Darcy Span
Coach And Physics Teacher
1st year on Team 701
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Ms. Span is a Vanden High School teacher for freshmen. She teaches physics for freshmen, and robotics classes after school. As the coach for the robotics team, she enjoys the professional and productive environment of the club. Seeing students working hard at their passion is something she loves about robotics. She graduated from Chico State with a degree in science education and a concentration on physics.
Duane Murphy
Programming & Business Mentor
16th year on Team 701
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Mr. Murphy has been interested in robotics, specifically with the RoboVikes.... He has a vivid memory of the tetris themed game in 2005 where he was the coach on drive team at a competition simply because he was the tallest mentor.
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John Franco Saraceno
Programming and Electrical Mentor
2nd year on Team 701
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Mr. Franco is our electrical and programming mentor starting in the 2023 build season. He is a trained field scientist and amateur maker with over 15 years of experience developing environmental sensors and implementing water quality monitoring networks. When time (and weather) permits, he likes to build and fly drones.
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Doug Green
Previous Coach/ Founder
21st year on Team 701
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Mr. Green has been the head coach of Team 701 since the very beginning. Though he has now moved on and now teaches at Solano Community College, he is still involved. He loves when students collectively learn about cutting edge technology while applying it to the classroom and the real world. Outside of robotics, Mr. Green enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking, rock climbing and blowing up rockets :). He graduated from UC Davis and majored in Nuclear Physics.
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Bob Anderson
Welding, Mechanical & Construction Mentor
4th year on Team 701
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Mr. Anderson is neighbors with Aaron and Derek Lance. His favorite name to call students is "knucklehead" and recently he has been the life and entertainment of the team. He majored in Automotive technology and did set construction and special effects on the movie, "Days of Thunder". Outside of robotics he likes spending time with family and fishing with friends. He likes working in his garage and helping people by fixing things.
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Blake Miles
Mechanical Mentor
6th year on Team 701
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Mr. Miles is a RoboVike alumni who currently studies mechanical engineering at Solano Community College. He still comes to robotics to help our team by giving guidance about building a robot.
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Cyndi Miles
Business Mentor
6th year on Team 701
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Cindy Miles is the parent of RoboVike alumni, Blake Miles. She is currently a teacher in the Travis Unified School District. In her free time, she helps our operations team by giving outreach ideas and business pointers.
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