Robotics Club Training Officer

I was the Robotics Club's acting Training Director for 2 years (April 2020 - April 2022). As a training director, I held 10+ training sessions a semester for Robotics Club members on various topics as well as recruited other club leaders and senior members to hold sessions on specialized topics. My goals were to make the club approachable to new, inexperienced members, and make them more comfortable and confident in their abilities. 

Additionally, I also held weekly office hours, participated in recruitment, attended weekly officer meetings, helped in club cleaning/restocking, mentored members, and had a role in organizing the annual Red Robot Hackathon.

Find out more about the club here: https://roboticsclub.org/

The Red Robot Hackathon is a competition-based hardware hackathon hosted by the Robotics Club, normally a 2-day event during fall mid-semester break. Over 36 hours, we hope to foster a love for hacking in all attendees, regardless of their prior experience. Each team receives a small hardware kit, consisting of an Arduino, motors, and various other hardware components to create a robot that accomplishes that year's challenge.

As an Officer, we brainstorm challenge ideas and then work to make it a reality by building the competition environment, creating rules, forming a bill of materials, finding sponsors, advertising, and organizing the event schedule and meals. Additionally, we act as mentors throughout the entire event, meaning each officer commits over two days of their time during this weekend alone to help teams, setup for the events, and clean afterwards.