Members

Leadership
Technical Team
Marketing & Operations
Mentors

Captains

Jackson

Position: Team Lead
Grade: 12
Years in FRC: 2
Favorite Robot: Xi
Reason for Joining:

Future Goals:

Arielle

Position: Vice Team Lead
Grade: 11
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Guitar, Viola, FTC

Favorite Robot: K-9
Reason for Joining:

I've always wanted to be part of a robotics team, so when I heard about this one I had to join

Future Goals:

I want to go to a good college for mechanics engineering

Drafting

Nick

Position: Member
Grade: 12
Years in FRC: 2
Other Activities:

Card, board, and video games

Favorite Robot: Wall-E
Reason for Joining:

I did Lego robotics club in the middle school and when I heard that there was robotics here I was interested

Future Goals:

Continue contributing to the team

Joseph

Position: Member
Grade: 12
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Rock climbing, Nordic, Cross country

Favorite Robot: xi
Future Goals:

get into college

Timothy

Position: Member
Grade: 12
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Scouts basketball

Favorite Robot: Wall-E
Reason for Joining:

Perr presure

Future Goals:

Becoming a busneiss owner

Electrical

Giles

Position: Electrical Subteam Lead
Grade: 11
Years in FRC: 2
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: Baymax
Reason for Joining:

I like robots.

Future Goals:

Caleb

Position: Member
Grade: 10
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Being an absolute baller, and skiing

Favorite Robot: Bender
Reason for Joining:

To make robot go.

Future Goals:

Survive Spanish 3

Elayna

Position: Member
Grade: 11
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Theater, Soccer

Favorite Robot: Fender Pinwheeler
Reason for Joining:

Peer pressure from my greatest most wonderful friend ever

Future Goals:

Survive

Perry

Position: Member
Grade: 12
Years in FRC: 1

Sydney

Position: Member
Grade: 11
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: -
Reason for Joining:

Future Goals:

Mechanical

Lita

Position: Subteam Lead
Grade: 10
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: -
Reason for Joining:

Future Goals:

Jacob

Position: Member
Grade: 12
Years in FRC: 3
Other Activities:

Skiing, scouts

Favorite Robot: Xi
Reason for Joining:

Heard of it through lego robotics.

Future Goals:

College

Clara

Position: Member
Grade: 11
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

i like to bake and crochet.

Favorite Robot: -
Reason for Joining:

Bridgette

Future Goals:

Bridgette

Position: Subteam Lead
Grade: 11
Years in FRC: 2
Other Activities:

I am in a lot of clubs and I also enjoy baking from time to time.

Favorite Robot: Perseverance Rover
Reason for Joining:

I had a sibling that was in robotics.

Future Goals:

Not to die and to go to college.

Dibyansi

Position: Member
Grade: 11
Years in FRC: 1

Ethan

Position: Member
Grade: 10
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Harassing my brother and video games

Favorite Robot: Terminator
Reason for Joining:

My brother was here

Future Goals:

Not a single clue

Gavin

Position: Member
Grade: 10
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Building things

Favorite Robot: BB-8
Reason for Joining:

Open House and Family

Future Goals:

Not 100% Sure Yet

Jubei

Position: Member
Grade: 12
Years in FRC: 1

Sam

Position: Member
Grade: 10
Years in FRC: 1

Programming

Alex

Position: Member
Grade: 11
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Troop 10 Boy Scouts, Math Club

Favorite Robot: Xi
Reason for Joining:

I wanted to get more experience with programming

Future Goals:

Possibly RIT for something based around IT

Nix

Position: Subteam Lead
Grade: 12
Years in FRC: 3
Other Activities:

Reading, Cosplay, Caring for Animals, gsa

Favorite Robot: Debra-bot
Reason for Joining:

Had been part of FIRST for 6 years on FLL and wanted to continue in high school.

Future Goals:

Prosthetist

Kealyn

Position: Member
Grade: 11
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: -
Reason for Joining:

Future Goals:

Safety

Abby

Position: Safety Captain
Grade: 10
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Unified basketball, safety, baby-sitting

Favorite Robot: The claw from toys story
Reason for Joining:

family relations

Finance

Max

Position: Member
Grade: 10
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: -
Reason for Joining:

Future Goals:

Alex

Position: Member
Grade: 10
Years in FRC: 1

Media and Design

Tali

Position: Member
Grade: 10
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

I enjoy reading

Favorite Robot: Grumbot
Reason for Joining:

My brother was on the team, and my friends were going to join

Future Goals:

I would like to be a vet

Mady

Position: Member
Grade: 10
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Play tennis, DnD

Favorite Robot: -
Reason for Joining:

peer pressure

Future Goals:

marine bioscientist

Keara

Position: Member
Grade: 12
Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Playing the Saxophone

Favorite Robot: Wall-E
Reason for Joining:

The rest of my family does robotics

Noa

Position: Member
Grade: 10
Years in FRC: 1

Website and Social Media

Christopher

Position: Website Manager
Grade: 12
Years in FRC: 2
Other Activities:

I love making JavaScript programs, CSS animations, and most of all; Playing Video Games!

