Our Mentors
Officers
Sarah Demsky
PRESIDENT
4th Year AE
Favorite Tool: Cricut Maker
Other Involvements: TARGIT CubeSat Research, Women’s Water Polo Club
Did you know?
She’s a certified Advanced Open Water SCUBA Diver!
Dr. Di Leo
Advisor
AE Professor
Favorite Tool: Safety Glasses
Did you know?
He leads the Multiphysics Mechanics of Materials Lab focused on structures and materials research!
Tristan Huang
public affairs
4th Year AE
Favorite Tool: Prusa i3 3D Printer
Other Involvements: GT Design-Build-Fly, Delta Upsilon Fraternity
Did you know?
He’s been to the end of the Great Wall of China!
Blake Lathrop
Growth and development
3rd Year ME
Favorite Tool: Planer
Other Involvements: Research and Club Wrestling
Did you know?
If I was not an engineer, I would want to be a chef. I love cooking!
Carson Coursey
Training
3rd Year AE
Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter
Other Involvements: GT Spaceport America Cup, Musician’s Network, GT Aerospace Machine Shop
Did you know?
He can wiggle his eyeballs!
Gavin Garland
Purchasing
3rd Year AE
Favorite Tool: 3D Printers
Other Involvements: YJSP, Roundnet Club, Ramblin Rocket Club
Did you know?
He’s a Co-Inventor of US Patent No. 9,458,587
Dani Dixon
Admin
3rd Year AE
Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter
Other Involvements: Gulfstream co-op, WOAA, Alpha Xi Delta
Did you know?
I’m studying abroad at GTL this summer!
Simon Pahlsmeyer
TECH
3rd Year AE
Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter, Every 3D Printer
Other Involvements: GT Hyperloop, German Club
Did you know?
He can play the didgeridoo & is a German citizen!
Timothy Bowes
Operations
3rd Year AE
Favorite Tool: All the 3D Printers
Other Involvements: Naval ROTC, TARGIT Research, GT Catholic Center
Did you know?
He’s lived in Italy for 3 years!
Mentors
Adrienne Dorr
Public Affairs
3rd Year AE
Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter
Involvements: SWE, GT Rowing Club
Did you know?
I love making banana bread!
AJ Riffe
Growth and Development
4th Year AE
Favorite Tool: Metal working tools
Involvements: AMS all the way
Did you know?
He’s a big Lightsaber enthusiast
Alek I. Baez Silva
Training
3rd year AE
Favorite Tool: Lathe
Other Involvements: Cycling
Did you know?
I love donuts and anything sweet!
Alex Bustos
Public Affairs
3rd Year AE
Favorite Tool: Every 3D Printer ever
Other Involvements: VIP Research, TARGIT
Did you know?
He hates olives!
Andrew Morell
Training
2nd year AE
Favorite Tool: CNC Mill
Other Involvements: AIAA, Space Systems Design Laboratory, ORGT
Did you know?
He is a croquet enthusiast!
Benjamin Breer
Operations
2nd Year AE & Physics
Favorite Tool: Router and Lathe
Other Involvements: Undergrad research in Ben T. Zinn Combustion Lab, YJSP, MOSS research group
Did you know?
I’m the third generation in my Mom’s family to attend Tech, I’m an avid skier and have skied 16 different mountains and counting, and I love wakesurfing.
David Hermanns
Growth and Development
3rd Year AE
Favorite Tool: X-Acto Knife
Other Involvements: SSDL Undergraduate Researcher, Avid Baker and Chef
Did you know?
I have climbed the 2 tallest mountains in Ireland! (Not that impressive but still fun to brag about!)
Harshini Sivakumar
Growth And Development
3nd Year AE
Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter
Other Involvements: SAESAC, Design-Build-Fly, WoAA, Astronomy Club
Did you know?
She loves collecting earrings and has over 100 pairs!
Jason Smith
Operations
2nd Year AE
Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter and Scroll Saw
Other Involvements: GT SAC, CS 1371 TA, GT Crew Rowing (until this semester), Clarinetist in GT Symphony Orchestra
Did you know?
I love to scuba dive, binge mukbangs on youtube, and watch Bollywood movies
Joshua Frial
Admin
3rd Year AE
Favorite Tool: Rotary Engraver (Laser Cutter)
Other Involvements: Sigma Gamma Tau Exec
Did you know?
Can play the ukulele and clarinet
Katie Wyers
Public Affairs
2nd Year AE
Favorite Tool: Lathe and Laser Cutter
Other Involvements: Grand Challenges and Rocket Club
Did you know?
