Team - Who We Are

Calvin Duong
Team Lead
Hello! I am Calvin and I work on the business portion of Icebreaker. I work on the funding aspect of this project and on the build team. In my free time, I participate in competitive robotics and am the Vice President of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Youth Council.

Sydney Malenfant
Electrical Lead
I'm Sydney and I'm a senior at Charlotte Engineering Early College. I am the electrical and documentation lead for Project Icebreaker. I plan to stay at CEEC for my 13th year and major in electrical engineering.

James Triana
Design/Technical Lead
I’m James and I work on the design and build portions of Project Icebreaker. I enjoy working with other robotics teams in my free time. I hope to pursue a career in computer engineering in the future.

Nolan Witt
Programming Lead
My name is Nolan, and I am a senior at Charlotte Engineering Early College. I lead the development of the robot code for Project Icebreaker. I am pursuing a career in Bioinformatics. I plan to stay at CEEC for my 13th year!
Mentors

Austin Fifield
Professor, Electrical Engineering Technology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Dr. Colleen Del Terzo
Director, Instructional Services at National Academy Foundation

Douglas Eshenbaugh
Research Operations Manager at The William States Lee College of Engineering

Zachary Barbott
Distribution Specialist at FORCE America

Ben Booher
Senior Embedded Systems Engineer at Sleepme, Inc.

Ginina Vitucci
Applications Engineering Manager at Sealed Air Corporation

Robert Hagen
Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer for Honeywell