[tStano]

I'm a member of team 1675, The Ultimate Protection Squad, from Milwaukee WI.

Although my team shies away from titles, I'd say I've led the programming/controls subteam since 2013, and started leading electrical this year. I was an operator driver in 2013 and 2014 and hope to continue leading the electrical and programming subteams, as well as operating. I do hope to see younger people fill my role and take more of a backseat next year. I pretty much programmed all the manipulator code this year, and I'd like to see people rise to my place. I hope to learn the ins and outs of the new control system and teach those along with the cRio(for maintenence of old robots) to our younger students. Next year I hope to take on a more complex project(much of our code is pretty darn simple). I'm really looking forward to being able to relax at competition(read: help other teams) next year, knowing the younger kids have me covered.

As for future plans, I'm looking into engineering, but I'm also very interested in pure science; physics mostly(though I would like to make a little money anyway). As for types of engineering, I really don't know. I like electrical and programming and stuff, so maybe computer, but I also am really good at seeing the big picture; how a system works. I may be interested in industrial/systems engineering. I'm also pretty good at and enjoy chemistry, so maybe chemical engineering. OOH, and Math is fun! So in short, something in STEM. I don't know where I want to go to college yet, nor how long I wish to study. This summer, I'm going to look at schools on the coasts, and see what catches my fancy, although I really liked Purdue and Iowa State. I hope to mentor a struggling team after high school, somewhere my skills can be of great value.