2015

This is the 2015 year.

Team picture of the Robo Lions in 2015

Officers

• President: Jay Krishnaswamy
• Vice-President of VEX: Nicholas Allison
• Vice-Presidents of FRC: Tammy Ong and Mackenzie Glaser
• Vice-President of Business: Caroline Means
• Secretary: Nina Tran
• Treasurer: Nabil Khan
• Historian: Daniel Li

Mentors

• Aakash Patel
• Alan Glaser
• Brian Carlson
• Dallas Corley
• Don Shaw
• Fred Smith
• Logan Su
• Mary Rutland
• Pam Karlins
• Phil Allison
• Scott Karlins
• Valerie Strain
• Vivek Sahney

Fall Activities

VEX Robotics Competition

The VRC game for the 2014-2015 year was Skyrise.

Peachtree Regional VEX Qualifier

The Robo Lions hosted its annual "Robots at the Ridge" VEX Qualifier, and was once again successful at being a great host for attendees. A few months prior to the event, there was concern that the Ridge would not be able to host the Robots at the Ridge, but it was fortunately dispelled.

Teams 675B, 675E, and 5601 won the competition and qualified for the championships.

Outreach

In 2015, the Robo Lions were invited to come back for STEM Day again, this time just doing an activity with third grade. The team designed a car construction based activity, and placed emphasis on unusual materials and problem solving thinking while still following the design process. The general idea behind the activity was much more simple than the previous year, which worked much better. Because the activity was simple, we kept the talking to a minimum, maximized the work time, and left 10 minutes approximately for robot demonstrations. VEX tiles were set up in the middle of the gym, then all sat around the tiles while we drove VEX robots around. Specifically, from this year, we learned that simple is good, but it helps to have a large team of people helping to get the activity prepared ahead of time. Begin preparation for STEM day at least two-three weeks in advance rather than the week of.

FIRST Robotics Competition

Game

The 2015 FRC game was Recycle Rush.

Robots

The 2015 robot was Alvin, named after the Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks. The Superintendent visited the club during its Sponsor Night, a rare occurrence, which inspired the students to name the robot after him.

Field Team

• Driver: Nicholas Allison
• Manipulator Driver: Nabil Khan
• Coach: Jay Krishnaswamy
• Human Player: Preston Shaw

Awards

Regional Finalists at the Palmetto Regional

Creativity Award at the Peachtree Regional

Off-Season Activities

From June 26-28, the Robo Lions attended the XBOTS Competition down in Albany, GA to help train rookie team 6061 Albany High Indians in a game of Recycle Rush. Together, they won the final match and took home a nice trophy!

Sponsors

• Automation Direct
• Gwinnett County Public Schools
• Hendrick Motorsports
• Howard Brothers
• Kimberly-Clark
• Maxxis
• Motorola
• Rockwell Collins
• TRS Solutions

Demographics

• Number of Members: 61
• Number of Female Members: 18
• Number of Male Members: 43
• Number of Mentors: 13
• Number of Freshmen: 15
• Number of Sophomores: 21
• Number of Juniors: 9
• Number of Seniors: 13

Members

• Adhil Habib
• Akshay Harish
• Alex Matsunaga
• Alexander Her
• Alexis Phipps
• Alyssa Adel
• Amir Azmi
• Andy An
• Anjali Patel
• Avinash Sivakumar
• Beatrice Herchek
• Ben Sandgren
• Brittney Hagenbarth
• Bryce Karlins
• Byron Her
• Camden Thomas
• Caroline Means
• Cassandra Blosser
• Chintan Sheth
• Chris Carlson
• Crystal Lee
• Daniel Kim
• Daniel Li
• Daniel Webb
• Eeshani Singh
• Elizabeth Knott
• Fabian Kim
• Insiya Bambot
• Jae Tak Kim
• Jane Khampha
• Jason Khampha
• Jason Wu
• Jassy Kim
• Jay Krishnaswamy
• Joel Leonardo
• Joseph Chung
• Joshua Seo
• Jun Chen
• Kay Yon
• Kevin Jin
• Mackenzie Glaser
• Mansoor Syed
• Nabil Khan
• Nawar Khan
• Nicholas Allison
• Nick Janardanan
• Nina Tran
• Paul Ciaramello
• Peter Hong
• Preston Shaw

... further results

See Also

• Team Members for 2015