Software Department
Software Department
Software
The software portion of our team is essentially the conglomerate of programmers. They are responsible for bringing our robots to life through dynamic & documented coding in LABView and Java. They spend a majority of their time creating & maintaining code, as well as testing our robots on practice fields to ensure that they run as planned.
David Stroman
Grade: 12th
Years on the Team: 4
Position: President
Interests: "Reading, hiking, and robots"
Favorite Thing About Robotics: "In robotics, we have so much more power to create something then we normally do as teenagers"
Reason For Joining: "I was interested in programming and considering becoming a software engineer"
Career Aspiration: Chemical engineer
Ben Decker
Grade: 12th
Years on the Team: 3
Position: Chief Software Engineer
Interests: "Software engineering, meteorology,and chemistry (particularly organic chemistry"
Favorite Thing About Robotics: "Meeting new people, solving problems, and having a new challenge every semester"
Reason For Joining: "I have had an interest in STEM since I was really young and the idea of robotics as an extracurricular activity really excited me"
Career Aspiration: Computer programmer with an emphasis on video game design
Josh Kupka
Grade: 12th
Years on the Team: 3.5
Position: Lead Programmer
Interests: "Computer programming and software design"
Favorite Thing About Robotics: "The coding aspects"
Reason For Joining: "I was a part of FIRST Lego League"
Career Aspiration: Computer programmer or software engineer
Logan Feulner
Grade: 10th
Years on the Team: 2
Position: Programming Assistant Ⅱ
Interests: Retro technology, the brain, and generally how things communicate with one another"
Favorite Thing About Robotics: "The software side of things; how computers are able to move the signals over in such a way that they can take advantage of the hardware and use it to its greatest extent"
Reason For Joining: "My parents strong encouragement and peer pressure"
Career Aspiration: Software engineer, psychology, law, or something in the medical field
Dylan Friedline
Grade: 10th
Years on the Team: 2
Position: Programming Assistant Ⅱ
Interests: "Computer science, computer hardware design, video games, and basically everything in any of the science fields"
Favorite Thing About Robotics: "The people and the path to the perfect competitive robot"
Reason For Joining: "I am interested in the Java coding language and building something that works from the ground up."
Career Aspiration: Computer hardware design or repair
Jon Thompson
Grade: 10th
Years on the Team: 2
Position: Programming Assistant Ⅱ
Interests: "Law and engineering"
Favorite Thing About Robotics: "The efforts to work as a team"
Reason For Joining: "I was in robotics all throughout elementary and middle school"
Career Aspiration: Lawyer or engineer
Meagan Murray
Grade: 10th
Years on the Team: 1
Position: Programming Assistant Ⅰ
Interests: "Coding, writing, The Great Gatsby, Hamilton, and child care"
Favorite Thing About Robotics: "Meeting new people, getting a chance to be involved with coding, and the fun of building a robot and competing with it"
Reason For Joining: "I got asked by friends for years until I finally said yes"
Career Aspiration: Pediatric therapist, teacher, or an author
Darius White
Grade: 9th
Years on the Team: 1
Position: Programming Assistant Ⅰ
Interests: "Video games, reading, programming, and pretty much anything involving computers"
Favorite Thing About Robotics: "Building robots. I love the challenge of overcoming the obstacles that the FIRST program gives"
Reason For Joining: "I plan on following a programming path later in life so I thought robotics would be a good way to follow that path and have fun at the same time"
Career Aspiration: Software engineer