Scott W. Deming recently retired from his role as Engineering Associate and Director of the Advanced Engineering at Corning Incorporated. Scott worked for Corning for 43+ years and during his career held numerous positions within Corning’s Corporate Engineering organization. Since joining Corning in 1976, Scott has been involved in the areas of first generation process machine systems, robotics, automation and design. He was a charter member of Corning’s robotics and automation organization which was formed in 1985 and implemented many of the first robotic systems corporate wide within Corning. In 2003, Scott was appointed Engineering Associate which recognizes those individuals that have made significant, measurable and outstanding engineering contributions to Corning Incorporated, involving exemplary technical depth, breadth and leadership. Over the years Scott has worked with many of Corning’s divisions where he has successfully implemented innovative and sustainable high financial impact solutions into manufacturing. In his most recent position, Scott directed a diverse group of one hundred and ten scientists, engineers and technicians who were responsible for developing first generation process equipment, measurement and metrology systems, products and processes for Corning. His group worked in partnership with Corning’s Research and Development organization developing the next wave of revolutionary materials, products and processes. In 2010 Scott was presented with the robotics industry's highest honor, the Joseph Engelberger Robotics Award, in Munich, Germany for his work in leading robotics and automation projects within Corning. Scott currently holds six US patents and numerous International patents with several patent applications in process. In 2016 Scott was presented with the Jefferson Award for Public Service for his work in forming a robotics team at Notre Dame High School in 2010 and represented the Twin Tiers at the national ceremony in Washington DC. As an Elmira native, Scott is very interested in local history and is currently the historian for the Town of Elmira. Scott is a graduate of Alfred State College and Rochester Institute of Technology with degrees in mechanical engineering and has served on numerous college advisory boards over the years. Scott is married to his wife Susan and has three children Lindsay, Brian and Christopher and five grandchildren Juliet, Tristan, Zander, Maddox and Delaney.

David has mentored our team’s programming subgroup since the beginning of the 2017 season and is also a four-year FIRST alumni of team 1559. He graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. After moving to Corning, he wanted to get involved again with FIRST and volunteered at the local FLL tournament where he met Christina, who invited him to join the high school FRC team. Outside of FIRST, David is a Controls Engineer for Corning Incorporated where he works with industrial robots and automated manufacturing systems, a hobby programmer, and avid reader. 

Mrs. Barkley assumed the position of Director of Public Relations and Marketing in the fall of 2015 bringing with her marketing and fundraising experience she gained while working for St. Mary Our Mother Elementary school both as an employee and as a parent volunteer.

Mrs. Barkley holds a Masters's degree in Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh and her Bachelor's degree from Cornell University. She has enjoyed having had a unique opportunity to apply her interpersonal skills to help promote Notre Dame.  She especially enjoys working with the students and seeing and sharing their successes both in the classroom and with their extra-curricular activities through our school communications. 

She is the mother of two Notre Dame alumni and has two children that currently attend Notre Dame.