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Rob Ambrose, Penn State Great Valley software engineering student and founder of Trick Strat

Rob Ambrose

Rob Ambrose, a software engineering student at Penn State Great Valley, founded Trick Strat, an app where esports teams, coaches and analysts can discuss and draw strategies on in-game maps.

A screenshot of an in-game map in the Trick Strat esports drawing app

Trick Strat

Similar to how a football coach might depict plays on a whiteboard, esports players, coaches and analysts can use Trick Strat to strategize.

Rob Ambrose, Penn State Great Valley software engineering student

Rob Ambrose

Rob Ambrose, a software engineering student at Penn State Great Valley, founded Trick Strat, an app where esports teams, coaches and analysts can discuss and draw strategies on in-game maps.

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Analyzing design team interaction

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Penn State will study the role team interactions have on engineering student teams’ performance during the design process.