#16461

I'm a founding member and current co-captain of FIRST Tech Challenge team #16461, Infinite Turtles. I work on both the design and outreach teams. As part of the design and mechanical team, I use CAD to iterate ideas for our robot, test them virtually, and prototype. As part of the outreach team, I organize team outreach efforts to political figures, the general public, and to prospective and rookie teams.

Governmental Advocacy

Community Outreach

In discussions with Representative Jeff Jackson, NC Senator Rachel Hunt, NC Councilwoman Victoria Watlington, Superintendent Catherine Truitt & other officials

Spoke at Matthews Town Hall meeting & was subject of a story in local newspaper reaching 100,000+ in the city.

Innovate Award @ World Championship

Awards

During the 2021-2022 season, we won the Innovate Award at the FIRST World Championship. We won this most likely due to our innovative locking mecanum wheel mechanism. We were the first to successfully implement this mechanism in such a small wheel and were pioneers of this innovative technique.

2x Inspire Award @ North Carolina State Championship

Awards

During the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 seasons, we won the Inspire Award at the State Championship, qualifying us for the World Championship two times in a row

Winning Alliance @ North Carolina State Championship

Robot

During the 2021-2022 season at the State Championship, we were also part of the winning alliance.

In the News

Community Outreach

Interviewed by WFAE reporter Lisa Worf

$13.5K+ Sponsorships

Business/Finance

We are sponsored by a variety of comapnies including Add-On Technologies, Raytheon Technolgies, Microsoft, Google, Collins Aerospace, and Simscale. As part of our sponsorship by Raytheon Technologies, we featured in one of their social media campaigns reaching over 60k views combined across platforms!

Inspire Award Division Finalist @ World Championship

Awards

During the 2022-2023 season, we were a finalist for the Inspire Award within our division at the World Championship

FIRST LEGO League Mentorship

Community Outreach

I currently serve as a mentor for a FIRST LEGO League team and volunteer at a multitude of FLL events, refereeing, setting up fields, and inspiring children within the field of STEM