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Our Leadership

The leadership system within our team works so that existing leadership act as role models to younger people. This allows the younger members to learn, gain valuable insights, and eventually take the place of the existing leadership. In this way, we model our leadership in our community after the leadership system within our team. We provide leadership roles in small projects to give many team members experience being leaders, helping them gain skills to lead within the community.
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President: Berkan Ottlik

Berkan Ottlik is a senior at Northview High School Techno Titans. His responsibilities on the team include being the co-programming lead and being president of the entire team. He is driven by not only a passion for science and learning at heart, but a belief that spreading STEM to more people will lead to a brighter future.  He wants to pursue a degree in computer science.
https://berkan.xyz/

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Vice President: Michelle Heo

Michelle Heo is a senior at Northview High School and is the Vice President and Engineering Head of the Techno Titans this year. She has been a part of the team since her freshman year as a member of Mechanical and later became the Safety Captain and the president of the team. She has been the Drive Team Coach for 3 years and her favorite aspects of robotics are the new concepts she learns and the people she meets. Outside of robotics, she enjoys listening to good music, doodling, sketching random ideas, and spending time with friends and family. After high school, Michelle hopes to pursue a degree in Biomedical Engineering.

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Business Head: Matt Gerami

Matt Gerami is a senior at Northview High School and has been an FRC member since his sophomore year. He has been part of the Business subteam for 3 years and on his third year has become the Business Head. When Matt isn't at robotics he does video editing/graphic design, playing video games, and works at his job. Matt wants to dual major in Business and Computer Science.

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Fabrication Lead: Richard Kim

Richard Kim is a senior at NHS and has been on the FRC team since his freshman year as a fabrication member for 4 years. Previously mechanical head, he is now focusing more on robot construction as fabrication lead. When Richard isn't at robotics, he loves to swim, volunteer, and spend time with his friends and family. He hopes to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering while minoring in business.

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Electrical Lead: Ani Gokhale

Aniruddha Gokhale is a senior at Northview High School. He started robotics in his sophomore year on the Electrical subteam, and also was on Drive Team as the human player that year. He has been interested in science, technology, and engineering from a young age, and outside of school he also participates in Science Olympiad. In his free time, he enjoys coding, tinkering with electronics, and playing video games and soccer with his friends.

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Design Lead: Siya Deshpande

Siya is a junior at Northview High School and has been an FRC member since her freshman year. She has participated as a part of the mechanical subteam for 2 years before becoming the design lead. Being in this team Siya developed her interest in the field of engineering and wants to pursue a degree in STEM. Outside of robotics, Siya enjoys designing jewelry and is the president of Jewels for Jewels, a jewelry-making club at Northview. She is also a member of Girls In STEM, FBLA, and enjoys spending time with her friends and family.

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Programming Lead: Jatong Su

Jatong Su is a junior at Northview High School, and he started robotics in his freshman year. In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball and watching movies.

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Safety Captain: Harish Koyya

Harish Koyya is a senior at Northview High School. He joined robotics in his sophomore year and has fell in love with the team since then. He joined as a Business/Media team member and is also a part of the Safety team. In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball and cricket. Additionally, he's a car enthusiast so he enjoys driving and learning about cars. He is also a part of other clubs at Northview such as HOSA, FBLA, and German Honors Society.
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President: Michelle Heo

Michelle Heo is a junior at Northview High School and has been an FRC member since her freshman year. She has participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition as a member of Mechanical then became the team's Safety Captain. Michelle enjoys robotics because it has allowed her to learn the skills necessary to become an engineer, a teammate, and a leader. Outside of robotics, Michelle enjoys doodling and designing, as well as spending time with her friends and family. She is also a member of Girls In STEM, BETA, and FBLA and hopes to pursue a degree in engineering.

