Our Mentors


Officers

Braden Kerstin

PRESIDENT

3rd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Tormach

Other Involvements: GT Drumline, Combustion Lab

Did you know?

I build racecars on the weekends

 

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!

 

 

Toby Roule

Operations

2nd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Resin Printers

Other Involvements: Hytech Racing, Undergraduate Research, ORGT

Did you know?

This summer, I took a road trip from Seattle to Pittsburgh, stopping in 5 national parks!

Ava Rose

Public Affairs

3rd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter

Other Involvements: Georgia Tech Student Foundation, Combustion Lab, Alpha Xi Delta

Did you know?

I love big earrings (and making my own at the AMS)!

Lily Cooper

Training

3rd Year ME

Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter

Other Involvements: YJFC, WOAA, Greek Life

Did you know? 

I have a pet chicken named Kiki!

Javier Pratdesaba

Purchasing

3rd Year Chemical Engineering

Favorite Tool: Formlabs Form 3

Other Involvements: Symphonic band, BTZ combustion lab, math TA

Did you know?

I’ve played flute in concert band, alto sax in jazz band, and clarinet in symphonic band!

Sam Li

Development

4th Year AE

 Favorite Tool: Paper towels

Other Involvements: Space Systems Design Lab, YJSP

Did you know?

I have eaten a Carolina Reaper before

Paula Delfin

Programming & Outreach

3rd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Band Saw

Other Involvements: YJSP, GT Salsa Club, Undergraduate research, SHPE, and ADPi

Did you know?

I love baking in my free time!

Raghu Bharadwaj

Safety

4th Year AE

Favorite Tool: Band Saw

Other Involvements: Research (M3 Lab)

Did you know?

I used to work for the Georgia Tech football team!

Kaden Knudsen

Optimization

2nd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Label Maker

Other Involvements: GT Drumline, Beam Team

Did you know?

I hate pizza like who would ever ruin perfectly good cheesy bread by putting tomatoes on it

 

Spencer Baird

Pro Print Lead

3rd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Stratasys F370 CR

Other Involvements: SSDL, YJSP

Did you know?

I keep lots of fish

 

Mentors

Landon Jarrel

Safety

5th Year AE

Favorite Tool: Hand Plane

Involvements: GTRI, AIAA

Did you know? 

I can speak 4 languages!

 

Madeleine Graham Macy

Operations

4th Year AE

Favorite Tool: Wood lathe

Involvements: Research at the ASDL

Did you know? 

I write a webcomic called aeromad! https://aero-mad.tumblr.com/

 

Kendall Seefried

Programming & Outreach

4th Year AE 

Favorite Tool: Laser cutter

Other Involvements: AIAA, GT Rowing, research

Did you know? 

My mom also studied aerospace engineering at Tech (and we both had Prof. Shankar for aerodynamics)!

Kaushal Gokare

Training

4th year AE

Favorite Tool: Brother

Other Involvements: HyTech Racing, Scouting at Georgia Tech, Ben T Zinn Combustion Lab

Did you know?

I can eat a full orange in under 3 seconds!

 

 

 

Siddhi Ameser

Operations

4th Year AE

Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter

Other Involvements: Air Force ROTC, YJFC, ASDL

Did you know? 

I can teach anyone how to skateboard in 3 sessions, guaranteed.

Rebekah Geil

Programming & Outreach

4th Year AE 

Favorite Tool: Formbox

Other Involvements: Navigators, SWE

Did you know? 

I have an 800+ day streak on Duolingo

Thomas Van Buren

Public Affairs

4th Year CS

 Favorite Tool: Rubber Mallet

Other Involvements: AΣΦ Fraternity, Bridge Club

Did you know?

I have a pet tortoise

Robbie van Zyl

Programming & Outreach

4th Year ME

Favorite Tool: CNC 

Other Involvements: Sigma chi Fraternity, GT RoboTech Hackathon, and former intern at Space-X startup Parallel Systems, incoming Summer intern at Skydio

Did you know?

