team MEMBERS
Our team is a four-member, self-run, FIRST® Tech Challenge team from Burnaby, BC, Canada. Each member contributes different strengths to the team and has varying levels of experience with FIRST.
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"Teamwork makes the dream work"
-John C. Maxwell
History
Team TechnoDynamics was formed in 2017 by Brian Wu, our former robotics teacher/coach. In our first year, we competed in FIRST® Lego League (FLL), placing first at the BC Championships. This gave us the opportunity to attend World Festival in Houston, where we ranked 8th in the world.
2019 was our first year competing in FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC). With guidance from our mentors and experiences from FLL, we coached ourselves. Although it was a steep learning curve, our hard work paid off! We won two awards: the Winning Alliance Award & the Inspire Award (3rd)
ALEX
Team Captain
Alex is a grade 11 student at David Thompson Secondary. He built his first robot at the age of seven and found that he was a natural robotics enthusiast! Besides hanging with his teammates, he enjoys coding and robotics more than anythings else. This is his fourth year in FIRST® robotics competitions. FIRST® has allowed him to meet many new people, and he thinks it is really cool to know that like-minded people from around the world share the same passion.
Interests: Canadian Computing Competition, soccer, coding, reading, robotics, biking, frisbee
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Joined: 2017
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ANTHONY
External Relations / Mechanical
Anthony is a grade 12 student at Burnaby Mountain Secondary. He has a curious nature, and loves to find out how things work and the story behind them. Before joining TechnoDynamics, he learned skills such as LEGO EV3, Raspberry Pi, and Java. As our most gregarious team member, he is always open to sharing his knowledge of technology with others. As well as connecting with the public and other FTC/FLL teams, he provides technical support in building the robot.
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Interests: Biking, swimming, running, Canadian Computing Competition, addicted to writing AP exams
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Joined: 2017
BRIAN
Lead Software Engineer
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Brian is a grade 11 student at Burnaby North Secondary. He is your ultimate software engineering hobbyist. Brian has been programming for the past six years, and has become fluent in many programming languages. To say that he is passionate about creating programs, libraries, and frameworks is an understatement. His approach to engineering is holistic as he strives to make usesful projects by incorporating his knowledge in electrical engineering with mechanical concepts. He hopes to use his skills to change the world...for the better!
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Interests: Hack-a-thons, Canadian Computing Competition, coding
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Joined: 2019
JUSTIN
Outreach and Development
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Justin is a grade 11 student from David Thompson Secondary. This 2021-2022 season is his very first with FTC and the robot-building community! Having learned coding through camps and personal projects, he is looking to explore the world of practical technology and engineering – FIRST being the perfect place to do so. Along the way, he hopes to make many new friends! You will see him helping out in the team with anything and everything, but will have a greater focus on developing the team’s website.
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Interests: STEM, Ultimate Frisbee, languages, music, first aid
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Joined: 2021