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Vice President: Berkan Ottlik

Berkan Ottlik is the current Vice President of the Techno Titans. his responsibilities are a little bit less black and white than some of the sub-team leads but in general, he is responsible for working with the President and mentors to manage the team. his expertise are found more in programming and business and therefore his management and aid is focused there as well.​
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https://berkan.xyz/

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​Business Head: Shiv Trivedi

Shiv Trivedi is currently a junior at Northview. He has been on the Techno Titans Robotics team since his freshman year, after having been on a middle school VEX team for two years. He has a passion for entrepreneurship, business, and computer science. He always tries to take every opportunity to learn more about anything that interests him, having picked up countless skills on the business subteam of the Techno Titans over the past years thanks to that eagerness. Being on the Techno Titans has been a steady influence in his life, growing stronger and stronger as he continuously applies his skills to problems encountered in other fields of study and in life. He is an advocate for women and girls in STEM and an active feminist. Shiv also likes to work on coding and electronics projects of his own in his free time and aspires to be an entrepreneur.
http://shivvtrivedi.com/

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Mechanical Head: Richard Kim

Richard Kim is a junior at NHS and has been on the FRC team since his freshman year. He has been a member of the Fabrication subteam for 3 years and became the Mechanical head in his third year. When Richard isn't at robotics, he swims for the Northview swim team, volunteers for BETA, and spends time with his friends and family. Richard hopes to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering in the future while minoring in business.

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Design Lead: Jerry Lu

Jerry is a Northview senior who has been with the team since his sophomore year. He started FRC as a fabrication freshman on G3 Robotics but changed to design after his first year on the Techno Titans. In his free time, he is either sleeping, playing video games, or designing random gadgets to 3D print. He plans to major in mechanical engineering in college with a minor in aerospace engineering.

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Fabrication Captain: Lucas Moyer

Lucas Moyer is a senior at Northview High School and has been on the team since his freshman year. He started robotics in the Fabrication subteam and worked to help build the competition robots for his first two years on the team. After his sophomore year, he became Fabrication Captain, a position which he has held for the past two years. In this position, he leads the team responsible for building the FRC robots. Outside of robotics, Lucas enjoys woodworking, road cycling, and Boy Scouts. After high school, he plans on earning a mechanical engineering degree.

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Electrical Head: Ani Gokhale

Aniruddha Gokhale is a junior at Northview High School. He started robotics in his sophomore year on the Electrical subteam, and also was on Drive Team as the human player that year. He has been interested in Science, Technology, and Engineering from a young age, and outside of school he also participates in Science Olympiad. In his free time, he enjoys coding, tinkering with electronics, and playing video games and soccer with his friends.

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Programming Head: Yaseen Shaikh

Yaseen Shaikh is currently a junior at Northview. He has been on the Techno Titans Robotics team since his freshman year as a member of the programming team. In his spare time, Yaseen also likes to work on electronics projects and plans to learn more about cellular automata and membrane computing.
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​https://yaseen.xyz/

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Safety Captain: Harish Koyya

Harish Koyya is currently a junior at Northview High School. He joined robotics in his sophomore year and has fell in love with the team since then. He joined as a Business/Media team member and is also a part of the Safety team. In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball and cricket. Additionally, he's a car enthusiast so he enjoys driving and learning about cars. He is also a part of other clubs at Northview such as HOSA, FBLA, and German Honors Society.
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President: Nidhi Pai

Nidhi Pai is a senior at Northview. She's been in robotics since freshmen year, in the business and programming sub teams. She enjoys spending time with and learning from other STEM-oriented students and mentors. When she's not at robotics, she's either swimming or studying. She is also a member of Northview's Girls in STEM. Her future goals include a degree in statistics or computer science.

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Vice President: Devansh Yerpude

Devansh Yerpude is a senior at Northview High School, and has been a Techno Titan since his freshmen year. He has participated in the FIRST competition as a member of both the programming and business teams. He loves robotics because it has given him a chance to apply both his technical and leadership skills in real life.

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Lead of Engineering: Varun Vangala

Varun is a very average juggler, he wants to study machine learning in the future and presently enjoy working on electronics projects.

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Safety Captain: Michelle Heo

Michelle Heo is currently a sophomore at Northview High School. She has been on the team since her freshman year and is a member of the Mechanical team. This is her second year as the team's Safety Captain, and claims you can find her with an emergency safety kit, a billion hair ties, and away from the camera. In addition to robotics, Michelle enjoys doodling and designing during her free time.

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Mechanical Head: Calvin Booth

Calvin Booth is currently a senior at Northview. He has been on the Techno Titans Robotics team since his freshman year as a member of the Design and Fabrication team. In addition to robotics, Calvin played on Northview's Baseball team for two years and has played with Northview's Marching Band for four years. 

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Design Lead: Jerry Lu

I should only ever be drinking milk or water because everything else practically kills me (especially soda). In my free time, I like to play video games with friends, particularly Super Smash Bros. 4.

