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Originally Posted by sciguy125
I'm going to partially disagree with that. Being an engineer gives you an "advantage", but it isn't necessarily "better". From training, you have the knowledge and skills that a student doesn't have. This means you may have already run into certain problems that will come up and know how to fix them or maybe you won't make the same mistakes as a student. However, your training may cloud your vision. If you have a set way of doing something, you may not see a better way of doing it. A student, with less training, is forced to have more creativity. Something that is obvious to the student may have been blocked from the engineer's line of sight. I'm not saying that being a student is better for building a robot, just that engineers and students will each have their own views that could be better (or worse), depending on the situation.
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Which is partially why it personally irks me to see a completely mentor run program. I like to see what kids invent. Also i agree with your view on a mentors experience its just that i feel there (with exception of drive train but even that...) few experiences that are applicable to building robots. Its just one of those things where few things trully can prepare you for the unique designing process involved (especially with the time schedules).