[Doug G]

Get practice learning things which you thought you'd never need to know. Every team needs a few folks that "won't drop the ball", "pick up the slack", and all those other proverbial sayings. And if your the Chief Engineer, then that's you. I like what Don said....
1) Find the Robot Rules from last year. Get used to finding out where documents are, doing searches and such.
2) Find something within those Rules that you don't understand, say maybe how to connect the Power Distribution Block. Then search these forums, FIRST forums, and the updates to get an answer.
3) Repeat step 2 over and over with other items (pnuematics, electrical, mechanical)
4) Read every thread by Al Skierkiewicz.
5) Repeat step 2 again.

Learning to be a quick learner is what you will need to be good at, and is a pretty important life/academic skill. Have some fun along the way and don't overly stress about the robot not working perfectly and find a team in your area and get their cell phone # - most are very willing to help answer questions and can save you time.