Our Coaches
Coach Crystall
TBD Labs
Head Coach and President of TBD Fan Clubs
Coach Crystall has been an amazing coach throughout our years as a team. She started coaching an FLL team in 2014, and has stuck with us all the way through our robotics experience. She helps lead the team in Core Values and helps us remember that we can always accomplish our dreams. Her continuous support made the team what it is today.
Coach Chris
Schneider Electrics Senior Project Manager
Coach Chris is the lead programming coach for our team. He helps guide us through any questions we have, but allows us to figure out solutions on our own. He has helped each team member grow in their own strengths and supports us in everything we do.
Nick Belbas
First Alumni
Chevron Cyber Security Engineer
Nick Belbas is a FIRST Alumni who has mentored our team since we were FLL Challenge. He helps guide us through programming questions. His support and experience has helped our team grow over the years.
Chris Lee
NASA
NASA Programmer
Mr. Kris is our mentor programmer. He also one of our CAD expert and helps our team any way he can. He leads programming with our Coach Chris Dalton.
Our Mentors
Clarissa Belbas
San Jacinto College Director of Resources, and Mechanical Engineer
Clarissa Belbas taught our team about CAD and the engineering design process. She answered any questions we had on the mechanical side of things.
Savanna Lipke
JACOBS Engineering, Thermal Analysis Engineering
Savanna Lipke helped us with part fabrications. She helped get us through the doors at JACOBS to cut our chassis and print our wheel assemblies
Alan Bell
SAIC Engineering Solutions Director
Alan Bell has helped our team with Chassis design and learning about mechanical components such as chain. He has helped us develop our mechanical skills
Andrew Lee
First Alumni Attending U of H and Studying Computer Programming
Andrew Lee is a FIRST Alumni who continues to mentor our team. He helps answer questions about Programming, electrical /wiring and Mechanical aspects of the robot. His experience has been invaluable to the team.