Meet The Mentor
Name: Patrick Tillman Number of Years on the Team: 5
Why They Joined: When he heard about the program, he was quite intrigued because there was nothing like this when he was in school and so he wanted to join.
Favorite Memory of Buzz: In 2016 he was able to see the first pair of freshman he mentored grow up to seniors and graduate.
What Do You Hope Students Take Away From You: Patrick hopes that all the students learn to keep an open mind. That they realize its important to acknowledge all points of view in a conversation but, at the same time, thinking for themselves.
Specialty: Translating Mentor to Teenager and Teenager to Mentor
Name: Pete Polis Number of Years on the Team: 12
Why The Joined: After becoming fed up about hearing the school systems have poor engineering classes, he joined Buzz Robotics.
Favorite Memory of Buzz: Pete’ s favorite memory on Buzz was in 2007 when he witnessed the Team win an entire competition for the first time.
What Do You Hope Students Take Away From You: Engineering isn ' t just for Nerds. If you take the time to understand how things work the students won’ t be afraid to fix things on their own in the real world.
Specialty: Well rounded mentor, will do anything to help the kids out. Affiliation: UTAS, Project Engineer
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