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Anne - Control Systems Manager
Anne has been a member of the robotics program at Catlin Gabel since the 5th grade. In Upper school she immediately gravitated towards control systems. She has been the manager or co-manager of that department for the last three years. Anne also does a lot of outreach for the team, is on our Chairman's presentation team, and is one of our Dean's List Semi-Finalists for 2013.
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Benji - Software
Benji has been on Team 1540 for the last three years primarily on the software side. Benji is also a nationally ranked fencer so be careful when in his presence.
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Casey - Co-Captain, Robot Software Manager
Casey has been a central figure in Catlin's robotics program since the 5th grade. In Upper School he joined 1540's Software Department and has been there ever since. He has been the manager of that department for the last two years and has been elected co-captain of the entire team for two years as well. Besides software, Casey is an award-winning photographer whose work can be seen here. Casey is one of our Dean's List semi-finalists for 2013.
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Eli - Non-Robot Software Manager
Eli has been on the Upper School robotics team for the last four years, always specializing in software that's NOT on the robot. Our iPad based competitive analysis systems, BunnyBots tournament code, etc., are his domain, and are usually programmed in Javascript. Eli consistently logs more hours than anyone else on the team.
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Eve - Mechanical Co-Manager
Eve has been involved with robotics at Catlin Gabel since the fifth grade. She started on the upper school team in Control Systems becoming its co-manager (along with Anne) as a sophomore. She then switched to co-manage the mechanical side of the team for the last two years. She was one of our pit crew members last year so she needed to be able to fix anything that broke. Eve is also on varsity volleyball so busy doesn't begin to describe her.
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Keegan - Mechanical Co-Manager
Keegan has been a part of Team 1540 since his freshman year and a co-manager or project lead in mechanical engineering for three of those years. One of our top designers, he has advanced certifications in control systems, design, and pneumatics. Keegan is the driver of our robot at the competitions and he is also a private pilot. |
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Marina - Co-Captain, Outreach Manager, Marketing Manager
Marina started at Catlin Gabel as a Sophomore and immediately joined Team 1540. She was elected co-captain last year as well as this year. Last year she managed and wrote our winning Chairman's presentation and spent hundreds of hours planning and attending outreach events, and she was the co-pilot on our drive team last year. She has certifications in Fabrication, Control Systems, Design, and Web. Marina was one of only ten students in the world to win the Dean's List award last year, recognizing her as a model FIRST Robotics student. |
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Mark - Mechanical Co-Manager
Mark joined Team 1540 as a junior. Even though he got a late start on the team he immediately rocketed up through the ranks to be a mechanical co-manager and pit crew member. Mark also has an interest in military aircraft that borders on obsessive. |
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Naomi - Operations Manager
Naomi joined Team 1540 as a junior and quickly earned certifications in fabrication, design and pneumatics despite being on the varsity volleyball team. Currently she also manages team operations, making sure everything runs smoothly in the lab. |
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Owen - Software, Mechanical
Owen has been involved in the Catlin robotics program since middle school. Joining Team 1540 as a freshman, he's skilled at both mechanical design and software. Owen is a skilled varsity soccer player as well so his fall season is particularly busy. |
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Tucker - Co-Captain, Competitive Analysis Manager, Drive Coach
Tucker has been a Flaming Chicken for 4 years now, and a co-captain for the last two. While he has spent significant time in our mechanical engineering and outreach departments, what he really loves to do is scouting. He's 1540's competitive analysis manager and drive coach..
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Andie - Mechanical, Photo, Web Manager
Andie is a junior, new to Team 1540 and Catlin Gabel. She does fabrication, web, and photography for the team and really loves it. Outside robotics, she spends her time hiding in the theatre, getting lost in bookstores, and attempting to do artsy stuff. |
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Hamzah - Outreach Co-Manager, Software
Hamzah Khan is junior member who is new to the team this year, but has been on other teams in the past. He is interested in the 'business' and software side of robotics. Outside of school, he likes to read, play tennis, and volunteer.
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Lukas - Mechanical Co-Manager
Lukas is a junior who has been on Team 1540 since he was a freshman and is one of the few mechanical people that has a level 3 fabrication certification. He is the one of the new Fabrication managers.
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Michael - Mechanical
Michael is a junior who has been on Team 1540 since he was a freshman and works in the fabrication department. |
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Peter - Mechanical Co-Manager
This here is Peter. This is gonna be his third year in robotics and his first year tangling with the responsibility of mechanical manager. When he isn't busy doing up the robot's pneumatics board real pretty, he is rustling us up a pick list on the competitive analysis team. I reckon you want to know what Peter does outside of robotics, well rumor has it that he likes to get all gussied up in a speedo and ride horses underwater while hitting golfballs.
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| Sophomores |
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Conner - Mechanical, Control Systems
Conner dabbled in FLL robotics and has been on team 1540 since his Freshman year. He is involved in fabrication, pneumatics, control systems, and hopes to work in software in the future.
