Tom Elliott-Drenth

President

Major: Physics

Year: Senior

I joined UMN Robotics because:  To found and participate in the ARC team, "Northstar". I wanted to compete in an engineering challenge unlike anything else already at the University. I have found many friends within this community and stayed because of it!

In my free time: I spend time with friends, go on hikes, play video games, tennis, and misc engineering projects.

Katriana Trinh

Director of Operations (Vice President)

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Year: Senior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I really enjoyed the experience and the people I met from my high school robotics team, and I wanted to be part of a similar community in college!

In my free time:  I love scrapbooking, electronic shuffling, video games, video/music production and finding obscure study spots on campus.

Davis Scheskie

Director of Finance (Treasurer)

Major: Statistics

Year: Senior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I did robotics in high school and wanted to continue in college

In my free time: I help run robotics tournaments around Minnesota.

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Year: Junior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I really wanted to keep doing robotics after high school and join a community of like minded people.

In my free time: I bake, cross-country ski, but mostly do robotics.

Major: Philosophy

Year: Sophomore

I joined UMN Robotics because: I loved being in FIRST robotics in high school and wanted to meet other CSE students! 

In my free time, I study, read philosophy and science books, thrift, and collect/watch dvds (snoopy movies are my favorite)!

Lily Wood

Outreach Officer

Major: Philosophy

Year: Sophomore

I joined UMN Robotics because: I loved being in FIRST robotics in high school and wanted to meet other CSE students! 

In my free time, I study, read philosophy and science books, thrift, and collect/watch dvds (snoopy movies are my favorite)!

Twyla Paska

Marketing Officer

Major: Architecture

Year: Junior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I love design and problem solving, and its been a hobby of mine for awhile. 

In my free time: I do taekwondo, explore and find fun in video games or drawing.

Davis Scheskie

Social Media Officer

Major: Statistics

Year: Senior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I did robotics in high school and wanted to continue in college

In my free time: I help run robotics tournaments around Minnesota.

Angelina Nicholas

Webmaster

Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering

Year: Senior
I joined UMN Robotics because: I loved being in FIRST and I wanted to give back to the community that empowered me to become an engineer.

In my free time, I run, bake, and read. I am also a huge Frost and Lynx fan!

Lindsay Maxfield

Corporate Relations Officer

Major: Computer Engineering

Year: Senior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I enjoyed my experience in FIRST Robotics in high school and wanted to continue robotics in college. 

In my free time, I knit, fish, and spend time with family and friends.  

Twyla Paska

Robot in 3 Days (Ri3D)

Major: Architecture

Year: Junior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I love design and problem solving, and its been a hobby of mine for awhile. 

In my free time: I do taekwondo, explore and find fun in video games or drawing.

Noah Williams

VEX U

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Year: Junior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I wanted to continue competition robotics after high school and I wanted to meet other students interested in robotics 

In my free time: I read, climb, fish, play volleyball, and play boardgames.

Sam Fisher

Lunabotics

Major: Electrical Engineering

Year: Senior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I learned a lot of cool things and met a lot of cool people when I did robotics in High School. I wanted to continue that at the U!

In my free time: Play bass guitar and look at cool things through my telescope.

Major: Computer Engineering

Year: Junior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I loved FRC in High School, and robots are cool!

In my free time: I rock climb, hike, and code robots.

Gurshan Khosa

ARC Robotics - Administrative

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Year: Junior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I enjoyed building robots on my high school FRC team and wanted to continue developing robotic systems in college.  

In my free time: I play the tuba, hang out with friends, and ski.

Daniel Kohler

VEX U Software Lead

Major: Computer Science

Year: Junior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I love the fast paced engineering competition of Vex Robotics.

In my free time:  I do robotics, rock climbing as of recently, and play video games (currently learning Rally racing)!

Noah Willard

VEX U Mechanical Lead

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Year: Senior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I did robotics in high school and thought it would be fun to continue in college.
In my free time, I play video games, watch sports and work on projects.

Sam Bettendorf

Lunabotics Mechanical Lead - Administrative

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Year: Sophomore

I joined UMN Robotics because: I absolutely loved robotics in high school and I wanted to meet new people with similar interests.

In my free time: I play the saxophone, go biking, and play video and board games.

Isaac van Oosterom

Lunabotics Mechanical Lead - R&D

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Year: Sophomore

I joined UMN Robotics because: Robotics was the most fun and interesting thing I did in high school

In my free time: I make video games and play Ultimate Frisbee. 

Angelina Nicholas

Lunabotics Systems Lead

Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering

Year: Senior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I loved being in FIRST and I wanted to give back to the community that empowered me to become an engineer.

In my free time:  I run, bake, and read. I am also a huge Frost and Lynx fan!

Michael Foley

Lunabotics Software Lead

Major: Computer Engineering

Year: Sophmore

I joined UMN Robotics because: I like the unique challenge of writing code for robots.

In my free time:  I go on bike rides, walk and spend time with friends. 

David Lepage

Lunabotics Electrical Lead

Major: Electrical Engineering

Year: Junior

I joined UMN Robotics because: It's EPIC!!!
In my free time: I play Valheim. 

Gabriel Garso

ARC Mechanical Lead

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Year: Junior

I joined UMN Robotics because: I had done FIRST robotics in Highschool. 

In my free time: I work on robots.

David Rubio Marroquin 

ARC Computer Vision Lead

Major: Computer Engineering

Year: Sophomore

I joined UMN Robotics because: I wanted something to do after classes and ARC looked like a fun and challenging conpetition.

In my free time: I program stuff.

Allen Voss

ARC Controls Lead