Our Team
HackBlue is divided into four committees: Mentorship, Curriculum Development, Web Development, and Youtube Development. Each member of HackBlue is a member of at least one of the above committees, with some members electing to participate in multiple.
Leadership
Somin An
ansomin@umich.edu
President
Head of YouTube Development
Daniel Gorelik
djgoreli@umich.edu
Vice President
Head of Web Development
Zac Kaufman
zsk@umich.edu
Vice President
Head of Mentorship / Curriculum Development
Committees
Mentorship
HackBlue mentors obtain their status by consistently attending one of our mentorship programs on a weekly basis. By presenting and teaching a chosen curriculum to students as well as offering one-on-one help during our lessons, mentors are able to form meaningful mentor-mentee relationships with the students and foster further computer science exploration.
Web Development
The HackBlue Web Development Committee was created with the primary goal of coding this working website for the organization. This website was coded from scratch using HTML, basic CSS, and Javascript. Future projects will include adding additional features to the HackBlue website as well as other projects relevant to the field of web development.
Curriculum Development
The HackBlue Curriculum Development Committee creates all of the curriculum that is taught to mentors. Curriculum topics include traditional off-computer computer science lessons which teach beginner concepts, as well as lessons which utilize tools such as Python, Scratch, and Raspberry Pi. Other lesson topics include web development and working with custom-built robots.
YouTube Development
The HackBlue Youtube Development Committee writes, films, and edits informational YouTube videos about basic computer science concepts to be viewed by the students in our programs as well as the public at large. Visit our official YouTube channel here.