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Elliot - Mechanical, Control Systems, Software
Elliot is a sophomore that has been on Team 1540 since he was a freshman and is certified in fabrication, control systems, and software. |
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Evan - Control Systems, Mechanical Manager
This is Evan's second year one the team and he works in fabrication. He was in FLL from 6th through 8th grade. He plays soccer outside of robotics. He claims he's really sexy. |
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Jacob S. - Mechanical
This is Jacob's first year on Team 1540 and he's satisfied to be on the team. He works in the fabrication department and is excited to start working on the competition robot. |
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Jules - Mechanical
This is Jules' second year on Team 1540 and is amazingly excited to start competition season. Jules is mainly in the fabrication department and is excited to start working on the competition robot this year. |
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Kellie - Mechanical, Control Systems, Software
Kellie has been in Robotics for two years. She is certified in fab and control systems and joined the software department this year. Kellie also plays the harp and is part of Pacific Youth Choir.
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Max - Mechanical, Control Systems Manager
Now in his second year in robotics Max has gotten very serious about control systems and hopes to be like Alex Liem one day. He has certifications in both Control Systems and Fabrication.
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Rushdi - Control Systems, Software, Mechanical Manager
This is Rushdi's second year on the robotics team, and he works mainly in the fabrication department. He has his level 3 fabrication and his level 2 electronics, design and software and his level 1 in outreach, and is an important part of team. Rushdi is our co-pilot for 2013. |
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Vincent - Mechanical
This is Vincent's second year on Team 1540 and is excited to get started. He works mainly in the fabrication department, and is very excited to work on the robot this year |
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Y Yen - Mechanical, Control Systems, Software
Y Yen is a sophomore and this is his first year in Catlin and on Team 1540. He is certified in fabrication, control systems, and software.
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Zach - Mechanical, Video, Competitive Analysis Manager
This is Zach's second year on Team 1540 and he's very excited for competition season. Zach works in the fabrication department, and when he is not in the robotics lab he loves to play soccer and basketball, somehow juggling basketball and robotics at the same time.
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| Freshmen |
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Anna - Control Systems, Mechanical
This is Anna's first year on the robotics team, although she did do one year of FLL. She very excited to spend her time in the robotics lab. She works in fabrication and control systems and is ready to contribute to the competition robot. When Anna is not in the lab, she is working on her acting and singing. |
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Ben - Mechanical
Ben is new to Catlin this year, and has found his home in the robotics lab. He is interested in fabrication and design.
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Calissa - Video Manager
Calissa has done a year of FLL before joining our team. This year she's focusing on video...promotional videos for our events, the Chairman's video, wrao video, etc. She was also the talented driver who made our win at GIrls' Generation 2012 a reality. She also expertly crafted our spiffy bumpers. |
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Colby - Software Manager
Colby has been on Team 1540 since 8th grade, focusing upon robot software. He wrote the projectile counting system used in 2011 and 2012 Bunnybots. Colby has also submitted multiple entries to the IOCCC This year his code handles all of our vision processing and user interface tasks.
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David - Mechanical
David is excited to be on Team 1540 for the first time this year, and is ready to be a great help to the team. He is working on fabrication and is excited to go to competitions.
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Evë - Mechanical
This is Evë's first year on the robotics team and is amazed to have this opportunity. She works in the fabrication department. Evë is working hard to be a contributing member for the team.
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Jacob B. - Mechanical, Control Systems, Outreach Co-Manager
Jacob is a freshman who is new to robotics this year. Outside of robotics he climbs anything and everything he can, enjoys the outdoors, and has a general disregard for gravity. He is excited to be the new Outreach co-manager, as well as being involved mechanically with the Global/Community Engineering project.
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Jake - Mechanical, Control Systems
Jake is a plumber in training hoping to get his start from working mechanically on the robotics team. Jake is having an amazing time on robotics this year and is excited to be working with fabrication and pneumatics.
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Mary - Mechanical, Web, Marketing Manager
Mary is new to Team 1540 this year, and is excited to be joining the team. She is working in Marketing and Fabrication and is very grateful to be making a contribution to the team in major ways. Her wish to be a manager one day was granted, as she is the new Marketing manager. |
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Mind - Mechanical, Web
This is Mind's first year on the robotics team and is excited to follow in her brother Mint's footsteps. Right now she is working hard in the fabrication department. She loves being in robotics and is having fun doing it in her freshman year with both her new and old friends. She also does volleyball during fall trimester. |
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Nic - Mechanical
This is Nic's first year on the robotics team. He is very excited to be in fabrication and is learning CAD when not in the lab. |
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Riley - Mechanical
This is Riley's first year on the robotics team, and after joining late, is working hard. She has some experience in mechanics and is excited to be working in fabrication. When not in the robotics lab she works on playing music and theater tech.
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