CO-CAPTAIN

Alex is a Senior at SEHS and this is his 3rd year with the team. Alex is planning to study Aerospace Engineering. Alex’s many hobbies include sailing, leading the SEHS Gender Sexuality Alliance, collecting frisbees, playing video games, and crafting pointless 3D printed items with “Beefcake”, his printer. He also feels very strongly about the German Intercity Express, because it is “the most beautiful train to exist”.

CO-CAPTAIN

Jason is a Senior at SEHS, this is his 4th year on the team. His favorite thing about SERT is the community and all the friends he has made. He plans to major in Mechanical Engineering. His hobbies are reading (Sci-fi and Fantasy), drawing, playing video games, and hanging out with friends.

Favorite inspirational song: Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine

BUSINESS LEAD

Lydia is a Junior at SEHS, this is her 3rd year on the team. She is most proud of participating in Unified Robotics, adapted toy workshops, and GBG summer camps. She plans to go to OSU to major in Animal Bio-Health and then sign up for their Veterinarian program. Her hobbies include hanging out with friends, playing board games and badminton.

CAD LEAD

Ty is a Junior at SEHS and this is his 3rd year with SERT. He is most proud of designing and CNC’ing parts that went on the competition robot. Ty has been CAD’ing, doing strategy, and making parts with a CNC since joining SERT. After high school, Ty plans to go to college and studying Engineering. His hobbies include biking, bouldering and playing video games.

ELECTRICAL LEAD

Alexander is a Senior at NEHS and this is his 2nd year on the team. He plans to go to college and learn all the math, physics, and other sciences he can (while, of course, making use of the fancy University equipment!!). Their hobbies are randomly working on strange math problems, reading, playing video games (especially games that make him cry, like Until Then), music, hanging out with friends, and talking with people about the real issues impacting the world.

MASCOT

Hug Monkey is a veteran team member of SERT whose many talents include building team spirit, fashion trendsetting, and hugs. Hug Monkey is most proud of bringing joy and hugs to the team. They have ambitions towards being the first SERT monkey in space and hopes one of the SERT Alumni will get them there, once they run NASA.

Favorite Song: Brass Monkey by the Beastie Boys

MECHANICAL LEAD

Oliver is a Senior as SEHS and this is his 2nd year on the team. He loves that SERT gets young people excited to contribute and learn skills in Engineering. Oliver is going to Portland State University to major in Psychology and Neuropsychology. His hobbies include playing guitar and banjo, reading comics and hanging out around town with friends. He also enjoys writing scripts and anything that has to do with film.

Song that gets Oliver in the zone: All These Things That I’ve Done by The Killers.

SOFTWARE LEAD

Benji is a Junior at SEHS and has been with SERT for 3 years. He is most proud of how well SERT built the software team up, and how the team takes pride in writing good and consistent code for the robot. He has enjoyed being on the SERT software team and writing code for the 2023 and 2024 competitions and BunnyBots. Benji plans to go to OSU and obtain an Engineering/Computer degree. In his free time he likes to play video games, board games, and go biking.

STRATEGY LEAD

Charlotte is a Senior at Pleasant Hill HS, she has been on the team for 2 years. She is a dedicated team member who travels long distances to attend meetings and events. She plans to study Aerospace (Engineering). She is also interested in Astrophysics and Quantum Physics! Her hobbies and interests include 4H, Honor’s Society, Student Government, and Track and Field. She is also a camp counselor in the Summer and enjoys hiking with friends.