Meet Storming Robots Staff
CORE STAFF
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The founder and Chief Technology Advisor continuously map the center's programs with technology growth. They bring a culture of professional learning, collaboration, accountability, and systems engineering to our programs. Besides the founder, there are over ten part-time instructors with proven technical competency in robotics and programming experience.
Instructional Staff consists of:
Professionals.
College top-notch engineering students.
Our own in-house trained Staff - majority of them are our advanced high school students.
History of our past part-time instructors:
Review our testimonial - college admissions. Most of those students were our instructors in the past.
They all were admitted to the top universities, from Stanford, MIT, CMU, UC-BERKELEY, UICI-CS majors, etc.
It's a testament to the quality of SR's program and the impact it has on nurturing future STEM leaders.
Elizabeth Mabrey
Founder of Storming Robots
Director
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Elizabeth has over fourteen years of enterprise and system-level software engineering experience and has held senior software architect positions with one of the Fortune 500 companies.
She created the core framework of all programs for Storming Robots. She oversees the continuous development and operations of all programs at the center. While Elizabeth teaches the advanced groups including competitions, and mentoring independent projects, training adv. students to lead others, she is still deeply a software engineer at heart.
She is among the 160 recipients of the Presidential Scholars Program's Distinguished Teachers Award in 2019. She was one of the Board members of the high quality Raritan Valley Math Group from 2016 to 2022. She has been an active member of the AI-oriented RobocupJunior International Technical Committee and its US Region Rescue League Chair since 2012;
She received her Master of Science in Computer Science from Drexel University.
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While she loved working in the dynamic, corporate technological environment, one of her ambitions is to be part of something that might potentially impact others - part of bigger than herself.
She found working 60+ hours weekly purely for a for-profit company rather than for more meaningful purposes simply didn't suit her aspirations to be a positive influence.
Throughout her children's primary school years, due to a lack of challenge from school, she semi-homeschooled her children. She spent early evenings and weekends working with her children on challenging academic materials while they attended regular school classes during weekdays.
Her children have become independent learners since late middle school. Her sons obtained their Master of Science in Aerospace and Bachelor of Science in Molecular Chemistry from Cornell and UPenn, respectively. Both have successfully pursued exciting careers in the corporate world. Meanwhile, like her 3rd son, her nephew became an up-and-coming software freelancer.
As a first-generation immigrant to the U.S., she felt sincere gratitude for the opportunities this country has offered her. Her children's independence and husband's encouragement have allowed her to pursue a new path to make a difference.
Dennis Mabrey
Co-Founder of Storming Robots
Chief Technical Advisor
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Dennis has had over fifteen years of system and software engineering experience in the highly competitive software development industry. Before starting the endeavor to build Storming Robots, he was among the few top-rated Senior Consultants at Microsoft.
Dennis is passionate about just about anything challenging in the computer industry. Throughout his years as a senior software consultant, he has made significant contributions and taken leading roles in some very high-profile companies' software and hardware infrastructure. He was a "go-to guy" and "renaissance man" among his technical peers and executives. Dennis received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Delaware.
Jeremy Desmond
Instructional Robotics Program Specialist
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2016-present
Gr.5-8 PICO with Arduino Lead Instructor
Gr.6-12 Robotics Competition Mentor
Gr.8-12 Robotics Simulation Competition
Mentor
Gr.8+ Computer Science - B to II
B.S. in Computer Science from Rutgers University.
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Office Administrator
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IN-HOUSE TRAINED PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS
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Characteristics:
They embody the ideal mix of motivation, academic excellence, and technical competency in the subject matter.
Most of them are SR's long term and advanced high school students. They are the best candidates for the role as they are well-versed with SR's established curriculum, and our engineering process style. They know what to expect from each level.
They achieved STELLAR academic record and experience in either robotic engineering and/or computer science. They not only are high academic achievers, but also have collected competitive experience in robotics, such as winning the national MIT/NASA Robotics Competition, and International level artificial-intelligence oriented Robotics Competitions.
The combination of skills and attitudes our high school instructors possess is indeed remarkable and quite rare find.
Most of them joined us since their middle school year. They are well-versed with our advancing by self-pace learning environment. They have grown within SR's effectiveness and appeal of our educational model , becoming incredible mentors who can guide others through the journey.
