Our Team

Our team is made up of members across a diverse range of technical backgrounds.

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Lukas Graber — Electrical Engineering

Team Leadership

David Knight (Team President)
Leonid Pozdneev (Chief Engineer)
Jeyan Kirtay (Co-Project Manager)
Eric Lin (Co-Project Manager)

Ajay Sukhwani (Lead Mechanical Systems Engineer)
Michael Gamarnik (Co-Lead Aerodynamicist)
Federico Roma (Co-Lead Aerodynamicist)
Aaron Hui (Lead Chassis Engineer)
Kaushal Gokare (Lead Composites Engineer)
Kevin Ge (Lead Controls Engineer)
Daniel Elkin (Co-Lead Suspension Engineer)
Marc-Anthony Maquiling (Co-Lead Suspension Engineer)

Shaan Dhawan (Lead Electrical Systems Engineer)
Atul Merchia (Lead Data Acquisition Engineer)
Anson Tsang (Co-Lead Electric Drives Engineer)
Dean Plaskon (Co-Lead Electric Drives Engineer)
Arvind Srinivasan (Lead High Voltage Controls Engineer)
Ethan Weinstock (Lead Low Voltage Controls Engineer)

Team Members

Aahan Kerawala
Alex Vitale
Alfred Berlanga
Allen Moore
Andrew Kim
Andrew Semelka
Annabelle Legg
Austin Solomon
Ayaan Huda
Benjamin Guo
Bo Han Zhu
Candace Kang
Chattraya Rutherford
Clayton Walker
Cody Kaminsky
Colin Murray
Daniel Carrozzino
Daniel Lam
Daniel Niemann
Ethan Kang
Ethan Stone
Ethan Tse
Eunseo Kim
Grayson Eady
Harrison Kollias
Ishaan Guha
Jackson Isenberg
Jake Wiley
Jason Yang
Jeffrey Shao
Jishnu Medisetti
John Clashman
John Knox
Jonathan Wilson
Josh Perlmutter
Joshua Kirshenbaum
Julius Ish
Justin Lee
Kunal Mohapatra
Laura Newgent
Luis Diego Monge Jimenez
Luke Catton
Mark Hite
Mayur Singh
Michelle Lee
Milinie Ngo
Mohit Garg
Nathan Cheek
Naveen Senthil
Nick Nyman
Noah Bruckner
Noel Igbokwe
Parker Go
Patrick Sagayaraj
Paul Horton
Paul Kim
Paula Garranchan
Pedro Dal Bo
Peter Chu
Peter Wagstaff
Philothei Sahinidis
Que Le
Rohit Suresh
Samarth Saraf
Sathya Gummadi
Shiv Makim
Sophia Smith
Stephen Noh
Sujeeth Jayaraman
Tejas Raman
Terrence Te
Thomas Smith
Varun Mondaiyka
Vikrant Bathala
Vincent Fang
William Barclay
William Tang
Xingwan Zhu
Ying Tung Yeh (Yvonne)
Yoon Jae Lee
Youssef Jaafar
Zekun Li

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Lukas Graber — Electrical Engineering

Team Leadership

Yvonne Yeh (Team President)
Harrison Kollias (Chief Engineer)
Max Boonbandansook (Project Manager)
Alice Zhang (Business Manager)

Michael Gamarnik (Lead Aerodynamicist)
Aaron Hui (Lead Chassis Engineer)
Diego Monge (Co-Lead Chassis Engineer)
Jishnu Medisetti (Lead Composites Engineer)
Srinath Dhamodharan (Lead Controls Engineer)
Ajay Sukhwani (Lead Powertrain Engineer)
Daniel Elkin (Lead Suspension Engineer)

Leo Pozdneev (Lead Electrical Systems Engineer)
Parker Jones (Lead Data Acquisition Engineer)
Shaan Dhawan (Co-Lead Data Acquisition Engineer)
Anson Tsang (Lead Electric Drives Engineer)
Arvind Srinivasan (Lead High Voltage Controls Engineer)
Dean Plaskon (Lead Low Voltage Controls Engineer)

