MEET THE TEAM
OFFICERS & COACHES
Coach: Mr. Brian McDonald - Roaming from upstate New York, I come to the Robo Raiders with 5 years of teaching middle school Technology Education. I currently am teaching Engineering and Design to 10-12th grade at Scarsdale High School. I joined the Robo Raiders with experience using VEX robotics, C++ programming, and a drive to provide the team with whatever support they need to be successful!
Co-Coach: Mr. Kevin Anton
Captain: Thomas Xin '25 - I'm the Captain, and I enjoy both learning from and teaching others in the team every day.
Assistant Captain: Andrew Greene '25 - I'm a senior and this is my fourth year in the Robotics Club, a great place where I get to combine my love of robotics with a great team of people.
Engineering Director: Nicholas Apessos '26 - I am an engineering director this year, and I am super excited to teach others about CAD and building.
Engineering Director: Graham Fielding '26 - I am an engineering director this year, and I can't wait to help the new members learn all there is to FTC!
Programming Director: Stephen Cai '25 - Hi! I've been on the team for three years, and I'm excited as a programming officer for this upcoming season. I specialize in Autonomous control, and am currently developing a motion planning FTC framework called SynchroPather. My hobbies outside of school/club are playing and writing music, playing video games, and biking. Also Scratch is the best OOP.
Programming Director: Nathan Tao '26 - Hi, I'm a Junior and have been on the Robo Raiders my whole high school career. The learning opportunities, friendships, and competitions make this team memorable. I enjoy proposing new ideas in outreach, learning computer vision, making YouTube videos, and teaching new members about FTClib.
Outreach Director: Grace Chiu '27
Outreach Director: Harry Horvath '25 - Hello! I'm a senior, and this is my fourth year on the team. I primarily work on organizing our team's outreach events and fundraisers. I've gotten to work with some amazing people, and I love hearing about all the ways we've made a difference!
CURRENT MEMBERS
Armita Ahmed '26 - I'm a junior, and I work in the programming department. This is my first time dealing with robots, and I am excited to learn more!
May Bansal '28 - Programming, Outreach
Arjan Baweja '27 - Programming
Rachel Cai '28 - Engineering, Outreach
Asher Cohen '28 - Programming
Myra Dang '28 - Engineering
Serra Demir '25 - I joined the robotics club as a sophomore after a year of not knowing what to do. I attended an engineering camp and learned Python over the summer. I want to continue developing an interest in STEM by joining the robotics club.
Samuel Gao '28 - CV developer
Kevin Han '26 - I'm in the engineering group and I love working with people and teaching them CAD.
Wade Han '27 - Engineering
Aaron He '26 - I am a junior that is part of the programming department. Robotics is a way for me to express my love for programming and the design process.
Wentao He '27 - I'm Wentao and this is my first year in the club. I'm in the programming department. I have been trying to learn some coding and this club really taught me a lot of stuff.
Alexander Kempe '25 - Programming, Outreach
Ada Langford '26 - Hi, I'm in my third year of this club as a junior, and I'm thrilled to contribute and learn, particularly in programming. As a freshman, robotics club members were very supportive, and I hope to spread this support to new members.
Gabriela Mutić '28 - I'm a freshman in the engineering department, and I love getting to be a part of the team and learning about CAD and other aspects of engineering from older club members.
Kenneth Ren '25 - I'm a senior, and this is my third year in the club. I work mostly in programming, so I joined. I already know many club members, and I look forward to working with them this year.
Om Sanan '25 - I am a senior, and this is my fourth year in the club. I mainly focus on programming. I have taken an interest in robotics ever since I was young and always enjoy collaborating and working as a team, especially when formulating strategies and programming solutions. I look forward to learning, growing, and having fun with the team.
Nikhil Saxena '27 - Hi, I’m a sophomore and this is my second year in the robotics club. I’m part of the Engineering department and really enjoy learning the process of building our robot and look forward to our competitions this year.
Will Simpson '28 - Engineering, Outreach
Ari Snyder '27 - Programming
Viir Sood '28 - Hi, I'm a freshman who just joined the club and I aspire to learn more about TeleOp.
Raphael Sutiono '27 - This is my second year in the robotics club, this year I joined outreach branch of the club and I'm excited to learn about a new aspect about robotics and sharing my interests with younger generations. I look forward to learn more about robotics, grow as a person, and to have fun with the other members of the team.
Noah Weinsaft '27 - Engineering
Isabella Wu '28 - Engineering
Cici Zhang '26 - I’m a junior in programming department. This club gives me new ideas of what a robot can function and it’s a joyful experience to make those ideas come true by coding.
Cindy Zhou '28 - Engineering, Outreach