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
MEET THE TEAM
Alan Sheu
Co-Captain
Pranav Tadepalli
Programming Director
Dante Massaro
Machining Lead
Leison Gao
Fundraising Lead
Steven Dandurand
Co-Captain
Angela Sheu
Operations Director
Yanis Yankauskas
CAD Lead
Tony Zhou
Finance Lead
Allison Liu
Curriculum Council Chair
Taren Patel
Assembly Lead
Faris Raza
Programming Co-Lead
Katie Guo
Communications Lead
Rebecca Meshenberg
Mechanical Director
Caitlin Nguyen
Electrical Lead
Anthony Furman
Programming Co-Lead
Gretel Bachman
Safety & Organization Lead