Merle Yin
President
Year - Junior
Major - Design Studies and AI
Year(s) on Team - Three
Hometown - Toronto, Canada
Highschool - Mennonite Collegiate Institute
Hobbies - playing video games, watching classic movies such as Shrek (2001), and setting everything in Minecraft on fire
Interesting Fact - I am on the Boilermaker Rube Goldberg Team.
Olivia Yin-Dolvig
Vice President
Year - Sophomore
Major - Mechanical Engineering
Year(s) on Team - Two
Hometown - Beaverton, OR
Highschool - Westview High School
Hobbies - Mountain biking, Model making, Outdoor skills
Interesting Fact - I have never driven a car with a backup camera
Creigh Dircksen
Captain
Year - Senior
Major - Electrical Engineering Technology
Year(s) on Team - Four
Hometown - Fort Wayne
Highschool - Garrett
Hobbies - Soccer, D&D, Mario Kart
Interesting Fact - I still cannot do a backflip
Lauren Britten
Treasurer
Year - Sophomore
Major - Mechanical Engineering
Year(s) on Team - Two
Hometown - Woodbury, Minnesota
Highschool - Math and Science Academy
Hobbies - Reading, writing, and knitting
Interesting Fact - I once won a second place trophy made out of buffalo chips; it was some BS.
Zachary Wilson
First Mate
Year - Senior
Major - Robotics Engineering Technology / Mechatronics Engineering Technology
Year(s) on Team - Two
Hometown - Geneva
Highschool - Geneva High School
Hobbies - Video games, poetry, mechanical design
Interesting Fact - I've been camping in a tent during an active tornado
Andrew Thompson
Webmaster
Year - Junior
Major - Computer Science & Data Science
Year(s) on Team - Two
Hometown - Naperville
Highschool - Neuqua Valley HS
Hobbies - 3D printing, reading, volleyball, robotics
Interesting Fact - I designed and built a mobile robot
Noah Dapp
Year - Senior
Major - Energy and Electrical Engineering Technology
Year(s) on Team - 3 counting the current year
Hometown - Garrett Indiana
Highschool - Garrett Highschool
Hobbies - MTG, Gaming, Golf
Interesting Fact - I've studied abroad in Germany
Ryan Capstick
Year - Junior
Major - Mechanical Engineering
Year(s) on Team - Two
Hometown - Lincolnshire
Highschool - Stevenson High School
Hobbies - Just straight chillin
Interesting Fact - I can count past 100
Tyler Kenchanh
Year - Senior
Major - Industrial Engineering Technology
Year(s) on Team - Two
Hometown - Fort Wayne, IN
Highschool - Carroll High School
Hobbies - Butterfly knife flipping/collecting, MTG, Lacrosse
Interesting Fact - My right pinky finger doesn't flatten naturally
Carter Blankenship
Year - Freshman
Major - First Year Engineering
Year(s) on Team - One
Hometown - Lafayette, Indiana
Highschool - Harrison High School
Hobbies - Showing dairy goats, Playing pickleball, Riding bicycles
Interesting Fact - As I mentioned in my hobbies, I breed, raise, and show dairy goats in 4-H and open shows. I have done this for the past ten years. This keeps me busy and is something I really enjoy doing in my free time.
Max Poole
Year - Freshman
Major - First-year Engineering
Year(s) on Team - One
Hometown - Crown Point, IN
Highschool - Crown Point High School
Hobbies - Wood carving, chess, and listening to music
Interesting Fact - I build rubber band guns
Caeden Vetro
Year - Freshman
Major - First-Year Engineering
Year(s) on Team - One
Hometown - Omaha, Nebraska
Highschool - Millard North High School
Hobbies - Writing, Drawing, Theatre/acting, Music?? (Composing????)
Interesting Fact - I've had a 106 degree fever before.
Anthony Huizar
Year - Junior
Major - Studio Arts and Technology
Year(s) on Team - Two
Hometown - Winamac, Indiana
Highschool - Winamac Community High School
Hobbies - Drawing/Sketching, Story Writing, Photography, Gaming, and Gardening
Interesting Fact - I have a dislocated jaw that I can pop at any time. This doesn't hurt me at all, but it sounds painful.
Hannah Rogers
Year - Freshman
Major - FYE
Year(s) on Team - One
Hometown - Peoria, IL
Highschool - Dunlap High School
Hobbies - Playing cello & guitar, hiking, board games & video games, trivia, birdwatching, roasting perfect s'mores
Interesting Fact - My favorite dog breed is the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever!
Erin Withem
Year - Junior
Major - Forest Science
Year(s) on Team - One
Hometown - Indianapolis
Highschool - Beech Grove High School
Hobbies - Gardening, backpacking, travel, crochet and problem solving
Interesting Fact - I am interested in studying the symbiotic relationship between mycelium and the forest to better understand forest growth.