Vishal Shah
Co-Captain
Vishal is a senior. He joined robotics because the problem solving and design components of First Tech Challenge interested him greatly. Vishal hopes to double major in biomedical engineering and electrical engineering and go on to work in the prosthetics and artificial organ industry after college.
Allison Chan
Co-Captain
Allison is a senior. She joined robotics because she thought she wanted to be an engineer since middle school. Since then, she’s decided to pursue computer science. Her favorite hobby is playing the guitar. She plans on double majoring in computer science and electrical engineering.
Michael Spohr
Build Team Leader
Mike is a sophomore. This is his second year in robotics. Mike joined robotics because he was interested in mechanical engineering. Outside of robotics Mike enjoys building and driving RC planes and cars with his brother David. Mike hopes to major in mechanical engineering in college.
Dylan Ozersky
CAD Modelling and Prototype Specialist
Dylan is a junior. This is his third year in robotics. He enjoys playing video games, a lot. He joined robotics because he took engineering classes and wanted to explore the field more. He plans on pursuing a degree in computer science.
Jason Schibler
Programming Leader
Jason Schibler is a sophomore. He has been doing robotics for 2 years as a programmer. He has had a love of programming ever since freshman year of high school when he took a computer science class. After college he plans on going into materials engineering specifically ceramics engineering.
Grihith Varaday
Business Team
Grihith is a freshman. He wants to work in business and entrepreneurship. He enjoys playing tennis, piano, and chess during my free time. He’s a fan of the Golden State Warriors and Cardinals. He loves to travel and work with technology. Grihith hopes to bring his leadership skills and positive work ethic to enhance the team’s diversity
Neha Joglekar
Business Team
Neha is a junior this year. She joined robotics because she loves all aspects of technology. Her favorite hobby is taekwondo. She plans to pursue a career in information systems management.
Samad Arif
Programming Team
Samad is a sophomore at Marquette High School. This is his second year in robotics and his first year as programmer. He joined robotics for his aspiring love with building and programming things to complete objectives. Samad wants to go into aerospace engineering and work for NASA after college.
Nilay Jakati
Business/Builder
Nilay is a sophomore. This is his second year in robotics. He joined robotics because it seemed fun at the time and he wanted to build robots. Outside of robotics, his hobbies include origami and skeet shooting. Nilay hopes to major in Biology in college and go into the medical field.
Dominic Chen
Business/Builder
Dominic is a sophomore. He’s not sure what career he wants to pursuit right now, but he his are interests basketball, running, and playing video games with his buds, Jason Schibler and Samad Arif. He also plays the violin. This is his first year in robotics and he joined because he enjoy building just about anything.
Scott Elliott
Business/Builder
Scott is a junior. This is the first year Scott has been in the Robotics Club. He joined because of his love to create and assemble things, as well as his curiosity in seeing how things work by taking them part. Scott hopes to major in Aeronautical Engineering and get a job at Boeing, the place where his parents met.
Shon Sayfuddinov
Business/Builder
Shon is a freshman. After living in California for 3 years, he just moved to Missouri over the summer. His favorite school subject is Science and his favorite topic is time travel. He hopes to major in computer science. The reason why he joined robotics is because he is obsessed with building robots and working with other to build something that can actually educate and help others.
Adam Cohen
Business/Builder
Adam is a freshman who works as a builder for the Baryon team. He is a gamer, spending most of his free time playing video games. He joined robotics because he’s always loved computers, as well as technology in general. He hopes to go into computer or software engineering, or maybe programming - just something to do with computers.
Andrew Neal
Business/Builder
Andy is a sophomore. This is the second year Andy’s been in Robotics. He joined because he wanted to be in a club with his friends and cousin, but stayed for the fun and excitement that came with it. Andy isn’t quite sure about what he wants to do for a living yet, but he knows it will have something to do with the sciences.
Chase Johnson
Business/Builder
Patrick Harris
Business/Builder
Patrick Harris is a freshman at Marquette High School, who enjoys playing video games. This is his first year in robotics, and he is a builder. He joined because robotics it sounded like an interesting after school activity. He has a strong interest in aerospace science, and plans to continue on that path.