Braydn Szymkiewicz

Braydn is a graduate of Central Westmoreland Career & Technology Center in New Stanton and Yough High School in Herminie. While in the Mechatronics program at CWCTC, he was a member of the National Technical Honor Society and competed in SkillsUSA at the district, state, and national levels.

Braydn placed 1st in Computer Maintenance as well as Electronics Technology at district and state competitions and placed 16th in the nation in Electronics Technology as a junior. He competed at the national level in 2016 in Robotics and Automation, where he and his team placed 6th.

He is currently attending West Virginia University Honors College where he is enrolled in the Statler College of Engineering, majoring in Computer Science/Robotics. He would like to intern with NASA or Google and obtain employment designing and programming military robotics.