Mr. Jerry Espenhain

  • WVS teacher for 20 years
  • IB Higher Level Physics Teacher at WVSS
  • Led UBC Physics Olympics teams to multiple top ten finishes, including First Place!
  • Graduate Diploma in teaching with Technology
  • Time worked in industry: renovation, cabinetry, mechanics
  • Experience coding in several languages, electronics, soldering, spot-welding. rocket building. electric motor repair, metal fabrication, wood processing and millwork, furniture, construction

Mr. Todd Ablett

Todd Ablett

Red Seal Journeyman Electrician
Trained Technology Education Teacher
2000 – 2018: Taught basic competitive robotics
2007: Qualified and attended the VEX Robotics World Championships
2011: Won Prime Minister’s Teaching Excellence Award
2012: Won the VEX Robotics World Championships
2014: VEX Robotics Teacher of the year & VEX STEM Hall of Fame recipient
2016: Started Robotics Academy at WVS


Dr. Mahesh Chugani

Taught at: Sentinel Secondary; Rockridge Secondary; West Vancouver Secondary School

Currently teaching: Robotics (Gr 9 – 12); Drafting 9 (Gr 9); Big Bad Bot Builders (Gr 6/7); All Hands On Tech (Gr 6/7)

Dr. Mahesh Chugani is an Electronics Engineer who has worked as a Software Engineer at National Instruments (Austin, Texas, USA), and as Director of Support and Training at Momentum Data Systems (Huntington Beach, California, USA).

Dr. Chugani holds the following credentials:

(a) Diploma in Electronics and Radio Engineering from Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology, Pune, India.
(b) Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications from College of Engineering, Pune, India.
(c) M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA.

Dr. Chugani has authored numerous technical publications, and has also co-authored two books:

(1) LabVIEW Signal Processing (published by Prentice-Hall)
(2) Digital Signal Processing: A Hands-On Approach (published by Mc-Graw Hill)

Dr. Chugani is also a member of the Education Advisory Committee of Canada’s ICTC (Information and Communications Technology Council) Digital DASH Initiative whose mission is to empower youth with skills relevant to today’s digital economy.

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