I love all things crafty and artsy, I play LANY on every AMS shift, I‘m interning at Aerojet Rocketdyne this summer, and I can solve a rubik’s cube pretty fast… ~ 2 minutes
Kaushal Gokare
Growth and Development
1st Year AE
Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter
Other Involvements: I’m a member of the Aero Team of HyTech Racing, leadership in Eagles at GT. I also am an avid pianist, and I enjoy spending time outdoors and cooking/eating great food.
Did you know?
I might soon get my blackbelt.
Maggie Stewart
Tech
2nd Year AE
Favorite Tool: 3D Printer
Other Involvements: SAC, KNIT, VIP, GL
Did you know?
She has Irish citizenship!
Mackenzie Glaser
Public Affairs
3rd Year AE
Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter
Other Involvements: YJSP, undergrad research, SEDS, SGT. a GT1000 TL, Grand Challenges LLC mentor!
Did you know?
She got to put on a clean room suit and go inside a capsule that flew into space during the Shuttle program!
Rachel Thomas
training
2nd Year AE
Favorite Tool: Hammer
Other Involvements: Club basketball, Spaceport America Cup
Did you know?
She once had a cast for 2 weeks because she was told she broke her ankle. She didn’t.
Rebekah Geil
Admin
1st Year AE
Favorite Tool: Vacuum Former
Other Involvements: Student Launch Initiative, Emerging Leaders, Navigators
Did you know?
I’ve had dinner with an astronaut, I bake something new every month, I played oboe in middle school!
Sairaksha Kesarla Venkatesh
Operations
2nd Year AE
Favorite Tool: 3D Printer & Bandsaw
Other Involvements: India Club, Nazaaqat (Bollywood Dance Group)
Did you know?
She is from India but grew up in Burkina Faso!
Siddhi Ameser
Training
1st Year AE
Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter
Other Involvements: Rowing Club, AFROTC, I like to run and fly planes
Did you know?
I’m from philly, I have horrible eyesight, I need two seat cushions to reach the rudder pedals, and I’m a vegetarian.
Thomas Van Buren
Tech
1st Year AE
Favorite Tool: Rubber Mallet
Other Involvements: Bridge Club
Did you know?
I used to ski Giant Slalom competitively
Tithi Mandal
Operations
2nd Year AE
Favorite Tool: Lathes of all kinds
Other Involvements: Special purpose aircraft VIP, piloting, design-build-fly
Did you know?
I like to collect socks with cool patterns, preferably airplanes or chickens
Wouter van de Groep
Tech
2nd Year IE
Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter
Other Involvements: Casual drone flying, undergraduate research, TKE
Did you know?
He has dual citizenship in the US and the Netherlands!
Alumni
Matt Corrado
FOrmer president
2020 Graduate
Favorite Tool: Lathe
Other Involvements: Undergrad research in High-Power Electric Propulsion Lab, Hyperloop, Club Ultimate Frisbee
Did you know?
He’s been to a game at every MLB Stadium!
Katie Hartwell
Admin
2020 Graduate
Other Involvements: Research with Dr. Lightsey and Dr. Bowling
Did you know?
She lived with a cat for 3 years before realizing she is allergic to cats!
Jonathan Paravano
Growth and Development
2020 Graduate
Favorite Toosl: Laser Cutter and Markforged 3D Printer
Other Involvements: Design Build Fly President, German Research Group, Georgia Tech Catholic Center
Did you know?
He enjoys dipping French fries in milkshakes.
Beau Martin
operations
2020 Graduate
Favorite Tool: CNC Mill
Other Involvements: Yellow Jacket Fying Club
Did you know?
After he got his pilot’s license, he failed his drivers test by driving on the wrong side of the road…
Clay Newman
tech
2020 Graduate
Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter
Other Involvements: Catholic Student Organization
Did you know?
He loves working with MATLAB…!
Julia Filooon
growth and development
2019 Graduate
Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter
Other Involvements: Students for the Exploration & Development of Space
Did you know?
She’s an up-and-coming yo-yo master!
James Fogel
operations
2019 Graduate
Favorite Tool: Every tool
Other Involvements: Ramblin Rocket Club, GSBC, Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity
Did you know?
He speaks 3 languages!
Reed Williams
Growth and Development
2019 Graduate
Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter
Other Involvements: GOALSoccer
Did you know?
He’s 1/32 Native American!
Rony Islam
former president
2019 Graduate
Favorite Tool: Pancake Printer
Other Involvements: Hyperjackets, Former AMS President!
Did you know?
He raises foster kittens and even adopted one for himself!