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Meet The Team

Meet the team of students who designed, built, and operate the ROV.

With six years of experience building ROVs in Sea-Tech, Stanley is a task-orientated leader with schedule efficiency as his top priority. Proficient with CAD modeling, he accomplished the goal of creating a detailed, accurate and precise model of the entire ROV. He is currently in the twelfth grade as a college student. ​

Stanley Janicki

With six years of experience building ROVs through Sea-Tech 4-H club and the MATE competitions, Sierra McNeil has gained strong leadership skills, a good work ethic and the love of constructing ROVs. She has had the honor of being the club leader's daughter which has greatly increased her knowledge and exposure to ROVs. At age 16, Sierra is currently a junior in Highschool as a home schooled student. She has plans to further her education at a college, using the information and skills she has and will learn from this club to change the world.​

Sierra McNeil

Michael Janicki

Michael is currently a sophomore enrolled in Skagit Valley College. This is his second year participating on the Explorer team. He is extremely interested in all things mechanical and electrical. Michael was very involved with the entire building process of the ROV and specialized in the electronics designing a professional control box for the ROV. This is Michaels sixth year in Sea-Tech and his Fourth ROV project.​

Madison has participated in Sea-Tech for five years and has worked on two different ROVs. Madison has been an active member of the team while focusing on the team poster and taking notes. Madison is currently a freshman at Skagit Valley College.

Madison Walkup

Matthew Atilano has participated in four regionally held competitions and two international MATE competitions.  Leading the Sea-Tech 4H high-school level team to first place regionally the last two years has been a rewarding accomplishment for Matthew.  This year, his fifth year of involvement in Sea-Tech 4H, he has been faced with exciting new challenges that include competing in the Explorer level, building a more complex ROV, balancing time between the ROV project and completing his senior year of high-school, and working with an entirely new team.​

Matthew Atilano

  • Project Specialty - Fundamental System Integration
  • Project Specialty - ROV Construction
  • Project Specialty - Mission Tooling
  • Project Specialty - Control System 
  • Project Specialty - Evaluation
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