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. (brenda.b [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 11
Team Role: Builder
Joined during 2006-2007 season
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.
Sean B. (sean.b [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 9
Team Role: General/Unspecified
Joined during 2008-2009 season
Bio: Sean B.
I like to listen to music. My favorite band are Metallica, and Megadeth.
Alex C. (alex.c [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 12
Team Role: Builder
Joined during 2007-2008 season
Bio: Alex C.
Alex hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Abe D.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Programmer
Joined during 2007-2008 season
Bio: Abe D.
I like to play soccer and also go to karate, but my favorite hobby/obsession is video gaming.
Stefanie F.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Builder
Joined during 2007-2008 season
Bio: Stefanie F.
I like manga, computers, and sports. I am on the school swim team, and I love it. I like dying my hair a lot, it's hardly ever its natural color.
Samantha G. (samantha.g [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 12
Team Role: Safety Captain
Joined during 2006-2007 season
Bio: Samantha G.
I like robots. I am involved in a lot of stuff at school, including math team, the theatre program, and NHS. I am a senior, and I don't like college applications very much. I also am very musical; I sing, and I play the French horn, the timpani, mallet percussion, and the mellophone.
August H.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Programmer
Joined during 2007-2008 season
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.
Ian J.
Grade: 11
Team Role: CAD
Joined during 2008-2009 season
Bio: Ian J.
Computers photography design math
Matthew K. (matthew.k [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 10
Team Role: Builder
Joined during 2007-2008 season
Bio: Matthew K.
I like to play chess. I like stategy games. I like the show Metalocalypse.
Steve K. (steve.k [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 11
Team Role: General/Unspecified
Joined during 2008-2009 season
Bio: Steve K.
I have an extremely in-depth background on radio control models and mechanics, as well as battery technology, auto materials, setup's etc. I actually race Nitro-methane (gas)/electric brushless powered RC models at sanctioned events around the state. I have been into this hobby for 4 years, and I have been on the leading edge in terms of new technologies ever since. A lot of people do not know that I do this stuff, because it is not mainstream like most things that most people do. I have spend thousands, yes, thousands on my hobby and I have a very well understanding of mechanics and engineering. I have always been an engineer at heart throughout my life, and now that I am a junior I decided that I really have to make some futuristic decisions, first one being joining the robotics team. To give you more of an idea on this stuff I do, you can check out one of the videos from my racing:
http://www.undergroundrc.com/videos.aspx?uID=69
Again, just a very rough background of what experience I've had.
As far as sports go, I play hockey, tennis, golf, and snowboard.
-Steve
Maxwell L. (maxwell.l [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 12
Team Role: Programmer
Joined during 2007-2008 season
Bio: Maxwell L.
LIkes: Computers and robots, among other things. Dislikes: Hummers, poor spelling and grammar inflicted upon the world by texting.
Ian M. (ian.m [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 9
Team Role: General/Unspecified
Joined during 2008-2009 season
Bio: Ian M.
I like to build with Legos and I play video games. My favorite games are Star Wars Miniatures and the Star Wars Roleplaying game. I am currently attempting to become a "Trekkie".
Kai M.
Grade: 11
Team Role: Builder
Joined during 2007-2008 season
Bio: Kai M.
i am very, very into computers, i built my own from individual components at age 13. i have continued to learn more and more about them and am more knowledgeable than some people who have been into computers for much much longer than me. i have a first degree black belt in a traditional Japanese martial art.
Ngoc N. (ngoc.n [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 11
Team Role: General/Unspecified
Joined during 2008-2009 season
Bio: Ngoc N.
I'm Ngoc, you can also call me by Nicki. I'm a exchange student from Vietnam. Now, I'm in grade 11.
Robert O.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Electrician
Joined during 2007-2008 season
Bio: Robert O.
Robert hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Ruben O.
Grade: 9
Team Role: General/Unspecified
Joined during 2008-2009 season
Bio: Ruben O.
Ruben hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Jason P-R.
Grade: 10
Team Role: Programmer and Assistant Web Developer
Joined during 2008-2009 season
Bio: Jason P-R.
Jason hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Dylan P.
Grade: 10
Team Role: General/Unspecified
Joined during 2008-2009 season
Bio: Dylan P.
Baseball, Soccer, Reading, Math, Computers, Biking, Video games, and many other things.
Hayden R. (hayden.r [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 12
Team Role: Build Team Captain
Joined during 2006-2007 season
Bio: Hayden R.
Hayden (Build Team Captain) is a senior at Southwest High School. In addition to robotics, Hayden likes to rock climb, play cello, do math, and have fun.
Chris R. (chris.r [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 11
Team Role: Programmer
Joined during 2006-2007 season
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.
Jonathan R. (jonathan.r [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 9
Team Role: General/Unspecified
Joined during 2008-2009 season
Bio: Jonathan R.
Hi I'm Jon. Besides Robotics I do lots of things, I play several instruments mainly, drum set and various percussion instruments. I do some theater and musicals. I make movies with my friends. I am also an avid gamer and all around nerd, music, anime, internet, that sort of stuff. I also listen to a lot of music.
Tamaria T. (tamaria.t [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 11
Team Role: Scouting Captain
Joined during 2007-2008 season
Bio: Tamaria T.
Tamaria hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Chris U. (chris.u [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 9
Team Role: General/Unspecified
Joined during 2008-2009 season
Bio: Chris U.
I play baseball, basketball, and soccer. In soccer, i usually play keeper and i am a very good pitcher. I am a foward in basketball. I am very athletic. I read a lot and i enjoy meeting new people.
Mark U. (mark.u [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 11
Team Role: Team Captain
Joined during 2006-2007 season
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. I like to hang out with friends, read, juggle, play chess, and snowboard.
Daniel W. (daniel.w [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 12
Team Role: Website Administrator/Designer, Media (Photography)
Joined during 2007-2008 season
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 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.
Kirsten W-B.
Grade: 9
Team Role: General/Unspecified
Joined during 2008-2009 season
Bio: Kirsten W-B.
I'm a ninth grader this year at SW. Erm. . . I play viola, love math (join the math team!) and love a good game of frisbee. I also enjoy working with HTML/CSS (though I'm not extremely good), and am extremely good at procrastinating homework, and making idiotic arithmetic errors (Of course 10 - 4= 8. Why on earth would you think otherwise?). Yup, that's me. ^_^
Diego Z. (diego.z [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Grade: 9
Team Role: General/Unspecified
Joined during 2008-2009 season
Bio: Diego Z.
i like reading fantasy adventure books, being with my friends, playing video games, and building things.
Mentors
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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.
Volunteers
Art G. (art.g [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Role: General/Monitoring Coach
Bio: Art G.
Art hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Robert K. (robert.k [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Role: Team Coach
Bio: Robert K.
Robert hasn't submitted a biography yet.
John P. (john.p [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Role: School Adviser
Bio: John P.
John hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Franz U. (franz.u [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Role: Fundraising Head
Bio: Franz U.
Franz hasn't submitted a biography yet.
Melanie W. (melanie.w [at] swrobotics [dot] com)
Role: Event Planner and Trip Coordinator
Bio: Melanie W.
Melanie hasn't submitted a biography yet.
