Mechanical Department

Mechanical

Mechanics are responsible for physical fabrication and maintenance of our competition robots. Team members actively use power tools, Computer Aided Design, and mechanical applications to design and build FTC and FRC robots. The Mechanical department also comprises electrical applications and pneumatic systems.

Elio Chang-Olmedo

Grade: 12th

Years on the Team: 5

Position: Mechanical Assistant Ⅲ

Interests: “Playing saxophone and robotics”

Favorite Thing About Robotics: “The feeling of pride I feel when I see my robot competing”

Reason For Joining: “This will come in handy with my future career”

Career Aspiration: Aerospace engineer

 

Kurt Lott

Grade: 12th

Years on the Team: 4

Position: Mechanical Assistant Ⅲ

Interests: “Engineering, coffee, and music”

Favorite Thing About Robotics: “Being part of a team that comes up with a solution”

Reason For Joining: “My friends recommended it”

Career Aspiration: Mechanical engineer at a motor company design team

 

Vincent Tepatti

Grade: 10th

Years on the Team: 2

Position: Mechanical Assistant Ⅱ

Interests: "Shooter games and building things"

Favorite Thing About Robotics: "Putting the robot together, and seeing all the hard work the team has done to make it"

Reason For Joining: "I thought it would be something fun and exciting to do"

Career Aspiration: U.S. Marine

 

Ben Hoeft

Grade: 9th

Years on the Team: 1

Position: Mechanical AssistantⅠ

Interests: "Video games and cool new gadgets"

Favorite Thing About Robotics: "Competing against other teams and building the robot"

Reason For Joining: "My brother was on the team and it sounded like fun"

Career Aspiration: Something in the engineering field

 

Dannie Ly

Grade: 10th

Years on the Team: 2

Position: Mechanical AssistantⅠ

Interests: "Video games and anime"

Favorite Thing About Robotics: "The people"

Reason For Joining: "I needed to get out of the house"

Career Aspiration: "Chef"

 

Ben Mahurin

Grade: 9th

Years on the Team: 1

Position: Mechanical AssistantⅠ

Interests: "Writing, politics, and history"

Favorite Thing About Robotics: "The opportunity to learn how to build things and actually accomplish a goal"

Reason For Joining: "I felt like Mr. Herman would have kept attempting to get me into robotics regardless, and I merely went with the inevitable"

Career Aspiration: Civil engineer or writer

 

Anthony Troung

Grade: 11th

Years on the Team: 1

Position: Mechanical AssistantⅠ

Interests: "Video games and tennis"

Favorite Thing About Robotics: "Building the robot"

Reason For Joining: "My friends talked me into trying it"

Career Aspiration: Programmer