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Meet The Leadership Team

Administrators

President
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Alexis Smith
4th Year - Mechanical Engineering 
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Director of Competition Operations
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Alan Grilley
4th Year Mechatronics ​Engineering 
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Director of Research Operations
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Jonathan Godfrey
4th Year - Mechanical Engineering 
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Treasurer
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Stephen Zelazny-Medina
4th Year - Software Engineering

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Co-Secretary
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Caitlin Riley
3rd Year - Mechanical Engineering
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Co-Secretary
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Emma Ferraro
3rd Year - Electrical Engineering
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Co-Director of Sponsorship
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Christian Freitag
5th Year - Mechanical Engineering
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Co-Director of Sponsorship
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Donovan Barros
5th Year - Mechanical Engineering
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​Co-Director of Public Relations
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Clare McMahon
4th Year - Mechanical Engineering 
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​Co-Director of Public Relations
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Catrice Taft
4th Year -Mechanical Engineering 
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Project Leaders

IREC Lead
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Ares Bustinza-Nguyen
4th Year - Mechanical Engineering
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Avionics Software Lead
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Richard Sommers
4th Year - Computer Science
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Avionics Hardware Lead
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Mary Dertinger
5th Year - Electrical Engineer

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Liquid Propulsion Lead
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Riley Quinn
5th Year - Mechanical Engineering

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Liquid Propulsion Co-Lead
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Hayden Quinn
5th Year - Mechanical Engineer
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Solid Propulsion Co-Lead
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Christian Freitag
5th Year - Mechanical Engineering
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Solid Propulsion Co-Lead
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Claire Virnoche
4th Year - Mechanical Engineering Tech
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Space Race Lead
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Caden Bickel
2nd Year - Mechanical Engineering
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Space Race Lead
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Harvey Ni
2nd Year - Mechanical Engineering
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High Altitude Balloon Lead
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Braxton Crandall
4th Year - Mechanical Engineering
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Team Advisors
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Michael Buffalin IV
Director
​The SHED @ RIT
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•​ Profile
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John Wellin
Senior Lecturer
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Jason Kolodziej
Associate Professor
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Bob Carter
Senior Lecturer

Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Bernhard Fischer
Lecturer
​Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Scott Williams
Director
MS Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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​William Humphrey
Senior Lecturer

Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Jim Heaney
Technician
SHED Makerspace
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RIT Launch Initiative
73 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623

Meetings

Events Calendar

All Team Meeting:
Saturday - 11 a.m.
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  • Home
  • About
    • Meetings
    • Meet the Team
  • Teams
    • IREC
    • Avionics
    • Liquid Propulsion
    • Solid Propulsion
    • Space Race
    • L1 Program
  • Projects
    • OTIS
    • Manhattan Project
    • Ad Astra
    • The Backplane
    • Test Stand
    • Lukewarm Phoenix
    • Project Archive
  • References
    • Wiki
    • Publications
    • Trainings
  • Sponsors
  • Support Us