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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