Current Members
This page lists everyone on the team: students, mentors, and other volunteers.
denotes people who have submitted bios
Students
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Brenda B.
Grade: 11
Team Role: Builder
Member since 2006
Bio: Brenda B.
Hi! I am a sophomore at Southwest High School. I'm on the robotics team (obviously), the math team, the green team. I work at the community education office, and I recently became a Girl Scout. I love reading and watching TV, eating, watching movies... I don't know. Uh... Umm... I'm not sure what else to say, but yeah.
Alex C.
Grade: 12
Team Role: Builder
Member since 2007
Bio: Alex C.
Alex hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Abe D.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Programmer
Member since 2007
Bio: Abe D.
Abe hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Stefanie F.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Builder
Member since 2007
Bio: Stefanie F.
Stefanie hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Samantha G.
Grade: 12
Team Role: Safety Captain
Member since 2006
Bio: Samantha G.
Samantha hasn't submitted a biography yet.
August H.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Programmer
Member since 2007
Bio: August H.
"The Cake is a Lie!", Yes I'm a fan. Anyways, I help Daniel with the website, and the Robot programming. The reason I joined the Robotics Team is to learn to program and a programming language.
Fiona I.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Builder
Member since 2007
Bio: Fiona I.
Fiona hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Ian J.
Grade: 11
Team Role: CAD
Member since 2008
Bio: Ian J.
Ian hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Matthew K.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Builder
Member since 2007
Bio: Matthew K.
Matthew hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Maxwell L.
Grade: 12
Team Role: Programmer
Member since 2007
Bio: Maxwell L.
Maxwell hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Kai M.
Grade: 11
Team Role: Builder
Member since 2007
Bio: Kai M.
Kai hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Robert O.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Electrician
Member since 2007
Bio: Robert O.
Robert hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Jason P-R.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Programmer and Assistant Web Developer
Member since 2008
Bio: Jason P-R.
Jason hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Hayden R.
Grade: 12
Team Role: Build Captain
Member since 2006
Bio: Hayden R.
Hayden has been on the Robotics team since his Junior year. He is in charge of the build team, which designs, builds, and maintains the main mechanical systems on the robot.
Chris R.
Grade: 11
Team Role: Programmer
Member since 2006
Bio: Chris R.
I will graduate in 2010, so figure out my grade from there. I enjoy video games and the internet. I play trumpet in the band. etc.
A senior in the '08-09 year. Is anticipating an IB Diploma. Has got a lot on his plate as far as school goes, but is still working hard.
Tenzin R.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Programmer
Member since 2007
Bio: Tenzin R.
Tenzin hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Malcolm R.
Grade: 11
Team Role: Media
Member since 2006
Bio: Malcolm R.
Malcolm hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Jacob R.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Programmer
Member since 2007
Bio: Jacob R.
Jacob hasn't submitted a biography yet.
John S.
Grade: 9
Team Role: Team Member
Member since 2007
Bio: John S.
John hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Tammy T.
Grade: 11
Team Role: Scouting Captain
Member since 2007
Bio: Tammy T.
Tammy hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Mark U.
Grade: 11
Team Role: Team Captain
Member since 2006
Bio: Mark U.
The FRC competition has inspired me to pursue a career in engineering and management; this team was founded during my freshman year. In school I only have the chance to learn theories; there are no engineering or shop classes. This team has given me the opportunity to work with professional engineers to learn skills which can be applied to the real world. When I'm not doing robotics, I like to hang out with friends, read, juggle, play chess, and snowboard.
Daniel W.
Grade: 12
Team Role: Website Administrator/Designer, Media (Photography)
Member since 2007
Bio: Daniel W.
I am many things: a technical editor, a musician (violin and vocal), an actor, a Wikipedia contributor, and a hobbyist programmer. I was introduced to the robotics team by a friend, and quickly got involved designing this site, which is based on the design for another site I'm still developing.
I am a frequent contributor to my own personal blog (Technobabbles, linked only [for technical reasons] in this site's footer), where I rant about all sorts of things ranging from the obvious (school) to the geeky (Wikipedia, Google, Microsoft, etc.) and even the mundane ("Google slowed down Gmail's storage counter today."). Contributions have slowed of late as I've gotten busier with homework, robotics, and various other extracurriculars, and my traffic has decreased as a result; but I have more important things to do, unfortunately, than write about random goings-on in the world of technology.
Right now, my main project (aside from school) is to turn the mess of code that generates this website into a beautiful work of art. Fortunately, I have some help from August H., another programmer, listed above.
Mentors
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Josh C.
Field: Mechanicals
Bio: Josh C.
Josh hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Tim F.
Field: Mechanicals and CAD
Bio: Tim F.
Tim hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Jim G.
Field: Electrical
Bio: Jim G.
Jim hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Kurt K.
Field: Software
Bio: Kurt K.
Kurt hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Dean N.
Field: Programming
Bio: Dean N.
I am happily married to my wonderful wife, Jane, and have 2 great children, Christine (age 27) and Nick (age 24).
I've lived in the Twin Cities area all my life. I attended college at the University of Minnesota, graduating with an Electrical Engineering degree.
I develop system level machine control sofware at Datacard Corporation. I enjoy working on microcontrollers and microprocessors. I've enjoyed the opportunity to help out with the robotics project at Southwest High.
Dan N.
Field: Programming and mechanicals
Bio: Dan N.
Dan hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Paul O.
Field: Mechanicals
Bio: Paul O.
Paul hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Rick R.
Field: Electrical
Bio: Rick R.
Rick hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Franz U.
Field: Head Mentor
Bio: Franz U.
Franz hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Volunteers
Art G.
Role: General/Monitoring Coach
Bio: Art G.
Art hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Robert K.
Role: Team Coach
Bio: Robert K.
Robert hasn't submitted a biography yet.
John P.
Role: School Adviser
Bio: John P.
John hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Melanie W.
Role: Event Planner and Trip Coordinator
Bio: Melanie W.
Melanie hasn't submitted a biography yet.
