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Kan Shimada -
Kan Shimada is the Team President and it is his fourth year on the team. Kan's FIRST journey began in the FLL team the Phantom Catz founded at the local middle school and he carried his passion for engineering into his freshman year, where he started on the mechanical design subteam. His junior year saw him oversee all technical operations on the team as the Engineering Director and now, in his senior year, he serves as the Team President, acting as its chief representative and leader. He enjoys VALORANT and good food outside of robotics, and plans to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering and career in the aerospace or defense industries.
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Dylan Okada - Engineering
Dylan Okada is the Engineering Director of the FRC 2637 Robotics team. As his third year on the team continues, he acts as the primary project manager and oversees all technical progress throughout the robot building process. He is overjoyed to see the team growing each year and leads the meetings and work efforts toward a fully capable competition robot. Outside of robotics, he competes in hurdles and pole vault on his Track & Field team, enjoys time spent with friends and participates in his Boy Scout troop. He relaxes by spending afternoons taking naps, playing with his 5 cats, or going out to shop or fine dine. His nights and early mornings are often spent playing Valorant or video games with his friends and fellow leadership. Dylan plans to continue his interest in engineering and STEM by studying related fields for the remainder of high school and in college.
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Armin Esfahani - Business &
Armin is the Business & Marketing Director on Team 2637: The Phantom Catz. He has been on the team all throughout his time in highschool. On the team, he is responsible for the majority of non-technical aspects of the team, such as finance, communications, public relations, media, event planning, and merchandise organization. Outside the team, he is an avid member of PLUS: an organization that helps students in the school to feel more included in their academic society. In his spare time, he likes to spend time with friends, take pictures, and watch sports.
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Charlotte Chung - Outreach &
Charlotte currently holds the position of Outreach & Awards Director. Through this position, she helps run STEM camps, donation drives, and more. She also mentors the FLL team 54040, and previously held the position of Safety Director. Outside of robotics, she is the President of Mock Trial and Captain of the Varsity Pep Flag Team. Charlotte enjoys reading and spending time with her family.
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JoonHan Kim - Manufacturing
Joon is the team's manufacturing director who has been on the team for 4 years. As the manufacturing director he is responsible for all the hardware that goes onto the robot. During the build season, he has worked closely with mechanism leads and its designers to build the robot. He really loves robotics because it give him the opportunity to work with industry veterans and learn essential skills for project management.
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Ella Cho - Safety DirectorAs Safety Director, Ella ensures proper measures are being taken to keep the team safe when using dangerous machinery. She enjoys working on mechanisms for the robot and served as a project lead for 2 mechanisms. Outside of robotics, Ella is a certified scuba-diver with a passion for ocean conservation, and likes to binge-watch Netflix shows. At school, Ella is the President of the Girls in STEM club and invites guest speakers from various fields to talk about their journeys in order to demystify what they do with hopes to decrease the gender gap in STEM fields. In the future she plans on working in computer science or mechanical engineering with hopes of working at NASA or Google.
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Omar Eltawil - Team AdminOmar is the Team Admin of Team 2637: The Phantom Catz. He is responsible for all the administrative duties of the team such as attendance, communications, media, new member integration, etc. Outside of the team, he is involved with many school activities, like serving as President of the local chapter of the Junior Classical League, and Captain of the Certamen team. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, coding, video games, reading about ancient Egypt, and chatting with friends. Aside from that, Omar likes to spend time tending to his pet chickens and duck, that he has raised from babies.
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Owen Liebenberg - Finance
Owen is the Finance Lead of Team 2637: The Phantom Catz. He manages the financial aspects of the team, including overseeing the Purchase Request process, supervises orders and shipments, and regulates the amount of purchasing the team makes. With his own money, Owen spends lots on Magic: The Gathering cards and comic books, endlessly discussing his endeavors to friends over Discord. When not playing with paper, he can be found thoroughly washing and cleaning his lavishly long hair.
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Jack Cunningham - Pit CaptainJack is the Pit Captain of Team 2637: The Phantom Catz. He is responsible for all pit related activities, including but not limited to, the organization and upkeep of tools and equipment in the pit, preparing the pit for competition and running the pit during competitions. This is all done whilst wearing a really cool pirate hat. Outside of the team, Jack is the treasurer of the school Latin program’s Junior Classical League, and he also enjoys playing video games, doing volunteer work for the PVPLC, hanging out with friends, and doing copious amounts of flashcards for undisclosed classes.
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Austin Pong - Strategy &
As the Strategy and Systems Design Lead, Austin planned the 2-day kickoff event at the beginning of the season, coaches the drive team, and oversees the scouting process of the team. Since scouting is a very broad task, he always looks for ways to improve the process. This season, he directed the creation of a newly programmed scouting app that makes the scouting process offline and able to be quickly accessed and analyzed at competition. Outside of robotics, which he considers a second home, Austin enjoys baking, playing drums, taking pictures for yearbook, and especially spending time with friends. Robotics quickly became a large part of his life, and he is especially thankful for all the experience and opportunities he has gained because of it.
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Kai Shimada - Mechanical Design
Kai is the mechanical design lead. As a senior, it is his fourth year on the team and his fifth year of experience with FIRST. As the previous Strategy and Systems Design Lead, he leads his designers to keep the strategic goal as well as integration in mind. He enjoys designing gearboxes and excels in using various CAD softwares. He finds joy in learning new things and teaching others about robotics and engineering. Outside of school, he uses the money he earns on good food and games, enjoying Japanese cuisine and playing VALORANT with his friends (though not simultaneously).
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Maya Fukunaga - Programming
Maya is the programming lead of Team 2637: The Phantom Catz. She has been on the team for three years. She enjoys being a part of the team, and has made many of her closest friends through the team. Aside from robotics, she enjoys sleeping, eating good food, and tending to her obsession of bucket hats.
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William Sun - Electronics and
William is the Electronics and Pneumatics Lead of Team 2637: The Phantom Cats. He is responsible for the wiring, plumbing, motors, sensors, components, documentation of the robot's systems, and more. In his free time, William plays an obsessive amount of Pokémon, toiling over the competitive metagames of VGC. His favorite Pokémon to use is Nihilego, finding it fun to blast opponents away with powerful Meteor Beams. Aside from Pokémon, William spends most of his time chatting his life away on Discord, finding overly specific and tasty foods to eat, or preparing activities for the members of his subteam, particularly tests. He prides himself in his ability to destroy his friends in Pokémon and cares deeply for the state of his Subteam, especially when they break the robots.
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