First and Last Name Lee Coulson -------------------------------------------- How many years have you been a mentor for FIRST? 3 -------------------------------------------- Tell us a little about your back ground (education, current job, ect...) Received an Associates of Science degree from the College of Eastern Utah. (Really had a lot of fun at this two year college.) Attended the University of Utah (home of the Runnin Utes) where I obtained a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering and Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering. I'm currently a product engineer at Micron Technology. -------------------------------------------- Why did you get involved as a FIRST mentor at MVHS? On a dare. Just kidding ... Micron has a program (K-12) whose focus is to "Spark a Passion for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math!" This program relies on volunteers in order to be successful, which is how I became a FIRST mentor. -------------------------------------------- Tell us about some of your hobbies. My favorite sports are racquetball and volleyball. (FIRST mentoring shortens my racquetball season by 6 weeks.) Some of my other interests include woodworking, welding, programming, camping, cycling (a little wimpy since having my face sewed back together after a crash), golf (a lot of room for improvement with this sport), etc .... -------------------------------------------- Share a story about your involvement as a mentor that you would like to share with others. As a mentor we work closely with the students where they rely on our experience and education, but it is really rewarding when the students make a decision and execute successfully without our feedback. For example, at the Aim High regional during the competition finals, our robot was blocked by the opposing team keeping it from being able to score. Our programmers adjusted the autonomous routine, without mentor help, and successfully moved the robot forward in scoring position leaving the opposing team's robot to crash into the wall. --------------------------------------------