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Hivemind is full of innovators, thinkers, and doers. We pride ourselves on not only our team, but also our mentors who help us to learn, grow, and develop.
* All members & mentors wrote their own bios.
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Logan
Captain
Logan has been in FIRST since Freight Frenzy. He is currently a Junior in High School, a self-taught programmer and has a passion for CAD and graphic design.
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Autumn
Programmer
Autumn is a rookie member of Hivemind. She has a passion for learning how to program and web design.
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Abby
Programmer
Abby is a highschool sophomore. She wants to learn programming and CAD.
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Micah
Mechanical
Micah is a junior in high school. He wants to learn programming.
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Noah
Mechanical
Noah is a rookie member of Hivemind. He is currently learning CAD and build robots.
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Isaac
Mechanical
Isaac is new to Hivemind. He is interested in building, and creating CAD.
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Londyn
Business
Londyn is a member focused on outreach, marketing, and the building side of Hivemind.
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Rachel
Coach
Lead Coach (aka: Chaos Coordinator)
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Jim
Coach
Jim is one of our three coaches for Hivemind. He is the VP of marketing at Novatech.
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John
Coach
John is our lead mentor and third coach for Hivemind. He previously worked with fabricating custom orthoses and prostheses, and he now works in R&D for goBILDA - as well as being a FIRST Alum of FTC Team 7842
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Davy
Mechanical Mentor
Davy is a FIRST Alum of FTC Team 16461 Infinite Turtles. He is currently attending college at UNC Charlotte as a masters student for computer engineering.
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Thomas
Mechanical Mentor
Thomas is a FIRST Alum of FTC Team 16377 Spicy Ketchup. He is currently attending college at the University of Texas for mechanical engineering.
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Maddie
Mechanical Mentor
Maddie is a hardware engineer at sweetgreen developing the infinite kitchen. She previously worked at iRobot and NASA amongst others. She is an alum of FTC 5667
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Sid
Business Mentor
Sid is a FIRST Alum of FTC Team 16461 Infinite Turtles, currently attending the University of Pennsylvania for mechanical engineering and working on lunar robotics projects.
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Archie
Business Mentor
Archie is a freelance video editor with six years of experience, with a B.S. in Film Production & Video Editing to compliment. He mainly works with clients through platforms like YouTube to help them achieve their creative vision.
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Navya
Business Mentor
Navya is a FIRST Alum of FTC Team 7149, where they helped lead the team to the first NJ Inspire Award threepeat. Now a washed alum, they attend the University of Maryland, majoring in Bioengineering.
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Ben
Controls Mentor
Ben is a FIRST Alum of FTC Team 22377 Sigmacorns and 19376 Thermal Equilibrium. He is currently a co-founder of WarmHub, and is extremely passionate about robotics and control theory.
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Ian
Controls Mentor
Ian is a second-year master's student at the University of Michigan studying control systems engineering. His background lies at the intersection of optimization theory and controls, with particular focus on control strategies for partially autonomous robotic systems. He is a FIRST alum of FTC Team 7842 Browncoats.
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Mason
Controls Mentor
Mason is a FIRST Alum of FTC Team 16379 KookyBotz. He is currently attending college at Northeastern University for Computer Science and Mathematics.
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Veer
Mechanical Mentor
Veer is a FIRST Alum of FTC Team 16379 KookyBotz and is the founder of Axon Robotics.
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David
Mechanical Mentor
David is a FIRST Alum of FTC Team 7842 Browncoats.
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Jamie
Rendering Mentor
Jamie is a lazy, yet driven uni student (mechanical engineering), who finds the most effective, yet complex ways to solve a task. He currently owns a company, where he makes renders for several companies and individuals, with over 7 years of experience.