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Fabrication Captain: Lucas Moyer

This is my third year in FIRST and as well as robotics, I also have been woodworking for almost 6 years.

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Electrical Lead: Jeffrey Yu

Jeffrey Yu is a senior in high school and is the Electrical head.  He has been on the electrical team since freshman year, and has participated on the FIRST team.  Outside of robotics he enjoys playing the bass guitar and the violin, and is an avid fisherman.  

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Programming Lead: Praneeth Kolichala

I am a senior who enjoys playing saxophone and attending math competitions. I am interested in machine learning and spend my free time working on coding projects, as well as playing soccer and ping pong. I also speak French pretty well.

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Business Lead: Anish Ganga

Anish Ganga is a senior at Northview. He has been part of the Techno Titans since his freshman year as a member of the Design and Fabrication teams. In his free time, he also enjoys playing cricket and dancing. ​
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President: Devansh Yerpude

Devansh Yerpude is a junior at Northview High School, and has been a Techno Titan since his freshmen year. He has participated in the FIRST competition as a member of both the programming and business teams. He loves robotics because it has given him a chance to apply both his technical and leadership skills in real life. Alongside his current occupation, Devansh also serves as Georgia FBLA's North Metro Area Vice - President, serving over 20,000 members across the state of Georgia. In the future, Devansh hopes to ultimately combine his expertise in business and technology to start his own business. 

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Vice President: Sneha Kadiyala

Sneha Kadiyala is a senior at Northview High School, and a Northview Techno Titan for four years. She has participated in the FIRST competition both as a member of the programming team and the business team. She enjoys robotics because it allows her to learn through real life application as well as work with people who share her interests. Outside of robotics, she dances as part of a South Indian classical dance academy and volunteers as a national youth coordinator for Vibha. Sneha hopes to pursue a degree in Computer Science in the future.

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Project Manager: Anish Ganga

Anish Ganga is a junior at Northview. He has been part of the Techno Titans since his freshman year as a member of the Design and Fabrication teams. Anish is currently the Project Manager for Techno Titan Robotics. In his free time, he also enjoys playing cricket and dancing. 

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Business Captain: Erin Chung

​Erin Chung is a senior at Northview High School. She has been on the robotics team since her junior year and participated in last year’s FIRST competition. She loves being in robotics because it allows her to work with incredible teammates and see business in action. Outside of robotics, she plays soccer, likes to read, and is currently president of Northview’s Future Business Leaders of America chapter. In the future, she plans to pursue a degree in business and psychology.

Design Captain: Joseph Ni

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Joseph Ni is currently a senior at Northview High School. Joseph, or Joe, as he likes to be called, has participated in robotics since his freshman year, with multiple VEX, BEST, and FIRST robotics competitions under his belt. He specializes in Computer Aided Design, but also possesses experience with fabrication techniques and programming. Outside of robotics, Joe enjoys reading non-fiction books, managing his brokerage account, creating solutions to automate tasks, and working out with friends. Down the road, he plans to create software solutions to automate investing. He also wants to develop powered exoskeletons to augment humans physically and cognitively.

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Fabrication Captain: Calvin Booth

Calvin Booth is currently a junior at Northview. He has been on the Techno Titans Robotics team since his freshman year as a member of the Design and Fabrication team. In addition to robotics, Calvin played on Northview's Baseball team for two years and has played with Northview's Marching Band for three years. 

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Programming Captain: Yi Liu

Yi Liu is currently a senior at Northview, and is the programming captain for the Techno Titans. He has been on the team since his sophomore year as part of the programming team. Yi is President of the Programming Team at Northview as well as a member of Northview's Web Team. In his free time, Yi enjoys spending time with his younger brother and sister, and working on his independent projects. 

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Electrical Captain: Robert Wang

Robert is a senior at Northview High School. He has been part of the Techno Titans since his junior year as a member of the electrical team. In his free time, Robert is either studying to become a pilot as an aspiring Air Force candidate or at the gym training. 
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President: Sneha Kadiyala

Sneha Kadiyala is a senior at Northview High School, and a Northview Techno Titan for four years. She has participated in the FIRST competition both as a member of the programming team and the business team. She enjoys robotics because it allows her to learn through real life application as well as work with people who share her interests. Outside of robotics, she dances as part of a South Indian classical dance academy and volunteers as a national youth coordinator for Vibha. Sneha hopes to pursue a degree in Computer Science in the future.