Majority of our past part-time high school instructors earned AP Scholar to National AP Scholar Award, and admitted to top tier universities such as CMU, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, UCLA, Yale, etc.
Aditi Gopalakrishnan
2023 Summer - present
Gr.5-8 PICO with Arduino - B-I
Aditi is a highly well-organized and self-disciplined individual. She has been tinkering with microcontrollers since she was ten and joined SR since her 6th grade in 2019.
In May 2023, Aditi’s team placed 3rd in the AI-oriented RoboCup Junior Rescue Line National Championship. She mentored a cohort of SR's middle schoolers who won the FIRST PLACE at the Zero Robotics 2013 National Competition.
Aditi believes in the power of technology, AI, and robotics to improve health outcomes. She enjoys collaborating, problem-solving, and discussing resolutions with her peers on social causes through Model UN. She also participates in martial arts, Indian classical dance (Bharatanatyam), and loves reading in her free time.
Alex Ethier
2023 Summer - present
Gr.8+ Robotics with Electronic
Alex Is a prolific self-learner when it comes to electronic work. While he started tinkering with microcontrollers at a young age, he particularly likes to create purposeful electronic projects independently. He has always carried his infectious enthusiasm whenever he shares his latest electronic projects with us. In May 2023, as the captain and core electronic developer of his robotics team, Alex led his team to place 3rd in the AI-oriented RoboCup Junior Rescue Line National Championship.
Here is a video on one of his latest independent projects.
Arav Kewalia
2023 Summer - present
Gr.5-8 PICO Arduino - Level B-1
Gr.8+ Computer Science - Level B-I
Joined SR CS Track in 2021
Bronze Winner at the 2022-23 American Computer Science League - Junior Division International Competition at Grade 9.
one of the trainers at his high school Robotics Team.
active volunteer at the Somerset County Youth Council
Arjun Subramanian
2021 - present
Gr.8+ Computer Science - B to II
joined Storming Robots' CS Track program since his 5th grade.
Higly remarkable in CS realm.
Started to lead SR's USACO Students Circle since his 8th grade.
Possesses a deep passion for problem-solving with programming.
He achieved the USACO Gold division at 8th grade. At grade 9, he Bronze winner at the 2022-23 American Computer Science League - Senor Division International Competition.
Derek Wang
2022/Fall - present
Gr.5-8 PICO Arduino - Level B-II
Mentor of Maze Team
Joined Storming Robots' Robotics Track program since his 5th grade
Participated in RCJ Line and Maze, winning Nationals and competing in international competitions
Go-to guy for other instructors for mechanical assistance.
Mentor for our high school Maze Team.
Possesses a deep passion for mechanical innovation.
Admitted to the 2023 NJ Governor's School for Engineering and Technology (selected top Gr.11 students throughout NJ)
Dhruva Chakravarthi
2022/Fall - present
Mentor of Robocup Junior (i.e. PreCollege) Teams:
Rescue Maze Team
Rescue Simulation Team
Joined Storming Robots' Robotics Track program since his 7th grade
Won the FIRST Place 3 years in a row from the RCJ USA National Event under Rescue Line and Maze Leagues.
Competing in the international competitions in 2021, 2022, 2023
Possesses a deep passion for software and algorithmic development.
Rahim Tariq
2023/Summer - present
Gr.5-8 PICO Arduino Assistant
- Level B-1
Joined Storming Robots' Robotics Track program since his 6th grade
Participated in RCJ Line and ranked 3rd.
Algorithms in C/C++ - III achiever
Rohit Mudduluru
2023/Summer - present
Gr.5-8 PICO Arduino Assistant
- Level B-1
Joined Storming Robots' Robotics Track program since his 5th grade
Participated in RCJ Line and ranked 3rd.
Teams lead for township middle school robotics teams.
Algorithms in C/C++ - III achiever
OTHER PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS
Ogers Ruda
2023 Fall (New)
Gr.8+ Computer Science - B to II
Ogers has been a C++ Software Developer since 2016. He has also been a C++ programming instructor to a diverse group of students with focused more on practical application and project-based learning.
Master of Computer Science from the Queen Mary University of London, UK.