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I have been bored with the plethora of theoretical knowledge I learn in class. Where’s the fun in engineering if you can’t tinker with machines, get grease all over your hand and post cool instagram stories of your creations? The ARVP club is the perfect medium for me to bridge the gap between theory and practical experience. The prospect of designing a robot via solidworks really piqued my interest, particularly because I have been enjoying my MEC E 265 course (which is an introductory course to solidworks). . I honestly just love dissecting things and looking at their internal components (hence why my toys never lasted more than a week when I was a child). Designing the frame of this robot and then seeing how all the different components each team has been working on comes together to form one final product gives me a greater satisfaction than popping bubblewraps. In the future, I plan on going into the field of mechatronics, so ARVP seems to be the ideal club to lay the foundations for my future.I am very eager to work with everyone and develop my teambuilding skills.

Over the years I have been exploring and learning more about subjects outside of my program. My interests include stocks, programming and badminton, with programming being my main focus at the moment. This will be my first year with ARVP, my reasons for joining this club is to learn more about robotics and at the same time, gain experience with cad modeling software. Although I have never set foot in an engineering lecture, I believe many skills in life can be learned with time and a few good books… or by copy and pasting stack overflow code until things work.

2020/2021 will be the third year working with Arvp. My main interest and knowledge are in numerical simulation (FEA and CFD) through which the mechanics of our current robot can be understood and used for optimization and design decisions.

I joined ARVP in my 2nd year, and my time here has opened my eyes to what engineering outside of the classroom looks like. I was able to learn and practice CAD and machining, as well as witnessing how a complex engineering project is brought to life through teamwork at the physical, digital and financial levels.

Over the past two years, ARVP had helped me explore the different components in robotic and future developed my interest in mechatronics. I enjoy discussing the different aspects of the robot and manufacturing parts

I am a 3rd Year CivE Student currently in my first Co-op term. Club work and design has been my favorite part of engineering at the UofA and I hope to do it in my future. This is my second year in ARVP and last year I was primarily working on the electronics tray systems. I’m a basketball and baseball fan as well