Team Members

Aayush Dixit
Akash Harapanahalli
Angel Manzano
Anna Lummus
Arjun Lahoti
Aryaan Mehra
Athrey Gonella
Atul Merchia
Axel Trolle
Ben Farrell
Ben Thorne
Bethe Newgent
Brad Greer
Brent Bessemer
Brian Feldman
Brian Walker
Calvin Dong
Cameron Philbert
Carson Quan
Charles Tenorio
Charles Wehner
Cole Biafore
Darryl Bailey Jr
David Knight
Dhruv Tripathi
Dhruva Venkat
Edward Jahoda
Eric Fan
Eric Gustafson
Eric Lin
Ethan Damiani
Ethan Weinstock
Evan Shellow
Federico Roma
Fengrui Zuo
Gregory Goll
Harsh Patel
Harsha Tambareni
Hojin Seo
Honghao (Adrien) Zhu
Ireoluwa Adaramola
Islombek Kadirov
Jacob Mack
Jake Wiley
Jasmine Ferrarer
Jason Lieb
Jeyan Kirtay
Jiali Chen
Jin Bae
John Corno
John Xin
Joshua Kim
Kaiwen Wang
Karinne Bernanke
Kaushal Gokare
Kelly Helmut Lord
Keshav Vasudeva
Kevin Ge
Kevin Leach
Kevin Pan
Kyle Turner
Land Tantichot
Louis Morin
Luke Marchbanks
Madhu Srinivasan
Matt Weist
Matthias Heyrman
Max Butterfield
Max Rothman
Maxim Zhelyabovskiy
Meghavarnika Budati
Michael Tang
Milinie Ngo
Mohammed Arif
Mohit Singh
Nathan Cheek
Navneet Lingala
Neythra Srinivasan
Nick Hummel
Noah Mammen
Oguz Unverdi
Peter Chu
Peter Wagstaff
Praise Shimosha
Qifeng Liu
Raymond Jia
Robert Beauchamp
Rohan Nandakumar
Rohit Das
Russell Sprouse
Ryan Chen
Sabri Castro
Sam Gilmer
Samarth Saraf
Sasikumaran Nandakumar
Shiv Makim
Shiva Khanna Yamamoto
Shreya Walia
Siddhant Singhania
Siddhanth Vashista
Sophie Ayoung-Chee
Steven Nguyen
Sumanyu Arya
Sumedh Surya Garimella
Surendra Naidoo
Sze Hou Loh
Taleb Hirani
Tarun Golla
Tarun Goyal
Thomas Beauchamp
Tina Hilko
Tyrell Ramos-Lopez
Vincent Fang
Warren (Frank) Tsang
William Barnes
William Li
Zach Thompson
Zhaozhou Tang

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Lukas Graber — Electrical Engineering

Team Leadership

Nathan Cheek (Team President)
Sam Gilmer (Chief Engineer)
Audrey Suh (Business Manager)
Max Boonbandansook (Project Manager)

Alice Zhang (Lead Suspension and Chassis Engineer)
Asimm Hirani (Lead Electric Drives Engineer)
Harrison Kollias (Lead Composites Engineer)
Aaron Hui (Lead Powertrain Engineer)
Parker Jones (Lead Low Voltage Controls Engineer)
Russell Sprouse (Lead Aerodynamics Engineer)
Ryan Gallaway (Lead Data Acquisition Engineer)
Yvonne Yeh (Lead High Voltage Controls Engineer)

Team Members

Anson Tsang
Arvind Srinivasan
Brent Vessemer
Cole Kilcrease
Daniel Elkin
Daniel Wang
Dean Plaskon
Elena Michnovicz
Eric Fan
Federico Roma
Henri Bouchard
Jason Lieb
Jeff Ding
Jishnu Medisetti
Jose Romero
Josh Robertson
Ju Young Shim
Keshav Vasudeva
Lachlan Page
Leon Shi
Leonid Pozdneev
Lorenzo Santilli
Luis Diego Monge
Mayur Singh
Michael Gamarnik
Navneet Lingala
Nikhil Damani
Peter Wagstaff
Qasim Hassan
Sathappan Somasundaram
Shaan Dhawan
Simon Anni
Soohyun Kim
Srinath Dhamodharan
Tristan Valadez
William Li
Yu (John) Xin
Zach Thompson
Zongrui Wee

Faculty Advisors

Dr. Jonathan Rogers — Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Lukas Graber — Electrical Engineering

Leadership

Nathan Cheek
Team President

Jeff Ding
Chief Engineer

Team Leads

Ayush Jha (Lead Aerodynamicist)
Brian Kaplan (Lead Electrical Systems Engineer)
Sam Gilmer (Lead Mechanical Systems Engineer)

Asimm Hirani (Lead Suspension Engineer)
Chad Hendrix (Lead Circuits Engineer)
Harrison Kollias (Logistics Manager)
Jason Lieb (Lead Powertrain Engineer)
Robert Kuramshin (Lead Electric Drives Engineer)
Ryan Gallaway (Lead Software Engineer)

Team Members

Aaron Hui
Alice Zhang
Andrew Fisher
Ankit Kuchhangi
Arjun Sonti
Audrey Suh
Bilal Ali
Bishop Wright
Brian Cai
Calvin Zhou
Choukri Nyon
Elizabeth Prucka
Evan Shellow
Henri Bouchard
Jefferson Parker Jones
Jishnu Medisetti
Jonathan Wen
Joshua Robertson
Karl Roush
Keshav Vasudeva
Nicholas Brittain
Omar Allam
Preston Dial
Russell Sprouse
Sai Kilaru
Shreyas Krishnapura
Simon Anni
Soohyun Kim
Srinath Dhamodharan
Yunming Zhang
Yvonne Yeh
Zongrui Wee

Faculty Advisors

Dr. Jonathan Rogers — Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Lukas Graber — Electrical Engineering

Leadership

Jeff Ding
Team President

Jarrett Schalch
Chief Engineer

Ayush Jha
Business Lead

Nathan Cheek
Electrical Systems Team Lead

Siddarth Sreeram
Mechanical Systems Team Lead

Team Members

Ayush Jha — Business Team Lead
Sam Gilmer (Project Management)
Siddharth Gore (Fall 2016)
Kelvin Xing

