ABOUT
Throughout the fall, all members are trained in basic assembly before branching off and training with student leaders in their respective technical field.
All aspects of our team—designing and building our robot, training members, fundraising, and hosting outreach events—are coordinated by students. Our members work with industry-level machines and software thanks to our access to the invaluable LGHS engineering room, metal shop, and woodshop.
FIRST Robotics Competition is an international high school robotics competition. Each year, teams have six weeks to build an entire human-sized robot from scratch. At competitions, the robots play a sports-like game where teams are placed into alliances of three robots each.
Each season, we have about six weeks to design, build and program an entire 125-pound robot. Our members initially collaborate on design and prototyping and contribute to sub-teams like manufacturing and programming for the remainder of the season.
We always welcome new support through sponsorship and mentorship. Without guidance or assistance, we would not be able to exist as a team. If you are interested in becoming a mentor or sponsor, please look over our team handbook as it includes details about our operations and reach out to us.
MORE THAN ROBOTS
Iron Claw is more than a group of students building robots. We are a team that continually strives to make a positive impact in our community.
OUR IMPACT
Every year, we conduct outreach at local elementary schools and community service events. We strongly believe that people should be able to pursue STEM regardless of their backgrounds, so we have expanded our outreach program to include community service events for people of disadvantaged backgrounds. As our outreach program further develops, we endeavor to maximize the impact of our efforts in the lives of future technology leaders.
“To build and foster a student-led environment where members develop the STEM, business, leadership, and collaborative skills crucial to innovation in society” – Iron Claw Mission Statement
LEADERSHIP
Nico Gomez-Llagaria
Co-Captain
Piper Robinson
Co-Captain
Claire Mayder
Operations Director
Henry Lee
Hardware Director
Saara Piplani
Software Director
Ellery Han
Shop Manager
Jahnvi Bheemarasetti
Communications Lead
Angie Lam
Control Systems Lead
Alex Chan
Manufacturing Lead
Kaushik Tadepalli
CAD Lead
Anthony Zhang
Assembly Lead
Johaan Jacob
Programming Lead
Michael Chekler
Programming Lead
Kyle Eldridge
Programming Lead
TEAM
Roxanna Abdollahi
Anya Agarwal
Avik Agarwal
Arnav Ahluwalia
Arman Alasvandian
Kousha Ardakani
Alejandro Chavez Sermeno
Catie Chen
Iliana Finney
Aiden Gao
Eileen Han
William Han
Ian Hsieh
Adrian Hsu
Emre Ihsan
Eric Jacobson
Hajin Jang
Nova Jayaraj
Ty Lambert
Cyrus Lavassani
Aditya Mathur
Ian McCloskey
Cameron Nakhjiri
Taran Nathan
Tim Nikiforov
Ricky O’Hara
Shaurya Piplani
Vivian Shen
Dylan Shaodong
Mehaan Sibal
James Smith
Siyona Singhal
Maxwell Tan
Eric Yan
Connor Young
TEAM MANAGERS AND MENTORS
Rodrigo Coppelli
Team Manager
Mariam Fan
Team Manager
Mornay Van Der Walt
Lead Mentor
Arthur Chan
Mentor
Kerry Northen
Mentor
Aaron Payne
Mentor