Calendar
Leadership
President: Corey Auerbach
BS Aerospace Engineering
Minor Computer Science
Class of 2025
Corey is a junior studying Aerospace Engineering. He was previously in charge of the Competition Airframe team, and he loves design and manufacturing engineering. His vision as President is to maintain PART's professional operations while opening up the club to more membership events and activities.
BMD Head: Zaz Bell
BS Aerospace Engineering
Class of 2025
Zaz, a junior in Aeronautical Astronautical Engineering at Purdue, hails from Eldred, PA. With two years on the team, including prior experience on the Competition Airframe team, Zaz boasts diverse internship experience within Integration and Testing, Supply Chain, Supplier Development, Systems Engineering, and Sales Engineering. He's committed to ensuring each new PART team member gains a valuable professional experience before entering the workforce.
Competition Head: Mateo Llerena
BS Aerospace Engineering
Class of 2025
Mateo is a Junior majoring in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and interested in design and aerodynemics. He was previously a member of the airframe team and spearheaded the landing gear design and manufacturing. His goal for the competition Division this year is to propone a winning UAV for competition that can be improved and iterated upon by future members.
R&D Head: Josh Hyatt
BS Aerospace Engineering
Class of 2025
Josh is a junior in Aerospace Engineering with a specialization in propulsion. He was previously a member of the Competition Airframe and Integration and Test teams and has a passion for aerospace manufacturing and composite materials. As the lead of the R&D division, he hopes to develop creative engineers and support the competition team with new technology.
Treasurer: Cole Lush
BS Aerospace Engineering
Class of 2025
Team Leads
BMD Leadership
Isha Patel
Director of Recruitment
Kevin Gu
Community Outreach Lead
Avi Manik
Director of Social Media
Christine Quitalig
Marketing Strategy Lead
Competition Leadership
Isha Patel
Airframe Co-Lead
John Rolfe
Airframe Co-Lead
Cameron Johnson
Optics and Avionics Lead
Dane Hindsley
External Software Lead
Aarya Patel
Software Core Lead
Abhishek Kini
GNC Lead
Ethan Walker
Integration and Testing Lead
Dean Smith
Mechanisms Lead
R&D Leadership
Ian Laudo
Airframe Lead
Saahas Kotian
Testing Lead
Parker Hitchcock
Avionics Lead
Niall Moloney
Mechanical Systems Lead
Jason Jong
Manufacturing Lead
Advisors
Dr. Shreyas Sundaram
Dr. Sundaram is a professor at Purdue University in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He conducts research in network science, robustness and resilience of complex networks and systems, dynamics on networks, fault-tolerant and secure control, distributed and decentralized control, graph theory. Dr. Sundaram supports Aerial Robotics at Purdue and provides close advise and insight for the members.
Charles D'Onofrio
Charles is a graduate student studying aerospace engineering focusing on dynamics and control, and systems engineering. He intends to add an MBA focusing on finance before leaving Purdue. Charles, having worked in NAVAIR's Propulsion and Power division prior to attending Purdue, sees tremendous potential in PART's ability to provide team members with tangible and highly sought-after expertise in engineering design and leadership not typically found in undergraduates. His vision for PART is to transform the team from a club to a renowned Purdue student-led organization.
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