Meet The Leadership Team

Administrators

President

Alexis Smith
4th Year - Mechanical Engineering 
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Director of Competition Operations

Alan Grilley
4th Year Mechatronics ​Engineering 
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Director of Research Operations

Jonathan Godfrey
4th Year - Mechanical Engineering 
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Treasurer

Stephen Zelazny-Medina
4th Year - Software Engineering
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Co-Secretary

Caitlin Riley
3rd Year - Mechanical Engineering
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Co-Secretary

Emma Ferraro
3rd Year - Electrical Engineering
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Co-Director of Sponsorship

Christian Freitag
5th Year - Mechanical Engineering
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Co-Director of Sponsorship

Donovan Barros
5th Year - Mechanical Engineering
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​Co-Director of Public Relations

Clare McMahon
4th Year - Mechanical Engineering 
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​Co-Director of Public Relations

Catrice Taft
4th Year -Mechanical Engineering 
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Project Leaders

IREC Lead

Ares Bustinza-Nguyen
4th Year - Mechanical Engineering
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Avionics Software Lead

Richard Sommers
4th Year - Computer Science
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Avionics Hardware Lead

Mary Dertinger
5th Year - Electrical Engineer
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Liquid Propulsion Lead

Riley Quinn
5th Year - Mechanical Engineering
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Liquid Propulsion Co-Lead

Hayden Quinn
5th Year - Mechanical Engineer
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Solid Propulsion Co-Lead

Christian Freitag
5th Year - Mechanical Engineering
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Solid Propulsion Co-Lead

Claire Virnoche
4th Year - Mechanical Engineering Tech
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Space Race Lead

Caden Bickel
2nd Year - Mechanical Engineering
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Space Race Lead

Harvey Ni
2nd Year - Mechanical Engineering
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High Altitude Balloon Lead

Braxton Crandall
4th Year - Mechanical Engineering
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Team Advisors

Michael Buffalin IV
Director
​The SHED @ RIT
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John Wellin
Senior Lecturer
​Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Jason Kolodziej
Associate Professor
​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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