Composites/Aerodynamics/Cooling Team
Wale Agoro (Cooling Lead Fall 2016)
Connor DePeter
James Ergle
Justen Ezekiel (Aerodynamics Team Lead Fall 2016)
Matthew Krajewski
Harrison Kollias
Vishakh Kumar
Nabeel Mahmood
Kamil Molwani (Cooling Lead)
Issac-Josiah Olumor
Lola Onifade
Jay Patel
Hardik Sangwan (Fall 2016)
Russell Sprouse (Composites Team Lead Fall 2016)
Alex Wong (Fall 2016)
Bishop Wright

Max Hertlein — Chassis Team Lead
Matt Segler

Nathan Cheek — Circuits Team Lead
Simon Anni
Arpan Bhavsar (Fall 2016)
Charles (Chad) Hendrix
Chidinma (Chidi) Imala
Chinmay Kulkarni (Circuits Team Lead Fall 2016)
Aaron Mebane
Arya Mirshafii (Fall 2016)
Kishore Nathan (Fall 2016)
Nikhil Ramesh (Fall 2016)
Jonathan Wen
Yvonne Yeh

Dylan Redding — Controls Team Lead
Daniel Barnes (Fall 2016)
Connor Booth (Fall 2016)
Conner Chadwick
Donald (Drew) Hassell
Hiu Yan (Iris) Ip
Dong Jae Kim (Fall 2016)
Joseph Perri
Joshua Robertson
William Tyler Steen

Bhavesh Singh — Driveline Team Lead
Ibrahim Abdeally (Fall 2016)
Mezie Akanonu
Justin Brothers
JohnAllen Dyer
Jacob Hogenkamp
Andrew Kelley (Fall 2016)
Jason Lieb
Akinkunmi (Kunmi) Oke
Raj Patel
Mark Shapochka (Fall 2016)
Jack Wennerstrum (Fall 2016)
Charles Xiao

Jeff Ding — High Voltage Team Lead
Kelvin Anumba
Henri Bouchard
Brian Kaplan (High Voltage Team Lead Fall 2016)
Tim Pierce

Ryan Gallaway — Programming Team Lead
Brian Cai (Fall 2016)
Victor Chen
Jonathan Corno
Charith (Karvin) Dassanayake
Rob Firstman
Nikhil Ramanan (Fall 2016)
Shriv Seshan
Rob Walsh (Fall 2016)

Shiyan Zan (Stone) — Suspension System Team Lead
Asimm Hirani
Aaron Hui
Cole Messina
Rahul Srinivasan
Alice Zhang

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Jonathan Rogers — Mechanical Engineering

Officers

Jeffrey Ding — President
Mike Yan — Treasurer

Engineering Leadership

Jarrett Schalch — Chief Engineer
Siddarth Sreeram — Mechanical Systems Team Lead
Nathan Cheek — Electrical Systems Team Lead

Team Members

Trevor Davidson and Sai Narra — Brake System Team Leads
Jay Dargula
Eric Huang
James Moroz
Sidarth Unnikrishnan
Nick Yokley (Brake System Team Lead Fall 2015)

Mike Yan — Business Team Lead
Daniel Holliday (Project Management)
Ayush Jha

Max Hertlein — Chassis Team Lead
Jae Hoon Kim
Shinjae Kwon
John Minderman
Patrick Wu (Summer 2015)
Victor Padron (Chassis Team Lead Summer 2015)

Nathan Cheek — Circuits Team Lead
Simon Anni
Arpan Bhavsar
Charith (Karvin) Dassanayake
Brian Kaplan
Chinmay Kulkarni
Aaron Mebane
Kate Nguyen (Fall 2015)
Ripunjoy Phukan (Fall 2015)
Nikhil Ramesh

Russell Sprouse — Composites Team Lead
Wale Agoro
Rahul Brahmal
Carson Brial
Pranav Godbole (Composites Team Lead Summer/Fall 2015)
Ayush Jha
Keely Mruk (Fall 2015)
Utkarsh Pandey
Vlad Pop (Fall 2015)
Hardik Sangwan
Alex Wong

Jacob Hogenkamp — Drivetrain Team Lead
John Allen Dyer
Kunmi Oke
Bhavesh Singh

Ingemar Schmidt and Zoe Turin — High Voltage Box Team Leads
Ingemar Schmidt
Zoe Turin

John Arroyave — Manufacturing Team Lead
Conrad Hanson

Andrew Renuart — Programming Team Lead
Ryan Bahr
Adam Elghor
Victor Chen
Ryan Gallaway
Pratik Kunapuli
Maxim Mints
Nikhil Ramanan
Shashank Singh
Sanjay Sood

Michael Phillips — Steering System Team Lead
Abhijit Jayakumar
Andrew Lessley
Timothy Monroe
Shivy Tandukar
John Wennerstrum
Charles Xiao

Siddarth Sreeram — Suspension System Team Lead
Conner Chadwick
Zan Stone