FRC Team 10266, is located at Hopkins School in New Haven, CT. This year, the team is led by Ms. Connelly, and Captains: Michael Illuzzi, Senior, Captain; Keegan Slovinsky, Sophomore, Second Captain; Bodhi Chiravuri, Senior, CAD Captain; Thooyan Thirumaran, Senior, Hardware Captain; Adam Tuchmann, Senior, Software Captain. The FRC Team was founded in July 2024 by Albert Gan, Class of 2025; Michael Illuzzi, Class of 2026; Jeet Bhatnagar, Class of 2025; Jacob Ceisler, Class of 2025; and Wyatt Sloan, Class of 2025. The Galvanized Goats also have two FTC teams - Team 12377, and Team 13965 - which were created in 2017.
We are committed to offering a wide range of competitive and educational opportunities in the field of robotics to everyone at our school. Our goal is to foster a collaborative environment where everyone can enhance their skills, gain hands-on experience, and develop a deep understanding of robotics technology, regardless of their background or experience level. Each of our members learns basic Java and Onshape design.
Ms. Connelly teaches physics and robotics classes at Hopkins and also is the Head Coach of the FRC and FTC teams. She is an electrical and robotics engineer and has worked both in industry and academia for the last 30 years. She loves teaching and helping her students see how much fun physics and robotics is. Outside of school, Ms. Connelly enjoys spending time with her family, her beagle dog Maple, and is also a huge Star Trek fan.
Michael is a Senior who has been working with the Hopkins Robotics Program since his Freshman year, and was a founder of the team in his junior year. In the robotics room, Michael is often seen designing and building the robot. His role also includes coding the Hopkins Robotics website and maintaining the team's social media accounts. Outside of robotics, Michael enjoys captaining and playing goalkeeper for the Hopkins Soccer Team.
Keegan is a sophomore who has been working with the Hopkins Robotics Program since 7th grade. In the robotics room, he is often seen building the hardware and designing the robot. He embraces challenges with creativity, perseverance, and team work. Elsewhere, Keegan enjoys designing robots to solve problems as well as sports like cross country, track, and squash.
Bodhi is a senior who has been part of Hopkins robotics since 7th grade. As CAD captain, he leads the team’s design efforts while also contributing to coding and building. Alongside robotics, he is active in several science clubs and organizations. He also enjoys art, and tries to find the intersection between his interests.
Adam is a senior who has been with Hopkins Robotics since 9th grade, progressing through the Thirds and FTC teams. Though he enjoys hardware and design, he joined the FRC team as a junior and stepped up as Software Captain this year to fill a critical role. Outside of robotics, he likes playing baseball and listening to music.
Thooyan is a senior who's been part of the team since freshman year. In the robotics room, he can be seen brainstorming hardware designs, getting new members up to speed, or building the robot. Outside of robotics, he is swim team captain and motorsports club head.
Founding Captains
Season 2024/2025
Albert was a member of the class of 2025 at Hopkins School. Albert started doing robotics at the young age of 7. Albert was often seen building and programming the robot in the robotics room. Outside of the robotics club at Hopkins, Albert liked to listen to music while making independent robots. Albert also liked Crew and had applied the robotics skill he had learned to making repairs to the Crew equipment.
Michael was a member of the class of 2026 who had been working with the Hopkins Robotics Program since his Freshman year. In the robotics room, Michael was often seen building and programming the robot. His role also included coding the Hopkins Robotics website and maintaining the team's social media accounts. Outside of robotics, Michael enjoyed captaining and playing goalkeeper for the Hopkins Soccer Team.
Jeet was a member of the class of 2025 who had been a part of the Hopkins robotics program since his freshman year. In the robotics room, he was often seen helping design and build the robot, and out of it, he spent a lot of time helping out with the team's branding. Elsewhere, Jeet spent a lot of his time playing on the Hopkins soccer team and helping Hopkins' science olympiad team.
Jacob was a member of the class of 2025 who had been involved in Hopkins robotics since 7th grade. In the robotics room, you would have often seeing him planing designs, helping other students, and building the robot. Jacob also enjoyed playing tennis for the Hopkins tennis team.
Wyatt was a member of the class of 2025 who first joined the Hopkins robotics program in freshman year. He was often seen on the building floor or working on socials behind the scenes. Outside of robotics, Wyatt also co-captained the Hopkins soccer team.