Mentor Bios

Mrs. Dipzinski has been with the team since the 2011-2012 season. She made the decision to help out because her children and husband were involved.  She enjoys helping students with the organization, sponsorship, website, art, and computer tasks. When not teaching or helping with robotics she likes sailing, fishing, hiking, biking, photography, geocaching, and traveling.

 Mr. Poulsen has been with the team since 2014-2015. He has always enjoyed programming and building, so after hearing about the team, he joined right away. He hopes to help the team build a robot that will successfully win the challenge. His hobbies include programming, drinking coffee, and bird watching. If her could go anywhere, Tim would travel to the Court of Camelot.

Mr. Dipzinski has been with the team since the 2011-2012 season. He decided to mentor so he could spend more time with his twins. He also wanted to share his knowledge with the next generation. He is a Mechanical Engineer at Xerox and he brings in models on his computer using Working model 2D. In his regular life he likes working with computers, hunting, fishing, hiking, geocaching, and traveling.

Mr. Herrmann is a former FLL Lead Mentor and is now a mentor for the FRC team. He has been with the team since 2014-2015.  He joined as a mentor when his son started on the team.  He enjoys seeing the creativity of the students when trying to solve the challenges.  Outside of robotics, Mr. Herrmann works with Scout Troop 96 in Palmyra, and work with Civil Air Patrol squadron in Newark.

Mr. Barnes started as a student on the team during high school.  He attended RIT after high school. He then has come back annually as a junior mentor during college breaks, since, 2018 to assist the team.  He then transitioned  2023 to a full mentor for the team. 

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