Aarushi Banerjee
Mechanical, Senior Leadership Team
Grade: 12th School: BEHS
Clubs and activities: Music, HOSA, Reading and writing
Goal for this season:
Why did you join the team: I had some interest in engineering and I wanted to explore more!
Looking forward to: Getting to Worlds! Put in extra effort!
Business, Senior Leadership Team
Grade: 12th School: BEHS
Goal for this season: Break out of my shell and connect with more people and teams during qualifiers.
Why did you join the team: I found that I like leading and managing a team.
Looking forward to: State
Software, Senior Leadership Team
Grade: 12th School: BEHS
Goal for this season: Apply new coding techniques learned in classes to my robotics coding
Why did you join the team: I joined to apply my coding skills to a team environment
Looking forward to: When our code actually works
Mechanical
Grade: 10th School: BCHS
Clubs and activities: Karate, Tyro, Reading, Theatre
Goal for this season: Build a consistent and reliable robot
Why did you join the team: I love creating things and wanted more mechanical experience
Looking forward to: Having fun with the team and building the robot!
Favorite part of robotics: Creating solutions to problems
Fun fact: I am a second-degree black belt
Mechanical
Grade: 12th School: BEHS
Goal for this season: Be amazing at CAD
Why did you join the team: I want to go into a STEM field
Looking forward to: Snacks!
Mechanical
Grade: 9th School: BCHS
Clubs and activities: Volleyball, Key Club
Goal for this season: Be better at assembly in CAD
Why did you join the team: I wanted to join because I sought hands-on experience and a deeper understanding of the mechanical side.
Favorite part of robotics: I like being part of robotics and being with my friends
Looking forward to: Driving the robot and going to competitions
Fun fact: Apparently, I'm not trusted with power tools or a hammer. But I still use them.
Mechanical
Grade: 9th School: BEHS
Goal for this season: Be a better driver
Why did you join the team: To have fun and learn about STEAM and mechanics
Looking forward to: The food and making memories
Business
Grade: 9th School: BCHS
Goal for this season: My goal is to improve at delegating tasks and prioritizing what needs to be done.
Why did you join the team: I joined because I heard about it from my sister, and it sounded fun.
Looking forward to: Snacks :p
Fun fact: I've been tap dancing for 11 years!
Mechanical
Grade: 9th School: BEHS
Goal for this season: Improve my understanding of all the different parts and systems in the robot.
Why did you join the team: When I was younger I was part of a FLL team. This built my interest in robotics!
Looking forward to: tackling the various challenges in the new season game and being able to work through the season with my new and previous teammates
Software
Grade: 9th School: BCHS
Clubs and Activities: I enjoy drawing and writing. I'm in Astronomy club, MSA, speech and debate, and I'm planning to sign up for more.
Goal for this season: I want to learn how to code the robot independently.
Why did you join the team: I joined because I want to go into a STEM-related career in the future.
Looking forward to: Learning technical skills about people
Fun fact: I like art
Mechanical
Grade: 10th School: BEHS
Goal for this season: Have a working robot before the end of November
Why did you join the team: I enjoy working in a team and learning new things all the time that could help me in a future career.
Looking forward to: Tournaments
Software
Grade: 9th School: BCHS
Goal for this season: Build a more efficient and reliable robot and always seek to learn more
Why did you join the team: I wanted to apply the programming skills I have learned
Looking forward to: seeing the step-by-step process of how to build a robot and going to events.
Software
Grade: 9th School: BEHS
Goal for this season: learn how to code a robot to work effectively in a competition and solve any errors that may come up
Why did you join the team: I joined the team to apply my love of code to robotics and to get some hands-on experience with coding.
Looking forward to: Going to the competitions and testing the code
Software
Grade: 9th School: BCHS
Goal for this season: Learn to code the robot independently so I can help the programming team after the juniors leave in two years
Why did you join the team: I thought robotics would be a fun experience and would be good learning for real-world jobs or engineering teams.
Looking forward to: Working with our team for another year!
Business
Grade: 9th School: BCHS
Clubs and activities: Swim and Dive, Speech and Debate, Science Olympiad, Math Club, Latin Club, Chinese Club, DECA, Forensics, Tyro, Model UN, Robotics
Goal for this season: To meet and collaborate with other FTC teams and grow our team's connections
Why did you join the team: My friends were talking about it, and I wanted to join an interesting extracurricular activity that enhances my social skills and problem-solving capabilities. (and for the sweatshirts)
Looking forward to: Worlds
Fun fact: I met my International Vietnamese boyfriend at a robotics premier.
Business
Grade: 9th School: BCHS
Clubs and activities: Karate, soccer, dance, HOSA, science olympiad, key club
Goal for this season: My goal is to learn more about FTC and business in general, and I can accomplish that by coming to practices, participating in outreach and team activities, and obviously going to competitions
Why did you join the team: Before joining, I was intrigued by many of the experiences people had with robotics. I also love working with a team towards a final goal, and this perfectly describes it.
Looking forward to: I love working with a team and helping prepare for the competitions
Fun fact: I am a first-degree black belt