Favorite Robot: Wall-E
Reason for Joining:

Working on the website and improving my knowledge!

Future Goals:

I might take a job in IT!

Lachlan

Position: Social Media Manager
Grade: 12
Years in FRC: 2
Other Activities:

Esports, Valorant, Drone Strikes, Logistical Strategy Games

Favorite Robot: Skynet
Reason for Joining:

I needed something to get into collage

Future Goals:

Student-Debt

Technical Mentors

Richard Nashburn

Years in FRC: 10
Future Goals:

Retire and move south.

Working with the students has been incredibly rewarding. Seeing the kids learn new skills and being challenged to think in new ways. I especially enjoy seeing students who do not think that they can perform a task overcoming their doubts.

Bob Carter

Areas of Expertise:

Mechanical

Years in FRC: 4
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: -
Reason for Joining:

Future Goals:

-

Brian Kaufman

Areas of Expertise:

Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Tinkering, Judo, Canoe, Wilderness Camping

Favorite Robot: -
Reason for Joining:

Enjoy being around young people and sharing learning experiences

Future Goals:

Does more money make the sky any more blue or the meat any more tender

Brian Cowburn

Areas of Expertise:

Years in FRC: 5
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: Xi
Reason for Joining:

I love teaching robotics!

Future Goals:

Finish college and get a cool job!

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Dan Farnam

Areas of Expertise:

Motors, Controls, Programming, Networking, Safety

Years in FRC: 8
Other Activities:

scouting

Favorite Robot: BB8
Reason for Joining:

The rest of my family were all members so I decided to join in the fun and bring my technical knowledge with me

Future Goals:

See my kids grow up and go to college then I can retire and travel

An invaluable step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual

Erik VanBork

Areas of Expertise:

Fluid systems, embedded controls, lean manufacturing.

Years in FRC: 9
Other Activities:

Boy scouts

Favorite Robot: The Mars rover Opportunity
Reason for Joining:

My children joined the team and I started Mentoring. They've graduated (one's an EE and the other is an ME) and I just hang around for the fun.

Future Goals:

To help students find their life ambition through doing.

The fewer moving parts, the better.

Gary Stottler

Areas of Expertise:

Mechanical Engineering, Car Repair

Years in FRC: 8
Other Activities:

School Board

Favorite Robot: R2D2
Reason for Joining:

I love building things and teaching others to build.

Future Goals:

Help the team win competitions, see students learn skills and confidence.

Never be afraid to take things apart!

Jeff Lange

Areas of Expertise:

Software

Years in FRC: 5
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: Inspiration
Reason for Joining:

Sharing my experience and joy of development with students

Future Goals:

-

Jim Van Dick

Areas of Expertise:

Software design/development

Years in FRC: 1
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: c3po
Reason for Joining:

My son joined and I want to help and learn

Future Goals:

Learn more about everything related to Cougar Tech and continue to help out in any way possible

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Ken Symons

Areas of Expertise:

Programming

Years in FRC: 4
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: R2D2
Reason for Joining:

My son joined so I thought I would too.

Future Goals:

Simple solutions are the best solutions

Michael Guglielmo

Areas of Expertise:

Electrical, Scouting, Industrial Engineering

Years in FRC: 10
Favorite Robot: Theta

Richard Versluys

Areas of Expertise:

Control systems, servers, SCADA, Black-Belt certified.

Years in FRC: 9
Favorite Robot: DATA

Tim Heywood

Years in FRC: 6
Future Goals:

See Alex join the team!!!

Zachary DuBois

Areas of Expertise:

Software development

Years in FRC: 7
Other Activities:

Favorite Robot: -
Reason for Joining:

Be challenged with different development tasks

Future Goals:

-

Marketing Mentors

Bonnie Coddington

Areas of Expertise:

Volleyball official

Years in FRC: 16
Other Activities:

Scouting

Favorite Robot: R2D2
Reason for Joining:

Love working with kids. After spending 3 years with Legos, I wanted more!

Future Goals:

Send my kids to the college of their choice so they can support me in my retirement.

I love working with the kids. I enjoy watching them grow, learn from the experiences, and become young adults with a focus. The biggest reward for me is seeing the students proud and excited with their accomplishments.

Dan Albin

Areas of Expertise:

Woodworking, HTML, CSS, ASP, Javascript, .NET, Philosophy

Years in FRC: 6
Other Activities:

Raising children

Reason for Joining:

Claudia tricked me and it sounded like fun

Future Goals:

Raise 2 successful women

It's great to see how much can be accomplished when a bunch of high school students get together and work hard. I am constantly impressed with their work effort and level of skill. This program is a great head start for some very bright kids.