Annie - Team President
Annie is the Team President of Team 2637, representing the team as its spokesperson and ensuring the team is running smoothly. As a senior, this season will be her fourth year on the team. She has been working as a member of Strategy & Systems Design and Manufacturing, and on the competition fields as the Drive Coach and Strategist for the last two seasons. In the past two years, Annie was delighted to be able to represent the team as a FIRST Dean’s List Semi-Finalist and a mentor for FLL Team 54040. Outside of robotics, she loves to play the cello, take naps, spend time with friends, and impulsively add to her ever-growing plushie collection. She looks forward to leading the team through a great season and hopes to continue her journey in STEM through studying mechanical engineering in college.
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Eddy - Engineering Project Manager
Eddy is 2637's Engineering Project Manager. Formerly the Manufacturing Lead, he has expanded his horizons and now oversees the team's technical progress, monitoring and coordinating the efforts of the 5 technical subteams. This year, he hopes to work towards building consistency and pursuing projects that everyone is comfortable with. Now retired from drive team, he is honored to have served as the drive coach last year, and the auxiliary driver for the 2 years before that. In his free time, Eddy loves working out, playing video games, and just chilling with his friends. In college, he wishes to pursue a degree in Biology, setting the track to his goal of attending medical school.
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Nathan - Business & Marketing Lead
Nathan is the Phantom Catz’s Business and Marketing Lead, responsible for fostering partnerships with corporate sponsors and local businesses to enhance the team’s funding and marketing efforts. He also manages public relations through social media, organizes fundraising events with both local businesses and established chains, and coordinates promotional campaigns to increase community engagement and awareness with the team and STEAM. Outside of robotics, Nathan enjoys listening to Linkin Park, playing video games, and running his own computer repair business.
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Tommy - Electronics & Pneumatics Lead
Tommy is the Electronics and Pneumatics lead on team 2637, taking on his third year with FIRST. He is responsible for managing the power and signal networks of the robot, keeping track of motors and sensors, and documenting the wire routes on the robot. Before his role as the Electronics lead, Tommy was the backup auxiliary driver for the drive team, driving at two competitions. In his free time, he likes to talk to his friends, playing video games like War Thunder and Minecraft and playing with Legos. He loves talking about Vietnam and spending his afternoons at robotics.
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Tyler - Finance Admin
Tyler Yamanaka is a Junior at Peninsula. Tyler is the Finance Admin overseeing the flow of cash to the subteams. He collects all the checks and makes all the requisitions. He is also the teams photographer. When not wondering what it is the subteams are buying, he enjoys sleeping, eating, and playing copious amounts of Minecraft.
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Deetya - Manufacturing Lead
As a senior, this is Deetya’s third year on leadership, fourth year on Team 2637, and ninth year with FIRST. As Manufacturing Lead, she oversees the fabrication and assembly processes of the team while improving machine training and craftsmanship standards. Last year, she was proud to represent Team 2637 as its first female Dean’s List Finalist. She's mentored two all-girls FLL teams over the past four years and is super excited to mentor Team 2852 for their first international invitational comp this year! In her free time, she enjoys wave jumping and tide pooling with her friends, scuba diving, loitering in Barnes and Nobles and finding new books to read, thrifting, and sleeping. Deetya is passionate about engineering and hopes to study mechanical engineering in college to attain a career in the field.
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Madeleine - Mechanical Design Lead
Madeleine is the Mechanical Design Lead for Team 2637. She’s excited to complete her fourth year on the team as a senior, ensuring the team achieves a concise robot concept that’s within the scope of the team. Madeleine strives to support her subteam through her direct guidance on designing mechanisms towards a cooperative robot. Outside of robotics, Madeleine avoids tripping and other things that may turn her into a “You” hazard. Other than that, she finds joy in drawing, reading sci fi and fantasy novels, and playing Stardew valley! She also hates snails.
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Kohta - Outreach & Awards Lead
Kohta Kinoshita is the lead of the Outreach & Awards subteam. With his four years of experience, he is excited to represent the team in their endeavors to spread his love of STEM worldwide. He works as the head mentor of four of our award winning FIRST LEGO League teams, guiding and working with his fellow FLL mentors. Kohta is also in charge of organizing team outreach events and is looking forward to being a presenter in the team's impact presentation. Outside of robotics, he loves baking sweets and pastries for his subteam. As a self proclaimed "gamer", he dedicates all of his "sleeping hours" to Stardew Valley and other videogames. Even though he tends to show up to meetings late, he loves dyeing his hair to celebrate his Phantom Pride!
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Kynam - Programming Lead
Kynam is the Programming Lead, responsible for overseeing the team's strategy scouting resources and heading the team's robot software. Notable accomplishments include spearheading the team's advanced datalogging systems and Command Based Programming. As a 3rd year on the team, he hopes to be an inspiration for what it takes as a leader and as a teamplayer in such a fast-paced engineering environment. During past seasons and inspired by his love for film, he's had the privilege of crafting videos and documentaries that showcase the outreach and dedication of Team 2637 members. He hopes to one day take this whole mix-mosh of skills to life and beyond in his own personal ventures. Outside of robotics, he loves being in the outdoors, watching wayyy too many movies, listening to music late into 3 am, and playing the piano.
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Kaili - Safety Lead
Kaili is Team 2637's Safety Lead. As a junior, this is her third year on the team, and also occupies a place on the Manufacturing subteam. Her job consists of developing procedures and rules that promote and enforce safety within team, reporting and resolving transgressions, as well as organizing all data safety-related. She also has a passion for the medical field and hopes to pursue that interest in her later years. Social media and science research takes up her other time.
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Daniel - Strategy & Systems Design Lead
Daniel is the Strategy and Systems Design Lead for Team 2637. He is excited to start his fourth year on the team as a senior, developing strategies and defining our robot’s requirements. Daniel strives to support our team through competitions, ensuring that we collect accurate data not only for our drive team, but also for developing alliance picks. Outside of robotics, Daniel “loves” playing league unfortunately and hanging out with friends. Other than that he enjoys listening to music and going to school on his very cool scooter.
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