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Vice President: Animesh Koratana

Animesh Koratana is a senior at Northview High School and an independent researcher in the fields of computational neuroscience and artificial intelligence. ​His interests lie in the fields of cognitive behavior and artificial intelligence, specifically to help solve the largest problems facing artificial intelligence today using mechanisms already found in our brains. He uses theoretical and computational tools to study the structure of intelligent computation in high-dimensional neural systems to help us better understand our minds, and the world around us. Animesh is also a public speaker at TEDx, a guest lecturer at Georgia State University, and TiE Entrepreneurs. 

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Business Captain: Nidhi Pai

Nidhi Pai is currently a sophomore at Northview High School. She has been on the robotics team since her freshman year and participated in both BEST and FIRST competitions. She enjoys spending time with and learning from other STEM-oriented students and mentors. When she's not at robotics, she's either swimming or studying. She is also a member of Northview's Girls in STEM. Her future goals include a degree in statistics or computer science.

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Design Captain: Sidharth Potdar

​Sidharth Potdar is currently a senior at Northview High School as well as this year's head of Design. Sidharth has participated in robotics since his sophomore year, and has competed in both the BEST and FIRST competitions. Sidharth specializes in Computer Aided Design and participate in organizations like the Solid Work User Group to help hone his skills. Outside of robotics, he enjoys playing basketball and soccer as well as learning German. 

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Fabrication Captain: Rounak Chowdhury

​Rounak Chowdhury is a Northview Junior and the Fabrication Captain of the 2016-2017 season. He is interested in pursuing a career in Engineering and has interned in Georgia Techs ASDL Lab. Along with robotics, he works as a soccer referee and volunteers at the annual Atlanta Science Festival. His work on the CAD team in the 2015 season and the Mechanical team in the 2016 season has helped him link the Fabrication team with the Design team to increase communication and productivity.

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Programming Captain: Sil Savla

Sil Savla loves electrical and software engineering. Along with robotics, Sil dances and plays the violin. Sil also is a lighting and audio technician and works on large productions crews for concerts and musical productions. This dexterous ability has helped Sil not only work as the programming captain, but also as our electrical captain in 2015. He has helped bridge the gap between the two sub teams, allowing each to run more efficiently and at a greater ability.

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Electrical Captain: Atharv Marathe

Atharv Marathe is currently a senior at Northview High School and has been part of the robotics team since his sophomore year, and has participated in both the BEST and FIRST competitions. He loves robotics, because it provides challenges that he doesn't normally get to encounter in school. It also allows him to collaborate with people who love solving complex engineering problems and who care just as much about technology. Outside of his time with the Northview Techno Titans, Atharv loves doing anything related to physics, his favorite subject in school. ​
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President: Animesh Koratana

Animesh Koratana is a senior at Northview High School and an independent researcher in the fields of computational neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Animesh is the founder and President of the Techno Titans Robotics Foundation, designed to compete and sustainably spread STEM education throughout the community.

​His interests lie in the fields of cognitive behavior and artificial intelligence, specifically to help solve the largest problems facing artificial intelligence today using mechanisms already found in our brains. He uses theoretical and computational tools to study the structure of intelligent computation in high-dimensional neural systems to help us better understand our minds, and the world around us. Animesh is also a public speaker at TEDx, a guest lecturer at Georgia State University, and TiE Entrepreneurs. ​
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​Vice President & Business Captain: Meghna Dash

Meghna is a student of computer science at Auburn University and was the Vice President of the Techno Titans for the 2015-2016 season. She has done a considerable amount of work in computer aided design, computer science, and business speaking. She graduated from Northview High School in 2016 and is looking to participate in research opportunities in the field of computer science. 

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​Mechanical Captain: Arjun Gandhi

​Arjun Gandhi is a Northview senior and was captain of the Mechanical team during the 2015-2016. He has competed in the BEST and FIRST Robotics competitions since his freshmen year. When he is not in robotics, Arjun is pursuing his martial arts training and has earned two black belts.  He loves robotics, because it allows him to use equipment that he normally wouldn't have access to and work with students who are just as passionate as he is about engineering. Arjun is currently interning at EDIC Inc. and hopes to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering. 

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