Meet Our Team
Ritvik ShahMy name is Ritvik Shah. I am rising senior at Upper St. Clair High School. I am the President of the Pittsburgh Youth Chapter of Ekal, and I am the leader of our initiative to spread Education and STEAM through a Hack-A-Thon. I am the current programming sub-team leader and a team leader for FIRST Robotics Challenge Team 3260, SHARP. I will be teaching and helping with each and every workshop. With SHARP, I have learned and performed basic CAD. I have taken Intro and Intermediate Programming and AP Computer Science A at my school. I am the current team captain for my High School's data science team that participates in Pittsburgh Data Jam. |
Nitish SharmaHello, my name is Nitish Sharma. I'm a rising senior at Upper St. Clair High School, and I will be teaching the Basic Data Science and Tinker CAD workshops. I have taken courses in Functions/Stats/Trig and AP Calculus BC and I have participated in the FIRST Tech Challenge. |
Varun DamarlaHello, my name is Varun Damarla. I’m a rising senior at Upper St. Clair High School in Pittsburgh, PA. I will be teaching in the programming and OS workshops. I have taken courses in Python and Java (AP Computer Science A) at our high school, programmed in JAVA using Android Studio for the FIRST Tech Challenge, performed regression analysis on COVID data in R, and developed a Checkers AI in JavaScript/HTML/CSS with the help of CMU mentors and peer via Project Ignite @ CMU.
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Sujay ShahMy name is Sujay Shah and I am a rising senior. I am teaching the OnShape 3d Design workshop. I have been the design and build leader for a FTC robotics where we frequently use CAD. I also have taken multiple CAD courses in school. |
Jeet SutrejaMy name is Jeet Sutreja and I am rising senior. I am teaching the OnShape 3d Design workshop. I have taken engineering course from school where CAD was a major focus. |
Arun VasudevanMy name is Arun Vasudevan. I am a rising senior. I am teaching the basic data science workshop. I have taken high level math course from my high school such as Functions/Stats/Trig and AP Calculus BC. |
Adric NorthamHello, I am Adric Northam. I am a rising senior. I am the design sub-team leader and a team leader for FIRST Robotics Challenge Team 3260, SHARP. I will be working on the OnShape 3d Design workshop, and I have been working with OnShape and other CAD programs for about 5 years. |
Mona GergesHello, I am Mona Gerges, and I am a rising senior. I am a mechanical sub-team leader and a team leader for FIRST Robotics Challenge Team 3260, SHARP. I will be working on the OnShape 3d Design workshop. I have created CAD for SHARP and have taken training sessions held in conjunction with other FIRST teams last summer. |
Rishika BansalHey! My name is Rishika Bansal and I’m a junior from Scarsdale High School in New York. I’m teaching the Python-Based Data Science and Python Programming courses. I’ve been coding for 10 years now, and I’m currently the head programmer on the Techno Chix Robotics team. Other than AP Computer Science, my programming experience has included a data science internship and online courses on natural language processing, deepfakes, and algorithms. With Python, I’ve created neural networks to perform sentiment analysis, predict weather patterns, and assess heart disease risks. I also have experience creating Python-based visualizations, even though I think they’re a lot less fun. In the last year, I’ve taught two different basic and intermediate Python classes, and I’m excited to work with you all this summer!
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Benson ZhengHello! I am Benson Zheng. I am working on the Block Coding and Tinker Cad workshops. I am a member of FIRST Robotics Challenge Team 3260, SHARP. I am a part of the programming sub-team. |
Yash BotreHello! I am Yash Botre, and I am a rising junior. I am working on the Python programming and Python-based Data Science workshops. I am a member of FIRST Robotics Challenge Team 3260, SHARP. I am a part of the programming sub-team. |
Alexey TatarinovHello, I am Alexey Tatarinov. I am a team leader for the FIRST Robotics Challenge team 3260, SHARP. I am a programmer with years of experience in Python, C and C++. I originally got interested in programming from robotics, but over time have been more interested in the computer science aspect and generally learning how computers work. My current interests include real time rendering, motion planning and path following algorithms, and cybersecurity. I only got to where I am because of the support of many mentors and friends, and I hope to help others in the same way. |