[MechEng83]

We make a really concerted effort to spotlight all aspects of our team to make sure we're well integrated. We do design reviews and we do chairman's presentation reviews with the team so everyone gets to see what's going on and has the chance to ask questions and offer ideas for improvement.

While we have defined sub-teams for our robot systems, media, outreach, and awards submissions, the lines are fluid and students are encouraged to try different things. We've had people start out working on the robot their freshman year and end up leading the non-engineering side by the time they're seniors. We conversely have had team outreach members go on to lead the robot design as seniors.

Is there a division? Yes. Specialization does that, because most people need a focus to become the best at what they do, but our different sub-teams have developed a mutual respect that really helps us function as a whole.

All that being said, every team is different. What works for one team won't always work for another team.