About

Meet the Team!


FTC Team 18225

Mission

Our mission is to build and sustain a passionate robotics community where no one is left behind while planting the seeds for a better, more equitable future.


Coaches

Liangshou

Liangshou

Mechanical & Software

Shikha

Shikha

Outreach

Liang

Liang

Mechanical & Outreach

Mentors

Jason

Jason

Civil Engineer

Patrick

Patrick

Retired

Professor Yinhai

Professor Yinhai

Transportation Professor @ UW

Lillian

Lillian

Marketer

The Team

Albert Lu

Albert Lu

Class of 2027

5 Years of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Is a band kid.

Alexander Bonev

Alexander Bonev

Class of 2027

2 Years of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Dream car is a 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STI.

Allen Wu

Allen Wu

Class of 2025

6 Years of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Is a Brawl Stars addict. Will play anywhere and everywhere.

Andrew Pai

Andrew Pai

Class of 2025

3 Years of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Has a horrible sleep schedule.

Andy Tien

Andy Tien

Class of 2025

5 Years of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Only posts his dog on Instagram.

Calvin Zhang

Calvin Zhang

Class of 2027

2 Years of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Might be a furry.

Cynthia Lu

Cynthia Lu

Class of 2026

3 Years of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Knows how to shoot a rifle.

Eesha Jain

Eesha Jain

Class of 2025

7 Years of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Is always locked in.

Elaine Zhang

Elaine Zhang

Class of 2028

First Year in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Is the most aesthetic.

Ethan Lee

Ethan Lee

Class of 2027

1 Year of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Is secretly a fox.

Eugene Li

Eugene Li

Class of 2025

5 Years of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Makes (arguably bad) puns.

Jeffrey Luo

Jeffrey Luo

Class of 2026

2 Years of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Plays football.

Neel Arora

Neel Arora

Class of 2028

Years of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Is the biggest yapper.

Nereeksh Kothakota

Nereeksh Kothakota

Class of 2029

Years of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Is a gamer.

Rohit Venkatesan

Rohit Venkatesan

Class of 2026

4 Years of Experience in FIRST.

Fun Fact: Is also a band kid.

Alumni

Emma Shi

Emma Shi

2020-22; MIT '26

Erik Ma

Erik Ma

2020-22; Berkley '26

Katrina Li

Katrina Li

2020-22; MIT '26

Lucas Wu

Lucas Wu

2020-22; UPenn '26

Rishabh Venkatesan

Rishabh Venkatesan

2020-22; UW '26

Julia Wang

Julia Wang

2020-24; Barnard '28