RoboBoat 2026 > Meet the Team

Meet the RoboBoat Team

2026

* Indicates High School/Middle School Students

Team Members

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Chase Chen*

Team & Software Lead - Grade 12

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Cesar Barranco (San Diego Mesa College)

Mechanical & Electrical Lead

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Parsa Sedighi (SDSU)

Software

Inter-Vehicle Communication

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Jayden Braseem (SDSU)

Software

CV, mapping, and localization

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Keith Chen*

Software - Grade 10

Audio Detection

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Jakob Roche*

Software - Grade 11

Audio Detection

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Yeng Zheng (San Diego Mesa College)

Electrical

Safety & Emergency Switch

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Emma Chan*

Mechanical - Grade 9

Hull Builder & Payload Testing

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Ruth Tu*

Mechanical - Grade 9

Hull Builder & Payload Testing

Ivan Tu*

Mechanical - Grade 6

Hull Builder

Supporting Team Members

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Carina Dumitrascu (San Diego Mesa College)

Mechanical

Payload Assembly & Testing

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Troy Prado (San Diego Mesa College)

Mechanical

3D-Design

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Branden Tran*

Software - Grade 12

Control Testing

Beichen*

Mechanical- Grade 9

3D Design