Team Captain
Name: Nick G. Sorensen
Grade: 8th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hello! My name is Nick, and I am the captain of Hephaestus. I am on my 2nd year on 9459, and in turn, my 2nd year in robotics. I have an oddly large skill set when it comes to robotics, including intermediate CAD, beginning programming, and I am best when it comes to building. Outside of FTC, I enjoy playing guitar, doing homework, and read about major modern and historical events. This year I hope to work on building a strong chassis for the robot, teaching a 7th grader how to build effectively with Rev, and not have to build a second robot three weeks before the qualifier.
Grade: 8th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hello! My name is Nick, and I am the captain of Hephaestus. I am on my 2nd year on 9459, and in turn, my 2nd year in robotics. I have an oddly large skill set when it comes to robotics, including intermediate CAD, beginning programming, and I am best when it comes to building. Outside of FTC, I enjoy playing guitar, doing homework, and read about major modern and historical events. This year I hope to work on building a strong chassis for the robot, teaching a 7th grader how to build effectively with Rev, and not have to build a second robot three weeks before the qualifier.
Co-Captain
Name: Hayden Clarke
Grade: 8th grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hi! I’m Hayden, This is my second year of robotics, and my second Year on Team Hephaestus. This year, I will be focusing on S.M.A.D & Building. I’m Also the
Co-Captain to Team Hephaestus. I am excited to learn more new things than I did last Year and I also hope to learn how to program this year.
Grade: 8th grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hi! I’m Hayden, This is my second year of robotics, and my second Year on Team Hephaestus. This year, I will be focusing on S.M.A.D & Building. I’m Also the
Co-Captain to Team Hephaestus. I am excited to learn more new things than I did last Year and I also hope to learn how to program this year.
Team Members
Name: Isaac Capistrant
Grade: 9th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
My name is Isaac Capistrant and this is my first year doing the First Tech Challenge. My previous experience in robotics was five seasons of Lego Robotics at my previous school. I am also experienced in some forms of CAD and Coding, as well as robot design. I am very excited for this season of FTC, as it looks really amazing.
Grade: 9th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
My name is Isaac Capistrant and this is my first year doing the First Tech Challenge. My previous experience in robotics was five seasons of Lego Robotics at my previous school. I am also experienced in some forms of CAD and Coding, as well as robot design. I am very excited for this season of FTC, as it looks really amazing.
Name: Ford Franzen
Grade: 8th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hello, I’m Ford! I program the robot in Java! I also help build the team, and I will be teaching programming to other team members who might want to learn programming. I am currently in my second year of FTC!
Grade: 8th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hello, I’m Ford! I program the robot in Java! I also help build the team, and I will be teaching programming to other team members who might want to learn programming. I am currently in my second year of FTC!
Name: Wyatt Goetzman
Grade: 8th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hi I'm Wyatt. I'm on the FTC team. I enjoy being on the team because it gives me a chance to socialize but still learn more about engineering and technology. I spend most of my time doing video games, working on projects, or doing homework, all of these on a computer.
Grade: 8th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hi I'm Wyatt. I'm on the FTC team. I enjoy being on the team because it gives me a chance to socialize but still learn more about engineering and technology. I spend most of my time doing video games, working on projects, or doing homework, all of these on a computer.
Name:Elias Jakob O’Brien
Grade: 8th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hello! I’m Elias. I came to robotics to learn CAD and other skills related to FTC. As of now, I have been in robotics for two years and am the “lead” CAD designer. Outside of FTC, I like to play violin, style bonsai, and read lots of fantasy and realistic fiction books. I am looking forward to teaching a new team member CAD this year and hopefully trying out new things like building the robot and designing the engineering notebook.
Grade: 8th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hello! I’m Elias. I came to robotics to learn CAD and other skills related to FTC. As of now, I have been in robotics for two years and am the “lead” CAD designer. Outside of FTC, I like to play violin, style bonsai, and read lots of fantasy and realistic fiction books. I am looking forward to teaching a new team member CAD this year and hopefully trying out new things like building the robot and designing the engineering notebook.
Name: Logan Pederson
Grade: 7th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hi I’m Logan and this is my first year of robotics. I joined robotics because I saw larger scale high school robotics and I thought it would be cool to learn the basics. Right now I am on the build team, but I have interest in CAD and programming. When I’m not in school or robotics, I enjoy spending time with friends and bonding over similar interests. I also enjoy photography and exploring places to try and find a cool photo.
Grade: 7th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hi I’m Logan and this is my first year of robotics. I joined robotics because I saw larger scale high school robotics and I thought it would be cool to learn the basics. Right now I am on the build team, but I have interest in CAD and programming. When I’m not in school or robotics, I enjoy spending time with friends and bonding over similar interests. I also enjoy photography and exploring places to try and find a cool photo.
Name: Liam G Sykes
Grade: 7th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hello I'm Liam. I have always wanted to be on a robotics team since I was previously in Lego League. I have started to learn CAD and want to learn how to code, because I really enjoy a good creative challenge! When I'm not nerding out about robotics I'm nerding out about DnD along with other different types of programming.
Grade: 7th Grade
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Hello I'm Liam. I have always wanted to be on a robotics team since I was previously in Lego League. I have started to learn CAD and want to learn how to code, because I really enjoy a good creative challenge! When I'm not nerding out about robotics I'm nerding out about DnD along with other different types of programming.