FRC / BAE SYSTEMS FOCUS

Help someone else make the next part.

From learning the tools myself to teaching teammates and mentoring the next group of builders.

My contribution: Student mentor · FRC team mentor
Context: BAE Systems FOCUS & FRC · Ongoing mentorship
Focus: CAD, machining, and question-led problem solving
Skills & tools: Fusion 360 CAD/CAM
CNC Instruction
Curriculum Development
Question-led Mentoring
Project Planning
Technical Communication
Team Leadership

Come back and teach

After participating in BAE Systems FOCUS, I returned as a mentor for an eleven-week engineering program. I now mentor high-school FRC teams.

**Reviewing a design together**A mentor and two students review a robotics project together at a laptop.

How I approach it

I use questions to help students work through a problem themselves. Teaching CAD and machining also makes me explain choices that I might otherwise make automatically.

**Mentoring through a robot build**A mentor and student work together on a robot part during a Team 1277 session.

**Working safely at the machine**A student and mentor wear safety glasses while working at a shop machine.

Beyond the shop

I've also coached tennis and pickleball. The setting changes, but I still need to find an explanation that makes sense to the person in front of me.

Sharing the methods that helped me become a more independent builder.

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