OUR MENTORS
Mentors are an essential part of our team. They help keep our team together, and also help sustain knowledge and learning throughout the years. Without the mentors none of what we do would be possible. Our team likes to keep a high student to mentor ratio to promote student learning while still gaining valuable knowledge from our mentors.
Lead Mentor
Howard Evans
Howard Evans is a graduate of The Ohio State University where he studied electrical engineering. While attending college he worked for the OSU Physics Department where he helped design, build, and test electronics for the ZEUS particle detector at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg, Germany. Howard has been working for Nordson Corporation since 1997 and is currently a Staff Engineer where he designs control and power electronics for the Packaging and Product Assembly division.
Howard joined the Techno Titans as a mentor in the spring of 2007 after watching the team compete in the FIRST Championship in Atlanta. Having always been fascinated with robotics as a child, he now lives vicariously through the students he mentors.
Administrator
Theresa Dixon
Theresa handles all the “behind the scenes” for the team – handling all the paperwork, day to day financials, travel for the team and helping wherever needed. She also assists with drive team selections and finalization of the essays and presentations for grants and awards.
Theresa works for Yeoman Technology Group as an Amazon Merchandiser. When not working or with the Techno Titans, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, reading, watching college sports and traveling. She lives in Suwanee with Howard and their dog, Jake and cat, Scarlet.
Programming Mentor
Matthew DeLuca
The 2019-2020 season was Matthew's first with the Techno Titans. Currently, he is helping evaluate new cameras for use by the vision processing team, assisting with the construction of field elements, and assisting with the programming team. He is a certified expert on the contents of aisles 13, 21, and 22 of the local hardware store. By day Matthew is a data analyst for Cox Communications. By night he enjoys tinkering on various projects in the basement, maintaining his vintage Ford truck, and annoying his two dogs. He lives in Johns Creek with his wife Julia and son Dominic.
Business Mentor
Julia DeLuca
Who says you need to know about robots to be a robotics mentor? If that was a requirement, Julia would not be here. Julia first volunteered with the Techno Titans in the 2019-2020 school year, beginning her education about robotics, drivetrains, CAD, and more acronyms than a person should ever try to learn. Julia will be assisting the business team stay organized and on track to complete all their tasks and duties. In real life, Julia has been a research librarian at the CDC for the last 20 years. At home Julia enjoys photography, knitting, and reading, and lives in Johns Creek with her husband Matthew and their son, Dominic.
Mentor
Bob Stevens
Bob retired from a career in technology & business spanning electronics (ITT, Xerox), specialty chemicals (Cabot), and professional services (ABM). Building on studies of Biomedical Engineering (Vanderbilt), a BSEE (The Ohio State University), and an MBA (University of Rochester), he worked in 20+ countries on a wide range of projects.
His daughter (a science teacher at Lambert HS) was in the second Northview graduating class of 2004, and now in 2022 Bob is ready to give back to the students and support their success in STEM fields. He lives in Johns Creek with his wife Lynn and their cat Otis; as a lifelong learner, Bob’s interests include photography, food science, civics, financial investing, governance (volunteer HOA President for 20+ years), and application of science to everyday life (you know, like robots).
Faculty Sponsor
Sorayana Bravo
Ms. Bravo is a Spanish language teacher at Northview High School. This is her first year as Faculty Sponsor.