I was born and raised in South Africa!

Ashish Cavale

Purchasing

3rd Year AE 

Favorite Tool: Pro printers

Other Involvements: SSDL, AIAA, Math TA

Did you know?

I love playing golf

 

Terry Thoundayil

Development

3rd Year AE

 Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter

Other Involvements: Board Games, YJSP

Did you know?

I started coming to (and refusing to leave) the AMS by making my first Halloween costume a week before the holiday.

Maren Kelley

Public Affairs

3rd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Cricut Cutter!

Other Involvements: BTZ Combustion Lab, Alpha Omega Epsilon

Did you know?

I’ve studied abroad twice in my time at Tech!

Lauren Forcey

Programming & Outreach

3rd Year AE 

Favorite Tool: new laser cutter 💗💗💘🥰

Other Involvements: SWE, GT Club soccer

Did you know?

I’ve traveled to Paris for a soccer tournament!

 

Neil Jackson

Development

3rd Year ME

Favorite Tool: Wood Lathe

Other Involvements: Yellow Jacket Marching Band, Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity

Did you know?

I love the DUNE books

 

Taylor Hampson

Operations

3rd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Soldering Iron

Other Involvements: HPEPL, YJSP, Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Did you know?

I was named after a dog

Dylan Gantt

Operations

2nd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Laser cutter

Other Involvements: Club Tennis Team, Greek Life, Delta

Did you know?

I can juggle

 

Karthik Shaji

Training

2nd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Laser Cutter

Other Involvements: CORE Robotics Lab, GT Motorsports, Fencing

Did you know?

I’ve fenced competitively for 7 years!

 

Dalton Luedke

Operations

2nd Year AE

Favorite Tool: 3D printers

Other Involvements: GTRI

Did you know?

I have 18 3D printers at home!

 

Eli Clouatre

Development

2nd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Glowforge Laser Cutter

Other Involvements: GT Beekeeping Club

Did you know?

I once bought uranium as a secret Santa gift

 

Althea Noonan

Development

2nd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Glowforge laser cutter!

Other Involvements: Georgia Tech Experimental Rocketry Club, AIAA, and SSDL Undergraduate Research.

Did you know? 

I’m really interested in space policy!

Grace Clark

Optimization

2nd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Laser cutter!

Other Involvements: Yellow Jacket Roller Derby, GT Figure Skating, High Power Rocketry, Astronomy Club

Did you know? 

I got to go paragliding in Switzerland this past semester!

Katrina Potak

Purchasing

2nd Year AE

Favorite Tool: Wood Lathe

Other Involvements: Navy ROTC, GT Catholic Center, High Performance Computing Lab

 Did you know?

I was born in Vienna, Austria

Sidsadee Banchongsirich-areon

Public Affairs

1st Year AE

Favorite Tool: Omtech laser cutter

Other Involvements: GTXR, Marching Band, RotorJackets

Did you know? 

I am an AMS enjoyer

Hiroshi Wang

Training

1st Year AE

Favorite Tool: Prusa

Other Involvements: GTMN, GTXR

Did you know? 

I love listening to and playing extreme metal on guitar, bass and drums!

Saniya Kulkarni

Optimization

1st Year AE

Favorite Tool: Glowforge 😎

Other Involvements: GTXR, WRT

Did you know?

I built a radio telescope last year!

Miles Appleton

Optimization

1st Year Environmental Science

Favorite Tool: Lathe

Other Involvements: Muay Thai, GT Musicians Network, GT Brazilian Ju Jitsu, Community Garden

Did you know?

I forage for wild mushrooms.

Andy Romero

Optimization

1st Year AE

Favorite Tool: Table saw

Other Involvements: You can find in any desk of the CRC!

Did you know?

I love making big sculptures, painting portraits and making bread 😀

Owen Winn

Training

1st Year AE

Favorite Tool: Resin printers

Other Involvements: GT Drumline

Did you know?

I make and sell my own candles.