We are all active members of the Robotics Club at the University of Central Florida. In continual pursuit to master the challenges we entercounter within the club, which are not obtainable through our classes, we seek to strengthen our understanding of this dynamic field. With a shared love for the Electrical Engineering and robotics we have come together to form Group 1 for our Senior Design Project.

Michael Podel

Mike Podel is an Electrical Engineering undergraduate student with a strong interest in Robotics. He will be graduating this semester with a BS in EE and will pursue his Masters at UCF in the fall of 2011. He has many years of experience including 3 years of working at Lockhead Martin and maintaing an active role at the Robotics Club at UCF; where as a group they engineer fully autonomous vehicles from the ground up and participate in competitions annually.

Chrsitina Sylvia

Chrsitina Sylvia is an Electrical Engineering undergraduate student whose studies concentrate in EMF and Semiconductors. She is an active member of Tau Beta Pi and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Upon completing her Bachelors degree she plans on pursuing both her Masters and PHD degree in the field of Biomedical Engineering with emphasis on NEMS devices.

Gor Beglaryan

Gor Beglaryan was born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1986. He moved to the US in 2005 and was accepted to UCF in Spring 2007. Electrical Engineering was a big change for Gor, since his original field of study in Armenia was Economics. During his years at UCF Gor took every challenge as an opportunity to acquire new knowledge, and enhance his critical thinking skills. He has been accepted to California State University of Northridge as a graduate student for Fall 2011, and will continue his education in EE specializing in Microwave and Antenna Engineering.

Kiran Bernard

Kiran Bernard was born in India in 1989. His family moved to Singapore in the year 1995, to Maryland, USA in 2000 and finally to Florida in the year 2004. He has always had a passion for all things electronic from a very young age (starting with the disassembling of radios, T.V.'s and fans). Kiran has already been accepted by UCF's M.S.E.E program for the Fall of 2011 and will pursue the specialization of power electronics.