Gender Study About Robotics Teams

[Cyberphil]

1. What is your team name and number? 103, Cybersonics Technology Team
2. Where is your team from? Kintnersville PA
3. What is the gender break down of your team? Specifically regarding:
A. Team Leadership: 2 male, 2 female
Students? 16 male, 13 female
Mentors? 7 male, 1 female
B. Drive Team: 4 males
C. Pit Crew: 5 male, 2 female
4. Have you dealt with or seen a gender bias on your team? Please explain.
I would say no. We have had a significant amount of girls on our team from the beginning.

Family Life Questions:

1. What is your gender? Male
2. What are your parents’ jobs/careers? Engineer/Carpenter
3. What is your career/your spouse’s career? (If applicable) Student
4. Do you have brothers and/or sisters? Yes What are their hobbies/jobs? Robotics team
5. Roughly describe your childhood: (i.e. who did you spend time with, what types of toys did you play with) LEGOS! hiking, camping, outdoorsy stuff, building things, all kinds of great stuff!

Person Specific Questions:

1. Why did you join robotics? Lego League/ extreme interest
2. Why do you think that there are so few women working in science and technology fields? Stereotypes and the current culture
3. What do you do on your team? Animation, manfacturing, drive team, and president.
4. What are your post high school aspirations? (Include college majors etc) Mechanical Engineering Major, onto a mechanical engineer carrier
5. Have you considered going into a science or technology field? Why or why not? Yes, because that is what I love.
6. Have you ever been discouraged about your career aspirations? By whom? (Relation and gender, no names please) Not really. People always love to hear what I want to do, and they encourage it more than anything.