Suraj Marathe
I am an 8th grader at MVMS, and I do cross country for school and play basketball for fun. This is my First year of FTC and first year of robotics in general. I hope I can help my team succeed this year by doing my part in the team. I am part of the build team and also an assistant in the design/CAD team. Additionally, I am the main coder/builder for our team website.
Kevin Chen
My name is Kevin Chen. I am a 7th grader at Mesa Verde Middle School, and I play the tuba for my school band. I also play soccer for a PQ team. This is my first year of FTC, but I have 3 years of experience in FLL. I want to learn more about FTC and the skills needed to be an effective team member. I am a mechanic and a programmer.
Aarav Sheth
Dev Munjal
Neil Shah
Sundaresh Solaimalai
My name is Aarav Sheth. I am an 8th grader at MVMS, and I enjoy playing tennis and the piano. I have done one year of FLL ,but this is my first year of FTC. I hope that this year we work together as a team and make it to regionals. I am part of both the programming team and design team.
My name is Dev Munjal, and I am an 8th grader at MVMS. I am lead Design/CAD, as well as an outreach and mechanical assistant. I have been involved in Jr. FLL and FLL since 1st grade. This is my second year of FTC. I am hoping that we are able to co-operate well and get work done as efficiently and systematically as possible. I also play tennis and do martial arts.
My Name is Neil Shah. I am an 8th grader at Mesa Verde Middle School. I like to bike in my free time. This is my first year at FTC. I have done 1 year of the first Lego League and 1 year of the first Lego League Explorer. I am a co-builder for our team website. I am part of the mechanical team. My goal for this year is to help the team get to regionals.
My name is Sundaresh Solaimalai. I am a 7th grader at BHMS and this is my first year in FTC and I am really looking forward to helping the team. I have had 2 seasons of experience at FLL. I know python, Javascript, and I am learning Java. I play Cricket and am a Junior black belt in MMA. I enjoy hiking, camping and reading. I am also a first class scout in my boy scout troop. I really like building and programming robots because I find it fascinating how people interact with the parts of the robot. I really am looking forward to helping the team and learning robotics.
Pari Patel
My name is Pari Patel. I am an 8th grader at MVMS, and I play tennis and volleyball. This is my first year of FTC, though I also have a year of FLL experience. I am interested in the engineering side of robotics and want to learn more about design, building, and CAD. I'm hoping to gain experience working with the mechanical team, and I want to help our team grow, improve our robot, and be competitive this year.
Abhinav Gururajan
Hi my name is Abhinav Gururajan. I am a 8th grader at Mesa Verde Middle School. I do track and field and play the piano. My experience so far is 1 year of FLL (First Lego League) and this is my first year of FTC (First Tech Challenge). I hope for our team we can all be successful by working together and collaborating. I am part of the programming team and the outreach team.
Hi! My name is Nidhi Naik and I’m an 8th grader at MVMS. I do taekwondo as a sport, which I really enjoy because it keeps me active and helps me stay focused. This is my first year in FTC, and I’m excited to be part of the team and learn how everything works. I’ve done FLL for 5 years, so I already know a lot about working with a team and coming up with cool ideas for innovation projects. I really like the creative side of robotics, but I also enjoy programming and think I’m pretty good at it. This year, I’m hoping to learn more about coding and how to control the robot better.